Automotive and Air Craft
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what is logistics
What is logistics? How can we get as close as possible to that concept? How can we help shape it and grasp what it entails? In order to achieve this, we have tried to approach it from different points of view, in order to create a complete puzzle. Let’s use some academic definitions, short quotes that underline key ideas about logistics, where the term came from, and what the future holds to find out what logistics is. Definitions of what is logistics “Logistics is the process of strategically managing the acquisition, movement, and storage of materials, parts, and finished inventory (and the corresponding information flow) through the organization and its…
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How to get it right with full load transportation
Full load transport is one of the main types of road transport. Flexible, reliable, fast and efficient, it has always been highly sought after by shippers and logisticians, since both can take advantage of its characteristics and create stable relationships in which both benefit. We have prepared this article so that you can find out if full charging is the right solution for your needs. What is full load transportation We are talking about full load transportation when a vehicle exclusively carries the merchandise of a single client from point A to point B (although there are mixed possibilities, such as transporting only merchandise from one client, but having two…
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14 reasons why your competitors outsource logistics and transportation companies
The vast majority of companies have logistics operators who help them totally or partially in their supply chain. However, the decision to hire logistics and transportation companies remains one of the most important for companies. What is it that leads companies to entrust their logistics to third parties? What are your competitors looking for doing it? Logistics and transport companies offer a wide range of services (storage, order preparation, distribution, etc.) to make life easier for their customers. In addition, a good logistics operator will draw up a transition plan for those clients who want to make the leap to outsourcing to do so easily. We are going to review…
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How is the national transport of merchandise
How is the national transport in Spain? Is there a predominant mode of transportation? How much merchandise moves within our borders? How has the arrival and development of express paleteria distribution networks been in our country? For logistics operators such as Transgesa, it is essential to know the answer to these questions and to know what our national transport is like. Who rules in national transport If there is an undisputed king in national transport, that is the road. The great dominator of logistics in Spain brings together the shipment of more than 80% of the products that are purchased in Spain, relegating maritime transport to second position and far…
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Is your shipping company good? Seven ways for you to know
Companies that need to deliver merchandise know how important it is to have a supplier that is a true partner and help on a day-to-day basis. However, how can we know if the shipping company we are working with is the right one? What should we look at in order to know if it is really adding value to us? In this week’s article we are going to give you some clues so that you can pull the thread and find the answer in your case. Seven points to look at in your shipping company 1.- Is it proactive and does it give you ideas to improve? A good shipping…
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Challenges for national transport companies in Spain
We are already fully into 2019. And, as always, the beginning of the year has been filled with wish lists. Purposes and commitments to motivate us for the upcoming course. In our case, as our passion is logistics, our thoughts for 2019 are focused on the challenges and pending tasks that national transport companies have ahead of them. Challenges of national transport companies Coping with technological disruption In recent times, the business world in general, and logistics in particular, has been practically overwhelmed by the simultaneous arrival of many technologies, all of them promising El Dorado to those who embrace them. We are talking about advances such as Big Data,…
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How Spanish companies face outsourcing
To outsource or not to outsource? That is the question. What is better? Execute our processes ourselves or entrust them, totally or partially, to external companies? What attitude do Spanish companies have towards internationalisation? What do they look for in it and who decides whether to carry it out? GrupoUno.CTC has recently published a study on outsourcing carried out with interviews with more than 300 Spanish executives from the main sectors of activity. What do Spanish companies look for in outsourcing? To be clear about the importance of outsourcing, we can look at the number of respondents who rate it as a strategic resource for their companies. The percentage stood…
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6 reasons to make the leap to the supply chain in the cloud
Few things have such a direct result in company accounts like the supply chain. Achieving efficient, dynamic and quality logistics improves your numbers and customer satisfaction. That is why companies do not rest in the search to improve this part of their business, and the leap to the supply chain in the cloud wants to be one of the solutions for the future. “Today’s organizations need levels of agility, integration and visibility that are beyond what traditional supply chain systems were designed to provide.” This is explained by a report from Oracle, one of the world giants of technology and cloud services. The study details the six main reasons why…
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Towards the digital supply chain
Digitization is another of those words that, for a few years, seem to be in fashion in the business world. Like Big Data, Blockchain and other glittering terms that sound very good to the ear. But what are we to do if we want to get serious about digital supply chain beyond the flashy headlines? Companies often lack a clear definition of what this digitization is and limit themselves to a vague concept in which they understand that there will be greater use of computers and technology. Recently, Supply Chain Insights has published a report in which it investigates how 25 large manufacturers approach this process. The digital supply chain…
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Heijunka or the leveling of production
Lean Manufacturing is one of the great manufacturing models of today and we have already talked about it on several occasions. Today we are going to stop at one of the bricks that usually make up the Lean manufacturing and Just in Time building: the Heijunka. This technique of Japanese origin, which can be translated as production leveling, is created to try to mitigate the effects of variations in demand in the production chain. This leveling refers to a more balanced production among numerous SKUs, instead of dealing with large quantities of the same SKU until moving on to the next, within a usually smaller number of SKUs. Why Heijunka?…
