Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2023

FedEx, UPS snag Black Friday volume share from regional carriers Amazon revises numerous seller fees Tariffs on aluminum have cost US beverage industry $2b Zero emission cargo ships are getting closer Faced with high returns, retailers are telling shoppers: “Just keep it.” First, it is expensive to pay for returns shipping.

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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Since much of the previous year in business and elsewhere was defined by a global pandemic, we are left asking what will 2021 look like for food and beverage shippers. These buyers want to continue food and beverage trends in a similar direction that we saw in the latter 2010s. Here are some things to look out for in 2021.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Hurricane Harvey has struck a significant blow to the Houston, Texas metro area, home to the sixth largest import terminal in the world, as well as all of the shipping lanes in the Gulf Coast area. For manufacturing, those metrics are new orders, production, employment, supplier deliveries, and inventories of input materials.

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QAD

JUNE 27, 2019

All operator, production order and equipment transactions are recorded via data lake technology to provide for advanced traceability and operational metrics. Consumer Products and Food & Beverage. Stephen Dombroski – Director, Consumer Products and Food & Beverage.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 29, 2024

A food and beverage company decides to streamline its product portfolio, based on the nutritional value and environmental impact of its products. Using metrics such as inventory turnover rate , sell-through rate, and gross margin return on investment allows you to monitor your inventory performance more effectively.

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RFgen

MARCH 10, 2023

Be sure to measure current order picking metrics, such as: Picking accuracy Picking rate Fill rate On-time rate Travel time You may also need to evaluate other relevant inventory KPIs. For example: Inventory accuracy / error rate Order turnaround / cycle time Cost per order And any other metrics valuable to your operation.

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IQMS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Bottom Line: Food & beverage manufacturing’s future is being defined by the over 60 customer quality audit requests a typical manufacturer receives every year, combined with the need to excel at FDA audits and compliance to stay competitive. Quality Audits Need To Become Routine For Food & Beverage Manufacturers.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America. This looks like increasing order visibility and analyzing performance data using shipping intelligence software. Perform a network analysis.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Basically, responsible for ocean freight carriers, ocean ships that rely on truck companies. Shipping a 40-ton container back in July or June used to cost about $700 — a 40-ton container. More than half of Hanjin’s ships were chartered. MSC is interested to charter those ships. Moderator: Who is Flexport?

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Unleashed

JUNE 7, 2023

With greater visibility into the metrics, a company can go forward.” This is especially important in industries like Food and Beverage, where products must be sold quickly before they expire. Boosted fulfilment speed and order accuracy Optimised inventory is easier to find, quicker to prepare for shipping, and readily available.

Inventory Management Software 52

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Alloy

MARCH 18, 2021

McLane Company is an important customer for many food and beverage brands, who use its supply chain services to get their products to grocery, drug and convenience stores. Units shipped out so far in the current week. At Alloy, we’ve worked with several suppliers who rely on McLane to distribute its everyday products to key retailers.

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DynaSys

JANUARY 13, 2021

However, overall supply (in 2019’s case overall beverage supply) usually accommodates demand. Others, such as food & beverage experienced earthshaking shifts in demand to which most players were ill-equipped to quickly adjust. Your Finance department is minding this metric in particular. Increased demand during the crisis.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

The company is a food and beverage company. Most companies cannot get to data by customer on orders shipped incomplete to understand root cause analysis. When I asked for an analysis of the customer service data with a root cause analysis, it was not available. Let’s take an example.

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It involves assessing how the overall supply chain performed, analyzing metrics, and how well you managed exceptions. By storing your inventory across the globe in ShipBob’s international fulfillment centers, you can speed up transit times and cut down on international shipping costs to ship to customers in over 200 countries.

Forecasting 52

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 20, 2020

If you’re currently shipping less than truckload (LTL) or underutilized truckload freight, a retail consolidation program might be the answer you need. The right shipping strategy is vital to ensure your products are where they need to be when they need to be there, especially in times of disruption.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 18, 2021

It is becoming more common for food & beverage companies, for instance, to collect, clean and reuse boxes, bottles and barrels. Without an efficient process for organising, processing, shipping and handling returns, managing this process can be costly. The return rate for ‘expensive goods’ was more than double again (50%).

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 16, 2020

COVID-19 has shuffled domestic food and beverage consumption trends, accelerating some and disrupting others. We were able to gain insight into these metrics through the data captured by our powerful proprietary shipper intelligence tool KANOPI, which allows us to capture information and gain visibility into every shipment in our system.

Food 52

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 15, 2017

Products themselves are more environmentally friendly (aerosol free for instance); primary packaging is reduced (pouches compared to jars), and secondary packaging has been slashed (beverages are often now wrapped rather than encased.) . Among the challenges: .

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Products themselves are more environmentally friendly (aerosol free for instance); primary packaging is reduced (pouches compared to jars), and secondary packaging has been slashed (beverages are often now wrapped rather than encased.).

