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

Logistics Viewpoints

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. Carrier capacity management strategies ease the crunch. Widening our view of carrier capacity management.

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Crucial MRP Metrics Every Supply Chain Pro Should Know

SCMDOJO

This blog explains The Key MRP Metrics in Supply Chain whcih every supply chain professional in Manufacturing or Distribution Businesses. The metrics that underpin MRP could be described as the balls in this juggling act. This article takes an in-depth look at the crucial metrics every supply chain professional needs to know.

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Where are you on your capacity planning journey?

Kinaxis

by Bill DuBois Balancing capacity can be as challenging as walking a tight rope. Not enough capacity and you lose balance when it comes to delivery and customer satisfaction. Too much capacity and you lose your balance when it comes to costs and margins. Utilization is a key metric for high capital equipment.

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Manufacturers Seek Capacity Clarity in Order to Keep Their Promises

BlueYonder

In this regard, the sector that keeps our societies, infrastructure, businesses, and consumption ticking along is in search of capacity clarity in order to keep their promises. Are production facilities running at peak capacity? What Contributes to Capacity? Are there current gaps in the labor force?

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How Supply Chain Orchestration Can Help Prevent Drug Shortages

Logistics Viewpoints

Manufacturers of these weight loss drugs face a multi-headed hydra of the three c’s: coverage, competition and capacity. But I’ll focus on capacity, since that is the supply chain lever. Historically these roles are siloed, focused on their own functional metrics.

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How to Protect Your Carrier Assets During Capacity Crunch

Talking Logistics

Having available capacity means more than having enough trucks, rail or steamship carrier assets to manage your business. Rather, it’s about winning the ongoing competition between shippers and third party logistics (3PLs) providers to secure those assets in order to maintain supply chain velocity. Build a Reliable Carrier Network.

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Why Strategic Partnerships Enable OTR Freight Management

GlobalTranz

With demand for drivers often exceeding availability, shippers find themselves forced to pay more to secure capacity and drivers across many industries. Leveraging a 3PL’s relationships, people, processes and technology helps businesses balance supply and demand volatility and secure reliable and consistent capacity.