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Blockchain and Reverse Logistics: Recapturing Costs and More

GlobalTranz

The costs of reverse logistics amount to more than $750 billion per year, and the demand for reverse logistics has risen in recent years with the rise of e-commerce. This is why blockchain in reverse logistics go well together. GET YOUR FREE WHITE PAPER. DOWNLOAD WHITE PAPER.

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Adapting Pharmaceutical Companies’ Distribution and Supply Networks

Jaggaer

Contract managers must ensure clear rules are defined, specifically regarding product reception, batch recall, quarantine management and reverse logistics. In the US, the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) was updated in 2017 to require compliance with FDA labeling guidelines. Teams also need to consider the human factors.

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Blockchain and Trucking: A Match Made on the Road

Shipchain

Additionally, with the passage of the MAP-21 Act (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act), there were changes made in the hours of service guidelines that reduced the number of hours that could be driven by a trucker before he or she had to rest. How Blockchain and Trucking Are Made for Each Other.

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What are White Glove Services? All You Need to Know!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Unassembled shipment is put together according to the manufacturer’s guidelines. Offer Reverse Logistics. Most white glove services also offer reverse logistics. White glove companies provide basic safety packaging techniques to ensure the goods arrive damage-free. Product Assembly And Dismantling.

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Retailers Are Changing Stores into Micro-fulfillment Centers with Robots

BlueYonder

An automation solution like the multi-bot solution provides social distancing measures as part of its design , maintaining a retailer’s high productivity while complying with CDC guidelines. Another highly important aspect of worker safety is job security.

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Crisp Team Spotlight: Samantha Schend

crisp

Before joining Crisp, Samantha’s sales career included eight years at Inmar, a pharmaceutical reverse logistics and solutions provider, and Nordstrom, where she came to appreciate a customer-first approach to business. As a sales leader, I create guidelines and guardrails, I don’t create rules.”. Samantha Schend.

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Manufacturing and Logistics: Manufacturers Look towards Logistics Efficiency to Stay Competitive

GlobalTranz

If this concern is combined with increasing regulations, costs for transportation providers, the driver shortage, and growing scrutiny in both the forward and reverse logistics processes , it is easy to see how making today's processes more efficient will help address each of these factors and concerns.