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David Matwa Nyabwari, Kenya
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How Can Logistics Help to Achieve a Competitive Advantage?
How can logistics (transport, warehousing, customer service, inventory control) contribute to a Competitive Advantage (CA) of an company? Thanks for your ideas...
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Piero Mella
Teacher, Italy
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Competitive Advantage and Time Competition
This article might help you to find some answer. “Time Competition. The New Strategic Frontier”
Chiara Demartini, Piero Mella, iBusiness, 2011, pp. 136-146.
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Hessel Visser
Partner, Netherlands
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The Added Value of Logistics
Logistics can contribute to a competitive advantage by supporting the improvement of the flow of goods and information in the organisation so that the turnaround of money is increased while also offering a good customer service.
Return on Investment = profit margin * inventory turn over.
Logistics can support both the profit margin by lowering costs and inventory turns by reducing lead times.
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Utkarsh
Student (MBA)
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Question for Hessel Viser, Partner, Netherlands
@Hessel Visser, please explain how Return On Investment in your view depends on inventory turnover
Because I think Return On Investment is dependent on:
- The gains from the investment, and
- The cost of the investment.
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Javier Elenes
Business Consultant, Mexico
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Value / Price Index to Approximate Competitive Advantage Built on Better Logistics
If our VALUE / PRICE INDEX (VPI) delivered to the customer is higher than the strongest competitor we have a "competitiv...
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Bahman Norouzpour, Iran
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Sustainable Competitive Advantage of Logistics
First, make sure you appreciate the difference between a CA and a Sustained CA.
Logistics can be considered to offer a ...
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Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
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Inventory Turnover and ROI
@Utkarsh: In business, working capital is tied up in stock. This stock is, hopefully, sold profitably, which increases ...
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J. W. Mphande
Manager, Malawi
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What is Logistics --> Competitive Advantage of Logistics
First of all, define what LOGISTICS is. Wikipedia defines logistics as "the management of the flow of resources between ...
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Dr Mohammed Farid Abdulghany Ahmed
Consultant, Saudi Arabia
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Sustainable CA can Only be Achieved at Supply Chain Level
CA can simply be defined as the unique offered added value that other parties (rivals, competitors) cannot provide. Comp...
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Bernhard Keim
Business Consultant, Germany
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Logistic as Competitive Advantage
Good logistics make it easier for suppliers and customers to reach, access your company. Delivery quality and delivery t...
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Sifiso Ndhlukula
Manager, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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How Logistics can Offer a CA
Properly managed logistics definitely can offer a competitive advantage.
Picture this scenario whereby you are in the r...
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vascogorjao
Student (University), Portugal
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CA via Logistics
A key competitive advantage can be to negotiate long-term partnerships of trust with suppliers. The mutual adoption of i...
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Barry Martin
Business Consultant, United Kingdom
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Competitive Advantage is Only True When in the Mind of your Customers
Logistics, i.e. getting goods on the shelf does NOT give a competitive advantage, but not having it right is a competiti...
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Francilio Dourado Filho
Business Consultant, Brazil
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No CA without Considering Cost
There can be no CA without considering the costs. Having real CA requires that, in comparison with the competition, the ...
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Gary Bernier
Consultant, United States
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2 Ways in Which Logistics can be a Competitive Advantage
There are two primary ways that logistics can be a CA:
1. Lowering the overall cost of delivery to a customer. Better l...
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Yuriy
Analyst, Russian Federation
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How Can Logistics Help to Achieve a CA
Good coordination and planning of logistics operations can make good savings on internal costs.
These funds can be sent...
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jaime cortabarria
Consultant, Colombia
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Consider also (International) Comparative Advantages
My intention is to globalize the context. It is also necessary to take into account the comparative advantages of his co...
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Simon Lum
Consultant, Australia
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Measuring Service in the Value / Price Index Formula Above
@Javier Elenes: In your above formula, just delivering on time may not be a good enough measure of service. It is delive...
