Feature Stories
137 Tips for a Fully Charged Supply Chain
The ultimate list of tips for charging up your supply chain to full power in 2021 and beyond.
Case Studies
DC Solutions
Legend Valve Opens Fulfillment Spigot
The integration between 6 River Systems collaborative mobile robots called Chucks, Packsize, and JD Edwards’ ERP systems doubled Legend Valves’ pick rates and increased its order management and shipping accuracy.
e-Tales
Working Like a Dog to Fill Pet Food Surge Orders
A niche pet food company thrives during the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to a long-standing partnership with its third-party logistics provider.
I.T. Toolkit
SerVaas Laboratories Cleans Up with Business Intelligence
When a company's employee roster includes 100 workers but the products are sold in one dozen countries, accurate sales and inventory data is critical. Business intelligence solutions, however, have traditionally exceeded the budgets of small to mid-sized companies.
Commentary
How-To
Ten Tips
Optimizing LTL Shipping
Less-than-truckload (LTL) freight shipping is critical to everyday commerce and is an economical way to ship palletized or loose freight. Here’s how to do it well.
Sponsored
Aptitive Helps 3PL Derive Insights from Data with Real-Time Analytics Platform
A Chicago-based 3PL turned to Aptitive to design a scalable data and analytics modernization platform. Aptitive delivered a solution that not only helped the provider, but their customers as well.
Accelerating Innovation to Meet Supply Chain Challenges
These three winning projects exemplify ID Logistics' mission to continually drive process improvements and boost service levels.
Knowledge Base
Data Management—Vital Today - Freight Management Inc.
There are value points in managing information gathered from a strong TMS system that can also provide a solid pre-audit program to double check accuracy of bills before payment.
Knowledge Base
Bringing Transportation in Sync with the World
True digital transformation requires the ability to think beyond the next load or the next order to find new and enduring ways to match fluctuating demand with capacity and connect relevant industry partners in efficient ways.
Knowledge Base
Is the Logistics Sector Ready for the COVID-19 Vaccine?
The last mile will have to accommodate the reliable distribution of the billions of vaccines that providers will manufacture and ship in 2021. Here are the obstacles facing the supply chain.
Knowledge Base
Keeping Your Eye on the Prize: What Formula One Can Teach Us About the RFP Process
When managing your next RFP, make sure you have the right tools in place that eliminate inefficiencies and allow you to keep your eye on the prize—finalizing and executing the routing guide.
Knowledge Base
Pandemic Spurs Accelerated Investment in Supply Chain Automation, Digital Technologies
How will digital technologies and automated solutions 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.
Knowledge Base
Inventory Management: Two Key Indicators to Improve Warehouse Operations
Calculating the coverage rate and the turnover rate are excellent ways to add resiliency to your supply chain. To do this you will need a solution in which you can accurately track data in real time.
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Getting Crafty with Supply Chain Solutions - Verst Logistics
Verst Logistics helped an arts and crafts supplies company address peak season challenges and growing sales by expanding its supply chain capabilities.
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Holman Logistics Uses Artificial Intelligence to Increase Forklift Safety
Holman partners with OneTrack to bring AI solutions to the issue of forklift accidents.
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SEKO Partnership Provides Ecommerce Efficiencies for Retailers
Retailer Shein streamlined supply chain operations by leveraging a partnership with Air-City and SEKO, which enables shippers to move express e-commerce orders quickly across international borders..
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Partnering with a Nonprofit to Provide COVID-19 Relief to the Navajo Nation
Echo Global Logistics partners with a nonprofit organization to deliver thousands of water containers to the Navajo Nation in support of COVID-19 relief.
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Solutions for the Unprecedented
Meeting the unprecedented challenges of 2020, CFI leveraged its resources and delivered effective solutions for its partners.
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Retail Optimization Through a Revamped Network
With an expanding customer base and recent surge in volume, a CPG company turned to Hub Group to construct a dynamic solution. The 3PL streamlined the company’s handling process while increasing service levels.
