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by the numbers: Logistics

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: American Productivity & Quality Center
Published: October 2005
Product Code: R166-7
Description
Designed for supply chain executives and managers who want to understand meaningful measures adopted throughout a wide range of industries, evaluate performance through benchmarking, and identify areas of improvement, by the numbers: Logistics examines four key areas and four related processes.

Learn how to: define logistics strategy, plan inbound materials flow, operate warehousing, and operate outbound transportation in this new title from APQC. Compare your organization to your peer groups and discover ways to improve your performance in hardcopy and electronic formats.

Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Benchmarking and Best Practices
  • The Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC) Research Overview
  • The APQC Process Classification Framework
  • Commonly Used Measures for Logistics

The Metrics: What Are the Numbers, and What Do They Tell Us?
  • Logistics PCF 4.5
  • Supply Chain Reliability
  • Supply Chain Responsiveness
  • Supply Chain Cost Effectiveness

The Bottom Line
The Business Case
Benchmarking Future Performance
Appendices
  • PCF Section 4.0 Deliver Products and Services
    • Standard Measures: Logistics

OSBC Research Methodology
IBM White Paper
Ordering and More Information
Price and Delivery Options


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