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Cognira

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Zara, a global leader in fast fashion, now ships online orders in 100% recycled cartons made from store boxes. Dispose of waste properly: For retail businesses, waste is a major issue, especially for food and beverage establishments. By 2025, they intend to have zero waste in their shops, offices, and logistics facilities.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

By looking at lead times in this way they will still be a measure of how long it takes you to get stock into your warehouse ready to be shipped out to a buyer. If you’re in the business of manufacturing then you need to factor time taken for production into your maximum and minimum lead times.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Belgium is bordered by France, Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands, and has a robust shipping infrastructure including multiple ports, making it a perfect location for trade both within the EU and with other geographic regions. billion metric tons of goods in 2015. The country is about the size of the U.S. Manufacturing in Belgium.

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RFgen

APRIL 20, 2023

Order Management: picking, wave packing, sales orders, work orders, and ship confirm. Mobile apps greatly accelerate pick/pack/ship as well as their accuracy. It’s a necessary but beneficial value-add proven to provide upticks in key performance metrics. Manufacturing: completes, OPM completes, issues, and OPM issues.

Inventory Management Software 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During Food and Beverage Company Performance on the Supply Chain Index for the Period of 2006-2012. In our program, cost avoidance, while desirable, does not count towards the metric. We named it the Supply Chain Index. Our aim was to maintain a 3 to 3.5

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Supply Chain Action Blog

JULY 8, 2021

Amanda has been using some of the common metrics for forecast accuracy, including MAPE (mean absolute percentage error) and weighted MAPE, but the statistical forecast doesn’t seem to improve and the qualitative inputs from marketing and sales are hit or miss. What metrics should I use to measure forecast accuracy?

Forecasting 40

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The machine learning algorithms in IBM’s Watson platform were able to determine if a shipping container and.or Also, machine learning is leading to more accurate measures of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), a key metric many manufacturers and supply chain operations rely on.

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RFgen

MAY 8, 2016

companies look for new ways to ship their goods around the world and maintain visibility without succumbing to the obstacles of geography. Some companies may go the extra mile by shipping the medical products in containers with their own sensors that collect real-time data on temperature or other safety metrics.

Inventory 52

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RFgen

MAY 8, 2016

companies look for new ways to ship their goods around the world and maintain visibility without succumbing to the obstacles of geography. Some companies may go the extra mile by shipping the medical products in containers with their own sensors that collect real-time data on temperature or other safety metrics.

Inventory 52

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Your brand’s average order value (AOV) isn’t a vanity metric. Take Rainbow OPTX, an online sunglasses seller: By working with their third-party logistics ( 3PL ) provider, ShipBob, to expand their 2-day shipping window to all customers, the brand experienced a drastic increase in how much their customers were willing to spend.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Here are some common examples of dead stock: Perishable stock that has passed its use-by date, such as fresh produce used in food and beverage production. Using production, purchase, inventory storage cost metrics, and historical sales data, you can determine if an SKU should be kept, discontinued, or retained with some modifications.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

Building supply chain resilience isn’t a new goal, but it’s become a primary focus for supply chain leaders in the wake of the pandemic crisis, particularly in the hardest-hit industries, such as food and beverage. ” — Michael Varney and Wil G. ” — Thomas Y. Take the average shipment.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

So the CSR score too is more of a popularity contest than a consistent metric. uses a lot of water, both within its products and in the manufacturing process, and as perhaps the world’s best-known beverage producer, the company is a frequent target of environmental groups for its water usage practices. Printer-friendly version.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Precise order, shipping and inventory records indicate precisely when a sales season takes place and if there were alterations from previous years. Inbound Logistics explained companies that make and sell sports equipment base supply chain performance around a variety of seasonal metrics. Sometimes seasons change. The Changing Seasons.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Precise order, shipping and inventory records indicate precisely when a sales season takes place and if there were alterations from previous years. Inbound Logistics explained companies that make and sell sports equipment base supply chain performance around a variety of seasonal metrics. Sometimes seasons change. The Changing Seasons.

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EMERGE App

MAY 24, 2020

As a small business owner of a wholesale or distribution business , there are so many metrics that you can apply to your business to assess your relative performance. The order fill rate is one such metric that you need to pay attention to. A satisfied customer will see all or most of their orders fulfilled and shipped immediately.

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EMERGE App

OCTOBER 1, 2018

As a small business owner of a wholesale or distribution business , there are so many metrics that you can apply to your business to assess your relative performance. The order fill rate is one such metric that you need to pay attention to. A satisfied customer will see all or most of their orders fulfilled and shipped immediately.

Procurement Analytics 74

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RFgen

JANUARY 23, 2023

Barcode software captures instant, 100% accurate inventory transactions for receiving, put-away, inventory counts, warehouse transfers, re-ordering, picking, packing, shipping, and delivery. Improves accuracy At the core of effective inventory management is accurate, efficient data collection—essential for good data hygiene.

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