How to turn logistics into a competitive advantage for FMCG or ways to improve business efficiency.
Theses:
– In our time, it is not goods that compete, but supply chains. This state of affairs brings the role of the supply chain to the forefront and places great responsibility in the sphere of influence on the company’s business results.
– The effectiveness of all operational activities directly depends on the coordinated, well–planned and systematic work of the supply chain.
At this meeting, we will consider the world’s best practices and modern challenges in the field of supply chain management. And also techniques for managers, for those who are ready to implement positive changes already today.
- Actual challenges of logistics now
- Focus on efficiency
- Make it sexy
- Trends in world logistics.
- Automation;
- Blockchain technology;
- Robotics;
- 3D printing;
- Lean logistics;
- Green logistics.
Automation processes in logistics are gaining momentum and developing thanks to IT technologies. This trend will be relevant in Ukraine in the coming years, as it corresponds to the features of modern reality – a lack of labor and processes that require automation. For developed world economies, this trend is also present, only it is expressed by more complex IT technologies, such as, for example, blockchain.
Manpower and manual labor are becoming more and more expensive, so robotics is a logical response to the need to replace expensive manual labor.
Lean Logistic is a global trend of increasing logistics efficiency due to the optimization of processes and approaches. It is an interesting fact that the fashionable term Lean logistic is an echo of the Kaizen philosophy, which was created back in the 60s. But since that time, it has not lost its relevance, but has only become more popular and has increased its demand.
Green Logistic is a European trend for reducing the level of waste and harmful emissions in the supply chain.
Unfortunately, participants in the supply chain (production, processing, transportation, etc.) are the main sources of pollution on our planet.
It is about the conscious choice of each of us.
- Interest in logistics and supply chain is growing every year.
Have you wondered why?
In the last 5 years, each of you has implemented more changes in logistics than in the previous 20 years.
Supply chain management means managing the processes of information, materials and services movement from the producer to the final consumer.
The main role of increasing operational efficiency is given to logistics. Logistics directly affects the profit of the enterprise and often determines it directly by focusing on reducing the cost price and operating costs.
A huge area of efficiency improvement is inventory management. Because it is the average level of inventory that determines how quickly we will return each hryvnia invested in inventory, as well as how much we will spend on storage and transportation of goods.
Cultivating the mindset of an entrepreneur in every logistician and buyer. The right focus and business orientation in the long term will allow the company to develop.
- Make it sexy.
It is not enough to simply adjust the processes in the supply chain, implement modern technologies and train employees.
It is necessary to work on turning logistics into a competitive advantage.
Everything you do in logistics should be desirable and relevant, in one word SEXY for the Client
What makes our customer happy?
This is the basic pleasure of the 7R. The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport UK (2019) defined it as: Getting the Right product in the Right quantity, in the Right condition, at the Right place, at the Right time, to the Right customer, at the Right price. What does “Receiving the right product in the right quality at the right place and time by the right consumer at the right price” mean?
But you must also bring pleasure, which is not included in the basic package of competitors and which can really become your advantage:
- Customer’s sense of importance (excellent service);
- Aesthetic pleasure (shape, aroma, color);
- Convenient support, customer orientation, special packaging, delivery method, involvement in the process.
