Logistics

Operations
Almahi Suliman
Logistics Planning Supply Chain Consultant
Planning of logistics activities:

• Supply chain managers balance total logistics cost

factors against customer service factors

• Logistics Planning

• Trips scheduling and fleet management

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Supply chain managers balance total logistics cost
factors against customer service factors

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Logistics Planning
Strategic Planning Operational Planning
• Service Level • Setting Priorities
• Maintenance & Repair
• Logistics Targets (Quality, Time, Cost,
Responsiveness) • Trips and delivery schedule
• Drivers’ management
• Logistics Strategy
• Capacity Planning
• Insurance
• SLA & KPIs • Fueling
• Facilities (warehouses) • Licensing
• Equipment (Trucks & Handling equipment) • Records keeping
• Facilities Design • Inventory control
• Storage Systems • Material handling
• Inventory Levels
• Shipment building
• Own, Lease, Outsource
• Reporting
• Hire, Fire & Training
• Technology (ordering system)
• HSSE issues
• Policies (usage, HSSE) • Inbound logistics follow up
• Routes • 3PL contract Mgt & Performance Evaluation
• International Freight • Disputes Resolution
• Resolving different legal issues
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Trips scheduling and fleet
management:
• Planning and Scheduling Deliveries
• Warehouse siting & delivery cycles
• Variable vs. Fixed Delivery Schedules
• Variable Delivery Schedules
• Required Handling Capacity under Variable vs. Fixed
Delivery Schedules
• Fixed Delivery Schedules

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 Two variables are important in the planning of
inter-stores transport:
✓ Siting of each working store and its territory to serve
✓ Delivery frequency & load size for the working store

The nature of those two variables determines:

✓ The size and design of the store
✓ The vehicle size which suits direct deliveries to
working stores

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ITC M10:U4:4.3-64
 Variable vs. Fixed Delivery
Schedules

Variable delivery schedule (with fixed quantity)

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5

Fixed delivery schedule (with variable quantity)

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ITC M10:U4:4.3-66
 Variable Delivery Schedules
Variable delivery schedules wait until a full vehicle
load of materials is needed in the working store

Advantages:
✓ Efficient use of transport

Disadvantages:
✓ Increased administration
✓ Increased possibility of stock shortages or stockouts
✓ Increased inventory charges & storage capacity
✓ Increased difficulty in transport management
✓ Increased staff expenses for overtime

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ITC M10:U4:4.3-67
 Fixed Delivery Schedules
Fixed delivery schedules ensure that deliveries take place according
to a pre-determined plan with equal, fixed periods between
deliveries

Advantages:
✓ Schedules can be planned
✓ Less administration is required
✓ Safety stocks are reduced
✓ No need for increase in stock, inventory or storage

Disadvantages:
✓ Higher transportation costs as vehicles operate with less than full loads

Due to the considerable advantages, many well-designed logistics

systems prefer to use fixed delivery schedules

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ITC M10:U4:4.3-69
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