How can you create urgency without sacrificing quality in Logistics Management?

One thing that has helped me in identifying how to achieve goals is to begin by mapping out my current logistics processes. Identify every step involved, from order placement to final delivery. Analyze those processes to pinpoint inefficiencies, redundancies, or areas prone to delays.

Creating urgency in logistics management without compromising quality is essential for maintaining efficiency and meeting deadlines. Here are some strategies to achieve this balance: Effective Planning and Scheduling: Utilize robust planning techniques to set realistic yet challenging deadlines. Clear timelines and milestones help create a sense of urgency without rushing processes. Lean Principles and Continuous Improvement: Implement lean methodologies to identify and eliminate waste, streamline processes, and improve efficiency. Encourage a culture of continuous improvement to drive urgency through ongoing optimization.

streamline the processes by removing non value adding activities, identify critical areas where the most delays occur and prioritize them by adding more resources.

Urgency is a function of desire and amount (or "supply and demand"). Sometimes you create demand by providing quality services or products: once you've created the demand (and it grows), if you refuse to sacrifice quality your supply will stay below demand and create urgency. Fads or fashions have a key ingredient for urgency built in (small time slots of desire), so you can manipulate urgency by intentionally reducing supply (see Zara's model). However, in logistics, urgency is built over time by developing superior service and refusing to lower standards.

Accepting all, I would say culture should not be ignored. As human behaviours are mostly the product of the values, beliefs and traditions of the society, and people operate according that inherited behaviour. Even the essence of urgency and quality differs from society to society. For instance, in my country, mostly we give much emphasis to the quality of the product than its delivery time, which is a cultural thing. But our foreign buyers give high priority to time delivery time Thus, it’s vital to study and understand the cultural values and differences of all the parties involve in the supply chain. Based on shared global understanding, one can build a company culture that realises both urgency and quality without compromising one.

3 outils clés pour le quotidien : - Le premier, le planning de Gant pour jalonner les étapes du projet et organiser les interventions successives - Le second le RACI pour déterminer les r?les entre le Responsable, l'Acteur, le Consulté et l'Informé - Le dernier l'outil Trello pour échanger avec différents interlocuteurs sur l'avancée du projet et les taches en cours

Creating urgency while maintaining quality in logistics management involves meticulous planning and continuous monitoring of activities. Planning serves as the roadmap, outlining resources, tasks, and timelines essential for goal achievement. It anticipates risks, allowing for proactive mitigation and optimization of resources. Flexibility in planning is key, adapting to dynamic conditions and customer demands.

Uma ferramenta de suma importancia na gest?o administrativa e logística e a planilha 5w2h, onde podemos tra?ar quais atividades precisam ser acompanhadas, além de delegar as pessoas ou setores responsáveis. Assim, como todo recurso necessário. Estabelecendo os prazos para o cumprimento das atividades.

La calidad es la bandera de la logística, planificar desde el inventario es vital para garantizar la eficiencia en el despacho de los pedidos, al reducir la cantidad de visitas a un mismo cliente optimizando la rotación de las unidades utilizadas para el despacho lo cual nos hace mas productivos en visitas por cliente

Team management software such as Miro and Trello can help with tasks due to their simplicity of use and application. Indicators such as stock accuracy, stock turnover, and using a layout that is combined with the ABC curve can bring agility. The importance of facilitating entries and exits, inspection zones, all help to ensure that tasks are carried out smoothly.

Effective communication is crucial to understanding team work, without clear lines of communication and effective communication teams cut each other off and underperform.

Um dos maiores problemas nas empresas, é a comunica??o, seja no ambiente operacional ou no corporativo. A comunica??o clara, direta e dando a oportunidade do outro se manifestar, s?o fundamentais para se extrair os resultados esperados.

A comunica??o é a chave para atingir o êxito, principalmente em situa??es de mais urgência. Ter uma comunica??o clara com os clientes, fornecedores e o próprio time ajuda o gestor logístico a atingir os resultados e a manter a qualidade no padr?o almejado.

Communication is everything. If there is a disconnect or a misunderstanding of a process, goal or task it is likely due to poor communication. If the team doesn’t feel like they can communicate openly or easily, issues will arise.

