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How Do You Take Your Supply Chain and Logistics Education?
A few weeks back I posted an article on this blog about learning styles and their importance in supply chain and logistics education and training. I thought it might be a good idea to follow that post up with a brief discussion of the pros and cons of...
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Planning for Logistics Education: Know and Embrace Your Learning Styles
Are you planning to engage in a program of logistics education, perhaps to prepare for a career change or to supplement the learning gained at college or university? If so, understanding your preferred learning styles will help you choose the right education...
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Online Logistics Education: Benefits for Companies and Students
The Benefits of Online Supply Chain and Logistics Education As time goes by, I become more and more convinced that online logistics education is revolutionising the way people learn about our professional field. I can even believe there'll come a time when it's...
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Take a Glimpse into Logistics Elearning with Supply Chain Secrets
I like to try and ensure that this blog offers something of value to professionals interested in logistics elearning, regardless of whether they are already members of Supply Chain Secrets or not. This time though, I'm going to break my own rule and...
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Revealed! The Secrets of Supply Chain Elearning Success
As the founder of Supply Chain Secrets, a supply chain elearning program that's been established for some years now, I've been watching the phenomenal development of online vocational education with great interest. Did you know for example, that an estimated...
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4 Secrets Your Supply Chain Education Might Not Have Revealed
As you might imagine of someone who runs companies in supply chain education and supply chain consulting, I come into contact with a lot of supply chain professionals. One thing that used to surprise me is how many of these professionals—most of whom received a...
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Know What to Look For in Packaged Logistics Training
Are you responsible for the provision of training in your supply chain or logistics organisation? If so, and yours is like many companies, packaged logistics training from education providers may well be your preferred option, rather than developing...
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Supply Chain Education: Which Skills Should today’s Leaders Focus On?
A few years ago, supply chain education for leaders focused almost exclusively on technical skills relevant to logistics or procurement functions. Today though, we've arrived at an age in which integration is a much bigger deal, meaning supply chain leaders...
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Who Really Needs Supply Chain Training in Your Company?
When you hear quotes like "Companies don't compete. Supply chains compete" made by some of the world's foremost corporate executives, you know for sure that the value of supply chain training and education is greater than it has ever been before. Business...
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Selecting Content for Your Supply Chain Training Program: A Serialised Guide
A supply chain training program covering as much ground as possible and delivered from a pragmatic, (rather than theoretical) perspective is one of the best investments you can make to drive organisational improvement, but it's not necessarily easy to put-together,...
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How to Persuade the Logistics Team to Invest in WMS
If you're joining a manufacturing or sales organisation for the first time as an IT professional, there's every chance you'll be supporting your employer's logistics and supply chain functions. If so, you might be surprised to see some of those functions operating...
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Do You Really Need Another Distribution Centre in Your Network?
It's gratifying to know that your company's business is growing to the extent that your existing supply chain facilities can't keep up, but... If like many enterprises, you might be considering the creation of another distribution centre to ease pressure on your...
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HR Management Strategy and Logistics Workforce Performance
A high-performance supply chain is essential for any company to stay in front of the competition, and contrary to what many IT aficionados would have you believe, people are still the critical ingredient in supply chain performance. At a time when many...
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The Supply Chain and the Value Chain: The Same but Different?
You may have heard the term "value chain" being used among supply chain professionals and wondered if it's just a trendy alternative label, or if there is some difference between value chain and supply chain. Are they one and the same? Are they different? The answer...
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Why Supply Chain Inventory Should Matter to the Finance Pros
Here at Supply Chain Secrets, we like to talk about some of the issues in supply chain that matter to professionals in other parts of an organisation, like finance and IT for example. In this post, we cover some of the reasons why inventory should be a...
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