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Supply Chain Secrets Going Global – But Where Should we Share Them?

Logistics Bureau

“I will be a 1 man fully self-contained ‘travelling seminar’ Where do you think I should go?”. Worldwide, One-Man Logistics Seminars. I intend to hold low-cost, or even free, Supply Chain Secrets seminars in countries and regions that don’t often receive exposure to this type of educational event.

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Avoid “Lost in Translation”. Monetize S&OP to Include Finance.

ToolsGroup

Gartner recommends multiplying the planned unit volume: by price to generate monetized revenue plans, by cost to generate monetized inventory plans, by margin to generate monetized profit plans. 4-9% decrease in the value of obsolete inventory as a percentage of total stocked goods (product costs).

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10 Proven Principles for Best Warehouse Design and Operation

Logistics Bureau

4) Inventory Control. Inventory control is about having the right amount of stock to meet customer demand. 6) Benchmarking. Business benchmarking is seen as one of the smartest management tools around. Your inventory control is not there, you’re not rotating your stock. Some Tips on Warehouse Design.

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Top Ten Tips to Boost Supply Chain Performance to Best in Class

Logistics Bureau

I’ll also be providing some step by step guides and tools on these at our Free Seminars Series in February and March, but more on that later. You need to do regular checks such as Benchmarking to make sure that performance is in line with expectation and is also within industry norms. Here we go: Measuring the Right Stuff.

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26 warehouse pros reveal the most important factors to consider when moving to an automated warehouse

6 River Systems

Warehousing effectiveness depends upon the accuracy of the physical inventory in the warehouse with the respect to the inventory indicated in the computer system. This discrepancy between the physical and electronic inventories is dependent on the reliability of the warehouse processes.

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Why Your Supply Chain Isn’t Best in Class

Logistics Bureau

I’m actually going to go into each of these 8 Tips in a lot more detail at our next Free Breakfast Seminar. Very few are actually ‘designed’ What that means of course, is that most Distribution Networks become miss-aligned over time and this leads to excess inventory, excess costs and poor customer service.

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50 expert tips on improving warehouse efficiency & productivity

6 River Systems

Offer cross training and provide continual training seminars on new procedures to improve productivity.” To measure the warehouse productivity, the management must apply standard measurements that can be used for operations that occur in the warehouse, for example, perform physical inventory or place goods in the picking area.