Simplified Systematic Network Planning – step 1
STEP 1: ORIENT THE PROJECT Step 1 organizes the project and assures that it is well-defined, understood and realistically scheduled. SNP uses […]
Category: Logistics
Simplified Systematic Network Planning
THE NETWORK IN SIX STEPS CHANDRA NATARAJAN and LEE HALES describe a systematic six-step procedure for effective logistics network planning. Supply chain […]
Supply Chain Optimization Benefits
Supply chain and logistic networks consist of locations – suppliers, plants, warehouses, and customers – and the product transportation between them. Network […]
Paper Modeling for Supply Chain Optimization
Whenever doing any kind of analysis its tempting to start loading up the tables or spreadsheets and start slicing and dicing only […]
Warehouse Photos
While warehouses rarely make a contribution to architecture, they fill an important role in the supply chain. Here’s a collection of warehouses […]
Trucks and Trucking Photos
“The little four-wheelers live on risk. They endanger themselves. They endangered us. If you’re in a big truck, they’re around […]
Shipping Container Photos
Containers, cargo, ports, ships, industry… all that gray, steamy, rusty, stinky but at the same time fascinating stuff. If you […]
Green and Lean
Combining the questions of green and sustainability with the application of lean thinking to supply chain and logistics I offer these current […]
Green or Green Washed?
Green or Green Washed? 7 Lessons in Green Supply Chain in China By Rebeca Kanthor Ma Jun is one of China’s most […]
Slot3D
In most warehouses the material handlers travel empty more than 60% of the time. Long pick paths and poor product placement can […]
Supply Chain Guru
Supply Chain design studies often target understanding the impact of new sourcing options such as switching suppliers, opening or closing facilities, new […]
Slotting – Cubic Velocity Calculation
Cubic velocity calculation is used for storage equipment selection. The formula consisting of the average quantity ordered, the product’s dimensions, the desired […]