...Key Enablers for an Efficient & Optimized Voice-Based Warehouse Critical Insights to Selecting a Comprehensive Voice-Based Warehousing Solution Key Enablers For an Efficient & Optimized Voice-Based Warehouse LXE Inc. Introduction Today's business applications are more complex and time-critical than ever before. Adaptability and multi-tasking have become more than just industry buzzwords in recent years, and nowhere are they more necessary than in warehouse operations. The ability to efficiently identify, receive, store, retrieve and ship goods and materials is critical to the overall health of a company. Complicating this task is a shrinking labor pool of skilled workers and an influx of workers for whom English is not their first language. Increasingly, companies are recognizing that voice-based solutions offer significant benefits for a number of warehouse applications and help warehouse workforces to rapidly become more efficient and productive in their day-to-day operations, regardless of their skill level or language spoken. Voice solutions recognize spoken words as data entry and provide audio (verbal) directions and confirmations to workers. For the non-technical operator, voice is the easiest and most transparent of all data entry and order picking technologies available. In fact, voice has been called the most natural and intuitive of all data entry methods since it's one of the first skills we learn. Voice Overview Voice solutions leave a worker's hands...
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...Zara Case 1. What are the ways that Inditex ensures that “fast fashion” is truly fast? The primary drive behind “fast fashion” for Zara and more importantly its CEO Pablo Isla is logistics. The company produces two thirds of its product in nearby location such as Spain, Portugal, and Turkey, thus ensuring significant savings on transportation costs along with significantly faster delivery times. Aside from delivery times, Mr. Isla has installed sophisticated system of monitoring sales and ordering merchandise. Stores are restocked as often as twice a week, and merchandise reaches the store within two days of the order. The fashion is monitored very closely, and those items that are successful are quickly sent to both designers for creation of like merchandise, and the company’s factories for creating more. The company has even added new shipping routes to ensure that managers get their merchandise quickly. Store mangers use handheld computers to monitored current and order new merchandise. While previously ordering new merchandise took around three hours, now it takes less then an hour. New fashions hit the stores much quicker then majority of the company’s competitors. With that said, the company is expanding rather quickly and majority of its expansion is outside of its native Spanish market. Expansion in Americas will likely put a strain on its distribution network as majority of its merchandise is produced in Europe. Asian production does account for approximately a third...
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...causes negativity not only in the department but causes distrust with their subordinates. Federal Companies is a moving company that is headquartered in East Peoria, Illinois. They have been in operation since 1913 as an agent for Allied Van Lines. They offer widespread services in residential relocation, international moving, office moving, warehousing and distribution, delivery services, and custom logistics solutions to data backup and record storage services to motorcycle transportation. They have multiple locations throughout Central Illinois, St. Louis, MO, Milwaukee, WI, and Chicago, IL (Federal). The Federal Companies corporate headquarters is where the marketing, accounting/finance, billing, human resources, executive management, and information technology departments are located. The key decisions regarding personnel and promotions are decided by the human resources manager and his or her superiors when a position becomes available. When a new management position becomes available, notification is sent to the human resources department from the department manager and research is conducted if there are any internal candidates or if an advertisement is...
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...IT’S MY BIKE Debbie Martin was overjoyed when she was selected the new Supplier Quantity Manager for the commercial product division of Cold Air Corporation. In this role, she was responsible for monitoring the quality of component parts for twelve production lines scattered throughout the large manufacturing plant. When she started the new position, Debbie knew she would be faced with many opportunities and conflicts. Her immediate supervisor, the manager of shipping and receiving, was not known as an easy person to work for. He expected his subordinates to have a take charge attitude and to avoid bothering him with trivial issues. What Debbie had not envisioned was just how trivial and non-productive some of the conflicts in her new position would be. She certainly had not expected to be on the verge of a fistfight. Debbie was just starting her shift when she received a telephone call from Ronnie, one of her subordinates. Ronnie was a purchasing parts inspector, and was responsible for inspecting certain incoming parts for all production lines in the plant. He was complaining that the Airhandler Quality team had borrowed “the bike” for a special project and would not return it. He reminded Debbie of his current project and how covering the entire 15-acre plant on foot would only delay completion of the project. Debbie rolled her eyes as she thought about the logistics of inspecting component past’s three separate buildings. She also realized that Ronnie had a tendency...
