Logistics
The logistics manager’s greatest challenge is to provide superior logistics and transportation services while holding the line on costs. That’s a tall order in the face of continually rising freight rates triggered by fuel price spikes, strong national and global demand, driver shortages, and other market factors.
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Through this assessment, logistics professionals can discover new opportunities for:
- defining a logistics strategy,
- planning inbound material flow,
- overseeing warehousing,
- managing outbound transportation, and
- managing returns.
By comparing your organization’s performance with that of the top performers, 
you will be able to identify areas that may require attention and resources to keep you ahead of your competitors. For example, top logistics operations are achieving dock-to-stock cycle times of just three hours and pick-to-ship cycle times of four hours, compared with six and 10 hours, respectively, for the typical organization.
Other key logistics measures include:
- total logistics costs,
- number of employees per $1 billion in revenue,
- on-time shipments,
- full-load shipment percentage, and
- premium freight charges.
To guide you in your adoption of best practices and implementation of information systems, the report also reviews the following:
- outsourcing strategies,
- implementation of software applications,
- transportation practices, and
- warehousing capabilities.
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Founded in 1977, APQC is a member-based nonprofit organization. APQC serves as a steward for broader open standards benchmarking, providing global, consistent process measurement.
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