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Why Strategic Partnerships Enable OTR Freight Management

GlobalTranz

OTR freight represents a long-standing aspect of supply chain operations and transportation management. Th is blog post covers the critical ways strategic partnerships can help supply chain managers achieve optimal OTR management for their freight. Carrier Vetting for OTR Freight . Remote Tendering and Shipment Execution .

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Retail Returns: The Key to Driving Business Growth

ToolsGroup

Returns come with plenty of challenges around logistics, inventory, and predicting volatile sales trends. In another example, Narvar’s study on “keep the item” returns demonstrates that: 65% of people appreciate that returnless refunds save them time and money. 40% would be more likely to recommend the retailer to others.

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Supply Chain Case Study: the Executive's Guide

Supply Chain Opz

Analysis of case study is certainly one of the most popular methods for people from business management background. In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Target’s inventories at the end of the last quarter were 16 percent lower than the same period a year ago and Walmart cut inventories in its U.S. Inventories at U.S. Some major ocean carriers have also announced new fees for goods shipped on the route as of June 1 in response to the canal restrictions.

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Modern Freight Forwarding – A Comprehensive Guide

20Cube Logistics

The rapid rate of technological change and faster access to a greater amount of data are resulting in a transformation of the freight forwarding process. According to several recent studies on the subject, there will be a significant reduction in the processing times involved in activities like shipping and customs.

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Importance of Digitalisation to Improve Supply Chains: Helping Businesses Navigate Through Supply Chain Disruptions

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The ongoing impact of the pandemic brings greater challenges and obstacles with increased consumer demand, limited resources, shipping congestion, and labor shortages. One solution to this problem is centralized distribution and real-time inventory management. Industry 4.0 Looking to the Future of Supply Chains. Supply Chain 4.0

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Cross Docking 101: What, Why and How? [with case studies]

Unleashed

Cross docking is widely used by manufacturers, but there are alternatives like direct shipping – and there are significant differences between the two. As the name suggests, this means the goods are shipped directly from the manufacturer to the end customer. This brings us to direct shipments. Who uses cross docking?