How Can Logistics Help to Achieve a Competitive Advantage?

      
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		            		David Matwa Nyabwari, Kenya
			            
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
												
				                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
												
				                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)
												
				                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
												
				                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 w... Sign up
				              
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						            	Bahman Norouzpour, Iran
												
				                Sustainable Competitive Advantage of Logistics

													First, make sure you appreciate the difference between a CA and a Sustained CA.
Logistics can be co... Sign up
				              
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						            	Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
												
				                Inventory Turnover and ROI

													@Utkarsh:  In business, working capital is tied up in stock. This stock is, hopefully, sold profitab... Sign up
				              
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						            	J. W. Mphande
Manager, Malawi
												
				                What is Logistics --> Competitive Advantage of Logistics

													First of all, define what LOGISTICS is. Wikipedia defines logistics as "the management of the flow o... Sign up
				              
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						            	Dr Mohammed Farid Abdulghany Ahmed
Consultant, Saudi Arabia
												
				                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) ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Bernhard Keim
Business Consultant, Germany
												
				                Logistic as Competitive Advantage

													Good logistics make it easier for suppliers and customers to reach, access your company. Delivery qu... Sign up
				              
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						            	Sifiso Ndhlukula
Manager, Democratic Republic of the Congo
												
				                How Logistics can Offer a CA

													Properly managed logistics definitely can offer a competitive advantage.
Picture this scenario wher... Sign up
				              
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						            	vascogorjao
Student (University), Portugal
												
				                CA via Logistics

													A key competitive advantage can be to negotiate long-term partnerships of trust with suppliers. The ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Barry Martin
Business Consultant, United Kingdom
												
				                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 ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Francilio Dourado Filho
Business Consultant, Brazil
												
				                No CA without Considering Cost

													There can be no CA without considering the costs. Having real CA requires that, in comparison with t... Sign up
				              
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						            	Gary Bernier
Consultant, United States
												
				                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 ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Yuriy
Analyst, Russian Federation
												
				                How Can Logistics Help to Achieve a CA

													Good coordination and planning of logistics operations can make good savings on internal costs.
The... Sign up
				              
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						            	jaime cortabarria
Consultant, Colombia
												
				                Consider also (International) Comparative Advantages

													My intention is to globalize the context. It is also necessary to take into account the comparative ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Simon Lum
Consultant, Australia
												
				                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 s... Sign up
				              
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						            	Javier Elenes
Business Consultant, Mexico
												
				                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 m... Sign up
				              
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						            	sudheer Kothamasu
HR Consultant, India
												
				                Competitive Advantage with Logistics

													Logistics adds 'time' and 'place' utility for a product. It provides complete information about cust... Sign up
				              
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						            	avinash, India
												
				                Competitive Logistics through Supply Chain Planning

													A strategic supply chain planning solution provides clients with a process that enables organization... Sign up
				              
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						            	Juergen Kanz, Germany
												
				                CA of Logictics

													You will get a CA when you are capable to solve the two major problems of each supply chain:
- Avoi... Sign up
				              
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						            	Purna Chandra
Business Consultant, India
												
				                Logistics Contributes Directly to CA

													According to Porter, an organisation's competitive advantage stems from:
1. Cost Leadership (same v... Sign up
				              
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						            	jacinta wamwaki
Kenya
												
				                Logistics CA

													@Bahman Norouzpour: I agree only a sustainable CA is lasting. A competitive advantage is ther... Sign up
				              
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						            	Peter Andrea, South Sudan
												
				                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 ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Simon Lum
Consultant, Australia
												
				                SCA with Logistics through Supplier-Customer Cooperation

													@Jacinta wamwaki: Sustainability of the CA can be achieved through supplier-customer cooperation and... Sign up
				              
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						            	Istvan Szeman
Consultant, Hungary
												
				                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 ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Helen Strong
Business Consultant, South Africa
												
				                An Example of Logistics Offering Competitive Advantage

													Innovation in logistics can add substantially to the competitive advantage.
For example in RSA, one... Sign up
				              
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						            	Scott McKay
Consultant, Australia
												
				                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) i... Sign up
				              
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						            	Kyrian  Agbodike, Netherlands
												
				                Achieve Competive Advantage in Logistics by Outsourcing it

													The competitive advange is that all of these logistic activities can be outsourced using best practi... Sign up
				              
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						            	Uduakobong Sunday
Management Consultant, Nigeria
												
				                How Logistics Can Enhance CA

													No seriously-minded business operator who has options would want to maintain a continuous relationsh... Sign up
				              
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						            	 Dr. Uwe Schindler, MBA
Manager, Germany
												
				                Competitive Advantage - Intangible Assets

													Please let me highlight 3 stages which might help you to answer the question:
1. According to Barne... Sign up
				              
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						            	Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
												
				                Intangible Assets as a Competitive Advantage

													@Uwe Schindler: The most obvious example of an intangible asset offering sustainable competitive adv... Sign up
				              
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						            	Ahmad Sultan Abdulla
Consultant, Malaysia
												
				                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 e... Sign up
				              
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						            	Simon Lum
Consultant, Australia
												
				                Logistics and Competitive Advantage

													No statements of mission, goals or strategies will sustain CA until they are understood, accepted, i... Sign up
				              
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						            	John Ebinum, Nigeria
												
				                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 ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Javier Elenes
Business Consultant, Mexico
												
				                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 Se... Sign up
				              
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						            	Festus Kurgat
Student (University), Kenya
												
				                Competitive Advantage through Logistics

													Hoe can logistics management be used as a tool for competitive advantage in a manufucturing industry... Sign up
				              
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