Lean Transportation – Fact or Fiction?

f you are involved in manufacturing today, your organization is most likely engaged in implementing Lean Manufacturing techniques. As Lean is expanded beyond manufacturing, the question is raised about how Lean can impact transportation. In order for the benefits of Lean to be fully realized, transportation management needs to integrate into the Lean implementation...

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Muller & Phipps Pakistan (Private) Limited

"Muller & Phipps Pakistan is the largest multinational logistics, sales, and distribution company in Pakistan. We have been in this part of the world since 1912 and represent leading multinational and local companies in the Pharmaceutical, FMCG, and Hospital-care sector. With a large network of 35 branches spread across the country, direct access to 600+ towns, complete warehousing solution (including cool-chain) at all branches, and a 2500-strong team of dedicated people, M&P has become the first-choice distribution house."

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The Multi-Multi Supply Chain Problem

whitePaper | September 14, 2022

After the COVID shock of 2020, supply chain executives across multiple surveys indicated plans to invest in digital transformation. CEOs acknowledged broken supply chains and poorly managed IT networks and McKinsey & Company found that, over the course of a decade, the average organization was losing close to half of a year’s profits from supply chain disruptions.

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Technology, Data and New Models for Sustainably Managing Ocean Resources

whitePaper | January 31, 2020

We are in the middle of an explosion in new data on the ocean, creating enormous potential for advances in our understanding and stewardship of ocean resources. An exponential increase in the number and variety of ocean observing systems and other new data sources has created the prospect of a digital ocean ecosystem. Advances in processing techniques and visualisation are rapidly expanding our ability to extract information from those data, and are enabling a wide array of tools to provide real-time information in actionable form to decision-makers, such as policymakers, resource managers, resource users, consumers and citizens.

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Need for due diligence in assessing supply chain substance

whitePaper | February 1, 2020

Demonstrating compliance for a variety of regulations and requirements can be a relatively challenging process. It usually begins with data collection, followed by a comparison against regulatory and industry requirements before companies conduct an assessment using comprehensive test and analytical protocols. However, substance regulations do not typically reference comprehensive and standardized testing protocols explicitly, which poses additional challenges and requirements for manufacturers and their downstream partners.

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Innovative SAP solutions for the Transportation industry

whitePaper | August 30, 2022

As Public Transportation Authorities and Agencies continue to innovate and transform the o erings and services that they provide their users via multiple channels to keep pace with external pressures of alternative transportation methods like Uber & Lyft and autonomous vehicles, the same must go for their underlying technology systems. Transit Executives are looking to change business models and embrace new technologies to compete and improve and streamline the user experience. The Public Transportation sector must continue to secure and attain government funding to support the acquisition of innovative technology o erings, and, most importantly, continue to optimize, and streamline their current business operations to stay lean and e ective while innovating

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Forecasted Transport Planning

whitePaper | May 22, 2022

Transportation, shipping, and logistics management should always be treated with priority in the supply chain process. We should also understand this can represent one of the most costly, complex and time-consuming pursuits in an organization. Hence, transportation planning and robust logistics management play a crucial role in executing deliveries on time

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Amplifying the power of your Anaplan Investment

whitePaper | October 15, 2022

Many global organizations that Deloitte works with have made a significant investment in the Anaplan platform to provide end-to-end decision-making capabilities across business functions (e.g., Operations, Commercial, Finance). These organizations view Anaplan as a key enabler to understanding changing market conditions through the real-time modeling of multiple scenarios that that require many functions to provide critical inputs. Moreover, these organizations are continuously looking for opportunities to introduce new capabilities and insights for the business to achieve strategic objectives and build a competitive advantage.

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Spotlight

Muller & Phipps Pakistan (Private) Limited

"Muller & Phipps Pakistan is the largest multinational logistics, sales, and distribution company in Pakistan. We have been in this part of the world since 1912 and represent leading multinational and local companies in the Pharmaceutical, FMCG, and Hospital-care sector. With a large network of 35 branches spread across the country, direct access to 600+ towns, complete warehousing solution (including cool-chain) at all branches, and a 2500-strong team of dedicated people, M&P has become the first-choice distribution house."

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