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There's not much logistics managers in the food industry can do about rising fuel costs. But there still may be some things managers can do to make those networks even more efficient.
With prices at the pump rising by the day, distribution professionals are constantly on the lookout for fresh new ways to cut transportation costs. But they might do better to look back to the past.
For our 2008 Rainmakers, success is about more than fame and fortune. It's also about making contributions to the logistics field and advancing the profession.
When changes in wafer fabrication added more links to Texas Instruments' supply chain, the semiconductor maker responded by streamlining its operations.
Supply chain management by its very nature depends on relationships and connections. In this excerpt from their recent book, Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management: An Essential Guide for the 21st Century, the authors first describe some of the relationships that play an important role in achieving supply chain success. In the following section, they focus on consultants, looking at how they operate and when it makes sense to use them or not.
Although the trucking industry intends to do what it can to promote fuel economy and ease the situation, it's also looking for a little help from policy-makers.
Logistics and supply chain professionals have joined the college crowd on social networking sites. But they're not there to share photos or swap movie recommendations; they're looking to get advice, snag a job, or seal a deal.
The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) has announced a partnership with the AidMatrix Network that will enhance ALAN's disaster-response capabilities.
While insisting on order might be obsessive-compulsive in a business sense, organized thinking lies somewhere between desirable and absolutely required.