Supply Chain Role Omni Logistics is a 3PL business that specializes in transportation services that can be customized to customer’s needs. Teams of dedicated professionals aim to remove risk and variability in the products and suppliers of their clients. Moreover, Omni tailors their services to meet the unique needs of each individual client by combining a unique team, technology, and personal processes. Omni’s program solutions include domestic (air and ground), international (air and sea), air charter, full truck load, LTL rater, security and risk management, White Glove Solutions, distribution, information technology, and business sector solutions. Supplier Selection As a company most of their business is through ground domestic transport. …show more content…
A majority of the shipments that Omni Logistics handles are White Glove shipments requiring much more planning and personnel to move the shipment from pickup, to delivery, to installation. If shipments require special installation, all the technicians/installers who want to work the shipment installation must be trained and certified through OmniCert. The technician/installer will be assigned to the shipment installation once Omni Logistics receives the training certificate. This ensures that the installer has the skills needed for the install before the actual job …show more content…
Omni Logistics uses a Transportation Management System (TMS) that allows each shipment to be customized to its specific requirements. Every step of every shipment is customizable. This system eliminates reliance on SOP’s and special instructions. Process steps become part of the shipment lifecycle. It also allows ad-hoc process steps for special circumstances and new requirements can be immediately integrated. Moreover, the customer can track their shipment and use the reporting tools of OmniTrak or use OmniDash to view their shipments in real-time. The other software that is used is either domestic ground or international GPS
Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) came into being more than eight decades ago when several independent retailers decided that the power of a cooperative far outweighed the influence of any one individual retail grocer. AWG provides distributor services to independent grocers in over 30 states with nine distribution centers throughout the South and Southeast regions of the country. In addition to their wholesale foods department, AWG offers a myriad of services from new store design, construction, marketing, product placement and “world class” logistical consultation (cite 11). AWG faces many of the same logistical challenges that other similar wholesalers face to include rising fuel costs, inclement weather, stringent timelines and an ever evolving need for stringent quality. One method to exploit a business’s positive and negative attributes is through the use of a Strength-Weakness-Opportunity-Threat analysis, or SWOT analysis (Cite 11). If used correctly, the analysis results can give insight into potential market areas of expansion and expose vulnerabilities to senior leadership so that they can be mitigated. AWG looks at its Supply Chain Management (SCM) as an integral part of its core business offering multiple services such as logistics to new co-op members. The team members of AWG are positioning themselves for sustainable success, now and in the future.
Total Quality Logistics (TQL), a freight brokerage company based in Milford, Ohio, has grown immensely since inception in June of 2005. With employee growth of 174% in just 9 years and an 191% increase in revenues, TQL needs to implement a plan that can help the company manage its employees while maintaining its reputable quality of service and revenue.
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The organization is able to build a barrier to new entrants in parcel industry. It is very expensive to set up the services that are equal to the existing organizations. There is high fixed cost associated with establishing the required international transport network. This includes ground transportation vehicles, depots, plants and a retail
A switch from premium overnight services to lower – margin deferred services and ground delivery services is an advantage to Airborne Express. With existing assets including trucks, tracking systems, regional hubs and sorting facilities, they only need minor initial investments to develop fully these kinds of services. They should use these assets wisely and effectively.
Our Logistics unit is driving for synergistic growth, developing and securing its links to Container Shipping
With that being said, knowing the routes products take in getting from point A to point B requires a planning process with the ability to create practical shipment arrangements by consolidating orders to optimal shipping volumes by also taking into consideration the variety of trucks, the number of stops in routes, and the potential for outside restrictions according to the Supply Chain Digest (Web, 2014). With most companies that process shipping trucks, drivers spend valuable time waiting for the trucks to be loaded and unloaded with product shipment, causing a loss in revenue gained through quicker delivery times customer. With proper planning and implementation of a network wide system throughout PepsiCo’s supply chain, the delivery function more specifically that shows outbound and inbound capacity, appointment schedules, and available times for delivery receipts, drivers can be aware of time slots that they can get in and out with to better utilize time and capital. With the determination between the differences of inbound and outbound shipments, PepsiCo will be able to further improve carrier efficiency and reduce their overall transportation costs.
Through their SCM Solutions, Oracle can manage one’s transportation and global trade operations, while streamlining everyday warehousing needs (Oracle SCM Solutions-Transportation Management). Throughout Oracle’s Transportation Management, they have the capability to manage all transportation activity throughout their supply chain, which enables them to optimize service levels and automate the numerous processes to have operations running more efficiently. As stated above, TMS can offer various functions to support a business such as Business Intelligence, Item Visibility, and Carrier Contract Management. Oracle’s Transportation management service provider correspondingly supplies similar services to improve procedures such as Transportation Intelligence, Visibility, & Carrier Sourcing (Oracle SCM Solutions-Transportation Management). The Transportation Intelligence function attempts to track items/orders/shipments, make appropriate changes to improve cost & services, and monitor metrics against benchmarks and forecasts (Oracle SCM Solutions-Transportation Management). One essential feature of TMS was the ability to track one’s orders from pick-up to delivery. Oracle focuses its practices on Visibility, to ensure that they provide superior service. Within their Visibility realm, Oracle manages the lifecycle of orders through automatic milestone monitoring, both on-hand and in-transit inventory across the extended supply chain, and tracks/traces each stage in the lifecycle of their global shipments (Oracle SCM Solutions-Transportation Management). Furthermore within their Carrier Sourcing, Oracle is able to negotiate with their service providers on rates, comprehend the financial impact before they commit to rate changes, and optimize bid execution with negotiating rates (Oracle SCM Solutions-Transportation Management). Oracle provides tremendously
“Logistic is the process of planning, implementing and controlling the efficient, effective flow of goods storage of goods, services and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption for the purpose of conforming to customer requirements”
Zara, a clothing and accessory brand first established in Arteixo, Spain in 1975 by Amancio Ortega and Rosalina Mera. Ortega and Mera originally named the company Zorba, inspired by the movie called “Zorba the Greek”, but later they found out that there was a bar two blocks away called Zorba too, so they rearranged the letter and came up with a new name called Zara. The first store was opened in downtown Galicia, Spain and had the trendiest items with low priced. Ortega’s idea of developing a fast turnaround fashion market led to the success of Zara today. By 2015, Zara has more than 2,100 stores worldwide and also known for its ability to produce the most up-to-date fashion pieces and distribute to each store within two weeks. Globalization
1. Every organisation in both the public and private sector is in varying degrees dependent on materials and services supplied by other organizations (Johnson and Flynn, 2015:36-37). In your view, what role can supply play in determining an organization's strategic growth?
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The Scotts Company started selling hardware and seeds in Marysville, Ohio in 1868. It specializes in seeds, fertilizers, peat, potting soils and other organic materials. By 1995, Scotts was the world’s #1 marketer of lawn and garden products. European operations were launched in 1993, with HQ in Lyon, France, and additional five European businesses acquired in UK, France, Germany, Austria and Benelux.
Preceding from this understanding and being a logistics staff officer, my carrier is full of logistics proble...