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In the transportation and logistics industry, personal visits to carriers can present several benefits. On-site evaluations are not mandatory but can help you build solid relationships and allow you to improve communication and supplier risk management skills....

Facing supply chain fraud can be quite a brutal process but it’s an aspect that still manages to be overlooked by many companies. Avnet Inc.’s vice president, Wade McDaniel, has warned against this and provides insight and recommendations to help companies address...

Many companies utilize the services of an outside consulting firm to assist in the management of specific transportation projects. This is a good practice, particularly for shippers that do not currently have employees with the existing experience, knowledge, and...

It’s always been a challenge for manufacturers to know their customers. However, this is changing as modern businesses have started warming up towards omnichannel sales opportunities. That means that customers can place orders online or over the phone as they please....

In five short years, between 2010 and 2015 Fargo Courier grew rapidly from having 23 to 87 outlets in Kenya, only 12 of which had access to fibre connectivity. Poor roads and common power outages meant they needed to find a solution that ran off a 3G network for all...

In order for supply chain management to reach any sort of success, there needs to be efficient management. Achieving that requires a lot of factors including automation and perfect coordination. This is extremely important for growing businesses too as they need...

Selecting a new transportation management solution (TMS), whether fully outsourced, hosted, or internally installed, requires much due diligence to pair functional need with strategic vision. Shippers can get the most out of their TMS solution and service provider by...

Every shipment contains something of value to the sender and receiver. That package may have an extraordinarily high monetary value with little emotional equity, or incredibly high emotional value for the recipient but little financial worth. For example, let's take a...

In companies there often needs to be a routine review of commercial contracts between vendors, suppliers and services providers. Supply chain managers responsible for this are expected to get the help of attorneys and other compliance professionals in order to do a...

The week many have been looking forward to has arrived. It’s finally the launch of The African Women in Supply Chain Association (AWISCA); an association that aims to encourage South Africa’s supply chain skills through technical and practical issues that continue to...

How to Achieve the Best Way of Balancing Cost and Service Finding ways to control supply chain costs without sacrificing service has become something companies seek to achieve as they look for ways to do more with less. Immense focus on reducing costs may impact the...

There are normally seven traditional wastes identified in Lean thinking, namely – transportation, inventory, motion, waiting, overproduction, over-processing and defects. However, there are other wastes to look at that are non-traditional wastes in your supply chain...