Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Worst January US Intermodal in 10 years Our thoughts and prayers are with those in Turkey and Syria impacted by the recent earthquakes. The port of Iskenderun in the southeast of Turkey was severely damaged by the earthquakes. Once again warehousing metrics are the primary driver of logistic activity.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 28, 2015

– Launch of Supply Chain Professionals Club in Turkey. Contents Supply Chain Movement 17 – 2015 Q2. Publishing date: 15 May 2015. 7 | News & Background. – Winner of the last quarter: Raytheon. – Loser of the last quarter: Roll-Royce. – Supply chain disruption reported as the fastest rising threat.

S&OP 60

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83 billion metric tons as of 2017. In 1956, manually loading a ship cost $5.86 per ton; the standardized container cut that cost to just 16 cents a ton … The U.S.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 2, 2024

Changing Use of Labor Management Tools “Historically,” McCrea writes, “labor management systems (LMS) have been used to track employee time and attendance; manage schedules and payroll; comply with labor laws; and monitor workforce metrics like productivity, absenteeism and turnover.” Only for turkeys.”

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Requis

MARCH 23, 2021

I had the opportunity to work in Turkey, Egypt and in Venezuela. Back when I was working in data centers we invented a metric that we used to calculate the efficiency of that data center. Once proper sustainability metrics are developed they will eventually catch on until everybody is trying to outperform each other.

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Cognira

AUGUST 2, 2023

Highly Seasonal, Seasonal, and Year-Round Products: Highly seasonal items, such as cherries in June, whole turkeys for Thanksgiving, and corned beef roast for St. Enhance Decision-Making for Build-to-Sell Products: To make informed decisions about build-to-sell products, additional metrics must be incorporated into the planning process.

Inventory Reduction 52

Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Price Reduction Resource Reduction 52

ShipBob

OCTOBER 24, 2022

They look at sales leading into that week last year for seasonal products like turkeys, cranberries, and mashed potatoes. By tracking these inventory metrics over time, your business can forecast growth and trend projection on a more granular level and look back to see how your forecasts matched up to reality.

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Tailwind

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

I know that everyone had decided that they were going to go on the metric system around the world – North America bought off on it. That is like 42.8000000000 Fahrenheit according to the metric conversion website that I have to use to live my life. Was that the phone? – False alarm. Still you never know what might happen.

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Cognira

AUGUST 2, 2023

Highly Seasonal, Seasonal, and Year-Round Products: Highly seasonal items, such as cherries in June, whole turkeys for Thanksgiving, and corned beef roast for St. Enhance Decision-Making for Build-to-Sell Products: To make informed decisions about build-to-sell products, additional metrics must be incorporated into the planning process.

Cost Reduction Strategies 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. The pilot went live in October 2017 in Spain, Italy, and Turkey and included the inbound materials planning managed by the planning service center in Krakow, Poland. The reason?

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 1, 2021

Mark Walker, Associate Vice President for sub-Saharan Africa at IDC Middle East, Africa and Turkey, agrees that digital transformation must be an enterprise-wide endeavor. It is within this feedback loop that the organization can consistently refine the process to ensure that it moves to each successive step with the right metrics in place.”

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2017

A KPI is a metric… but not just any metric. A KPI is a metric focused on a KEY element of business, departmental, or team performance. There is really nothing wrong with capturing a lot of metrics, especially with today’s powerful analytics software solutions to help. Let me try to clarify.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Under the existing EU Emissions Trading Scheme, large European GHG emitters must purchase carbon allowances—the equivalent of a tax—for every metric ton of carbon-dioxide they emit.

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