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The lenses and camera bags it sells come from far-away lands, but Ritz Camera has a surprisingly detailed grasp of their whereabouts while in transit. Its secret? A really competent 3PL.
New hypernetworked monitoring systems allow users to track the whereabouts of materials anywhere in the supply chain at any time. And the good news—some of them are actually affordable.
Just what does a global logistics VP do at a company that has virtually no distribution assets? For IBM's Gary Smith, the answer is to run what must be the world's most complicated outsourcing program.
Think you're picky about vendors? Green Mountain Coffee Roasters once showed a bidder the door for suggesting it could learn Green Mountain's distribution business in just four days (the nerve!). So how did it ever find a supplier that measured up?
Before demanding that suppliers let you measure their performance, it's best to practice what you preach. Establish an internal metrics program so that you can learn from your own experience first. Once you've nailed that down, you should think about leading your suppliers down the measurement path as well.
he risk of litigation aside, failure to crack down on workplace harassment has another downside: it prevents employees from working to the best of their ability. Nothing is more likely to distract everyone from the tasks at hand. Here are some steps you can take to help keep your workplace harassment-free.
Though you might be surprised to hear it, there are more similarities than differences between private-sector logistics operations and those conducted by the various military branches that collectively make up the Department of Defense (DOD). For that reason, DC VELOCITY has carried considerable coverage of "defense logistics" in recent months.
Ask a dozen logistics managers to define "4PL" and "LLP" and you're likely to get a dozen different answers. We desperately need some standard definitions.
The value of supply chain visibility goes beyond customer satisfaction, as important as that may be. It also enables managers to shift their inventory and transportation modes if needed to respond to changing circumstances.