Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Lean Six Sigma (LSS) thrives on the notion that there is always room for improvement, and it looks to eliminate defects that can hinder the flow of a process from moving toward its performance end goal. He also served as Director of the Ryder Logistics Network and Vice President of the Gulf Region for Intermodal Trucking Company.

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AB&R

MARCH 4, 2022

Warehouse receiving impacts all aspects of operations, from inventory management to logistics. If not aligned with the changing needs of a growing business, picking, packing, and shipping can shrink its margins. Stock shortages, shipping delays, and unfulfilled orders can make customers unhappy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

The company ships directly to customers and also to distributors. For example, while GEON has over 2000 customers, initially they are manually building forecasts for 600 customers and 1200 ship-to locations. GEON, headquartered in Westlake Ohio, has about 1000 employees. These plants, in turn, produce roughly 2000 products.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2015

This is the first post in an ongoing series on effective KPI management from third party logistics consultant, Chuck Intrieri, of The Lean Supply Chain. . Many logistics service providers will provide their customers with an SLA. What is a Service Level Agreement (SLA)? How does an SLA work with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)?

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2021

Any company shipping physical products today – whether to consumers or to other businesses – needs to meet higher service expectations, including faster order turnaround in the DC. In addition to large distribution orders, many retail and business-to-business facilities are shipping rising volumes of direct-to-consumer orders.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2014

This often requires a major shift in thinking – from the top down – and for many, implementing a formal process improvement methodology such as Lean Six Sigma (LSS). Lean Six Sigma is about not simply accepting the old way of doing things, but asking “Why do I do that?” or “Is there a better way?”.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

This is the second part of my series on various ways to reduce overall costs as it relates to logistics and warehouse cost reductions. In the first part I put forth 6 areas of focus in order to reduce logistics costs. Carrying slow-moving inventory or shipping damaged/incorrect product hurts customer relationships.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 14, 2023

Thankfully, outsourcing logistics services to a reliable third-party logistics provider (3PL) can make a significant difference. As a result, businesses can optimize their logistics processes using Orchestration and save time and resources. Amazon outsources its logistics services to various 3PLs, such as UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 3, 2017

All signs point to the rise of direct-to-consumer (DTC) shipping. What’s evolving is that consumers are going further down the SKU stream to have more shipped to their houses – both regularly and on-demand. Mr. McGuigan joined Transplace during the acquisition of SCO Logistics in April 2011, where he was President and CEO.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

This interview is with Raymon Krishnan, President of The Logistics and Supply Chain Management Society. I then spent 10 years building up my own Logistics consulting business growing it to where we had close to 70 employees. Raymon has over twenty five years experience in the Logistics industry as an end user and service provider.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 11, 2015

The next step may be Six Sigma quality ( In order for a company to achieve Six Sigma, it cannot produce more than 3.4 New Product case study: I f a Supplier is producing a new component for you, before they ship the new product, always ask for a pre-shipment sample.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Much like the most successful business philosophies (lean, six sigma, Total Quality Management (TQM)) a handful of individuals acting alone won’t—and can’t—affect company-wide changes for the better—it takes an organizational shift. It’s a holistic approach and one that needs to be adopted supply chain wide.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

Logistics process mapping is a great way for improving the logistics process and performance. The goal of logistics process mapping is to reduce costs, while improving service quality and customer satisfaction. Logistics Process Mapping Steps. Questions: Has your company use logistics process mapping?

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Moreover, products can be shipped to stores in-time then lost sales is minimal. The secret behind its supply chain success is the use of Six Sigma approach. They studied how General Electric (GE), DuPont and Honeywell implemented six sigma. Cost of inbound logistics is not taken into account.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The report makes it easy to decide how to ship things and get input from your planning teams and suppliers. in Management of Production from Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden Muddassir is a Six Sigma Black Belt, and has founded scmdojo.com – with moto “Supply Chain Knowledge and Solutions for Everyone”.

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Requis

JUNE 25, 2020

She is a 15-year logistics veteran, educator, consultant, and an active volunteer with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). This shows how logistics had adapted to the new conditions in a very short time. It’s not just about procurement or warehousing, we go all the way to reverse logistics.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 16, 2023

Utilizing Walmart’s Own Trucking System and Cross-Docking Logistics Another critical factor contributing to Walmart’s supply chain success is the utilization of its private trucking system and cross-docking logistics. Dr. Muddassir has received a PhD in Management Science from Lancaster University Management School.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 17, 2018

minimum term in their agreement (which is nearly EVERYONE who ships FedEx). Ship to residences (where LTL isn’t generally an option). The consumer will ultimately pay for these changes in higher shipping costs at checkout. Train and retrain operations on proper box size for product shipped. Have no waiver for the 90-lb.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 5, 2015

The ongoing build-out of IoT will impact how businesses and consumers strategize and execute logistics. Understanding the temperature of a package throughout transit provides significant value to customers seeking six sigma quality logistical processes, like food distributors and drug manufacturers.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

And now let us examine the reasons why a career in logistics offers so much diversity to so many workers. It touches many departments, from production, procurement, shipping, accounting, and finance to marketing, warehousing, research and development, and sales. You learn the suppliers’ business, you learn the customers’ business.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We built these into continuous improvement programs such as Lean Six Sigma, while also setting goals to drive breakthrough cost savings to supplement continuous improvement savings. Our approach simply breaks accountabilities and goals across the areas of Manufacturing, Logistics/Network Optimization and Ingredients/Packaging.

