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What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022

The Logistics of Logistics

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.

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Navigating Returns: Five Strategies for Shippers to Reduce Return to Origin

Locus

Incorrect Order Shipped: 41% of customers returned their order due to it being a wrong one. Shipping the wrong product can be fixed by optimizing the package sorting process. It is vital that shippers optimize the below metric to success in their overall growth. Better product handling should be done to reduce this issue.

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Logistics Planning and Management – A Complete Handbook for Logistics Managers

ThroughPut

In fact, logistics goes one step ahead to align the complex operations of transportation and shipping, import and export operations, warehousing, inventory management and production scheduling, with the organizations’ overall goals. Start with a Demo Now. THE SOLUTION. Mounting Transportation Costs. THE CHALLENGE. THE SOLUTION.

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The four steps to supply chain readiness

crisp

These ‘ driver metrics ’ can give you an early signal to act on before your outcome is impacted. Reduced OOS is our outcome, but we still need to build out the driver metrics to understand steps leading up to it. What are the stock levels at the warehouse (before the product gets to the store)?

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Now or Never: Why Supply Chain Sustainability is Non-Negotiable in 2022

Locus

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. The latter was so severe that cargo ships had to run at half their usual capacity. Sustainable warehousing. Although often overlooked, warehouses and storage centers use huge amounts of energy in supply chains. Schedule Demo. Green packaging.

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The 6 data points to keep in your back pocket (and how to get them)

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In this guide, we’ll show you what metrics those are, easy ways to find them, and how you can use them to accelerate your brand’s retail growth. Now that you know how to access your retail data easily and often, here are the metrics you’ll want to keep on hand: Velocity. Retail data: A brand’s greatest asset.

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Inventory and forecast data from retailers: After your product ships (Part 2)

Alloy

It’s a very useful number that can itself signal action needs to be taken, such as if Units on Hand drops to zero, indicating a location is out-of-stock and additional product should be ordered or shipped. It’s calculated by dividing Retailer COGS by the average inventory on hand during the period. Gross Margin Return on Investment (GMROI).