Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 20, 2022
VF Corporation is Building a Highly Automated DC on the West Coast. Goods move through 25 ports of entry into North America and 10 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The old product development process involved shipping prototypes back and forth. The company works with 13 ocean carriers and 7 air carriers.
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Warehouse and DC operations can involve hundreds of suppliers, manufacturers, and logistics providers, each with their own network and security protocols. A 2020 cyberattack at TFI International, one of the largest trucking and logistics companies in North America, forced them to resort to manually sorting.
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Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 26, 2023
Mars Wrigley chose Transplace, now UBER Freight, for North America and a partnership with Maersk/E2Open for ocean freight. For the largest retailers, short shipping results in fines and penalties. “I’ll The stock rebalancing skill is designed to enable Mars to optimize DC to DC shipments.
The Logistics of Logistics
JUNE 23, 2022
When asked what peak season is, it’s easy to assume the holidays are the only peak shipping season. However, four shipping seasons occur throughout the year and are often regular and expected. That was the case until the ongoing disruptions of the past few years changed the shipping game. Q2: The Produce Shipping Season.
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 10, 2013
In the study, new products represent 17% of total cases shipped. The average MAPE for North America was 36% while the European average MAPE was 45%. The average bias of European forecasts versus North America had 2% more bias. New product shipments increased 10% over the last three years. Tougher in Europe.
Talking Logistics
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
CX North America Expands Driver Mobile App with Digital Proof of Delivery Update. Shipping with Amazon. Kuebix Tops 5000 Companies Using its Transportation Management System. Infor and Integration Point Partner to Create Comprehensive, Network-based Global Trade Management Solution. Infor Launches Networked Order Management.
IQMS
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
Digitally enabling a warehouse increases order fulfillment accuracy, speed, and scale while eliminating shipping and receiving handling errors. Manufacturers are also predicting an 8% increase in the number of space expansions and 8% plan to relocate warehouses and Distribution Centers (DC) to support growth and new business models further.
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