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Innovation in Logistics Service Providers (LSP)
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Tejas Patel Aug. 24, 2009.
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Hi Will,
Yes Logistics is the sector which has innovated less compared to other sectors but the focus is shifting towards this sector and few years to most companies will realize this is far more complicated than just pushing and pulling material an…
Pik Pak, Thanks for your interesting comments. Your comments mirror those that I received at a Victoria University forum on innovation image below [hope it comes out] of the % share of innovators by industry. Logistics s the lowest at 30%.
I an pr…
Gday Will,
we run an ondemand logistics service in Australia. Our service is completely online and much like a pre paid phone in that there are no long term contracts.The biggest barrier we have experienced when approaching organisations is (1) a li…
Hi Will,
The barrier to innovations are two fold - Logistics Operations is a low margin business meaning that pay abck periods must be short and R&D pretty non-existent. In vehicle design for example, one can only really change when the old equipme…
I am currently reviewing innovation in LSPs and was surprised to read in the academic journals that Logistics is one of the lowest industry sectors to innovate, even though the competitive pressure is as strong or stronger than many other industries…
Hi Alan, Thanks for the comments.
Serious games have evolved significantly since the beer game of the 60's. Take a look at Innov8 v2 comment on game see http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/26734.wss . Also look at Strategic games lab and…
Hi Will,
"Serious" supply chain games have been around since the '60s - notably the "beer" game from MIT
see http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/commonitem_detail.jhtml;jsessionid=SLVL0YW2BY01UAKRGWDSELQBKE0YIISW?id=3101&_requesti…
Hi Guys,
Thought I would be the first to post a discussion topic for this group.
I am interested in whether anyone has had exposure to the use of serious games for training in the Supply Chain space. I am studying SC at Monash at present and it is n…
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- At 12:40pm on January 13, 2009,
Barry Brown said… - Hi Will
Sorry for spamming you! Dont know why that happened. I just joined a couple of groups - maybe it was that... hmmmmm....
I was going to change that avatar, but maybe I'll keep it if you think it's a laugh!
Baz
- At 7:13am on December 15, 2008,
Bec Manjra said… - Hi Will,
Great to have your join the site!
Thanks for your feedback, it's very useful.
Bec
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