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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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ToolsGroup’s Michael Haiber and Stefano Novati Named Supply & Demand Chain Executive “Pros to Know” for 2021

ToolsGroup

BOSTON, March 17, 2021 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, is proud to announce that ToolsGroup Director of Professional Services for Europe, Michael Haiber, and Vice President of Professional Services, Stefano Novati, were both named 2021 “Pros to Know” by Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine.

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Transform your supply chain’s sustainability impact by going beyond operational constraints

DELMIA Quintiq

The Quintiq solution uniquely allows companies to properly balance changing KPI goals at varying points in time, in order to produce realistic, executable plans. Often overlooked during drastic supply chain operational changes is the need to continue to produce executable plans as capacities and capabilities change.

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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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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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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. Library Prime Storage is the area dedicated for book/magazine.

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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.