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3 Common Distribution Challenges and Solutions!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Featuring Our Top 16 Articles on Freight and Logistics! Distribution challenges article written by Jay Catlin of AMS Fulfillment and permission to publish here provided by Samantha Trejo. A company’s distribution and warehousing operations consist of multiple functions. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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LTL Industry Trends and Tips for 2022

GlobalTranz

The LTL market is transforming in response to the fundamental change in how goods are moving from production or import to the last-mile distribution to consumers. Monitoring your invoiced accessorials and surcharges will help identify freight optimization opportunities to reduce shipping costs significantly. Classify freight correctly.

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Founded in 2002 with over 100 consultants and based in Boulder, Colorado , Spinnaker SCA designs and builds agile supply chains for leading brands across Consumer Staples, High Tech, Industrial Manufacturing, Retail & Apparel, Medical Devices, and Distribution Industries.

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Stories of Supply Chain Leadership: An Interview with Joan Motsinger of Seagate

Supply Chain Shaman

In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. First Phase: 2002-2006. What suppliers need help with cost (LEAN, labor, freight,…)? Our first step was to define the leaders.

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

Insufficient on-the-job training — Over the period from 2002 to 2013, investments in internal training programs such as apprenticeships, company classroom training, and other structured on-the-job skills development for current manufacturing employees were cut from 469,000 to 288,000 (nearly 40 percent). Annually, 3.2 - 3.5

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What’s Your Plan if There’s a West Coast Port Strike?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Or, will we see a repeat of 2002, when a 10-day lockout left dozens of ships lined up outside the West Coast docks, unable to unload? Consider moving critical products via air freight and/or using a sea-air option to minimize the impact of increased costs. When the current contract expires on June 30, will they have a deal? of all U.S.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. The Second: The Physical Distribution (1960s). The 1960s – Physical Distribution. .