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With a shortage of drivers, tighter regulations on drivers' hours of service, and other pressures, transportation capacity is hard to come by these days. Yet even amid the turmoil, some businesses are finding ways to assure transportation capacity is available when they need it and to minimize costs.
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.
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.
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.
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.