Stord

JULY 7, 2023

Atlanta, GA, July 6, 2023 – Stord , a leader in fulfillment services and technology for omnichannel mid-market and enterprise brands, has been recognized by SupplyTech Breakthrough as the 3PL Platform of the Year. For more information visit SupplyTechBreakthrough.com

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 19, 2023

Dusty is the CEO of Red Stag Fulfillment is a third-party logistics (3PL) company based in Knoxville, Tennessee. He is committed to developing, inspiring, and leading a team of client-centric problem solvers who are constantly innovating and adapting new techniques and technologies to serve clients better.

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ShipBob

JUNE 30, 2021

From self-driving carrier trucks to fulfillment robotics, the latest logistic innovations is making it easier for online brands to expand their business globally and meet customers expectations around fast and affordable delivery. How to Choose a 3PL for Your Ecommerce Business. Logistic innovations in 2021. Download the Guide.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In the supply chain world, contract logistics – where a third-party logistics (3PL) firm runs and manages warehouses on behalf of their clients, is a $200 billion plus market. For example, in contract logistics, the 3PL makes use of a warehouse management system so that they can do the job efficiently. The right IT is critical.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 4, 2023

Are you tired of dealing with excessive inventory levels that eat up your storage space, tie up your capital, and hinder your company’s growth? If so, then it’s time to consider the numerous benefits of reducing inventory. Inventories are designed to match customer(s) demand. The same applies to inventory reduction.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 23, 2023

In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solutions Marketing team explores new business challenges and innovation solutions to change the game and manage disruptions. The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Ann Marie Jonkman , who leads Blue Yonder’s 3PL Industry Strategy, and the logistics events that we prepared for.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 12, 2017

When we speak to supply chain leaders about innovations in their supply chain, it’s not always about drones, self-driving trucks, or automated warehouses. We are seeing that businesses who invest in innovation and view supply chain as a competitive lever drive the most impact to their bottom line. Will they share inventory?

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ShipBob

JANUARY 15, 2024

If you don’t have enough inventory on hand you risk selling out. Too much, and you’ll be stuck with an inventory glut. An inventory glut occurs when a company has surplus inventory and the stock of products far exceeds its demand. What is inventory glut? Inventory glut affects businesses both large and small.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Their consulting goes beyond supply chain management to include a broader strategic engagement that could include issues like customer intimacy, trade promotion optimization, innovation, and regulatory planning and remediation. But in practice, these different areas often need to be tackled at the same time.

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Vinculum

DECEMBER 9, 2020

There are few industries where a high-quality warehouse management system (WMS) is as vital as the 3PL (third party logistics) vacillate trade. What is a 3PL? A 3PL supplier offers services to maneuver merchandise through a supply chain on behalf of the stock owner. 5 Sensible reasons to use a 3PL warehouse service.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Understanding the difference between a 3PL and 4PL is the first step to finding the perfect outsourced logistics partner. What is a 3PL and 4PL? In researching outsourced fulfillment options, you may have come across the terms 3PL (third party logistics) and 4PL (fourth party logistics), sometimes even used interchangeably.

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ShipBob

JANUARY 23, 2023

Many brands have turned to a tech-enabled third-party logistics (3PL) company to help reduce costs by tapping into the technology and infrastructure needed to optimize the last-mile delivery phase. For growing brands like Ample Foods, partnering with a 3PL can alleviate the pressures of working directly with carriers.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Third-party logistics (or 3PL) providers, are standing on the brink of breakout growth. The shipper ecosystem is burgeoning with more delivery orders, more inventory to be managed, more deliveries and more services than ever before. The global 3PL market, valued at $728.6B 3PLs and Logistics Operations – What’s Changed?

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Unleashed

JUNE 23, 2021

Best practice inventory management – and the wider world of supply chain management – has played a big part in business survival through 2021. With that in mind, here’s our pick of the 10 most important inventory management trends for 2022. 10 inventory management for 2022: 1. Inventory analytics goes mainstream.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 18, 2015

Recently, they started a series featuring MBAs in the supply chain space , and this post really stood out to us as Cerasis is a 3PL service provider focused on Transportation Management. . 4 questions to ask when determining if a 3PL Service Provider is right for your company. To avoid confusion, let’s call 3PL what it is: outsourcing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 2, 2019

Growing e-commerce fulfillment demands and costs have collided to bring about an uptick in average 3PL fulfillment prices within the outsourced fulfillment industry, as was evidenced by FulfillmentCompanies.net’s annual poll of 500+ warehouses across the US. 3PL Fulfillment Prices & The Cost to do Business are Rising.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As the state of the trucking market evolves and innovations improve , OTR freight management technologies and logistics service providers offer transportation management optimization to help businesses avoid significant supply chain disruption. Rapid Scalability and Leveraging the Collective Buying Power of a Large 3PL .

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

The reason is simple: companies want their 3PL partners to provide them with insights about leading industry practices and trends, as well as to facilitate networking and knowledge-exchange opportunities with other shippers in the 3PL’s community. Inventory (inventory management policies and practices, optimizing inventory flow).

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

Applying innovation to supply chains, combines innovative technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT), analytics, and robotics to supply chain management to improve performance and meet customer demands. One solution to this problem is centralized distribution and real-time inventory management. As Industry 4.0

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Logility

JUNE 28, 2022

a leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Starboard Solutions Corp., a Traverse City, Michigan based innovator of supply chain network design software. ATLANTA (June 28, 2022) – Logility, Inc., About Logility.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 13, 2023

This trend of outsourcing is expected to continue, benefiting the growing and evolving 3PL industry. However, the way business is conducted will need to change as 3PLs face increasing demands from their customers. The future calls for a focus on innovation and differentiation.

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3PL Insights

OCTOBER 6, 2017

When choosing a 3PL, it’s important to be picky. A good 3PL will not only increase quality and reduce mistakes, but will also create an opportunity to review and simplify your supply chain processes. Here’s a few reasons to use a 3PL when you’re learning how you can leverage your 3PL to improve your fulfillment strategy.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 29, 2015

14th Annual 3PL Summit – Europe. Can innovative technology, new business models and eCommerce re-boot the business of logistics? Ensure you can provide the finely tuned logistics services and meet the exacting standards that innovative multichannel retailers and demanding consumers now demand? Datum: 14-16 October 2015.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

The system wasn’t prepared for the surge, driving up pricing for transportation and sapping inventory levels. To build supply chain resiliency, leaders should consider these factors: Buffer inventory and shift away from JIT. The coronavirus disruptions highlighted the stressed nature of lean and just-in-time inventories.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Technical innovation is a key aspect to this. How can we innovate and differentiate with the customers with our offerings? Roy: LSP and 3PL are very broad terms. The other aspect to this is where we see consolidation in the LSP/3PL market and also diversification. Bringing on new business is a big focus.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Advantages of Partnering with 3PL for Reverse Logistics Management. Organizations that partner with a sophisticated third-party logistics service provider (3PL) benefit from greater controls over the entire supply chain resulting in improved inventory management, increased visibility, reduced costs and enhanced risk management.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Today, I will now address how a focus on inventory will allow for warehouse cost reductions as well. These are based on my 40 years working in operations at Schwinn and other companies as well as consulting many companies on how to select the best 3PL for my client's needs. A Focus on Inventory Control Begets Warehouse Cost Reductions.

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Turvo

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

But when it comes to small and medium-sized businesses, they don’t really handle inventory on the same scale as the big players. Utilizing supply chain management tools or 3PL partnerships gives a first-mover advantage to large companies. So what are the tools SMBs can look out for when collaborating with a 3PL partner?

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Matt and his partner, Derek Loftus started popcapacity in 2021 with the goal of delivering frictionless 3PL warehousing and fulfillment capacity by leveraging marketplace style technology and AI. New tech-centric competitors entering the market with innovative business models. About p opcapacity. Just-in-time vs just-in-case.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 6, 2022

Pre pandemic we were importing the majority of our inventory from East Asia, in particular China and Japan. These businesses often collect tires of high quality as spare inventory and do not have the infrastructure in place to sell them. Lesson #1: Global supply chain challenges have businesses turning to local suppliers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 30, 2020

Together, we need to go to a place that we have never been before in the evolution and innovation of supply chain processes. The companies are just not good at managing inventories and orchestrating distribution strategies. Building sensing capabilities requires partnering with smaller and innovative technologists.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 28, 2014

With growing consumer expectations for faster delivery, shippers are expecting value-added logistics services from 3PL operators. This increases the urgency for 3PLs to leverage on the best market trends to increase logistics flexibility. There is certainly high potential for both 3PLs and manufacturers to become more efficient.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Lineage Logistics is the world’s largest and most innovative temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider. In recognition of the company’s leading innovations, Lineage was recognized as the No 1. Due to customer demand for faster transit times, food inventory must be stored closer to customers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Innovative startups. Artificial Intelligence innovators. BPO/3PL providers need to be eliminated through machine learning and automation. Drones in warehouses using machine learning for real-time inventory and self-driving vehicles are transforming logistics. Innovation will never come from application consolidation.

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Parade

MARCH 3, 2021

In this article, we explore Invoice Reconciliation tools as a core piece of every digital 3PL/freight brokerage’s operations. This post is part of a , series of posts that aims to shed light on the many new and innovative freight tech solutions that empower freight brokers to transform digitally.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

First, understand the difference between 3PL and 4PL in logistics. The idea of a 4PL is an innovative service that gathers capabilities, resources, and technological advancement to run a business completely. A 3PL aids organization by offering expertise and best practices that can efficiently integrate into your existing supply chain.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2017

With all the natural disasters, political posturings and sexual harassment revelations dominating the news cycle of the past year, we sure could use some good news, and that’s exactly what we’ve got for you—the 2017 MH&L Innovation Awards. We think you’ll enjoy this year-end recap of supply chain innovations and best practices.

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