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3 Ways Your 3PL Can Help You Overcome E-commerce Challenges
To meet consumer demands, e-commerce requires adaptable and flexible supply chains, no matter how short the lead time. Companies can support this fast-moving supply chain by leveraging a collaborative 3PL relationship. By collaborating with a knowledgeable third-party logistics (3PL) provider, shippers can add both scale and visibility to their supply chain. With greater control, companies […]
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Supply Chain Visualization at a Glance – ProTrans
At ProTrans, our customers’ needs drive continuous improvement and innovative solutions every day.
Read MoreMaking Vendor Managed Inventory Work
Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) lets suppliers manage re-supply by monitoring customer stock levels and forward demand that optimizes working capital with service levels. This gives suppliers better visibility into forward demand, allowing them to produce, ship, and store more efficiently. As a result, customers have a smooth supply of product delivered at the right time […]
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Learning from the Fast Fashion Groundbreakers – Amber Road
Q: Speed-to-market has become the top market pressure for retailers. What can other industries or CPG manufacturers learn from "fast fashion" leaders like H&M, Uniqlo, and Zara who are able to go from concept to shelf in weeks? A: Attaining raw speed requires an overhaul of your supply chain. To truly match the clock speed […]
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Specialized Packaging & Personalized Fulfillment – MD Logistics
MD Logistics’ customized supply chain solution helps a luxury brand manufacturer provide a personalized shopping experience while maintaining a high turnaround rate.
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Joe Bobko: Not Boxed In
Joe Bobko is vice president of transportation with Boxed Wholesale, an online wholesale shopping club. He has held this position since January 2015. Responsibilities: All aspects of inbound and outbound transportation. Experience: Managing director with Bobko Consulting Group; director of e-commerce transportation with Toys "R" Us; executive positions in transportation with AmerisourceBergen, Grainger, FreshDirect, and […]
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Today’s Options in Technology To Improve Your Transportation Program – KDL
Q: What have been the technology changes in transportation? A: As we have seen in other industries like Netflix with entertainment content or Airbnb with hospitality, we are also seeing innovative technology, i.e. Uber Freight, trying to disrupt the transportation industry. All of these technology advancements benefit everyone that is in our industry. For a […]
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Spilling the Beans on the Coffee Supply Chain
Coffee has been a popular drink for centuries, yet supply chain challenges—fragmented production, commodity market instability, climate change—continue to brew.
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Silicon Valley is Helping the Logistics Industry Grow Smarter, Instead of Bigger – ClearMetal
Q: How can shippers and service poviders cut through the clutter of tech talk around AI and machine learning? A: The most important thing to remember is that machine learning is not a generic box you can buy from just anyone, plug in and have work. The shipping industry is so complex and nuanced that […]
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Cold Storage Logistics: License to Chill
Specialized providers offer more than just standard refrigeration and freezing services. They also have value-added services down cold.
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Canada: Ties That Bind
The U.S.-Canada cross-border trade relationship remains robust in an evolving regulatory environment.
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Managing Project Logistics: Special Delivery
Logistics companies handling special projects need persistence and ingenuity—and have to expect the unexpected.
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Optimizing Inbound Freight Beyond the Shipment Level – Schneider Logistics
In this era of omni-channel fulfillment, supply chain visibility is more important than ever. Yet many shippers are still in the dark when it comes to visibility to a significant portion of their supply chain cost: their inbound freight spend. Many inbound shipments are supplier-controlled with prepaid terms in which suppliers are adding in the […]
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Direct Hit
E-commerce has forever changed the way people shop. Now businesses of all sizes must reassess their supply chains to go direct to the consumer with faster-than-fast delivery and free shipping.
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Summer Reading Guide 2017
Add these books to your summer reading list to keep your logistics and supply chain skills sharp, even while you enjoy some time away from the office.
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Need Flexibility? Seek Out Full-Service 3PLs – WSI
The retail and supply chain worlds have changed—and are changing—rapidly. Soaring end-user consumer demand for same-day delivery of goods and companies’ desire for increased visibility of their supply chains are two instrumental factors in the ever-morphing industrial real estate industry. Companies want and need instant, flexible warehousing options with skilled, efficient labor to handle and […]
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Distributors Step Up Their Game
Changing business models—especially the rise of e-commerce—are prompting many distributors to enhance their services. Game on.
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Improving Food Distribution: Knife, Spoon, and Forklift
A fine foods supplier optimizes order picking and improves worker safety with systems that pass the taste test.
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Sweep the Dock for E-Commerce Insight – Transportation Insight
An e-commerce epiphany is speeding through the global supply chain from the shipping dock to the boardroom. Consumers have seized control of logistics spending, and "supply chain as we’ve known it" is not coming back. According to the 28th Annual CSCMP State of Logistics Report, "Accelerating into Uncertainty," for the first time, parcel and express […]
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Here Comes the Bridal Wear Supply Chain
Made-to-order bridal gowns, drop-dead dress deadlines, and emotional brides create a unique supply chain that’s no honeymoon to manage.
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