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Ahead of the Curve: How Digitalization Helped Air Cargo Amidst Red Sea Shipping Diversions

Freightos

More Resources Home Ahead of the Curve: How Digitalization Helped Air Cargo Amidst Red Sea Shipping Diversions Joyce Tai April 2, 2024 If there’s one lingering lesson from the supply chain crisis of COVID, it’s that digitization can help organizations navigate crises…but that digitization can’t be put in place DURING that same crisis.

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Dynamic Fulfillment 101: The Cost-Based Approach and The Three Keys to Optimizing Your Total Cost-to-Serve

ToolsGroup

It examines multiple objectives and factors like shipping costs, location-specific operational behavior, and store demand, and then analyzes every permutation – in subseconds. 1 – Ship Cost The first component is ship cost. #1 1 – Ship Cost The first component is ship cost. What do we mean by expected revenue ?

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A Guide to Personalized Packaging!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Perfect Packaging Design! Get Our EBOOK HERE. Personalized packaging article and permission to publish here provided by Jasof Mac. We believe that it has been established that thoughtful, personalized packaging resonates with the consumers. Even the eco-friendly aspect of packaging can leave people in awe of your brand.

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How Do You Ship an Electric Bicycle?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Get Our EBOOK HERE. However, shipping an electric bicycle presents a unique set of challenges. Plus, the lithium battery that powers the bicycle creates additional hurdles for shipping. We turned to sales executive Cole Sweetser for the inside scoop on electric bicycle shipping. Basics of e-bike shipping.

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LTL DIM Pricing: Why LTL Is Moving to Dimensional Based Pricing

GlobalTranz

FedEx, UPS, and DHL all claim to have been the first to switch to DIM pricing in 2013, but all packages were swapped over into the DIM pricing model in 2015. In reality, the current rates and practices in determining the shipping cost for LTL carriers are unsustainable. The carrier does not control packaging; this shipper does.

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Achieve Seamless Material Flow in Industrial Equipment with Material Synchronization

DELMIA Quintiq

Real-time error proofing for print, packaging and labeling inventory to minimize shipping and receiving errors. Download our ebook Master the Production Process with Material Synchronization today. Consistent validation of all transported and received materials to ensure better traceability and quality assurance.

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After UPS, FedEx and USPS Increase Surcharges

Intelligent Audit

per package. per package. per package. per package. per package. per package. per package. per package. per package. per package. per package. per package. ” Peak — Residential Delivery Charge per Package by Peaking Factor. >300%. Peaking Factor.

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