Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How 3PLs Can Gain Visibility and a Competitive Advantage Offering Automated Billing and a Self-Service Interactive Customer Portal It’s hard to imagine a third-party logistics (3PL) business today operating without some form of a warehouse management system ( WMS ) connecting the digital dots. To learn more, visit Open Sky Group today.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2022

There are lively debates about the meaning and prioritization of scale, globalization, outsourcing, and inventory optimization. Dealing with today’s uncertainty is driving greater decentralization, enabling in-store fulfillment, and leveraging pop-up warehouses and “micro-fulfillment” centers to increase flexibility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2022

Understanding and assessing the tradeoffs between the costs of labor, inventory, transportation, and carbon footprint while going through these pivots will be crucial. As demand for last mile logistics intensifies, warehouses become the prime candidates for automation. Supply Chain Design is essential in tackling these.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The rapid shifts to eCommerce during the pandemic caused retailers and brand owners alike to flex their network nodes (where goods are made and inventories are stocked) significantly. Pop up warehouses, micro fulfillment centers, and warehousing-on-demand are all examples of how the nodes are becoming increasingly dynamic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

And what is sitting in the warehouse. Until we have this kind of pervasive visibility, inventory management will continue to be largely an exercise in futility. We should be able to see, with the click of a button, how much product is at the port of destination. And at the cross-dock. And in the rail car.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 31, 2024

A 3PL (Third-Party Logistics provider) is a company that takes care of your logistics operations – everything from warehousing your products to getting them where they need to go. You know how challenging it can be to manage inventory, coordinate shipments, and handle distribution all on your own?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

Many companies buy forward inventory ahead of tariffs being implemented. This strategy, however, may incur additional warehousing and storage costs, and firms may experience accounting challenges where an inventory is considered an asset, which could affect cash flow. Operational strategies. Buying forward. Insourcing.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Warehouse logistics is the heart of any supply chain operation, assimilating and dispatching goods to ensure availability and timely delivery. One of the best ways to reduce shipping costs and ensure fast delivery is by optimizing warehouse logistics. What is warehouse logistics? Where are they located? What is the order volume?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

A company can choose to maintain a high level of costly inventory to ensure short lead times, and a family can decide to live farther away from work and school but buy a bigger house. Moreover, this exercise might need to be repeated several times depending on how the war proceeds. Can every customer get products from every warehouse?

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DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Supply chains have been optimized; warehouse inventory tracking has reached new levels of precision; production lines can operate with virtually no downtime. Artificial Intelligence will soon play a greater role during this exercise. Much has been done to improve manufacturing efficiency. This is the power of the Industry 4.0

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2019

Planning a Warehouse Network and Design: Key Factors to Consider. In this post, I’d like to talk about the key factors that will impact on the optimum facility network and design required to meet your warehousing or storage requirements. Some Tips for Multi-Warehouse Network Planning. What Happens in Your Warehouses?

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BlueYonder

APRIL 14, 2025

Pharma, Medtech and healthcare manufacturers around the world bolted into action to exercise their collective strengths to combat a dire threat to global health and the life sciences supply chain. Today, life sciences companies face an entirely new competitive landscape.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 28, 2024

The information the companies gather could, for example, allow managers to receive information about unexpected frost harming cherry production or information about harvesting delays, which could result in inventory changes. The robots will be put to the test, carrying boxes of items while simultaneously navigating around other coworkers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

In terms of finding a 4PL solution provider, Mars wanted a company that could engage in truck loading and route optimization, and schedule shipments into and out of their warehouses. The algorithms generate recommendations on optimal ways to rebalance inventory based on cost and service level impacts.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Manufacturers and brick-and-mortar retailers have been using software to manage their inventory for years – but inventory management is even more important when you’re running a business that operates in the complex eCommerce space. Learn more: Guide to Effective Multichannel Selling What is eCommerce inventory management?

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Supply Chain Network Design Along with the design of supply chain strategy, the design of the supply chain itself, especially the part dealing with outbound distribution from plants or warehouses, is instrumental in the success or failure of businesses.

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PINC

JANUARY 22, 2020

Here’s a synopsis of his most-read articles for the year and the evergreen insights that he shared with readers: Excess Inventory? Discussing how this trend gathered steam last year thanks to a warehouse vacancy rate of 4.3% The High Cost of The One Percent Inventory Accuracy in Your Supply Chain (Logistics Viewpoints).

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Supply Chain Opz

AUGUST 2, 2018

From the most basic to the most advanced organization, Inventory Optimization is a critical goal and one which underpins the effectiveness of the supply chain operation. Inventory Optimization requires an organization to sustain and maintain the right mix of cost versus service.

