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Top 5 Logistics Challenges and Solutions for the Manufacturing Industry

GlobalTranz

Here are the challenges we’re seeing across the industry, and what they mean for your supply chain and your shipping processes. million jobs could be left unfilled by 2030 due to the manufacturing skills gap. Investing in a third-party logistics partner can help you reduce your excess shipping costs. According to U.S.

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Supply Chain Diagnostic: A Four-Step Process

Supply Chain Shaman

When a company contacts me to help them with their supply chain, the pain is usually a gap in customer service. Analyze Past Results in Customer Service. We draw a timeline on a conference room wall and using customer shipment and compliance data, we plot the issues with customer service and product outages.

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The Proactive Revolution: How Real-Time Visibility is Transforming Parcel Shipping

Intelligent Audit

between this year and 2030), it becomes clear that proactive visibility is essential for a crowded logistics marketplace. It allows you to track and manage packages from when you ship them until they arrive at their final destination. These are great benefits that proactive visibility can provide for companies and their customers.

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Coming soon to a supply chain near you: 8 big digital disruptors

Kinaxis

HP has a printer that can order ink and have it shipped directly to your door automatically. Key points: Evaluate IoT connectivity to gain new insights into your customers. Key points: Create new opportunities to improve customer service with robots. In-store robotics. Automate manual processes.

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Bringing Order to Chaos: Last-Mile Delivery Costs and How to Reduce Them

Locus

This phase isn’t just a logistical necessity—it swallows up between 40-55% of total shipping costs. Consider it the hidden part of the iceberg in the sea of e-commerce; an untapped goldmine waiting to be converted into customer satisfaction and fiscal efficiencies, potentially reshaping the competitive landscape of the marketplace.

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Maximize One of Your Greatest Assets: Yard Operations

BlueYonder

billion by 2030 , reflecting an annual growth rate of 11.26%. Yard optimization also pays off in terms of better customer service, which drives repeat business and future revenues. Yard optimization via advanced technology is really about enabling much more efficient business processes, so it is going to help your customers.

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

Demand for last-mile delivery is soaring and is expected to grow by 78% globally by 2030.- With last-mile delivery costs contributing to more than 50% of total shipping costs, the rising expectations in home delivery increases the risk of encountering inefficiencies. More Focus on Last-Mile Delivery.