ToolsGroup

JULY 13, 2023

Hear more about this exciting launch from our CEO, Inna Kuznetsova: Omnichannel fulfillment introduces new complexity into sourcing decisions. Traditional sourcing uses sequential rules to make decisions, but as a result it can only consider fulfillment locations that meet the selected criteria “rules” to be selected.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 1, 2024

The system allocated which orders would get inventory from a given location to fulfill an order. For an online order that needs to be delivered within 24 hours, for example, the rule might state that the goods should be shipped to the consumer from the closest location. Rules were used to make these decisions. However, Ms.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 22, 2024

About Dean Duffin Growing up enjoying the small-town Alberta lifestyle, Dean excelled academically. They grew from a duo to a team of over 40 logistics professionals across operations in multiple locations across Canada. Dean Duffin and Joe Lynch discuss understanding the Canadian logistics landscape.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 22, 2024

The system allocated which orders would get inventory from a given location to fulfill an order. For an online order that needs to be delivered within 24 hours, for example, the rule might state that the goods should be shipped to the consumer from the closest location. Rules were used to make these decisions.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Krenar is the CEO and founder of Tive , a leading provider of real-time supply chain visibility insights that help logistics professionals actively manage their in-transit shipments’ location and condition. About Krenar Komoni. About Tive. Configurable Location Alerts. Learn More About The Tive Story.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

About Graig Morin Graig was born and raised in Biddeford, Maine. In January of 2017, Graig and Christine decided it was time to build the family-friendly transport company that Graig had been dreaming about for decades. BROWN DOG is located in Biddeford Maine and is able to work with clients in all parts of the USA.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Today, I’m going to write a little bit about a yard management system. A YMS is an application software program responsible for the management of information about facility yard activities, resources, and locations. The post What to Know About a Yard Management System appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Using this forecast in tandem with advanced optimization algorithms, it determines optimal inventory levels, SKU by SKU, in every location across a supply chain network, while taking into consideration the best trade-offs between working capital investment and service targets. So what are the nuts and bolts of this process? Let’s Chat

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Last week, we talked about the three components of cost-based fulfillment optimization – ship cost, labor cost, and expected revenue. To start, let’s talk about multi-objective optimization. Last week, we were all about cost-based optimization. This is part three of our blog series, “Dynamic Fulfillment 101.” Let’s illustrate.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2024

Grafton is the Founder and CEO of Onward, a big and bulky shipping network that helps retailers offer local like delivery service, to their customers located in suburban and rural zip codes. A massive underutilization of capacity that lead him to start Onward!

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2024

While the secretarial pool argued about the merits of Word and Word Perfect, I sorted through their request for the latest typewriter with software memory. 40-50% of items are not forecastable at an item/location level. Supply Chain Planners Analogous to Secretarial Pools? The average was 45% in my recent class.)

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Logility

JUNE 28, 2022

Starboard offers a unique supply chain visualization solution that can optimize for unknown locations, meaning users do not have to map their plans to a physical location. Learn more about the Logility® Digital Supply Chain Platform. About Logility. About Starboard. NASDAQ: AMSWA).

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In addition, they have 8 vans that do deliveries to the ambulatory locations. Additionally, some of the ambulatory locations get deliveries directly from their distributors. Distributors also make direct deliveries of pharmaceuticals to all Cooper locations that need drugs. The pandemic changed that. I have 1000s of them.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2023

About Joe Oliaro Joe Oliaro is the Vice President of Sales and Chief Real Estate Officer at Wagner Logistics. About Wagner Logistics Wagner Logistics , a leading provider of supply chain solutions, offers a comprehensive range of services designed to optimize and streamline operations for businesses across various industries.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 11, 2023

ToolsGroup’s AI-driven engine analyzes complex data at granular levels such as the combination of customer, product, location, and price point, in real-time to generate accurate demand forecasts and provide optimal price recommendations to retailers that maximize revenue. Learn more about Evo’s responsive AI HERE.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 26, 2023

About Hannah Kain Hannah Kain is President and CEO of ALOM, a supply chain company she founded in 1997. ALOM operates out of 19 global locations to support its Fortune 500 customers in the technology, automotive, life sciences, and regulated industry sectors.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced that following anonymous votes from employees across all its departments and international office locations, the company has been ranked by Comparably among the top 100 companies with the best culture, as well as a best company for women and for diversity. About Ivalua.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2024

RightHand Robotics This solution uses a robotic arm equipped with a gripper and a vision system that can identify, locate, and grasp various types of items from shelves, bins, or conveyors. The robot can handle items of different shapes, sizes, weights, and materials, and can place them in the desired location or container.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 10, 2022

Alex is the Director of Sales, Life Science and Pharma Europe at Tive , the leading provider of real-time supply chain visibility insights that help logistics professionals actively manage their in-transit shipments’ location and condition. About Alex Guillen. About Tive. Learn More About Tracking Medical Shipments.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 15, 2023

