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- Inventory Accuracy Improves Performance on Logistics Metrics
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APQC’s research shows that maintaining inventory accuracy can do much more than just reduce inventory carrying cost and reduce stock outages.
Type: Benchmarks and Metrics Topics: Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Inventory Management, Inbound Material Flow, Outbound Transportation Processes: 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 4.5 Manage logistics and warehousing, 4.5.1.6 Define key performance measures, 4.5.1 Define logistics strategy, 4.5.2.2 Manage inbound material flow, 4.5.2 Plan inbound material flow, 4.5.3 Operate warehousing, 4.5.4 Operate outbound transportation- Relevance: 89%
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- Outbound Transportation Costs
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APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking in logistics reveals that organizations dedicate a large amount of logistics resources to operating outbound transportation.
Type: Benchmarks and Metrics Topics: Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Outbound Transportation Processes: 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 4.5 Manage logistics and warehousing, 4.5.4 Operate outbound transportation- Relevance: 84%
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- Warehouse Management Systems
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Data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking in logistics reveals the impact of warehouse management systems (WMS) on perfect order performance and the amount of expedited orders.
Type: Benchmarks and Metrics Topics: Shipping, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Warehousing, Outbound Transportation Processes: 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 4.5 Manage logistics and warehousing, 4.5.3 Operate warehousing, 4.5.3.4 Pick, pack, and ship product for delivery, 4.5.4 Operate outbound transportation- Relevance: 83%
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- Total Cost to Operate Outbound Transportation per $1,000 in Revenue
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Metric data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking in logistics reveals how organizations perform regarding the total cost to operate outbound transportation per $1,000 in revenue.
Type: Benchmarks and Metrics Topics: Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Outbound Transportation Processes: 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 4.5 Manage logistics and warehousing, 4.5.4 Operate outbound transportation- Relevance: 82%
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- Big Changes Can Lead to Big Results
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The pharmaceuticals division of Reliance Industries had an inefficient physical distribution process that was resulting in financial losses.
Type: Articles and White Papers Topics: Process Reengineering, Business Excellence, Process, Shipping, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Supply Chain Planning, Distribution, Order Management, Inventory Management, Process Improvement, Warehousing, Outbound Transportation Processes: 4.1.5.3 Determine finished goods inventory requirements at destination, 4.1 Plan for and acquire necessary resources (Supply Chain Planning), 4.1.5 Plan distribution requirements, 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 4.1.5.8 Calculate destination dispatch plan, 4.1.1.3 Define outsourcing policies, 4.1.1 Develop production and materials strategies, 4.1.5.9 Manage dispatch plan attainment, 4.1.6.3 Establish transportation management constraints, 4.1.6 Establish distribution planning constraints, 4.1.7 Review distribution planning policies, 4.1.8.4 Identify performance trends, 4.1.8 Assess distribution planning performance, 4.4.3 Provide service to specific customers, 4.4 Deliver service to customer, 4.4.3.2 Dispatch resources, 4.4.3.3 Manage order fulfillment progress, 4.5.1.2 Design logistics network, 4.5 Manage logistics and warehousing, 4.5.1 Define logistics strategy, 4.5.3 Operate warehousing, 4.5.4 Operate outbound transportation, 4.1.5.10 Calculate destination load plans, 4.1.5.13 Manage capacity utilization Industry: Pharmaceutical- Relevance: 76%
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- Turnaround of a Business Through the Transformation of Physical Distribution
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An inefficient process design only breeds inefficiency!
Type: Presentations Topics: Business Transformation, Business Excellence, Process, Shipping, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Supply Chain Planning, Distribution, Outbound Transportation Processes: 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 4.1.5 Plan distribution requirements, 4.1 Plan for and acquire necessary resources (Supply Chain Planning), 4.1.8 Assess distribution planning performance, 4.4 Deliver service to customer, 4.5.1 Define logistics strategy, 4.5 Manage logistics and warehousing, 4.5.3 Operate warehousing, 4.5.4 Operate outbound transportation Industry: Pharmaceutical- Relevance: 74%
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- Turnaround of a Business Through the Transformation of Physical Distribution (Slides)
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An inefficient process design only breeds inefficiency!
Type: Presentations Topics: Business Transformation, Business Excellence, Process, Shipping, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Supply Chain Planning, Distribution, Outbound Transportation Processes: 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 4.1.5 Plan distribution requirements, 4.1 Plan for and acquire necessary resources (Supply Chain Planning), 4.1.8 Assess distribution planning performance, 4.4 Deliver service to customer, 4.5.1 Define logistics strategy, 4.5 Manage logistics and warehousing, 4.5.3 Operate warehousing, 4.5.4 Operate outbound transportation Industry: Pharmaceutical- Relevance: 74%
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- Blueprint for Success: Logistics (Second Edition)
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View logistics as the key to gain a competitive advantage and discover how to use logistics functions and supporting processes to profoundly impact your organization's bottom line in this updated second edition of ...
Type: Reports and Books Topics: Logistics, Supply Chain Management Processes: 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 4.5 Manage logistics and warehousing, 4.5.1 Define logistics strategy, 4.5.2 Plan inbound material flow, 4.5.3 Operate warehousing, 4.5.4 Operate outbound transportation, 4.5.5 Manage returns; manage reverse logistics Industry: Consumer Products/Packaged Goods, Electronics, Logistics, Machinery Equipment- Relevance: 62%
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- Carbon Management – Balancing the Trade-Offs
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Supply chain professionals will have to manage a number of trade-offs to reduce carbon output.
Type: Articles and White Papers Topics: Environmental, Organization and Management, Environmental Health & Safety Processes: 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 4.1.1 Develop production and materials strategies, 4.1 Plan for and acquire necessary resources (Supply Chain Planning), 4.1.1.2 Define labor and materials policies, 4.1.7 Review distribution planning policies, 4.2.1.6 Seek opportunities to improve efficiency and value, 4.2 Procure materials and services, 4.2.1 Develop sourcing strategies, 4.5.4.1 Plan, transport, and deliver outbound product, 4.5 Manage logistics and warehousing, 4.5.4 Operate outbound transportation- Relevance: 62%
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- Fleet Maintenance Report
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APQC administered a survey in 2008 to find out what organizations are doing with respect to fleet maintenance.
Type: Benchmarks and Metrics Topics: Fleet Management, Supply Chain Management, Logistics Processes: 4.5.4 Operate outbound transportation, 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 4.5 Manage logistics and warehousing- Relevance: 46%
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