Dynamic logistics strategy shifts planning from local to global; advanced to adaptive (Manufacturing Business Technology)

Executive Quote and Information Service : EQUIS,  June, 2006  

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Real-time information sharing is essential for visibility into activities across the supply chain, but what remains largely missing is a more adaptive structure for logistics and transportation management.

According to Arun Rai, Georgia State University professor and coauthor of the white paper, Adaptive Logistics and Transportation , the adaptive concept involves integrated planning and global optimization of transportation, warehousing, production, and fulfillment.

"If you don't recognize how they relate to each other as market dynamics change, you mismanage the ...

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