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Pandemic Spurs Accelerated Investment in Supply Chain Automation, Digital Technologies
Digital technologies and automated solutions will help your supply chain succeed in this new, post-pandemic reality. For starters, they increase resilience in the face of disruption and support your workforce.
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Speed, Reach & Flexibility Are Critical to Supply Chain Success in COVID Era
The pandemic has vastly accelerated the growing digital commerce space. Reports show ecommerce leapt years ahead in progress in just months with spending up 30% from the beginning of March through mid-April 2020. A rapid change in customer behaviors, driven by the pandemic, led to an explosion in social commerce, a faster evolution of omni-channel […]
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How to Prepare Your Warehouse for a Second Wave of COVID-19
Warehouses and fulfillment centers should take these precautions to mitigate COVID-19 risks, keep the workforce safe, and avoid costly downtime.
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Procurement Practices That Pay Off
How do you know you’re paying the right price for the right level of service? Accurate business intelligence will drive sound strategies that deliver on core business goals.
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Top Packaging Innovations Enable E-Commerce Growth and Sustainability
Working with a 3PL such as DHL Supply Chain can help you develop packaging that improves sustainability, lowers costs, and delivers the desired customer experience.
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Outsourced Manufacturing: Achieving Quality and Financial Goals
Manufacturers have been outsourcing noncore production processes for decades, and the trend continues. The key to successful outsourcing is assuring the 3PL value-added assembler (VAA) has a quality management system.
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Tracking Shipments in Today’s World
By enlisting the help of a 3PL, shippers can connect to carriers’ systems and gain real-time shipment tracking information.
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5 Actions to Navigate Through the Retail Landscape
Taking these steps will allow your supply chain to adapt to consumer behavioral shifts, omnichannel fulfillment demands, and heightened delivery standards.
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How Your Freight Agency Can Succeed in an Uncertain Market
Staying engaged with your customers, providing solutions to their new demands, and not losing sight of your business goals can help you improve your business during the tough times.
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Act Fast, Act Smart
More than ever before, maintaining flexibility in logistics is essential.
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We Must Learn to Mitigate Supply Chain Disruption from Disasters
While the coronavirus pandemic put supply chain weaknesses on display, it has also shined a light on where we need to strengthen our capabilities to mitigate future disruptions.
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Creating Differentiation Through Innovative E-Commerce Fulfillment
When shippers work with a 3PL that is consistently investing in technology and new distribution centers, they can increase service consistency and offer their customers unexpectedly fast fulfillment.
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This Is Not a Drill
Create an agile, real-time approach. Have an effective communication strategy, one that includes internal users, vendors, and carrier partners.
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Disruptions in Today’s Economy: How Can Supply Chains Prepare?
How can we better prepare to minimize the risks that disruptions present and mitigate their impact? Here’s how to build a more flexible and agile supply chain.
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The Need for Speed: Overcoming the Final Hurdles to Faster E-Commerce Deliveries
Retailers need to address new challenges, from bolstering distribution networks to managing complexity, to continue to expand their e-commerce operations.
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True Next Day—Why It Matters
As retailers compete for the perfect delivery experience and consumers continue to pay premiums for speed and reliability, last mile delivery drives growth and profitability.
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How 3PLs Can Minimize Claims and Help Customers Understand Liability
3PLs can become an ally for their customers in the event of a loss, damage, or delay, providing outstanding customer service and support during the claims process.
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Eliminating Extra Costs From Double, Triple Orders
Multiple orders moving the same day to the same customer but on different bills of lading add up costs for shippers. The solution is to consolidate them.
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5 Ways to Manage Warehousing Requirements During Peak Periods
Managing peak period shipment volume is a structural challenge in the U.S. economy. Those preoccupied with executing order fulfillment services spend much of the year thinking about and planning for it. The surge is a three- to four-month peak in first inbound, and then outbound shipments, with overlap. Shipments to retailers come first, followed by […]
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Turning Fixed Logistics Costs Into Variable Costs via Outsourcing
Variable costs offer an ideal way for many shippers to keep money in their proverbial pocket when things are slower without sacrificing service when orders pick up.
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