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RFgen

MARCH 10, 2025

While some warehouses overflow, others sit nearly empty, creating a frustrating paradox of excess and scarcity. The problem lies in effectively balancing inventory across the supply chain. When demand surges, inventory needs to rise, and vice-versa. Businesses must move beyond reactive responses to anticipated demand shifts.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 10, 2024

You can achieve the benefits by simply rearranging products – within existing storage media – to reduce travel distance for pickers in your warehouse. Product slotting is a warehouse term that involves placing products in optimal locations within a warehouse to enhance operational efficiency. What is slotting?

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 5, 2022

.”[1] Here’s the rub: “All those excess retail inventories are starting to weigh on warehousing markets. ” To make room for new inventory, many of America’s largest retailers are steeply discounting excess goods this summer. warehouse complexes, things are about to get worse.”[5]

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The Network Effect

JULY 10, 2015

Pursuing improved forecasts is certainly not an academic exercise. Some research indicates a 6% forecast improvement could improve the perfect order by 10% and deliver a 10-15% reduction in unnecessary inventory. Got Credit/Flickr. Better forecasting translates directly into making better business decisions.

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Logility

MAY 31, 2023

Plus, more tactical models supporting sales and operations planning time horizons can factor in product launches or sunsets, inventory policies, and demand-supply balance. In addition, a detailed selection of transport modes – especially in last-mile modeling – can help maximize performance across inbound and outbound networks.

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RFgen

AUGUST 18, 2015

Batch picking can be particularly effective for certain warehouse operations. As workers move among the warehouse aisles, inventory control managers want to ensure they are using the best possible strategies when picking products and supplies. Batch picking is best suited for large warehouses that fill multiple orders.

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RFgen

AUGUST 18, 2015

Batch picking can be particularly effective for certain warehouse operations. As workers move among the warehouse aisles, inventory control managers want to ensure they are using the best possible strategies when picking products and supplies. Batch picking is best suited for large warehouses that fill multiple orders.

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Logility

MAY 20, 2021

According to McKinsey and Company , with a digitization of the supply chain they have the capacity to save 75% of lost sales, reduce transport and warehousing costs by 30%, and decrease 80% of administrative costs – all while cutting inventory by 75%.

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DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Supply chains have been optimized; warehouse inventory tracking has reached new levels of precision; production lines can operate with virtually no downtime. Artificial Intelligence will soon play a greater role during this exercise. Much has been done to improve manufacturing efficiency. This is the power of the Industry 4.0

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Enterra Insights

JULY 25, 2022

… Traditionally, inventory counts [have been] a complex exercise done manually about once a year but RFID technology enables retailers to monitor stock monthly bringing accuracy from 60% to over 90%.” An NFC reader is a tool that can be integrated into the warehouse management picking verification system.

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Logility

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Technologies that automate and accelerate this entire exercise help ensure forecasting and decision-making deliver this requirement, opening the door to a continuous cycle of integrated business planning. But this exercise is much more than generating recommendations on next steps. Plus, it saved US$4.2

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 11, 2024

Actionable Tools and Templates: However, learners gain access to a valuable toolkit of templates, checklists, and frameworks that can be immediately applied in their workplaces such as inventory optimization tools. Learn about warehouse management, inventory control, transportation planning, and distribution strategies.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This process involves handling returns, which can be due to various reasons, such as damage, defects, seasonal inventory, restock, salvage, recalls, or excess inventory. They may recall inventory from retailers or reprocess it because it has passed its sell-by date or demand is insufficient.

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Vinculum

AUGUST 23, 2022

Or perhaps you already have a physical location but are having trouble keeping your inventory and orders in sync? The solution, then, is to link your order, inventory, and logistics to speed up inventory turnaround and coordinate your efforts. You must exercise extreme caution when choosing and purchasing a WMS.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 23, 2023

It covers major supply chain processes such as managing supply and demand, warehousing, inventory control, transportation, and route optimization. It covers the three main procedures that make up effective supply chain planning: demand planning, sales and operations planning, and inventory and supply planning.

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DiManEx

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Stephan Wildenberg from the Dutch Armed Forces on stage to share insights from their transition to digital warehousing. When you decide to transition from a traditional supply chain to digital inventory, there are several hurdles you need to overcome. Change management is the top obstacle to AM adoption.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

The article goes on to say [emphasis mine]: The shift, part of what Ralph Lauren says is a long-planned action, will move warehousing and inventory management service from a North Carolina distribution center run by XPO Logistics Supply Chain Inc.—an Ralph Lauren to Bring Management of Distribution Site In-House (WSJ- sub.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

which makes Internet-connected exercise bikes, but also for more traditional manufacturers such as the athletic footwear and apparel company Nike Inc.”[3]. Distributed Warehousing. ” By that, he means, you have to locate warehouses closer to customers. and Peloton Interactive Inc., ”[3].

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 17, 2024

Demand Fluctuations: The dynamic nature of customer needs, often affected by economic conditions, market trends, or seasonal factors, makes inventory management and market forecasting difficult. For example, the rise of e-commerce has changed store chain dynamics, demanding companies adjust to new means of delivery and warehousing.

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