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

IoT in Logistics. In logistics and supply chain, IoT can be used to monitor the status of assets, shipments, and people in real time throughout the value chain. Logistics and transportation companies have always been at the forefront to invest in the newest tracking technologies and offer solutions to their customers.

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

IoT in Logistics. In logistics and supply chain, IoT can be used to monitor the status of assets, shipments, and people in real time throughout the value chain. Logistics and transportation companies have always been at the forefront to invest in the newest tracking technologies and offer solutions to their customers.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

IoT in Logistics In logistics and supply chain, IoT can be used to monitor the status of assets, shipments, and people in real time throughout the value chain. Logistics and transportation companies have always been at the forefront to invest in the newest tracking technologies and offer solutions to their customers.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

IoT in Logistics In logistics and supply chain, IoT can be used to monitor the status of assets, shipments, and people in real time throughout the value chain. Logistics and transportation companies have always been at the forefront to invest in the newest tracking technologies and offer solutions to their customers.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

IoT in Logistics In logistics and supply chain, IoT can be used to monitor the status of assets, shipments, and people in real time throughout the value chain. Logistics and transportation companies have always been at the forefront to invest in the newest tracking technologies and offer solutions to their customers.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

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The Lean Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Review all aspects of information management and flow to determine who is responsible for what (for example: routing, backorders, invoicing, returns, POD tracking, QC inspections). • What are the shipping priorities? Ability to negotiate with 3PL? • Price list validity?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

That is how I got into logistics management and gained deep warehousing and transportation experience. I moved into the third-party logistics industry just as that was taking off and gained a ton of experience in logistics costing, WMS installation, selling services and technology skills. They used to call it seagull logistics.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 24, 2018

MS: My full-time job after graduating was in a logistics company that was building its own ERP solution to handle Indian customs and shipping requirements. SCN: Was the position at the logistics company your first job? MS: My boss at the logistics company was a male version of Miranda from the movie “The Devil Wears Prada.”

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 24, 2018

MS: My full-time job after graduating was in a logistics company that was building its own ERP solution to handle Indian customs and shipping requirements. SCN: Was the position at the logistics company your first job? MS: My boss at the logistics company was a male version of Miranda from the movie “The Devil Wears Prada.”

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Supply Chain Network

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

He is a Six Sigma Black Belt, a Computerworld Premier 100 Honoree, and an avid theater-goer, especially when his daughter is performing. Before Take-Two, Hinkle served as Chief Information Officer of Trans World Entertainment (Nasdaq: TWMC) and spent several years in leadership roles at GE.

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

It’s also very efficient, meaning it will allow your employees to process more orders on a hourly basis with virtually impossible odds of shipping the incorrect products to your customers. Jan Bednar is the CEO of ShipMonk , an e-commerce fulfillment company at the center of logistics and technology. Jan Bednar. theshipmonk.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 6, 2015

To drive further value, look for technology providers in the logistics and supply chain space who can integrate these systems together. Reducing inbound and outbound transportation logistics gets us closer to customer demand which results in reduced reliance on forecasting, increased flexibility, and reduced waste of”overproduction”.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 6, 2017

While civil unrest could slow down production or shipments in a foreign country, natural disasters can accomplish just as much shipping disruption in North America. Even Canada, a country that’s not exactly famous for shipping disasters, was virtually cut in half by a single unexpected bridge collapse in 2016.

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The Lean Supply Chain

JANUARY 21, 2016

If it takes a week or more for inbound shipments to move from the receiving dock to warehouse shelves (which it many times does…) and then out to the shipping door, you’re robbing other departments (R&D, Marketing, even IT) of capital that could make them more effective. You must Continuously Improve Warehouse Operations daily.

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The Lean Supply Chain

MARCH 22, 2015

Quality Assurance goes to your suppliers, qualifies them for their quality systems and enables them to ship to a point of use on the production floor to avoid sitting in a warehouse as wasteful inventory. Logistics assets are reduced by 15 percent. Visibility to customer usage for all supply chain partners is critical.

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Elementum

JUNE 22, 2022

Lean Manufacturing may be the best known of these broad “cost-only” process management philosophies, but other common methodologies like Just-in-Time, Kaizen, and Six Sigma similarly endorse a “ cut at any cost” mindset. We need to see more of this innovation, and we need to see it move beyond logistics.

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