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Supply Chain Design Crosses the Chasm

Logistics Viewpoints

On the supply side, material shortages, staffing challenges, and shipping capacity constraints are all happening at the same time. Pop up warehouses, micro fulfillment centers, and warehousing-on-demand are all examples of how the nodes are becoming increasingly dynamic. Supply Chain Design has crossed the chasm after all!

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146 days until Christmas - Are you ready?

Cathy Roberson

Consumers continue to spend but not at the same rate as in 2021 and not on the items they couldn’t get enough of last year – furniture, appliances, exercise equipment, loungewear, etc. “The problem is, as we go into the holiday season, they’ve got the wrong stock in the warehouse,” Moore said.

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What is Cross-Docking? An Introduction For Wholesalers and Distributors.

EMERGE App

It’s best to think of cross-docking as the Just-In-Time of shipping. Cross Docking Versus Warehousing. By contrast, traditional warehousing requires that wholesalers and distributors have goods on hand to ship to customers. The warehouse receives inbound goods and raw materials for assembly. Reduced Costs.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 4-8, 2017)

Talking Logistics

My exercise plans for the weekend are set. Trucking Companies Boost Big-Rig Orders on Rising Shipping Demand (WSJ – sub. JDA and SATO Partner to Deliver the Future of Warehouse Management. Fetch Robotics raises $25 million to automate warehouses (VentureBeat). Rake today, shovel tomorrow.

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The Changing Face of Supply Chain Security

Logistics Bureau

They can affect manufacturing, warehousing and transport. Paperwork and tallies for shipping and receiving are part of this. This covers security policies, threat awareness, security training, exercises. Cargo diversion, hijacking and piracy are all concerns. For example, warehousing security has increased.

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8-Step Importing Guide For First Timers

EMERGE App

Exercise common sense and order a few pieces of each size, color or variant. These samples and their shipping will cost you. During dispatch and packing to ensure the right goods and quantity are shipped out. At the dock to ensure that the correct goods are loaded and shipped. Arrange Cargo Transport.

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8-Step Importing Guide For First Timers

EMERGE App

Exercise common sense and order a few pieces of each size, color or variant. These samples and their shipping will cost you. During dispatch and packing to ensure the right goods and quantity are shipped out. At the dock to ensure that the correct goods are loaded and shipped. Arrange Cargo Transport.