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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics
Supply Chain KPIs are Essential - The Right Ones! The information on this page WILL help you get it right. Many people get really confused about KPIs or Key Performance Indicators in Logistics and Supply Chain operations. Which ones to use?... How many to use?...
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How Good is YOUR Supply Chain
There are 4 levels of Supply Chain performance. Which one is yours?
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6 Supply Chain Trends from 2017 and their Ongoing Progress
Call it a cop-out if you like, but predicting which logistics and supply chain trends will make a difference to businesses in any given year has become notoriously difficult, given the speed at which technology in particular, can suddenly disrupt the way things are...
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5 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management
If you were to tell me that your company had never looked at its supply chain costs and sought to deliver reductions, I would be mightily surprised. On the other hand, if you told me your company hasn't been able to sustain any progress in supply chain cost...
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Supply Chain Profitability
How many of your products and customers are really profitable? You might be shocked. Check out this short video. So let me ask you a question, do you think all of your customers and products are profitable? I’m not so sure. Hi, I’m Rob O’Byrne from Logistics...
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Selling Online? What It Means for Your Logistics Network Design
This article was first published in the July/July 2018 issue and is re-posted here with kind permission from MHD Supply Chain Solutions. Online retail is accounting for an ever-larger part of total retail sales. Consumers armed with smartphones now expect...
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Beyond the Beer Game: Tips for Responsible Logistics Gamification
For all the hype currently surrounding workplace gamification, it is not an entirely new business concept. In fact, here at Logistics Bureau, we’ve been using the Beer Game (a supply chain simulation) for years now, as a way to help companies educate their...
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The Status of Logistics in Vietnam: A Very Brief Appraisal
If you are a new Vietnamese business operator in search of logistics services, a foreign company considering entering the Vietnamese market, or a multinational logistics enterprise thinking about cashing in on the country’s economic growth, it’s a good idea to know...
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8 Reasons Companies Bring Outsourced Operations Back In-house
The supply chain industry is constantly in a state of flux, with nothing ever seeming to stay the same for very long. Globalisation, ever-changing customer needs, and other market forces serve to maintain a state of liquidity, requiring companies to re-evaluate...
read moreSpotlight On: Additional Storage Media
This article, written by Mal Walker, Manager at Logistics Bureau, was first published in the May/June 2018 issue of MHD Supply Chain Solutions. Following from my last article, I have included some additional storage modes. Included are static storage equipment,...
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