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Mars Wrigley’s Highly Successful Supply Chain Digital Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

But how to do this was very ambiguous. Initially, Mr. Beery found the technology intriguing, but he was not sure how to leverage their solution. For the largest retailers, short shipping results in fines and penalties. “I’ll Beery started by asking, “what does a digital supply chain mean for us?”

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How to Select a Supply Chain Planning Tool

DynaSys

How to Select a Supply Chain Planning Tool. You’ve just been chewed out by the Head of Accounts because she was forced to ship an order to a major customer two weeks late…and it’s your fault. And this is only one metric where you could be doing a lot better. Here is how to select a supply chain planning tool in 3 steps.

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How to Capture Full Divestiture Value with a 3PL

Talking Logistics

This begets the need to set the overall strategy for the divestment by way of an exercise, called “capability scoping.” Made between a buyer and seller, a TSA sees that the ‘mother-ship’ provides support to the divested company over a defined period of time, with services such as accounting, IT, procurement and human resources, among others.

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How to implement a supply chain management system

Unleashed

Purchasing and supplier management, International Commerce Codes functionality, and advanced shipping. Include metrics to measure success, like the accuracy of demand forecasting, revenue growth, and customer experience. Features include: A B2B eCommerce store, with guest payments. A mobile sales app. Train your staff.

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6 Benefits of Applying Useable Data in Logistics For Continuous Improvement

GlobalTranz

We continue our series on strategic shipping by going into detail of the 10 main areas that shippers can turn to in order to have a strategic logistics and transportation management mindset. Shipping processes revolve around a million-trucks-worth of data. Furthermore, such methodology can be applied to vendor relationships.

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Freight Benchmarking: What Is It? Why Do It?

Logistics Bureau

Whether your company is a big or small player in terms of shipping volumes, and regardless of your chosen transportation modes (road, rail, ocean, air), the health of your bottom line depends in no small part on the competitiveness of your freight prices. and “what is a reasonable range of rates for our company’s typical shipping scenarios?”.

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Ultimate guide to warehouse logistics: Enhance organization, movement, and management

6 River Systems

According to research conducted by BigCommerce , the top three factors that influence consumers’ online purchasing decisions are convenience, cost and free shipping. One of the best ways to reduce shipping costs and ensure fast delivery is by optimizing warehouse logistics. What is warehouse logistics?