JDA recently released a new complimentary white paper covering “Best Practices in Global Logistics.”
As a result of global sourcing, transportation management and third party logistics is becoming more strategic at companies where it has not traditionally been a core competency.
Some key best practices for logistics management covered include:
- Evaluate and determine the right logistics operating model
- Establish strategic relations with 3PL providers and get alignment on performance metrics
- Deploy global visibility and exception-management processes and systems
- Optimize the global flow of goods through intelligent routing and consolidation
- Institute a continuous process for ongoing logistics/supply chain network design and scenario analysis