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Reflections, Thank-you(s) and Rethinking the Future

Supply Chain Shaman

In the article, Mary continues, “ Old theories can survive for a while. While the push in the back office was for efficiency–larger batch sizes, transactional processing, lower costs of transportation, and labor arbitrage strategies (Many companies outsourced the back office to India.)–the

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

more near-shoring and larger, less frequent shipments to minimize transportation costs). How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? The Rebirth of Transportation Marketplaces (UberCARGO, Cargomatic, and Freight Friend). Of course, what happens in the U.S.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Transportation. At the beginning of this article, I stressed the importance of not having too many KPIs. The most common cause is a state of confusion about what really constitutes a KPI. Inventory management. Warehousing.

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