Unleashed

OCTOBER 6, 2021

So your company is looking to reduce costs, and you’ve been asked to contribute by reducing your inventory cost. That makes sense – inventory is one of the most capital intensive areas for any product business. Here we explain how you can do this with 16 cost reduction strategies in inventory management?that

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

We are well into the era of real-time transportation visibility, where shippers and their partners can track freight in real-time across every mode of transport. Your real-time transportation visibility solution can tell you where your shipment is in transit, and the AI built into that solution can give you a highly accurate ETA.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

The value of peer-to-peer learning and networking was evident at last month’s Ryder Innovate conference — “an exclusive gathering of senior leaders in transportation, logistics, and supply chain seeking strategic insight, new ideas, and thought leadership to improve their supply chain and fleet operations.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Raw materials are in short supply, many manufacturers have temporarily mothballed production lines, transportation costs are rising, and labor is getting tight on our roadways , railways and ocean vessels. And what is sitting in the warehouse. The impact? But it’s no formula for long-term success, and not every shipper can afford it.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Next week, I’ll be speaking at the Ryder Innovate Forum in Chicago and the Elemica reveal 2014 conference in Frankfurt. August 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). As I’ve commented before, the line between stores and warehouses is beginning to blur, with more and more retailers enabling ship-from-store operations.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 14, 2015

For warehousing a new era is dawning. Handling and transport combined make up just over half of Amazon’s costs. Strategic warehousing. The robotic drive units pick up open inventory shelves (pods) and take them to the order picker. However, intelligent mechanisation is not necessarily limited to new warehouses.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 1, 2014

2014 is coming to a close and as we herald in the New Year, shippers (manufacturers, retailers, and distribution centers) around the country are busy gearing up for the holiday season and have holiday logistics best practices on the brain. Make your Inventory Omni-Channel. Get out From Behind the Desk. Get out From Behind the Desk.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 3, 2014

It’ll come to me eventually, but in the meantime, here’s the news that caught my attention this week: Kewill Acquires the IBM® Sterling Transportation Management System (TMS). North American Freight Numbers July 2014. There’s a business lesson here somewhere, I just can’t put my finger on it. The MetaPack Group Acquires U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2021

This includes identifying discrete business problems within the temperature-controlled logistics space and developing the requisite applications to enable the safe and efficient storage and transportation of food. Due to customer demand for faster transit times, food inventory must be stored closer to customers. Eric Ristow.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 8, 2015

What is Lean Inventory Management? More firms are implementing lean inventory management techniques to reduce costs, improve flexibility and have more time to focus on their customers. Lean supply chain and inventory management enable Small Medium Businesses (SMB) to improve efficiency and increase profits.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

Freight rates have plummeted, brokerages are struggling, and the industry is still bloated with excess inventory. Supply chain solutions solve problems not just in transit but throughout the planning and order life cycle — from order processing, to transport planning, to fulfillment, yard, tracking, and post-delivery.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 11, 2020

By 2014 there were some 800,000 item-locations in its core bearing business, in some 40 installations of five+ different ERP systems around the world. It also calculates safety stock levels and net forecasts for every warehouse and creates replenishment plans to satisfy future customer demand to set service levels.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2021

This includes identifying discrete business problems within the temperature-controlled logistics space and developing the requisite applications to enable the safe and efficient storage and transportation of food. Due to customer demand for faster transit times, food inventory must be stored closer to customers. Eric Ristow.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

This is the portion of E2E that is most commonly referred to as “real-time transportation visibility”. Trane ’s Tom France, Vice President, Global Distribution, Logistics and Transportation, recently stressed the need for E2E insight: “Extend visibility as much as you can throughout your supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 25, 2022

And all of them expect to be connected to logistics providers transporting goods to and from various supply chain nodes. … Traditionally, inventory counts [have been] a complex exercise done manually about once a year but RFID technology enables retailers to monitor stock monthly bringing accuracy from 60% to over 90%.”

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Editor’s Note: Cerasis is a 3PL focused on transportation management. So why do we feature content related to Vendor Managed Inventory? In a VMI model, part of the equation is the inbound & outbound flow of the inventory. Inventory is then put on pallets and shipped as freight. VMI is all about collaboration.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 10, 2015

As they said in their insights report for the trends manufacturers and shippers will face in 2014, it's vital that your logistics process and also your investment in the proper logistics technology such as a transportation management system that integrates into your warehouse management system or enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

So when I asked Cathy Roberson, a senior analyst at Transport Intelligence and a tech-enthusiast who is vox supplychainus on Twitter at cmroberson06 , I was not surprised when she sent me back an analysis that seems to match up perfectly with some of Google’s recent projects: Google Glasses, Android and 3D printing.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

Walmart would not have the ability to provide such low prices and have consistent inventory in the over 5,000 stores in the United States and over 1.3 That income was generated by more than 4,100 stores and fed by a sprawling supply chain, ranked 14th in 2014 by research and analyst company Gartner. restaurant industry made in 2013.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Since 2014, the shipping industry has suffered numerous setbacks. Unlike the all-time highs of 2014, 2017 will reveal an industry on the cusp of restoring order and LTL rates to acceptable, reasonable levels. But, additional trailers may cause additional problems with managing routes and dealing with an overstocked inventory. .

