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Dr. Frazelle's Periodic Insights on Supply Chain Strategy, Technology and Operations

In Search of the Perfect Order

How do you measure logistics quality? Unfortunately, there is no industry standard. In fact, there are so many different measures that...

How to Design Supply Chains with Collaboration and Geographic Insights

One of our major healthcare clients recently asked me to address two questions for their organization. The first is based on a statement...

Supply Chain Complexities, Confusions, and Conundrums... How to Solve Them

The over-arching and overwhelming dilemma I see in the supply chain world is the gap between the complexity of decisions facing supply...

Order Picking Optimization

We have been fortunate to serve LL Bean with DC operations optimization and analytics since the early 1990s. The 120 second video...

Warehouse Layout Optimization

WAREHOUSE LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION course. Below is an excerpt from our new course on How to Layout a Warehouse: Seven Steps to an Optimal...

How to Slot a Warehouse

I started my work in slotting optimization over 30 years ago. From a DOS diskette to a desktop application to remote PC access,...

Supply Chain Diagnoses and Prescriptions: Solutions Looking for Problems

Have you even been to the Varsity? The Varsity restaurant is an Atlanta landmark a couple of blocks from here and I encourage you to go...

Supply Chain Space Optimization

In our early work with Honda, the company’s warehouse space utilization was in excess of 98 percent. When it came time to implement a new...

Supply Chain Project Success Belongs to the Diligent Few

We have to cajole some of our clients to embrace the processes of cultivating supply chain data, analyzing supply chain data and gleaning...

Supply Chain Optimization through the Eyes of a Receiving Dock

A few years ago, we were asked to assist a large apparel retailer with their supply-chain strategy. We toured the main distribution...

The Supply Chain Squeeze

HOW SUPPLY CHAIN PHILOSOPHIES ARE SOMETIMES USED AS SUBSTITUTES FOR COMMON SENSE, EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP, AND/OR ANALYTICAL HARD WORK A few...

Strategic Warehousing?

Since warehouses house inventory (or wares), warehousing adds business and supply chain value in all the same ways including facilitating...