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This Week in Logistics News (October 14-18, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Several years ago, I interviewed CIOs and IT executives from leading third party logistics (3PL) companies, and one of the most interesting findings was that their teams spent a majority of their time fixing and cleansing data. Sounds like a typical day in supply chain and logistics to me.

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Supply Chain Management in a VUCA World

Enterra Insights

Yet all of the functions that we now associate with Supply Chain have been around for a very long time: Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Procurement and Purchasing, Warehousing and many more.”[2] ” Coining a term and defining the term are two different things. supply chain member organizations).”[3].

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Overcoming Automotive Logistics Challenges – Part II

BlueYonder

Supply Chain Nation recently sat down with Automotive Logistics Group Publisher, Louis Yiakoumi, about the hot topics in this industry. Before, they might say to purchasing, “You guys have done a brilliant job; you’ve reduced your costs by a million dollars because you’re buying everything from India. The same can be said for IT.

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Considerations for Selecting the Right Fulfillment Partner

3PL Insights

After an online purchase is made, customers want to receive their product as soon as possible. Most of the time, this is done automatically through an integration between a cart system (such as Shopify or WooCommerce) and a warehouse management system (WMS). Returns Management/Reverse Logistics. Speed and Efficiency.

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U.S. Companies Shift Production to COVID-19 Supplies

3PL Insights

The COVID-19 pandemic continues, and with every passing day, we hear about more individuals, communities and businesses finding new innovative solutions to help combat the ongoing crisis. Tesla actually purchased their own ventilators and donated them to hospitals with greater demand.

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The FarEye Story With Kushal Nahata

The Logistics of Logistics

Do you want to learn more about logistics? I started The Logistics of Logistics as a blog. The logistics of getting products at home are complicated. You are dealing with customers who need foster, who have anxiety, and who are price-driven, who do not want to pay for the logistics. Thank you, Ann. It is complex.