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Contracts, Cancellations, and Closures: Persistent Trends Leave a Pre-Peak Season Logistics Industry on Edge

Intelligent Audit

Speaking at a recent event in Las Vegas, Patton said, “ This business model is hurting to a degree where my company individually has to see change from FedEx Ground,” according to reporting from SupplyChainDive. So the shortage will continue, but for some sellers, the problem will be too much inventory.”. Container Imports Remain High.

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10 Issues Keeping Manufacturers and Distributors Up At Night for 2015

GlobalTranz

As we get settled into this new year, we thought we’d share observations from conversations we’ve had with manufacturers and distributors recently. In fact, in order to combat these ever pressing issues and competition, we recently shared our insights on trends for 2015 facing manufacturers and distributors on the Cisco-Eagle Blog.

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5 Engagement Strategies in Managing a Relationship With a Transportation Management 3PL

GlobalTranz

Strategic Logistics: 8 Steps to Controlling Inventory Flow & Driving Warehouse Efficiency. Your expectations for your business as a manufacturer or distributor are to improve production, satisfy your customers, and grow. What happens in the event of a disaster? Set Expectations at the Beginning. Constantly Think About Risk.

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26 warehouse pros reveal the most important factors to consider when moving to an automated warehouse

6 River Systems

Rupy Sawhney is the Heath Fellow in Business and Engineering at the University of Tennessee, combining both fields through his knowledge of lean manufacturing, the optimization of production without a drop off in quality or worker health. Rupy Sawhney. The latter question is especially pertinent for B2B environments.

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Top 25 Supply Chains of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Also, for whatever reason, Gartner limits the scope of the Top 25 to companies in the manufacturing, retail or distribution sectors. In other words, these companies are all multinational giants in their respective verticals. Privacy Settings. anonymous user. DataTable subpages. Media Image. transactionID. 1a56a7e8-24e3-47af-b890-46fa1a7073fd.

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50 expert tips on improving warehouse efficiency & productivity

6 River Systems

Monthly competitions, company events and other concepts that create a more interesting and fun environment will only have a positive impact on your warehouse.” Offer cross training and provide continual training seminars on new procedures to improve productivity.” Focus on employee retention. Maintain a flexible workforce.

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The best coffee marketing ideas to grow your roastery sales

Unleashed

live talking events over reading articles, or podcasts over YouTube videos)? Host webinars, online seminars and video tutorials: The next step up is to produce useful video content. Coffee and other products: Coffee roasters can team up with other product manufacturers to make highly popular combinations. Coffee and ice cream.