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...manufacturing, logistics and finance departments? Explain the logistics department’s role in the introduction of the new products. Logistics professionals and other knowledge managers realize, however that in spite of all the hype about the Internet, successful organizations must manage order fulfillment to their customers effectively and efficiently to build and sustain competitive advantage and profitability. At the same time, the competitive marketplace demands efficiency are controlling transportation, inventory, and other logistics related costs. A different perspective on supply chain managements views it as a complex of the logistics systems and related activities of all the individual organizations that are a part of particular supply chain. In addition, there are three principle ways in which logistics adds value such as place, time and quantity utilities. The interactions needed to take place among the marketing, manufacturing, logistics and finance departments are very important. Logistics obviously are focuses on process that cut across traditional functional boundaries, particularly in today environment with its emphasis on the supply chain. Logistics interfaces between manufacturing and logistics are related with length of the production run. Advantages and disadvantages are gives impact on inventories. The logistics managers are responsible for the inbound movement and storage of raw materials and components that will support production, logistics and manufacturing...
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...Mississauga ON L5N 8C6 Phone: 905-789-4213 Fax: 905-789-4279 E-mail: Stephen Aikman Sr. Manager, Client Strategy RBC Royal Bank 320 Front Street West, 4th Floor Toronto ON M5V 3B6 Phone: Fax: E-mail: Thomas Aldred General Manager Schenker Logistics Inc. 1920 Albion Road Rexdale ON M9W 5T2 Phone: 416-798-8070 x235 Fax: 416-798-4416 E-mail: Desmond Ali Warehouse Manager USANA, Canada Co. 1 & 2 - 361 Rowntree Dairy Road Woodbridge ON L4L 8H1 Phone: 905-264-7549 Fax: 905-264-9873 E-mail: Sabina Ali Customs & Traffic Manager Conair Consumer Products, Inc. 100 Conair Parkway Woodbridge ON L4H 0L2 Phone: 905-265-4533 Fax: 905-265-4595 E-mail: Anthony Allwood President Systems Logic 4 - 62 Plant Farm Blvd. Brantford ON N3S 7W3 Phone: 519-758-5426 Fax: E-mail: Jay Amer VP, Business Development OEEDC - Greater Peterborough 210 Wolfe Street Peterborough ON K9J 2K9 Phone: 705-743-0777 x2125 Fax: 705-743-3093 E-mail: Jill Anderson Senior Managing Consultant IBM Canada 127 Wimbleton Road Etobicoke ON M9A 3S4 Phone: 416-567-2046 Fax: E-mail: Sandy Andrews Logistics Manager Tilley Endurables, Inc. 900 Don Mills Road North York ON M3C 1V6 Phone: 416-441-6141 Fax: 416-444-3860 E-mail: Robert Antenucci Director PowerStream Inc. 161 Cityview Blvd. Vaughan ON L4H 0A9 Phone: 905-532-4558 Fax: E-mail: Arthur Aparicio Senior Planning Manager Wal-Mart Canada Corp 1940 Argentia Road Mississauga...
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...Topics Covered Chapter 12: Logistics and Supply Chain Information Systems Overall importance of information systems to logistics and supply chain management. Key issues in information systems. quality of information, and what to measure to assure that this quality exists exists. The architecture and objectives of information systems. role of logistics in the “connected” economy, and impact of evolving technologies on logistics and logistics processes. structural components of the logistics information system, and contribution of each to the overall effectiveness of logistics and supply chain processes. importance of adapting to new information technologies. 2 Logistics Profile: Applebee’s… Logistics and Supply Chain Information Systems: Introduction Restaurant ordering practice has progressed from phone to fax to Internet. Information systems (IS) help Applebee’s to monitor pre-negotiated prices and rebates, and to better manage inventory tracking. Internet-enabled information systems have great potential to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of supply chain activity. 3 Many firms view effective management of logistics and supply chain activities as: Prerequisites to overall cost efficiency, and Keys to ensuring their ability to competitively price their products and services.1 Effective information management also can help ensure that a firm meets the logistics needs of its customers. 4 Customer...