Understanding and empathy in communication can set a more clearly collaborate. When you keep in mind that your partner or colleague can understand your message in diferente way, you can clarify how he understand your message. Sure it have to be in respectful maniere.

Speak motivation and practice it and support it be the inspiration for your team , empower others to perform and walk the walk and talk it. A good motivational leader shows by actions will increase productivity

One thing I’ve found affective in motivation is increased effort and confidence. Motivating my team always brings increased effort which increases performance. Empowering my team with additional education along with motivation which also increases knowledge and creates additional methods and strategies of different ways to you increase your team’s productivity, performance, and satisfaction.

Empoderar, trabajar en equipo pero sobre todo tener actitud para enfrentar las urgencias son la clave para el éxito en la logística, para cada cliente grande o peque?o, todo es importante y urgente, entender eso a todo nivel hará que logremos sus objetivos.

Le leader doit créer par ses actions et ses mots un cadre propice à l’épanouissement et la bonne performance d’une équipe soudée et motivée.

This post reminded me about a John Kotter article I keep in my office “Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail” as well as Robert House’s “Path-Goal theory” to influence and motivate teams. Kotter’s article resonates with me because the logistics business is largely a “people business”, where action, deliverables, and accountability for customer service covers a broad array of stakeholders and constituents in a supply chain. Where quality issues can often originate from things like: misunderstood processes, unstructured tasks, and ambiguous tasks, to complex tasks, repetitive tasks, unchallenging tasks, etc., specific behaviors and strategies are necessary to build confidence in your team’s ability to succeed.

Logistics has been and seem it will always be an ever evolving industry. There is always new opportunity to learn and grow with new regulations and new technology. Looking from the past to the present in the industry is like night and day. With all this evolution it helps to create and environment of growth and keeps you thinking of what could be next.

Es importante mantenerte actualizado y formado constantemente. Los procesos y la gestión estan cambiando continuamente y si no te mantienes informado y formado te acabas quedando en el olvido.

La remise en question sur ses aptitudes et capacités permettent de mieux élaborer un plan d’amélioration personnel de ses compétences.

" Every day is a school day " Life is like business continuosly changing and adapting your business to move forward with change in technology and innovation is a must to stay competitive in logistics.

A prender a se comunicar de forma clara com o operacional é muito importante. Quando os colaboradores operacionais conseguem entender a necessidade de uma mudan?a na opera??o facilita toda a gest?o.

Striking the right balance between urgency and quality in logistics management requires a strategic approach that emphasizes efficiency without sacrificing accuracy or customer satisfaction. It involves optimizing processes, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and aligning efforts to meet deadlines while upholding high-quality standards.

Creating urgency in logistics management without compromising quality involves careful planning, communication, and efficient processes. Here are some strategies to achieve urgency without sacrificing quality: *Real time tracking and viability *Proactive problem solving *Steamed line communication *Data driven decision making Collaboration with reliable partners. *Cross functional training *Flexible workforce management *Continuous improvement culture. By integrating these strategies, logistics managers can instill a sense of urgency in their operations while maintaining a commitment to quality standards and customer satisfaction.

Continuously seek customer feedback: Regularly seek feedback from your customers to understand their expectations, satisfaction levels, and areas for improvement. Use this feedback to make necessary adjustments and enhancements in your logistics management practices.

We will always have a lot of little things to solve. Unfortunately we won't be able to handle all issues, in order to solve the most relevant things first, we can make use of Pareto's principle, which says that 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes. Defining what are these 20% of causes we can solve the most part of the consequences.

Une chose que j'ai trouvée utile est l'accent mis sur l'importance de fixer des objectifs SMART pour maintenir la qualité tout en créant un sentiment d'urgence. En fait, je ne suis pas d'accord avec l'idée que la communication doit se limiter à des canaux traditionnels (mails, appels téléphoniques). L'utilisation de technologies plus récentes (plateformes de collaboration en temps réel, les applications de gestion Projet) peut améliorer l'efficacité et la clarté des communications. J'ai notamment constaté que l'article ne traite pas de l'importance de la culture organisationnelle, de la manière dont une culture axée sur l'amélioration continue et la responsabilité peut faciliter la gestion de l'urgence sans compromettre la qualité.