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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus of the transportation suites was on cost mitigation and price negotiation. More and more cargo shifted to ocean transport until the container imbalances resulted in issues with “rolling the freight” from ship to ship despite confirmed bookings. I love the metaphor of watermelon metrics.

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Supply Chain Metrics - Gaining Visibility in a Data-rich World

Logility

The second part of Drucker’s quote, “if you can't measure it, you can't improve it,” really brings home the importance of having the right set of metrics. In the field of supply chain management, we have created an abundance of metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs). One Size Does Not Fit All.

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How Can Life Sciences Supply Chains Navigate a Disrupted World?

Logility

Furthermore, life sciences products have high standards for production, storage, shipping and delivery. Therefore, superior management of the life sciences supply chain is essential for many reasons, including: Quality control On-time shipments Operational consistency Customer satisfaction. Optimizing Critical Supply Chain Functions.

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Sam’s Club Updates Appointment Scheduler and OTIF Standards

Zipline Logistics

It currently just uses on-time metrics to grade suppliers and the store’s retail buyers can base purchasing decisions on a brand’s delivery performance. Download: Using Data to Drive OTIF and Retail Compliance Success. It is critical to leverage transportation analytics to get the most out of your operation. Learn More.

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How New Supply Chain Technologies Are Boosting Efficiency

ShipBob

The transportation and logistics industry stands to gain 89% incremental value over time through AI adoption. However, in the near future, we will see a lot of progress as there is a growing concern around driver shortage and sustainability concerns, which are key factors that are driving major investments in self-driving transportation. .

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Top 15 Logistics Blog Posts of 2014

GlobalTranz

Some logistics involves transportation or warehouses or both. Any process or management after the sale of the product involves reverse logistics. The manufacturing firm would then have to organise shipping of the defective product, testing the product, dismantling, repairing, recycling or disposing the product.

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Why A Successful Transportation Management Program Is Empowered By Data

GlobalTranz

Today we continue our long series and look at teaching shippers how to remain strategic when it comes to logistics and their transportation management program. The Use of Data to Create a Successful Transportation Management Program. Businesses are often left with questions about the origination of such data.