{"id":2454,"date":"2017-09-20T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drivin-demo.rocketmedia.cl\/blog\/5-challenges-that-logistics-management-is-currently-facing\/"},"modified":"2017-09-20T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T03:00:00","slug":"5-challenges-that-logistics-management-is-currently-facing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drivin-demo.rocketmedia.cl\/en\/blog\/5-challenges-that-logistics-management-is-currently-facing","title":{"rendered":"5 Challenges that Logistics Management is Currently Facing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Meeting customer expectations and on-time delivery are the most important challenges for logistics managers, according to a recent survey<\/a> that gathered information from 62 international supply chain logistics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Logistics and supply chain managers concerns about business challenges are constantly growing because of client demands are becoming more and more complex. They want better and faster logistics services, and – probably the most important demand – is that they want customized services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study<\/a> shows that customers are increasingly demanding full transparency to their orders and inventory through the entire life-cycle of raw-material to finish goods to sale to sometimes reverse-logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, how can logistics management personalize a traditionally standard service? Well, that is probably the top challenge that the industry has been facing in the last years\u2026 among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are talking about challenges that can surely redefine the future path of the industry. So, let\u2019s take a closer look at these essential challenges commonly mentioned by companies, consultants, and even academics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customization and segmentation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flexibility is the keyword. According to Inbound Logistics<\/a>, \u201cThat\u2019s because globalization is changing the way companies view and use their supply chains to compete and gain market share. Global companies are managing multiple supply chains, and they\u2019re counting on those operations to not only deliver goods on time, but to tailor and respond to divergent customer and supplier expectations regarding pricing and packages. To do that, supply chain operators need the capability to personalize offerings for multiple customer segments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Velocity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is it so important to maintain and even increase supply chain velocity? In Logistics Quarterly, David J. Closs explains that \u201cwhile firms are trying to increase product velocity in the supply chain to lower cost by reducing product storage time and damage, the transit times and border delays characteristic of global logistics constraint product velocity, extended transit times and exposures in-transit increase the product risk for intentional or unintentional damage as well as reducing velocity and ultimate flexibility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internal collaboration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLogistics service providers face the same challenges that have been on their plate for a number of years now,\u201d Logistic View Points<\/a> says. This specialized site identifies these current challenges for logistic management:<\/p>\n\n\n\n