Nearly all traditional inventory management applications calculate safety stock for each individual SKU-Location combination. This requires identifying the desired service level for each SKU-Location. Let us think about this for a moment. So a simplification is necessary and ABC classification is one way of doing it.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

About Brian Kempisty Brian Kempisty is the Founder of Port X Logistics, a transportation company that specializes in expediting containerized cargo throughout the U.S. About Lauren Beagen Lauren M. About Port X Logistics Port X Logistics specializes in expediting containerized cargo throughout the US and Canada. and Canada.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2021

About Esther Kestenbaum Prozan . About Ruby Has Fulfillment. With a strategically located international footprint of distribution centers in the United States, Canada, and the UK, Ruby Has Fulfillment is a company in hyper-growth. Locations across the U.S. Locations across the U.S. Ruby Has Fulfillment.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In addition, the geopolitical factors impacting sourcing and re-shoring (changing the locations of productions to elevate risks imposed by the relationship with China) are likely to continue throughout 2024 until we see the inflation and interest rates going down. Interested in learning more about what we’re doing at ToolsGroup?

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 22, 2022

About Julien Seret. About Attabotics. Increasingly consumers expect same-day, and next-day delivery, which means inventory must be located close to consumers who typically live in urban and suburban neighborhoods. Micro-fulfillment locations are by definition smaller so they must use their space more efficiently.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 26, 2023

About Nils Alstad Nils Alstad is the Chief Product Officer at Phantom Auto, a technology platform that enables people to remotely control vehicles across sites from thousands of miles away with just the click of a button. On-demand control of vehicles at any location increases operator productivity and reduces surge staffing costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 16, 2023

About a year ago, private equity firm KKR invested in Körber SCS, providing capital for the company’s strategy to build out an end-to-end platform of supply chain software. This annual and agile business model makes it extremely important that the company has visibility of its inventory across locations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 29, 2021

First, a word about the terms artificial intelligence and machine learning, as I am using them here. Adding to the challenge, there are typically thousands of products and product locations (slots) involved, and those products and/or locations may change, sometimes frequently. On the surface, that’s a bit of a surprise.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 5, 2023

About Mike Zayonc Mike Zayonc is a Partner at Plug and Play where he founded the firm’s $25.5M About Plug and Play Plug and Play is a global innovation platform that connects startups, corporations, venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies. Supply Chain Fund and Supply Chain accelerator program.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Companies annually spend about $325 billion on warehousing — and 85% of that cost goes to operating expenses that include labor, space and equipment. A WES capitalizes on huge volumes of data from across the facility to consider factors like resource location, product location, and travel distances and times. The result?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

1) Streamlined Data Flow and Process Automation Is all about AI At the heart of effective supply chain automation lies the seamless flow of data across various sources and digital platforms, akin to a well-constructed highway for data. Supporting what-if scenarios by estimating transportation rates on lanes (i.e.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 10, 2022

I have already written about autonomous mobile robots and how they are changing last mile deliveries. The two new prototypes are both based on the Hummingbird, which Wing says can carry about 2 pounds and has made hundreds of thousands of deliveries in Dallas suburbs, Virginia, Australia, and Finland.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2023

About Mark McEntire Mark McEntire is the Chief Executive Officer at Princeton TMX, a SaaS-based transportation management system (TMS). About Princeton TMX In 2016, Princeton TMX was launched to provide shippers with a next generation transportation management system (TMS). In June 2009, he became certified as an APICS CSCP.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Krenar is the CEO and founder of Tive , a leading provider of real-time supply chain visibility insights that help logistics professionals actively manage their in-transit shipments’ location and condition. About Krenar Komoni. About Tive. Configurable Location Alerts. Learn More About The Tive Story.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2023

About Bart De Muynck Bart De Muynck is Chief Industry Officer at project44 where he drives supply chain industry thought leadership and supports customers with their strategies. About project44 project44 is a visibility company dedicated to optimizing supply chains and improving the movement of products globally.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Here’s how to do it: Label aisles, rows and bins with floor or overhead placards so employees can identify the correct location quickly and easily. Read on for a couple of techniques to help operators pick more efficiently: Pick by bin location. When printing your packing slips, simply sort by bin location.

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Resilinc

APRIL 17, 2024

Here’s a look at each of these strategies: Nearshoring is the practice of outsourcing business processes to companies located in neighboring countries rather than distant locations. The aim of this strategy is to avoid investing only in China and diversify to other locations to ensure long-term stability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 7, 2023

In this conversation, Kushal and I talked about the complexities of last mile delivery. Knowing what the preference is of your customers means you can personalize that experience, whether that is preferred delivery method, location, or custom marketing messages. I asked Kushal to give some deeper insights on a few key points.

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