Beschrijving
Description
This report has come out of the VIL collective research project ‘S.L.O.W. Logistics’, which questioning the current practice of “delivery as fast as possible”. The need for fast deliveries should be looked at for each individual case and speed should be client Reliability is often much more important than speed. In this research project, the VIL want to concretely identify and work out the respective trade-offs and test this in practice, using the Total Logistics Costs Approach.
This report is the response to the first of two project phases: the research phase. The concept ‘Slow Logistics’ will be explored and explained in greater detail, trade-offs between speed and reliability are discussed and possible implementations of the concept will be explained, as well as several pitfalls and preconditions. Using practical examples, it will be explained how a number of companies have concretely implemented Slow logistics and what the results are. The report ends with the elements and the structure of the Total Logistics Costs Model.
Table of contents
Colophon 4
Preface 7
Reason and background 8
Slow Logistics: what’s in a name? 9
Problem definition 9
Speed as (wrong) dogma 9
From cost to opportunity 11
Importance of distinction between categories of goods 13
Importance of total logistics cost 14
Preconditions and impediments regarding Slow Logistics 15
Overview of possible solutions in the form of Slow Logistics concepts 16
Practical examples 17
Nike: speed in function of client profiles 17
Colruyt: sustainability as the motive for supply chain optimization 20
Inbound optimization through product differentiation 20
Outbound optimization through prioritizing orders 22
Atlas Copco: reliability more important than speed 25
Modal shift at short distance: greater reliability inland shipping 25
Shift from air freight to seaborne freight 27
Rolls Royce: slowing down as a means to increase the transport volume 28
Jumbo supermarkets: supply chain synchronization for shippers and stores 30
Slow Steaming: impact on carbon footprint 33
Total logistics costs model 34
What and why total logistics costs? 34
TLC Model based on six + one parameters 35
Working from TLC always means trade logistics cost parameters 38
Reliability as “quality attribute” within the TLC model 39
