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The Warehouse Execution System: A New Competitive Imperative

Logistics Viewpoints

In today’s fast-paced, hyper-competitive, omni-channel world, warehouses play a critical role in maximizing service and fulfilling the ambitious customer promises that are required today. Warehouses also represent an enormous cost center. Volatile demand means warehouses need to pivot quickly when order volumes change.

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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

However, writing it is a great time to get into industry patterns and think. However, writing it is a great time to get into industry patterns and think. With surgery, I just never got to the report finished. We have successfully reduced warehouse labor, but planning is more labor intensive today, and less effective.

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The Hidden Heroics of Commerce Capacity Capabilities

BlueYonder

In a 2022 Blue Yonder survey , executives identified optimizing order management and warehouse management as their top priorities. The Power of Capacity Retail success boils down to making the best promise possible to customers and then keeping that promise. Capacity,” says Lawrence Roycroft, director of commerce at Blue Yonder.

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Carrier Capacity Management Levels the Playing Field in a Carriers’ Market

Logistics Viewpoints

Just two days before Thanksgiving, FreightWaves reported an “all-time-high 93 ships” were waiting there. Carrier capacity tops the list of parcel shippers’ challenges. E-commerce order volume keeps climbing, straining carrier capacity with shippers sending more parcels outbound and receiving more returns inbound.

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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

Often times at Logistics Viewpoints, we like to look to the future and highlight the key trends that we see in a given market, or make predictions about what technologies will emerge as game changers in the new year. If you haven’t attended recently, it is an unmatched display of warehouse automation, robotics, and software systems.

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How Warehouse Management Software Impacts Logistics!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Warehouse management software article and permission to publish here provided by Claire Glassman. Logistics chain companies are often tied down by the schedules and requirements of their warehouse clients or partners. They go to the warehouse at the appointed time. Integrate Warehouse Operations With Logistics Chain.

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Editor’s Choice: Myths of Buying a WMS

Logistics Viewpoints

Buying a warehouse management system (WMS) is a big decision. Warehouse management systems have come a long way in the last 30 years, however, there are still very distinct differences between tier one, tier two, and tier three WMS offerings. Tier one systems are the most feature-rich, configurable, and tech-forward.