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Javier Elenes
Business Consultant, Mexico
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On Time, % First Field, Time to Solve a Claim, Etc
@Simon Lum: You are right, it should be delivery on time as promised and % perfect first time. And maybe the time (hrs?)...
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sudheer Kothamasu
HR Consultant, India
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Competitive Advantage with Logistics
Logistics adds 'time' and 'place' utility for a product. It provides complete information about customers requirements. ...
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avinash, India
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Competitive Logistics through Supply Chain Planning
A strategic supply chain planning solution provides clients with a process that enables organizations to effectively syn...
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Juergen Kanz, Germany
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CA of Logictics
You will get a CA when you are capable to solve the two major problems of each supply chain:
- Avoid abundant shortages...
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Purna Chandra
Business Consultant, India
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Logistics Contributes Directly to CA
According to Porter, an organisation's competitive advantage stems from:
1. Cost Leadership (same value at less cost)
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jacinta wamwaki
Kenya
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Logistics CA
@Bahman Norouzpour: I agree only a sustainable CA is lasting. A competitive advantage is there for a time till yo...
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Peter Andrea, South Sudan
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How Logictics can Contribute to a CA
Logistics is a major part of of supply chain. Proper logistics can contribute in a reduction of the total transaction co...
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Simon Lum
Consultant, Australia
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SCA with Logistics through Supplier-Customer Cooperation
@Jacinta wamwaki: Sustainability of the CA can be achieved through supplier-customer cooperation and collaboration as @D...
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Istvan Szeman
Consultant, Hungary
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Why Logistics is a Factor in SUSTAINABLE Competitive Advantage
I have no doubt that logistics can contribute to SCA and when it does contribute, because improving logistics efficiency...
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Helen Strong
Business Consultant, South Africa
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An Example of Logistics Offering Competitive Advantage
Innovation in logistics can add substantially to the competitive advantage.
For example in RSA, one company that specia...
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Scott McKay
Consultant, Australia
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How Logistics Contributes to Competitive Advantage for All Supply Chain Parties
As a customer I consider that for my suppliers Delivery In Full On Time In Specification (DIFOTIS) is the greatest sourc...
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Kyrian Agbodike, Netherlands
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Achieve Competive Advantage in Logistics by Outsourcing it
The competitive advange is that all of these logistic activities can be outsourced using best practices. Proper manageme...
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Uduakobong Sunday
Management Consultant, Nigeria
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How Logistics Can Enhance CA
No seriously-minded business operator who has options would want to maintain a continuous relationship with a supplier w...
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Dr. Uwe Schindler, MBA
Manager, Germany
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Competitive Advantage - Intangible Assets
Please let me highlight 3 stages which might help you to answer the question:
1. According to Barney (1991) 4 empirical...
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Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
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Intangible Assets as a Competitive Advantage
@Uwe Schindler: The most obvious example of an intangible asset offering sustainable competitive advantage is the formul...
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Ahmad Sultan Abdulla
Consultant, Malaysia
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Strong Logistics only is not enough for a Competitive Advantage
In simplistic terms, if you have strong logistic arrangements - i.e. B2B systems (order, invoicing etc), transportation...
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Simon Lum
Consultant, Australia
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Logistics and Competitive Advantage
No statements of mission, goals or strategies will sustain CA until they are understood, accepted, implemented and pract...
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John Ebinum
Manager, Nigeria
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How Efficient Utilization of Warehouse and Inventory Management Lead to Competitive Advantage
Just-in-time delivery means cost savings on warehousing space and inventory holding cost. Sustained application of this ...
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Javier Elenes
Business Consultant, Mexico
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JIT Provide BETTER Service WITH LESS Cost, Create Market Value and Economical Value
@John Ebinum: Delivering JIT have a double positive effect on CA, Deliverering MORE VALUE (Higher Service to the Custome...
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Festus Kurgat
Student (University), Kenya
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Competitive Advantage through Logistics
Hoe can logistics management be used as a tool for competitive advantage in a manufucturing industry?...
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