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This Week in Logistics News (December 9-13, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Same-day delivery (or is it shipping?) Freight Shipments Fell 0.7% German shipping banks face $22 billion in losses: Moody’s ( Reuters ). Side note: I received a comment yesterday about my Home Depot posting because the title referenced same-day delivery but I also mentioned same-day shipping in the writeup.

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Crisis is an opportunity for speeding up Digital Transformation to enhance Agility, Resilience and Productivity – LogiSYM September 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Does incoming inventory have a pre-designated place within the warehouse or is it placed randomly? Is data entry manually done at various systems within the warehouse? Is your warehouse systematically organised to help your warehouse personnel with picking and packing of orders? Same set of data flows through the chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

But I also found it interesting that Dick Morley , the father of the PLC (programmable logic controllers to you non-geeks), organized geek pride days in New Hampshire as early as 2001. million-square-foot warehouse in Connecticut Flexport announced the acquisition of Shopify Logistics’ assets, including Deliverr.

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Supply chains remain wonky… and will continue that way for awhile (Jason Miller blog part 4)

NC State SCRC

Freight demand and rates are escalating. Freight rates are going crazy…and this is really hard to comprehend: the producer price index for all types of freight transportation arrangement (TL brokerage, LTL brokerage, intermodal marketing companies, ocean freight forwarders, air freight forwarders, etc.)

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What is a 3PL?

6 River Systems

3PLs aren’t used exclusively by major enterprises; in fact, smaller companies often find it more financially sustainable to outsource activities such as warehousing and distribution to 3PLs compared to building and maintaining in-house business units dedicated to these functions. Some 3PLs even handle retail distribution and returns.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 27 – September 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

The baseline volume is the customer’s average weekly volume from June 5 through July 2 for the applicable shipping service. percent year over year in the second quarter, the most since the Labor Department began tracking it in 2001. The federal government used COVID-19 funding from the American Rescue Plan, President Biden’s $1.9

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The Ultimate Guide to Beer Profit Margins & More

Unleashed

Brewery software will capture all the costs of production, from raw materials to freight costs. Material costs is the price paid to acquire materials, such as ingredients and packaging materials, including tax and freight. It was popular in the 1970s but sales gradually dropped, until it hit a low in 2001. Direct material costs.