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5 Best Logistics Books to Keep Within Reach

Supply Chain Opz

Are you looking for logistics management books? In this article, we will show you 5 books that'll help you learn logistics faster than any other logistics book. Logistics Book Ranking Factors To provide the book recommendations, first, we collect the name of the books that appear on Amazon.com.

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

Initially, the output was published to procurement to design strategic buying strategies. The focus of the transportation suites was on cost mitigation and price negotiation. Procurement: Purchase price variance and procurement cost. Delivery: Lowest transportation cost, on-time shipment from shipper’s dock.

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Reshoring Or Not, What is Manufacturing? 4 Questions to Ponder with Real American Manufacturers

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This is a two part series featuring Chuck Intrieri, who along with providing excellent insights over at his industry leading The Lean Supply Chain blog, is also a consultant who works with companies for Cost Reduction, Supply Chain Optimization, Logistics, Manufacturing, and 3PL Selection. It was called, “ The Short List ”.

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I am MAD!

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, 7% of order and purchase order flows move through business networks. For access to the report on business networks reference this r eport. Last night, I was sitting with a friend that got transportation updates every hour from the GPS on the truck that he had tendered earlier that day on his cell phone.

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Nine Myths of S&OP Technology Selection

Supply Chain Shaman

In this report, I list 35 vendors and share the strengths and considerations based on demonstrations, discussions with references and my discussions with clients. The problem is that it is new, and in reference calls with users, companies are still working out the kinks. SAP supplied none of the references. It is just too easy.

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Supplier Performance Management – The Ultimate Guide

SCMDOJO

Figure 1 shows a sample proposed SPM project structure for a transportation services company. Others will have a purchasing or supplier management board at the senior management level. We are talking about a key business process that impacts multiple functions beyond just organizing purchasing or quality.

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What Is Order Fulfillment and It’s Process and Strategies

Locus

If customers do not receive their orders on time, they won’t buy from that company again. Today, consumers are comfortable and happy buying products online like never before. Shipping the order The packaged orders are transported from the warehouse to the final customer destination during this stage.