Vivek Sood's Blog, page 31
March 12, 2019
Best Way To Minimise Your Warehousing Logistics Cost?
Very few companies seem to have enough warehousing space. Almost 80% of the companies I have interacted with as part of my projects (and that number runs in thousands, when you count the suppliers, customers and other supply chain partners of clients and customers) have sometime or other complained about running out of warehousing space. […]
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March 11, 2019
What Happens When You Mistake Someone’s Technology for Their Competence?
Impressive things are difficult to forget. And, sometimes difficult to describe in a manner which does full justice to their impressiveness. Let me make an attempt using what sticks in the memory after the last decade or so. We were at a presentation by a fairly large logistics company who were incumbents at a client of […]
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If You Mistake Someone’s Technology for Their Competence, Then Who is Incompetent?
Impressive things are difficult to forget. And, sometimes difficult to describe in a manner which does full justice to their impressiveness. Let me make an attempt using what sticks in the memory after the last decade or so. We were at a presentation by a fairly large logistics company who were incumbents at a client […]
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March 9, 2019
Why Logistics Companies Get Away With Extra-ordinary Practices and Pricing?
No other industry, barring IT, treats its buyers with as much disdain and contempt at the logistics industry. To make it palatable they mix just the right amount of respectful words in between. If you are not exposed to the world I am talking about, I am sure you would find this hard to believe, […]
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March 7, 2019
How Far Would You Go To Secure Continuity of Supply?
It is a legitimate question on supply chain security – How important is continuity of supply to you? How far would you go? Would you commission an act of aggression, if that was the only way of assuring supply chain security to keep the supply lines open? Would you go further than an act of […]
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March 6, 2019
Can Suppliers Kill You By Their Inaction?
Let me tell a story. This is a very entertaining story, but that is not the reason I am telling it. It has even greater business value, especially for strategists, and senior executives. It shows how supply chain security irrevocably altered the fortunes of a company that was a global leader at one time in […]
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If You Knew The Stakes What Would You Do?
Let’s start with a story illustrating how supply chain security irrevocably altered the fortunes of a company that was global leader in a very popular consumer electronics industry. A High Profile Industry This story is in public domain and involves two behemoths of the mobile phone industry at that time – Nokia and Ericcson. I […]
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How Far Would You Go To Make Your Supply Chain More Secure?
Let’s start with a story illustrating how supply chain security irrevocably altered the fortunes of a company that was global leader in a very popular consumer electronics industry. A High Profile Industry This story is in public domain and involves two behemoths of the mobile phone industry at that time – Nokia and Ericcson. I […]
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March 2, 2019
How To Choose The Best Consultants For Your Project
I came across a startling statistics which prompted a new line of thinking that I wanted to share – hence this article. Consider these statistics – over 70% of professionals would have worked as a consultant, or will work as a consultant, at some point in their careers. In other words, if you are reading […]
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February 26, 2019
What is the Most Effective Strategy to Massively Slash Shipping Freight Costs?
Freight costs reduction is the last frontier in the cost reduction landscape. And, I call it a strategy because it is not a tactic (and not a trick). A trick is something which is impermanent, a sleigh of hand. For example, I know a trick that can instantly cut your freight bill to zero. But, […]
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