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Time to Sweat Your Warehouse Assets?

Time to Sweat Your Warehouse Assets?

Success in the warehouse is often synonymous with warehouse performance. In retail, this means meeting growing throughput and capacity requirements. Those responsible for ensuring materials handling facilities are up to the task, however, must compete for budget dollars by making a compelling business case for investments.

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Inland Waterways: The Key to Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chains

Inland Waterways: The Key to Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chains

As businesses facing growing pressure to bolster resilience and sustainability, technological advancements and last-mile logistics take center stage. But one critical yet underappreciated element deserves a spotlight: inland waterways. These natural networks offer a reliable, efficient, and eco-friendly mode of transportation that plays a vital role in future-proofing supply chains.

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8 Trends Influencing Freight Rail in 2025

8 Trends Influencing Freight Rail in 2025

As we look ahead into 2025, we see factors such as consumer confidence, energy pricing, and deregulation—among others—providing a more favorable environment for short-term growth and long-term planning for the rail freight industry.

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What’s Your Supply Chain Resolution for 2025?

What’s Your Supply Chain Resolution for 2025?

Advance claims compliance to further supply chain visibility. Using standardized data sharing and RFID enables swift product identification and streamlines claims-related exchanges, helping stakeholders reduce manual effort. –Jonathan Gregory Director of Global Standards GS1 US Boost supply chain agility with enhanced demand forecasting and automated replenishment as 2025 will come with global trade uncertainty and […]

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Can Uber Help Truck Drivers <em>and</em> Shippers?

Can Uber Help Truck Drivers and Shippers?

The convergence of three groundbreaking technologies—AI, Starlink, and robotics—will revolutionize the practice of transportation, logistics, and supply chain management, as I wrote last month. Another convergent trend that benefits logistics management is on the rise: The mashup of consumer technology woven into business operations. Just about anyone who drives uses Google Maps and Waze. There’s […]

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