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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. Do You Need a Logistics Book? Difficulty: we try to shy away from the math-heavy books as much as possible. Best Logistics Books are as below: 1.

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AI This. Not So Fast.

Supply Chain Shaman

I am also developing a framework for my new book. ” Or, “If you need an answer, implement my solution.” Future growth is dependent on selling the current solution, but the existing convention/platform, as shown in Figure 3, is not the right model for today’s supply chain. Stay tuned. The problem?

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Not So Happy Returns This Post-Holiday Season

Enterra Insights

The staff at Wired magazine notes, “Everyone returns a gift or an impulse purchase now and then. Or maybe you just read a book extolling the virtues of minimalism and want to give that lifestyle a swing.”[1] ”[3] The problem facing retailers is that a generous returns policy can cost them a lot of money.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Traditional risk management policy assumes a contraction in growth: the conventional focus is the shutdown and reallocation of supply. The two most significant factors were a rise in time between the booking to gate in at the port, up 43%, and the ocean transit time, up 36%. The US GDP in 2021 grew at an unexpected rate of 5.7%

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The Dynamics of Sustainable Supply Chain Planning

DELMIA Quintiq

Do you agree or do you think that hotels have only massively adopted this policy because it has saved them lots of money? Do you think that by adhering to this policy, your environmental conscience has been cleared? The emissions that are generated to produce or transport, can be greatly influenced by the way supply chains are planned.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Traditional risk management policy assumes a contraction in growth: the conventional focus is the shutdown and reallocation of supply. The two most significant factors were a rise in time between the booking to gate in at the port, up 43%, and the ocean transit time, up 36%. The US GDP in 2021 grew at an unexpected rate of 5.7%

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As Pandemic Winds Down, Supply Chains Prepare for the Holidays

Enterra Insights

” At the other end of the supply chain — the last mile — retailers should also be concerned about booking carriers to deliver all those goods once they have been purchased so they actually get under consumers’ trees in time for the holidays. Booking capacity as early as possible is a good idea. Even the U.S.