January 2007
Performance-based logistics allowances can unlock potential savings for manufacturers and retailers alike.
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October 2006
Executives believe they face growing risk from disruptions to their supply chains—yet many are unprepared to manage those risks.
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July 2006
To fend off attackers, incumbent postal services must learn to act more like private businesses.
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March 2006
Outsourcing parts of the supply chain has disrupted the flow of critical data. Targeted IT investments can restore what's
missing.
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September 2005
Chinese parts producers do have one advantage—cheap labor—but that isn’t the whole game.
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September 2005
Multinational corporations are starting to see the country's potential.
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April 2005
Used properly, they can be strategic assets.
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March 2005
California can do more than dream about retaining manufacturing jobs.
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February 2005
Proven techniques from manufacturing might be the recipe for improving productivity in restaurants.
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December 2004
Three issues hold the key to working successfully with Chinese suppliers.
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November 2004
Your company could be at sea if it doesn’t stay close to home.
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August 2004
Pressure is growing on auto suppliers to diversify their customer base. Are they up to the task?
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May 2004
The developed world’s tool manufacturers, no longer able to consistently trump competitors in emerging markets on price or quality, face painful choices if they are to survive.
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February 2004
A new survey shows that consumer goods companies can streamline their operations without compromising customer service.
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November 2003
A new tracking technology is being touted by retailing and consumer product companies as the next big thing, but it isn’t ready for prime time.
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May 2003
The customers’ demands are outpacing the logistics providers’ ability to meet them.
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February 2003
A study of early adopters of supply-chain-management software shows that it works best where it is needed most—but is no use as a bandage over flawed processes.
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August 2002
Suppliers put off by open business-to-business exchanges might find that the newly emerging private ones offer a better deal—as well as four ways to play.
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June 2002
China’s transportation and logistics market remains rudimentary and inefficient. Filling in the gaps could be a lucrative opportunity.
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May 2002
Freight transportation companies have moved slowly to keep up with modern business practices. Risk and revenue management could provide the boost the industry needs.
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February 2002
Despite the difficulties, there is money to be made running routine operations for other companies.
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November 2001
Before putting your assets in play, put them in order.
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August 2001
Build to order will be hugely expensive and challenging, and its benefits are uncertain. But there is a cheaper alternative.
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June 2001
B2B exchanges can't improve the efficiency of every element of the supply chain. An improved information flow is what they really have to offer.
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August 2000
IT systems are as common as forklifts in modern logistics. “Best practice in logistics” describes a report showing that the best logistics services providers and their customers, going beyond the tracking of shipments by computer, are investing in highly integrated systems across internal and external supply chains.
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May 2000
On-line vendors must offer customers complete satisfaction or lose them to off-line rivals
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February 2000
By tweaking the demand-supply chain, suppliers can offer their customers completely new value propositions and improve their own operations—without having to weigh the benefits of customer service against its cost.
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August 1996
An interview with Gus Pagonis, Executive Vice President for Logistics, Sears.
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May 1996
Low-cost retailers discovered the power of logistics: now even high fashion leaders are paying attention. Different incentives and no cooperation. Do not minimize costs at the distribution center.
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August 1995
PC and fashion producers face the same key challenge: balancing the cost of lost sales and obsolescence. Milanese fashion houses and Silicon Valley have made remarkable improvements.
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August 1995
Logistics alliances—formal or informal relationships between companies and logistics providers—are rapidly emerging in Europe, North America, and, increasingly, East Asia. A McKinsey survey shows that their success depends on six best practices.
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May 1995
Three keys to success: distribution, distribution, distribution.
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February 1994
An early report on the development to date of one key building block of the coming “network” economy.
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August 1993
Companies that effectively involve suppliers in their internal product development achieve a new strategic advantage.
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