INFORMATION

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INFORMATION A Cornerstone for Competitiveness
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Evolution of Logistical Integration
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• Logistics has given rise to two fundamental
  features of the contemporary economy
• Just-in-Time (JIT).
• Door-to-Door (DTD).
• Both favour use of the least energy efficient
  modes
• Road.
• Air.
• Impact
• Cycle time requirements down by 25 between 1990
  and 2000.
• Half of the productivity boom of the late 1990s
  resulted from logistics.

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Market Growth of 3PL
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The Main Users of 3PL
Source "What's ahead for 3PLs Modern Materials
Handling, April, 2000
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The Role of Information
Information has become the fuel of our knowledge
society. The ability to manage the right
information in due time is therefore pivotal for
the assurance of competitive advantages.

• Technology doesn't usually save companies time or
  money but, in a competitive world, it often keeps
  them in business.
• Anonymous

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• Improvement of customer service by delivering
• The right goods
• In the right quantities
• In the right condition
• Delivered to the right place
• At the right time
• For the right cost.

• New integrated higher-revenue services(e-services-
  based)
• Responsive order management
• Improvement of demand planning
• From supplier to partner

• Ensure revenue growth
• Improve asset use
• Reduce inventories
• Accelerate cash to cash cycle
• Enhance supplier/supply management

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• Innovative business and operational processes
  from service origin through to destination
• Continuity of service, notably across borders
• Coherent management of information across the
  commercial, logistic and operational chains of
  the railways
• More reliable and flexible management of
  infrastructure and mobile assets notably under
  degraded operating conditions
• Enhanced demand/supply management

TAF TSI A quick start Not a final goal
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