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Pandemic success stories: What can be learned from these triumphs?

USC Consulting Group

From rising unemployment rates to businesses large and small struggling to stay afloat and entire industries in virtual standstill due to social distancing measures and shutdown restrictions, most reported news was pretty bleak. The steady, daily drumbeat of negative news in March and April was hard to ignore.

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4PLs: Collaboration Among Logistics Service Providers Creating More Value for Shippers

GlobalTranz

Other value-added services may include industry expertise and training programs for partners within the given network. In other words, 4PLs enable an organization to work smarter, more efficiently, all the while without the increased cost of purchasing such services from another consultant. Cost-Savings and Future Planning.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

We believe many practices in global supply chain management can be applied in every industry. In an uncertain environment, affordability and predictability are at a premium, and a supply-chain organization can deliver these through effective management and oversight of its suppliers.

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Supply Chain Goals for 2022: What Should You Prioritize?

Logility

A 2021 McKinsey report suggests that COVID has put supply chain risk on everyone’s radar. That’s all well and good, but the report goes on to say that “significant blind spots remain.” One key finding: 85% of respondents indicated that they have shifted their purchase behavior toward sustainable products over the past five years.

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26 warehouse pros reveal the most important factors to consider when moving to an automated warehouse

6 River Systems

Rupy Sawhney is the Heath Fellow in Business and Engineering at the University of Tennessee, combining both fields through his knowledge of lean manufacturing, the optimization of production without a drop off in quality or worker health. Rupy Sawhney. Many people are resistant, however, fearing that robots will replace jobs. Dary Merckens.

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Visibility in Transportation Management Leads to Supply Chain Excellence

Talking Logistics

Or how about if you need capacity for a shipment – broadcast it across the social media outlets and you are likely to find space for your products to ship. According to industry analyst group, Gartner, end-to-end supply chain visibility will increase by 50 percent by 2018. Want to know how a certain carrier performed?

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Kuehne + Nagel Inc. Revenue: $4.74