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...Course Project Petrofac Logistics Performance Course Instructor GM591 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior John Drabouski Student Mohamed Fadel Bouledroua bouledroua@gmail.com February 2012 Introduction Petrofac is an international provider of integrated facilities solutions to the oil and gas production and processing industries. Some key facts about Petrofac: More than 14,500 employees and 27 offices worldwide. Seven business units providing life of asset solutions; from design to decommissioning. Quoted on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. 2010 Revenue of US$4,354m and Net profit of US$557.8m. Its business unit, Petrofac Engineering & Construction (E&C) based at Sharjah UAE, provides engineering & construction services from concept and feasibility studies through to detailed design and full project execution tailored to meet both the project and the customers’ requirements. Petrofac E&C can provide tailored and integrated engineering; procurement and construction (EPC) project delivery solutions. As part of its integrated EPC project implementation capability, Petrofac E&C provides: Health, safety, security and environmental management. Comprehensive quality assurance and control Project management Detailed design and engineering Procurement including inspection and logistics of all project materials and equipment Pre-fabrication and onsite construction Commissioning...
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...Report - Automotive Logistics India 2010 - Automotive Logistics India http://www.automotivelogisticsindia.com/82/Report/[10-12-2010 00:00:14] CONFERENCE 2009: Market boom, but where are the 3PLs? PUNE 2-4 December 2009: As delegates assembled in Pune, India’s car sales figures for November were released – and they made startling reading. Growth is back in India: market leader Maruti Suzuki saw sales jump 60% over the same month in 2008 (though only 17% up on 2007); Tata Fiat was up 55%; Hyundai up 93%; GM up 65%; and Mahindra more than doubled at 102%. The figures confirm that late 2008 was just a brief pause in the upward trajectory of car production and sales. But logistics is groaning under the strain. Both speakers and delegates lamented the low cost/low investment logistics model which exists in the automotive sector in India. OEMs called for a significant increase in the low level of involvement from sophisticated 3PLs. About the conference Read the conference reports via these links: 1 - Overall conference report 2 - Special report on packaging 3 - Special report on supply chain management See the conference programmeand speakers. See archive information about the previous two annual India conferences by using the top navigation. See the Jan-Mar 2010 issue of Automotive Logistics magazine for a report in print, together with market statistics. The 2010 conference will be from 8-10 Dec in Chennai. Register your interest. This conference was the third...
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...Logistics Fortune 500 Company Florida Institute of Technology Being promoted to the head of a Fortune 500 Logistics company is a great accomplishment for anyone to achieve. However, with such a great position, sometimes comes with unwanted baggage that must be cleaned up, in order to keep the company competitive and most importantly to keep it from closing. Several areas have been bought to my attention that must be addressed and corrected immediately. It’s a sad but true that employees of just about every business, will occasionally encounter team members who are taking part in unethical behaviors and are not loyal to their organization, which can plague any workplace. Such unethical and loyalty behaviors include a wide variety of different activities. Among the most are employees making long-distance call on the business line, duplicating software for use at home, falsifying the number of hours worked or much more serious and illegal practices, such as embezzling money from the business or falsifying business records. The thing that makes unethical/loyalty problems difficult to deal with is that they involve making value judgments. Change can be unsettling and very difficult, so I must ensure that the employees can cope effectively, again, this is a serious task that must be addressed and resolved in a timely manner. What action should I take to correct this behavior? My first step is to create a company policy, in writing, that is read and signed be each employee...
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...TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING LOGISTICS AND SPORT MANAGEMENT CLASS TEST 1 (LGS300T) DATE: WEEK OF 25 FEB 2014 TIME: 20 MIN TOTAL MARKS: 10 INSTRUCTIONS: 1 ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS 2 THIS TEST IS AN OPEN BOOK TEST QUESTIONS (MULTIPLE CHOICE): 1. Which of the below is not one of the external forces driving the rate of change and shaping our economic and political landscape? a. Government policy b. Technology c. Environmental concerns d. Globalization Outsourcing involves a. moving company facilities away from the home office. b. hiring foreign nationals to manage parts of the business. c. obtaining materials, parts, and products from other companies. d. building a factory in another country. The Supply Chain Concept a. is very new and considered cutting edge technology. b. is highly dependent of computerization. c. not always well understood by senior managers. d. developed from the previous Physical Distribution concept. Logistics, in its simplest form, a. is a military term, as it was developed originally to supply the battlefield. b. combines inbound logistics with the outbound logistics of physical distribution. c. is another term for transportation management. d. does not involve customer service or other related functions. Which of the following is not part of the Supply Chain network? a. Plants b. stores c. terminals d. distribution centers Complexity in the supply chain is caused by a. the number of SKUs. c. transportation...