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Warehouse Safety Best Practices: Building a Program
To build a program that has the strength and support to last, follow these practices and leverage your staff’s experience and expertise.
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Mode Shift to Eliminate Supply Chain Disruption
When supply chains require unique equipment and depend on damage-free, on-time service, partnering with a carrier such as PITT OHIO, that can execute mode optimization strategies, can impact the success of your business.
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3PL Outsourcing Beyond the Initial Goals
RedStone understands that cost savings are just a part of each client relationship; a 3PL must provide more if the relationship is to withstand the demands of an ever-changing supply chain.
Thought Leaders
Scaling SCM Ecosystems—Boardroom Insights
Modernizing the ecosystems while keeping up the ongoing business operations is the reality of every business. The current ecosystem, future solution expectations, and resource models are the drivers that determine the program's pace.
Thought Leaders
Agility, Data, and No-Code: Three Trends for the Future
Advances in data integration, IoT, machine learning, and artificial intelligence are changing every part of the supply chain.
Thought Leaders
Outsourcing Helps Close IT Gaps and Meet Milestones
By leveraging DDC FPO's expansive range of programming languages and skill levels, carriers can offer a consistent experience regardless of each shipper’s individual IT investment.
Thought Leaders
Build Supply Chain Resiliency with Digital Transformation
Adopting an integrated transportation management system delivers consistent ROI and helps create a resilient supply chain.
Thought Leaders
Converging Order and Logistics Management on One Platform
Today's technology empowers brands to offer a range of diverse, quality products, as well as customizable delivery or omni-channel fulfillment options to their customers.
Thought Leaders
New Directions in U.S.-Mexico Trade and Logistics
As U.S.-Mexico trade is flourishing, Port Tampa Bay is well positioned to accommodate the continued strong growth of its container business.
Thought Leaders
The Three Trends Driving Supply Chain Efficacy in 2021
An advanced solution that marries both technology and people through business intelligence reporting and automation is the only way forward for today's supply chains.
Thought Leaders
E-Commerce Trends Drive Automation Initiatives
Automation is the answer when it comes to adjusting supply chain operations to support increasing e-commerce fulfillment. It’s a tool set to make your employees more productive, and more effective. Instead of bringing on more people, you increase the value of the people you have.
Thought Leaders
Managing Transitions Effectively to Enhance Project Success
The effectiveness of a transition, from switching 3PLs to moving facilities, depends on how well the change is managed. It is essential to have a documented project plan and a dedicated project manager with experience across multiple disciplines.
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Online ExclusiveCory Turner, Head of Healthcare Strategy, Tecsys
Are We Ready to Deliver the COVID-19 Vaccine?
Is the supply chain ready to deliver COVID-19 vaccines? The supporting technology exists and the resources are in place, but now that the vaccine is available, it's up to the logisticians to connect those dots from end to end.
Online ExclusiveMark Wheeler, Director of Supply Chain Solutions, Zebra Technologies
Warehouse Trends Resulting from the Pandemic
The demands that shaped the industry in 2020 will continue in 2021, leaving warehouses to evaluate how they will keep pace with consumer and commercial demands. The adoption of new technologies will help optimize operations for years to come.
Checking InKeith Biondo
From a Modest Beginning
When we started Inbound Logistics in 1981, the latest technology was using fax machines to distribute routing guides to vendors. Forty years later, we've advanced to using technology in a pivotal year, empowering the demand-driven enterprise.
Checking InFelecia Stratton
A Valid Question
"Inbound logistics" doesn't sound odd now. But in 1980, it was counterculture. Today, many call this approach supply chain management or the demand-driven enterprise. No matter what you call it, the benefits and value are clear.
The Lean Supply ChainPaul A. Myerson
Professional Education: Time to Pay It Forward
While more people are earning supply chain management degrees and certifications, it hasn’t been enough to fill current needs. We need to do our part.