DC Metrics Shipping 
Talking Logistics
MARCH 19, 2019
While we live in an age where same-day delivery and free shipping have become customer expectations, we also live in an age where dimensional weighting and quarterly accessorial increases have become a reality from the carrier. The reality is that most carriers do not invoice as soon as a package has shipped. Use the Correct Metrics.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 19, 2021
Without a standard warehouse management platform, the ability to scale best practices and processes across their DC network with would not allow the company to run standard processes across all their DCs. By the end of 2022, the goal is to have disabled workers employed at all DC locations. Safety is a key metric at the company.
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Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 19, 2023
In dynamic slotting, goods for which there is high demand are located nearer to the shipping docks to minimize travel. It is better to receive inventory on a loading dock, take the inventory needed for a hot shot shipment, and move that inventory through the DC to a shipping dock where it is loaded on a truck.
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 28, 2020
The team was attempting to be customer-centric by modeling an item by customer at a DC level. The problem is that the manufacturing lines are 125% utilized, and there is an ongoing struggle to produce tonnage, much less ship the right product from the production lines to customers based on orders. The reason?
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 24, 2022
Price of Ocean Shipping Business Continuity. One of my stark realizations this year is that smaller companies are beating larger and often more established companies on growth metrics, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). (In A focus on functional metrics degrades balance sheet performance.
SupplyPike
APRIL 7, 2020
We’ve discussed the basics of OTIF and the fundamentals of OTIF before, but we thought we’d drill down deeper into the individual metrics. First, we’ll start by reviewing the basic goals of OTIF, and then we’ll dive into each metric and the compliance issues of each metric. Supplier Ship Point. Prepaid Late Delivery.
Demand Solutions
DECEMBER 30, 2014
And let’s say that we have seven line items in stock and can ship them complete. To fill the 8th line item complete we had to ship the product from a DC across the country. For the 9th line item we ran an overtime production shift to get the order shipped complete on time. The company proudly reported a 98% fill rate.
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