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Supply Chain Best Practices during a Quarantine

SupplyPike

Learn how to: Keep your logistics on time and prepared Maintain your replenishment goals Properly forecast and redefine your demand plan Use technology to help. You’ll need to work with your buyer on revising their purchasing plans to favor high demand items. Another solution is to create inventory reserves. Forecasting.

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Top 6 Supply Chain KPIs: Keep Your Dashboards Simple

Logistics Bureau

Accurate documentation: This metric tracks the percentage of sales orders accompanied by accurate documents throughout the process. Documents included in the metric can vary but usually include advance shipment notifications (ASNs), labels, and invoices. Delivery documentation is completed accurately. x 0.96 = 0.8661.

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The Better Goal: More Fuel Efficient Trucks or Using Fewer Trucks?

Talking Logistics

However, based on reviews of initial summaries, we do have concerns that the rule will push truckers to purchase technology that is not fully tested and may lead to costs such as maintenance and downtime that will eclipse the potential savings estimated in the proposal.”. appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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The Supply Chain Collaboration Journey – Part 3: Limitations of CPFR

BlueYonder

And from that point onwards the retailer would supply its various store formats supported by their logistics models. The retailer would define the rules of engagement of supply chain collaboration in terms of merchandising, shelf space allocation, replenishment and promotion planning, as well as payment terms and logistics operations.

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Using Voice-Directed Work in the Supply Chain: What IT Executives Need to Know

RFgen

The use of voice picking solutions in the warehouse is gaining momentum. Here, solutions like voice picking are freeing up workers and allowing them to be safer, more accurate, and more productive. Warehouse voice technology’s ease of use has led to its adoption in manufacturing, retail, third-party logistics (3PL), and healthcare.

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4 ways technology is transforming warehouses

6 River Systems

E-commerce drives growth in warehouses & DCs According to Walker Sands’ The Future of Retail 2019: The Paradox Between Convenience and Connection , consumers are increasingly comfortable shopping online, with 46% saying they’re more open to purchasing big-ticket items such as a car or grill online than they were a year ago.

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50 expert warehouse order picking tips, strategies, and best practices

6 River Systems

The efficiency of order fulfillment from warehouses has become an important focus in logistics management as customers demand quicker deliveries. The modern warehouse is complex, and management must balance a number of factors including software, automation, training and processes such as receiving, picking and inventory management.