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3PL Basics: An Introduction to 3rd Party Logistics with Roberto Cadena

The Logistics of Logistics

Since 2014, Lean has worked with over 100 satisfied U.S. The easiest way to look at 3 rd party logistics is by the service they provide, which fall into 5 buckets: 1.) Special Services. Transportation Services. Warehousing Services. Special Services. Import / Export / Customs. Transportation 2.)

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The Logistics of Logistics

Since 2014, Lean has worked with over 290 satisfied U.S. The easiest way to look at 3 rd party logistics is by the service they provide, which fall into 5 buckets: 1.) Special Services. Transportation Services. Warehousing Services. Special Services. Import / Export / Customs. Transportation 2.)

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Conquering the high seas: What’s shaking the global liner shipping industry?

DELMIA Quintiq

Capacity of container ships handled in 2014. In 2014, 39% of all container ships travelling worldwide had capacities of over 14,000 TEUs and the number of megaships continues to grow. As Graph 3 shows, the number of port calls in 2014 was the lowest in the past 10 years – more than 50% decline since 2009. Good or bad news?

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Fulfillment-as-a-Service

ModusLink Corporation

By outsourcing your Fulfillment and effectively acquiring ‘Fulfillment as a Service’ Business can gain a strong competitive advantage. This can be achieved as Fulfillment professionals are able to optimize many aspects of the logistical and Fulfillment process from Packaging to Returns, IT systems, Customer Service etc.

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Seeking Logistics Perfection

Enterra Insights

transportation modes, inventory deployment, and policies) by balancing the trade-offs between customer service requirements, assets and costs. However, now logistics professionals are using modeling to plan and optimize networks to maximize profit, speed to customer, sustainability, and/or other strategic goals. Footnotes. [1]

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U.S. Retail Sales Outpace Forecast, Bringing Glad Tidings for Holiday 2017

BlueYonder

percent, the most since June 2014. Meanwhile, online retailers bulked up staffing in warehouses and delivery services, and hired workers to handle customer service calls from home. Bloomberg reports that U.S. Andrew Ng Bringing AI to New Industries.

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U.S. Retail Sales Outpace Forecast, Bringing Glad Tidings for Holiday 2017

BlueYonder

percent, the most since June 2014. Meanwhile, online retailers bulked up staffing in warehouses and delivery services, and hired workers to handle customer service calls from home. Bloomberg reports that U.S. Andrew Ng Bringing AI to New Industries.