Impact of Social Media on the Logistics

Name: Impact of Social Media on the Logistics
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Learn about the impact of SM&T on your daily professional and personal life and how it is changing the way we interact.

Created byNigel Devenish

Last updated 1/2015

English

What you'll learn

You will recognise how and why complexity is being embedded within the Supply Chain

Course content

9 sections • 47 lectures • 59m total length

Infos about me0:31
Gain real insight into how social media and technology influence the supply chain and logistics, guided by a veteran with over twenty years of industry experience.
Who is this course for0:46
What you will get out of it1:52
Explore how social media reshapes supply and demand in modern logistics, breaking down traditional silos and revealing the shift to a horizontal, interconnected operations landscape.

Introduction0:16
Rail Freight - the real opportunity3:01
Assess rail freight as a green logistics solution, addressing cross-border gauge and infrastructure barriers, double stacking limits, and how rail software and social media track freight from departure to arrival.
Commercial management of Road Freight2:34
Explore how social media and new technology engage the road freight industry, revealing compliance complexities, vehicle types and cockpit technology, and the impact on cost to serve amid ecommerce returns.
Sea Freight and types of containers0:44
Sea Freight and future technologies1:09
Speed matters in the Supply Chain - Air Freight0:47

Financial impact of location, good warehouses and financingon the operation2:35
Analyze how location, warehousing quality, and financing affect logistics operations, detailing capacity management, parking and access design, and the cost impacts of poorly planned warehouses.
5 Key points - ambient and dry1:13
Temperature controlled1:48
Multi - users0:52
Bonded Warehouse0:13
Innovative new bays0:57
Explore how innovative bay door designs and new technology enhance loading and unloading, improve supply chain efficiency, and promote health and hygiene in logistics and school environments.

Importance of the Pick rate0:41
Investigate how pick rate drives efficiency for third-party logistics providers. Examine how warehouse layout and picking for grocery retailers and parts shipments to production or manufacturing units shape performance.
Wide Aisle0:27
Discover how a wide aisle enables viewing different types of food trucks. Reach across the aisle to take advantage of opportunities on both sides.
Narrow Aisle0:21
Explore how narrow aisles maximize storage in limited spaces by closing gaps and enabling efficient picking.
Very Narrow Aisle0:35
How to drive efficiencies2:26
Dedicated bays0:22
Floating bays0:31
Conclusion0:53

Introduction0:17
Gamification introduced by Coca Cola1:13
Coca Cola and intelligent vending machines1:01
Legislation issues for Coca Cola0:47
Legislation issues drive brands like Coca-Cola to address health concerns over high sugar and saccharine levels, as obesity and dental enamel effects fuel regulatory scrutiny.
Influence of Social Media on the marketing of Cocal Cola1:27
Coca Cola and the introduction of personalisation0:57
Smart wearable technologies1:33
Northface and the move to a cross over brand1:15
Northface and the impact of social media and technology2:31

Requirements

Students will only require access to a modern PC /Laptop/Tablet to engage for this course. The course has been design with practicality in mind. It does not matter if you are a season professional and or just embarking on your Supply Chain and Logistics Career.

Description

Whatever your current position employed within SC&L function, this course will give you a practical understanding of some topics of the impact of social media in the logistics and its consequences.

I have incorporate my practical real time experience, giving you real time comprehension of operations in SC&L.

If you are working in SC&L in roles such as; procurement, operations, distribution, sales and marketing, distribution, freight management and manufacturing functions - this course will give you some valuable information and an indication of the quality of some of my other coruses available.

Who this course is for:

This course focuses and delivers real time experience on multiple functions within complex operations, which is being impacted and exacerbated by the integration of social media and new technology in Supply Chain & Logistic of today.

Impact of Social Media on the Logistics

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 3min

Complexity of Modes of Transport in the Supply Chain6 lectures • 9min

Complexity of the Transport4 lectures • 7min

Types of Warehousing6 lectures • 8min

Warehouse Architecture8 lectures • 6min

Why do Companies use Social Media4 lectures • 6min

Performance Management5 lectures • 8min

Manufacturing-Retail-Production Challenges9 lectures • 11min

Connectivity in the Supply Chain- Time to Rethink2 lectures • 2min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: