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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the early morning hours of April 26, at approximately 1:35am, a cargo ship leaving Baltimore Harbor struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, triggering a catastrophic collapse of the 1.6-mile-long The end result of the loss of propulsion was the ship crashing into the bridge. Walmart Canada is piloting an automated receiving solution.

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Benefits of Using a Detroit Warehouse

3PL Insights

Having the capability to ship freight via truck, rail, and even ship makes Detroit an adaptable location for any of your transportation needs. Truck: Michigan’s location allows for fast truck transportation for companies shipping throughout the Midwest, Northeast, and some Southeastern states. and Canada.

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What Are General Rate Increases in Shipping & What Should Enterprises Know?

Intelligent Audit

In modern freight transportation services, GRI stands for General Rate Increase. The GRI shipping term refers to the usual increase in fees that are applied to container shipping rates. What GRI Stands for in Shipping. GRIs have historically been implemented on an annual basis. per package for large packages or $250.00

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Top Suppliers of Transportation Execution and Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

When it comes to executing mode-specific freight moves from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively, transportation execution and visibility solutions play a critical role. The company is focused on ocean shipping. Visibility solutions allow real-time asset tracking across the entire distribution network.

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How New Supply Chain Technologies Are Boosting Efficiency

ShipBob

For instance, ShipBob is a fulfillment company that provides access to a wide range of distribution metrics that can help merchant calculate a perfect order metric , as well as other metrics to easily monitor performance. “We Automated shipping. Many tech-enabled 3PLs offer automated shipping solutions.

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Your Expert Guide to Inventory Audits: Best Practices & Tips 

ShipBob

Cutoff analysis Cutoff analysis is when you pause operations such as receiving and shipping at the time of the physical count to ensure nothing is being handled and goes unaccounted for. Verify that invoices match the amount of items and cost of inventory shipped from your ecommerce warehouse.

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How to Dispute Walmart OTIF Chargebacks

SupplyPike

Prepaid orders are shipped to Walmart by you. One of two situations need to occur: Walmart didn’t pick the shipment up on time Walmart Freight didn’t drop the shipment off on time. Navigating your Walmart OTIF score can be difficult, so SupplyPike has created a solution that takes the data and dissects it into easy to read metrics.

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