Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

So, you are thinking about a career in supply chain? While this article is intended as an evergreen resource, to help you navigate in your search for a supply chain job, and is not a COVID-19-specific guide, the pandemic has galvanized attention on the industry and its criticality.

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USC Consulting Group

MARCH 27, 2023

Supply chain woes. Economic uncertainty paired with rising costs. Continued supply chain disruptions. The supply chain bottleneck that most industries faced during the pandemic has improved in some areas but has not gone away. Geopolitical instability. Ecommerce disruption. Labor shortages.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 23, 2016

The focus is to eliminate all wastes in the organization, improve processes, solve root cause problems, create a pull environment, and ensure that Lean Six Sigma (LSS) works for quality and daily problem solving using DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) and PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, and Act). Why are we doing this?

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Unleashed

MARCH 24, 2024

Here we look at the most common tools and techniques used to bring the advantages of lean into the modern manufacturing workplace. In this guide to lean manufacturing tools: What are lean manufacturing tools? Indeed, these tools could be several different things, such as: New shop floor layouts. Big data frameworks.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Professionals in supply chain management use various methods to identify best practices to improve the operations. In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 27, 2015

The effect of any communications effort with this may be difficult to measure unless specific measurement tools are put in place upfront. Let's talk about the outputs, or desired metrics worth measuring, in each category of what a logistics company might provide. Consider Six Sigma quality will be used and measured.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 12, 2016

A Director of Operations, Warehouse Director or Manager, or even the Director of Supply Chain or Logistics, are always in the pursuit of continuous improvement as well as warehouse cost savings in both time and money. An effective measurement and reporting process can improve performance and provide warehouse cost savings.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

You can also place a blanket order with a supplier and manage releases versus taking in larger quantities to save costs. Purchasing can place the order and negotiate prices; Production Planning can release these items based on the latest Material Requirements Planning (MRP) report. Use “shadow boards” for tools.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 4, 2023

But times are changing, the use of reduce inventory offers more quality and useful performance metrics. The use of reduce inventory in production optimizes delays and reduces other associated costs. If your setup costs get spread over the run of a production, using reduce inventory would naturally lead to smaller setup cost.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 11, 2015

The first post in this series broke down what is supplier quality management and the steps to evaluate suppliers and the second post gave you insight into the metrics to look out for by 6 major industries. We deal with our suppliers of transportation on a daily basis: our select carrier partners.

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

But what is it and how does tracking shipments with IoT benefits your supply chain? At the conference the following year, a robotic arm was added, and a fully automated system created. 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.

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

But what is it and how does tracking shipments with IoT benefits your supply chain? At the conference the following year, a robotic arm was added, and a fully automated system created. 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.

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

But what is it and how does tracking shipments with IoT benefits your supply chain? At the conference the following year, a robotic arm was added, and a fully automated system created. Business processes can be automated and the interaction between people, systems, and assets can be optimized and better coordinated.

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

But what is it and how does tracking shipments with IoT benefits your supply chain? At the conference the following year, a robotic arm was added, and a fully automated system created. Business processes can be automated and the interaction between people, systems, and assets can be optimized and better coordinated.

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

But what is it and how does tracking shipments with IoT benefits your supply chain? At the conference the following year, a robotic arm was added, and a fully automated system created. Business processes can be automated and the interaction between people, systems, and assets can be optimized and better coordinated.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 30, 2022

As part of LogiSYM Asia Pacific 2022, we had the opportunity to chat with Vittorio Favati, Chief Executive Officer – TVS Supply Chain Solutions GFS. He also went on to share what he sees as the five key changes making a global impact to supply chains today and gave advice for those working in or considering a career in our industry.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 6, 2015

Top management knows that lean can add value , but many still haven’t moved past the initial education stage into full-scale lean supply chain implementation. The Lean Supply Chain is a system of interconnected and interdependent partners that operate in unison to accomplish supply chain objectives.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Large bodies of knowledge have been built around this subject from rigorous quantitative models for forecasting to methodologies for collaborative forecasting, both within an organization and across organizations. Account – for your action. The first is the acquisition of data.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2021

By offering support to its partner companies through innovation, communication and corporate social responsibility, Samsung has been able to ensure sustainability and security in its supply chain – which is seen as one of its leading competitive advantages in the marketplace.

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ThroughPut

MAY 23, 2019

Development cycles for new models have also been compressed by aspiring entrants, both new and foreign, while with Over-The-Air (OTA) software updates now download new features, functionality, and refined interfaces to existing cars and trucks regularly and without a trip to the dealer, nor a new model upgrade.

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