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No Time Like the Present

Supply Chain Shaman

While shipping craziness is abating, the issues and implications of the Russian-Ukrainian war, energy shortages in China and Europe, food instability in Africa, and the global water crisis reverberate as disruption after disruption in the supply chain. A stuffed warehouse is inefficient, and most companies have the wrong inventories.).

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Track the Supply Chain Metrics that Really Matter

Precoro

To monitor supply chain performance, stakeholders of successful companies typically define supply chain metrics that are relevant to the given business and track these KPIs regularly. By setting benchmarks for metrics, analysts can recognize unsettling trends and take preventive measures on time.

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17 Key Inventory Metrics & KPIs for 2023

Unleashed

The last of these can be achieved by tracking the right inventory metrics, analysing the results, and making data-driven optimisations. So, what are the ‘right’ inventory metrics, and how do you calculate them? In this inventory metrics guide What are inventory metrics? What are KPIs for inventory?

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Warehouse Logistics Guide: Process, Benefits, & Best Practices

Unleashed

Warehouse management is the vital link between receiving goods from suppliers and delivering orders to your customers. In warehouse management, warehouse logistics ensures these processes are optimised to cut costs and boost efficiency. In this warehouse logistics guide: What is warehouse logistics?

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The Top 5 Warehousing Best Practices in Supply Chain Management

ThroughPut

Studies show that worldwide, companies spend an estimated $350 billion a year on warehousing, and this number is only estimated to increase with high dependence on traditional warehouse practices. Warehousing is a vital function of global supply chain management, however often overlooked. Lean warehousing.

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Top 10 Features of an Autonomous Warehouse

3PL Insights

It’s said that an autonomous warehouse functions much like the way autonomous vehicles navigate the road. Robots move on their own throughout a warehouse, maneuvering around obstacles—they stop for human workers, pick up crates, and move them from one location to the next, moving through a packing system that may see very human hands.

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Carrier Capacity Management Levels the Playing Field in a Carriers’ Market

Logistics Viewpoints

Just two days before Thanksgiving, FreightWaves reported an “all-time-high 93 ships” were waiting there. Consumer expectations for cheap and fast shipping continue to climb, and consumers increasingly want to order across borders , only compounding the problems. The net effect creates a difficult reality for shippers.

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