OCEAN SERVICE CONTRACTS

What should shippers and forwarders do to deal with the new container line alliances-- P3, G6, and CKYH?  Plus the impact of the H-L / CSAV merger and EMC moving to the CKYH? Impact on ports?  Domino effect?

LTL

Is it important to know the NMFC (National Motor Freight Classification) to contract for and to manage LTL freight?

SUPPLY CHAIN RISK

Is their risk for companies to engage consultants, for their supply chains, who have no practical supply chain experience--who are career consultants or generalists?

FREIGHT

Which would your boss rather have--the cheapest freight rate or the best transport service?  Cannot answer "both".

COLLABORATION

Many companies stretch out paying their suppliers and logistics service providers.  And many of these firms talk about supplier relationships. Is there a conflict here between words and actions?

SUPPLY CHAIN CONSULTING

LTD Management provides supply chain / logistics consulting based on real-world experience.  Our people are not generalists, are not career consultants.  Visit LTD at www.ltdmgmt.com

LTD -- Solutions That Work

OUTSOURCING

How much supply chain outsourcing does not work because the buyer spent more time on identifying the solution than on defining the problem and need?

WAREHOUSING

Is there a difference between contract warehousing and a 3PL?

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

It seems like much supply chain management is same-old, same-old and is not driving agendas and strategies.  Agree?

SUPPLY CHAIN SEGMENTATION

Guide to #SupplyChain #Segmentation -- Guide to #SupplyChainSegmentation -- Create Value, Counter Monolithic Supply Chain, Redesign Supply Chain 

SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY

To effectively manage a supply chain--global or not as large--what technologies are necessary for success?  I say technologies because there is no "one" technology for the entire supply chain.

INVENTORY

Is your company inventory rich?

CHINESE NEW YEAR

KUNG HEI FAT CHOY

SUPPLY CHAIN

Do you have the supply chain you "designed" and built--and deserve?  Is this your supply chain?

SUPPLY CHAIN RISK

#SupplyChainRisk identification and mitigation is for all manufacturers, retailers, and wholesalers.  It is not just for multinational corporations.

3PL

Too many #3PLs talk about what they do, and not what customers need.  As a result, they lack competitive differentiation and a solid value proposition.  Why is that?

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

#SuppyChainManagement is about competitive differentiation and about the customer! That is more than analyzing costs or operations.

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Too many companies define their supply chain by costs, tasks, and/or functions. In other words, do they really know what #SupplyChainManagement is?

 

 

RESHORING

Anecdotal stories aside, how likely is reshoring to happen?  How much--given what has happened over the past 40 years as to factories closed, machinery sold, trained employees gone? Would reshoring mean a movement away from global trade?

SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY

The importance of technology is directly proportional to the length and to the complexity of the supply chain.