Supply Chain Performance Management: It’s More Than Metrics

In today's business environment, monitoring and measuring the performance of assorted supply-chain functions is indispensable but not adequate for any company. Most organisation need to comprehend performance in relations to overall supply chain and be able to connect it to the corporate strategic goals. More importantly, aligning performance to corporate strategic goals objectives and closing the loop on execution to guarantee continuous improvement will be vital to efficacious performance management to reap better returns.

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The Trends Changing the Face of Logistics Outsourcing Worldwide

Outsourcing of logistics has reached maturity in both US and globally. However, researchers that have been monitoring shifts observed that the bigger shifts are taking place in logistics outsourcing worldwide. Some of these trends are encouraging and offer bigger opportunities for third party logistics providers (3PLs) usage, while others expose disturbing trends for 3PLs and their users. In this write-up, leading universities and other researchers disclose trends that show how 3PLs and their clients require a better understanding of each other's needs to build more successful relationships.

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New Solutions Help Companies Find the Return In Returns Management

As organizations better comprehend the impact of reverse logistics on brand loyalty, customer relationships and the profits, they have learned to capitalize on the potential of returns management to create a positive customer experience As it now earns bigger respect and attention, more senior executives are also taking a keen interest in this area to understand the reasons for return and the financial effect, as well as how to abridge returns.

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Logistics Provider

4PLs

Fourth-party logistics is beyond the talking stages and now presents plentiful opportunities for manufacturers and distributors. Fourth-party logistics (4PL) has finally moved from concept to reality! Supply chain costs have remained to increase and the business partners are constantly in search of new ways to curtail the logistics expenses in spite of striking improvements in service offerings and systems. Furthermore, the 4PLs movement suggests potential players a chance to widen their business offerings and/or to generate new business-to-business (B2B) venture. In this write-up the author further outlines the challenges and concerns faced by the 4PLs in more details.

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