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...LOGISTICS is the function responsible for the flow of materials from suppliers into an organisation, through operations within the organisation, and then out to customers. Supply chain management, however, is about managing the flow of materials, components and information throughout the total pipeline from raw materials to end user, and is based on effective customer/supplier relationships to ensure quality, delivery, cost and flexibility can be improved throughout the supply chain. This integration will result in a reduction in the total cost of logistics rather than the cost of each activity. This is due to the improved flow of material and information, improved transport and warehouse asset utilisation and elimination of duplicated department efforts. Consequently this results in an improved capability to respond to customers ―Quick Response‖ needs. The goal is to improve customer service, save cost and increase revenues. to satisfy the end customer whilst achieving competitive advantage over any competitors through ensuring maximum efficiency and return. To respond more accurately to actual customer demand and keep inventory to a minimum (Pull System), leading companies have adopted a number of speed-to-market management techniques that help them to build a comprehensive supply chain structure, such as just in time (JIT), quick response (QR), efficient consumer response (ECR) and vendor managed inventory (VMI). There is a need to develop collaborative relationships...
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...AHMED MOUSA Address: Apartment 2, 4th Floor, Building No. 5, Al Awqaf Buildings, Monshaat Al Qanater, Giza, Egypt. E-Mail: ahmed_mousa@hotmail.com Skype: a_mousa_83 Phone No: 002-01010804380 JOB OBJECTIVE Seeking middle level assignments in Supply Chain Management and Logistics Operations with a reputable organization. PROFILE SUMMARY • A performance driven professional with nearly 9 years of total experience including nearly 7 years in Purchase Management, Quality Control and Logistics Operations. • Currently associated with El Sewedy Electrometer, Hangzhou, China as Purchasing Manager. • Deft at gathering requirement and administering the sourcing & purchase operations for ensuring cost & time effectiveness of the processes. • Dexterous in ensuring availability and delivery of right quality materials at the right time, price and terms. • Adept at coordinating and following up with the stakeholders for facilitating smooth running of the operations. • Proficient at implementing stringent quality measures including preparation / maintenance of necessary documents to ensure compliance with the various standards & requirements. • Equipped with good project management skills coupled with the ability to identify issues, obtain mutual agreements and implement changes, as required. • An analytical thinker with exceptional communication, planning & problem solving skills. CORE COMPETENCIES Sourcing/Procurement/Purchase Management • Developing and implementing key strategies for...
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...experienced business development professional with over 10 years’ management expertise within the Oil, Supply, Trade and Logistics industries. An enthusiastic and highly self-motivated individual who remains flexible to the changing demands of business environments, is able to develop and implement new initiatives with a particular talent for implementing projects to open and manage strategic supply routes within the Caspian and Black seas. Has experience with pipeline solutions, ensuring effective delivery of all contractual terms for multinational customers. Is able to think both laterally and strategically in order to produce innovative ideas and feasible plans for cost-effective solutions. Has excellent abilities in driving and motivating teams in order to deliver internal efficiencies, identifying opportunities for personnel development as required. Has a hands-on management style and effective communication skills, working with people at all levels to deliver results. Objective Now looking for a new and challenging position which will fully utilise existing skills and experiences, while enabling further career development. Career Summary 2010 – Present | Commercial / Business Development Manager, Milio International Ltd, Dubai, UAE. | * Responsible for the management of oil supply and logistics operations, including managing and monitoring budgets for logistics and transportation and implementing remedial action as required * Conducting negotiations for supply and transportation...
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...Principle 1: Segment customers based on the service needs of distinct groups and adapt the supply chain to serve these segments profitably. Segmentation has traditionally grouped customers by industry, product, or trade channel and then taken a one-size-fits-all approach to serving them, averaging costs and profitability within and across segments. The typical result, as one manager admits: "We don't fully understand the relative value customers place on our service offerings." But segmenting customers by their particular needs equips a company to develop a portfolio of services tailored to various segments. Surveys, interviews, and industry research have been the traditional tools for defining key segmentation criteria. Today, progressive manufacturers are turning to such advanced analytical techniques as cluster and conjoint analysis to measure customer tradeoffs and predict the marginal profitability of each segment. One manufacturer of home improvement and building products bases segmentation on sales and merchandising needs and order fulfillment requirements. Others are finding that criteria such as technical support and account planning activities drive segmentation. Viewed from the classic perspective, this needs-based segmentation may produce some odd couples. For the manufacturer in Exhibit 1, "innovators" include an industrial distributor (Grainger), a do-it-yourself retailer (Home Depot), and a mass merchant (Wal-Mart). Research also can established the services...
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