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Inventory, in this time of uncertainty, is the organization’s most important buffer to protect against variability. However, organizations are not good at managing inventory. Cash-to-cash is a compound metric: (Days of Receivables+Days of Inventory)-Days of Payables=Cash Conversion Cycle. Inventory. My takeaway?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

As 2013 comes to a close, here are some of my thoughts regarding the supply chain trends we are likely to see emerge in 2014. Such providers understand domestic transportation issues, and can plan to develop long-term solutions to complex local distribution challenges. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list.

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RFgen

MAY 2, 2019

Even though distribution center job openings have risen by 50% from 600,000 in 2014 to 900,000 in 2018, fulfilling those openings has proven to be a major challenge. To combat this labor crisis, enterprises are turning to warehouse automation technology. LEARN MORE: An Introduction to Warehouse Automation ».

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RFgen

APRIL 5, 2016

Cosmetic damage to products is a common problem in inventory management, but holds special challenges for food manufacturers. As all organizations with food inventory change their practices to prevent local hunger, it may mean reaching out to partners with the warehouse management skills necessary to make sure efforts don’t go to waste.

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RFgen

APRIL 5, 2016

Cosmetic damage to products is a common problem in inventory management, but holds special challenges for food manufacturers. As all organizations with food inventory change their practices to prevent local hunger, it may mean reaching out to partners with the warehouse management skills necessary to make sure efforts don’t go to waste.

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RFgen

MAY 8, 2016

Proper temperature prevents certain inventory from becoming unusable and keeps consumables safe for customers. Packaging Digest reported the global health care cold chain logistics market is projected to increase by $3-billion between 2014 and 2018. Extreme Temperatures for Special Products. Chilling Routine Merchandise.

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RFgen

MAY 8, 2016

Proper temperature prevents certain inventory from becoming unusable and keeps consumables safe for customers. Packaging Digest reported the global health care cold chain logistics market is projected to increase by $3-billion between 2014 and 2018. Extreme Temperatures for Special Products. Chilling Routine Merchandise.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 25, 2024

Managing yard and warehouse operations has long been one of the thornier aspects of transportation logistics. Yards are a choke point between transportation and warehousing — and wherever you have choke points, you have a higher risk of inefficiencies that drive up labor costs, detention fees and delivery commitments.

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RFgen

JULY 30, 2015

A shortfall of truck drivers may force the shipping industry to reevaluate warehouse management practices. As the shortage grows and more drivers are needed where none are found, distribution centers and warehouses will need to find ways to accommodate. America is low on truck drivers and has been for quite some time.

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RFgen

JULY 30, 2015

A shortfall of truck drivers may force the shipping industry to reevaluate warehouse management practices. As the shortage grows and more drivers are needed where none are found, distribution centers and warehouses will need to find ways to accommodate. America is low on truck drivers and has been for quite some time.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 25, 2022

To provide these services, Brook has 12 warehouses ranging in size from 20,000 to 100,000 square feet, and a leased fleet of 26-foot box vans. When it comes back to the warehouse, items are repaired, refurbished, cleaned, and sanitized. When it comes back to the warehouse, items are repaired, refurbished, cleaned, and sanitized.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 26, 2015

Introducing Ryder TranSync™, a Patent Pending, Automated Technology Tool Used to Provide Dynamic Transportation Planning. Ryder also announced new transportation management capabilities, which I commented on earlier this week. NAFTA freight than in April 2014…Year-over-year, the value of U.S.-NAFTA

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AFFLINK

APRIL 18, 2018

Today’s Warehouses Are Much Different Due To E-Commerce. This website shows that retail e-commerce sales grew roughly 25 percent annually worldwide from 2014 to 2017. What you might not know is the effect of e-commerce’s growth on warehouses. Well, you need to stop worrying because e-commerce has helped the warehouse industry.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

When the product has a defect after its production, it is sent back to the inventory to reuse or recycle it. Cardwell, 2014). Better packaging can reduce material usage, increase space utilization in the warehouse and trailer, and lower the quantity of handling required (Vishal Gupta, 2013). 2014, July 30). Cardwell, D.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 8, 2016

Part of the Business Plan was Sales and Operations Planning (S and OP) or SIOP adding Inventory Management. It added Marketing Management, Sales Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Financial Management, Human Resources, Supply Chain Management, Warehousing, and Logistics and/or Distribution. YMS=Yard Management System.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This sequence of events involves many moving parts, including purchasing, packaging, shipping, and transporting materials to distributors to sell to the end customer. Warehousing and storage. Inventory management. With Cin7 , business owners are able tailor inventory and order management to suit their respective needs.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 3, 2015

Amazon Tests Robots for Warehouse Item Picking. Find the Money – How a Transportation Spend Diagram Can Help. Guess Who Announced New Transportation Management Software (TMS) Functionality Yesterday. Taking a Holistic View on Inventory May Lead to Change in Strategy. The High Cost of Poor Supplier Relationships.

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