article thumbnail

Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016. Aligning Warehouse Labor Management with Omni-Channel Strategy. Of course, what happens in the U.S.

article thumbnail

3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

Shippers report that an average of 36% of their total logistics expenditure is related to outsourcing compared to an average of 44% reported last year. Globally, warehousing is outsourced by 67%. Guinea-bissau. Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands. Holy See (Vatican City State). Iran, Islamic Republic of. Isle of Man. Kazakhstan.

article thumbnail

KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Warehousing. Of course, the difference between KPIs and metrics will vary at different levels of your organisation, so for example, while a metric recording “receiving accuracy” in a warehouse would certainly be a KPI for a warehouse manager, it would be completely extraneous as an executive-level KPI. Online KPIs.

KPI 94