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The Warehouse Execution System: A New Competitive Imperative

Logistics Viewpoints

Warehouses also represent an enormous cost center. While just about every distribution center is guided by a warehouse management system ( WMS ), these solutions aren’t designed to orchestrate work across humans and machines, unlocking opportunities for greater speed, accuracy and profitability across the warehouse. The result?

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Cost Centers: How to Understand and Optimize Them

Precoro

For procurement professionals, systemizing and optimizing cost centers is not just a matter of financial management; it's a strategic task for driving efficiency, controlling costs, and enhancing overall performance. In this article, we delve into the intricacies of cost centers and explore strategies for improvement.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

to increase stake in India’s Flipkart H-E-B opens its biggest e-commerce fulfillment center ever NRF Announces Acquisition of Reverse Logistics Association Rockwell Automation announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ontario, Canada-based Clearpath Robotics.

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What Georgia-Pacific Is Doing With Causal AI Is Remarkable

Logistics Viewpoints

But for that to occur, all of the dominos must fall into place: the product must be available to promise, there needs to be enough shipping capacity, and there needs to be an understanding of how inventory will be moved between mills and distribution centers. IT systems can be part of the problem.

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How WMS Suppliers Helped Their Customers Hit the Covid-19 Curveball

Logistics Viewpoints

Many companies addressed this imbalance by augmenting or completely changing their replenishment DCs to e-commerce fulfillment centers. According to product management at Manhattan Associates , many of these companies needed to adjust their WMS on the fly to facilitate the process changes within these distribution centers.

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Outsourcing eCommerce Fulfillment to a 3PL

ModusLink Corporation

Flat illustration for logistic, delivery center. The Benefits of Outsourced Fulfillment Outsourcing fulfillment to a 3PL offers a multitude of benefits that can positively impact your eCommerce business: Cost Savings : Building and maintaining an in-house fulfillment operation can be costly and resource-intensive.

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Upgrading your Supply Chain Planning Software to the Cloud: Everything you need to know

Logility

On the stability side, the Logility platform is hosted in world-class cloud data centers with state-of-the-art power, cooling, and security systems. This network of data centers is available across more than 65 global regions – all of which are selected based on the locations of our clients and their data residency concerns.