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Tips to Improve Your Company’s Business Logistics 

12/26/2013

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Many in business who concern themselves with logistics understand the benefits of managing, controlling and improving business logistics.  A goal of continuous improvement is critical to the overall health of a business and can have a significant impact on the bottom line.

In business, the category of logistics refers to the network of systems that control how resources flow through a company, as well as from one firm to another, over the course of a supply chain or production process. 

Regardless of what might be happening in other areas of a business, implementing efficient logistics strategies will help keep service levels at their highest performance. But what exactly should owners, managers, and logistics professionals focus on to improve their business’ effectiveness? What methods and strategies can impact the major areas and help control costs, utilize production capacity, improve quality, and compete in the marketplace?

Identify your inefficiencies. The resources needed to hire an experienced systems expert now to fix your areas of inefficiency will save money in the long run and create long-term advantages.

Use multiple communications tools. One of the most overlooked ways to improve logistics is to improve internal and inter-department communication. Utilize tools (video chats, live messaging, Yammer) to facilitate seamless communication in the entire organization.

Meet customer expectations. Logistics is about optimizing costs while providing outstanding service. Every new strategy or tool (such as upgrading management software) should be designed within the overall objectives of the business to achieve excellent service and customer satisfaction.

Outsourcing can be an advantage. The awareness to understand your core competencies is important. Focus on your strengths and outsource what you’re not good at to avoid reoccurring issues and minimize inefficiencies.  

Learn how to delegate in-house. While you might outsource much of your logistics, it remains important to have managers and internal experts within the organization who fully understand the moving parts and every step of the process.

Build long-term relationships. Logistics is a very complicated business, and it’s vital your company surrounds itself with experts and experienced partners throughout every step of the process – even if they are outsourced – who are invested in the relationship.

Utilize the technology available. Businesses, especially small firms, can dramatically reduce costs by utilizing technology to consolidate and automate processes across multiple departments, reduce overhead, cut out middle men, and eliminate repetitive work.
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