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The Approach to Effective Freight Procurement

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

It serves as the compass guiding shippers toward efficient, economical, and dependable cargo transport. By crafting a well-defined strategy, businesses can mitigate transportation costs, mitigate supply chain disruptions, and uphold customer satisfaction. At the heart of it all, an effective procurement strategy remains paramount.

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How to Sustain a Lean Culture in Manufacturing & Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

Entering these team projects in a magazine, or Lean contest is a motivator to boost teamwork and ensure that MDI is effective every day. To start you must have the KPI's visual along the value stream. In order to be daily, the KPIs need to get down to ownership by the workers within the value stream. that has no end.

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Leveraging Big Data in Logistics Into Meaningful Business Analytics

Intelligent Audit

To harness the power of big data analytics in transportation , companies also must integrate it with current systems. Behavioral analysis has moved beyond the realm of magazine quizzes and into biometrics, cybersecurity, and even human resources. Shippers can see if they use the wrong carrier, transportation mode, or service level.

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Supply Chain Case Study: the Executive's Guide

Supply Chain Opz

The reason why they can do this is that customized products are sold directly to customers so they have the higher profit margin to compensate the higher transportation cost. Managing transportation at this scale is the absolute challenge. In order to compensate a long waiting time, Adidas uses air freight or courier service.

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Reverse Logistics: Who Does it Well?

Logistics Bureau

It makes sense to run reverse logistics as a profit centre with corresponding KPI and metrics. Network analysis will be crucial for finding the best configuration of return centres, given factors like retail locations and transport facilities with backhaul possibilities. Speed will be an important factor.

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My Parcel Invoice Said What?! Why Parcel Invoice Auditing Software is Paramount in your Logistics Technology Stack

GlobalTranz

Parcel shipping makes up a major portion of the total transportation and shipping industry, and the volume of parcel invoices coming into even small shippers can be overwhelming. Up to 50 percent of shippers opt to work with an outside vendor for parcel shipment auditing, reports Parcel Magazine.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

But my Take on KPIs is this… 1) Don’t have too many! I’ve literally seen KPI “packs” the size of phone books, and even KPI sets circulated as a monthly magazine… that no one reads. Supply Chain KPI Tips. All you need to know about Supply Chain KPIs. Supply Chain KPI. Transportation.

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