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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Back in December, we welcomed two new members to our family: Milo and Otis, guinea pig brothers we adopted. Our first guinea pig, Bubbles, had passed away a few weeks earlier (after bringing us much joy and laughs for over four years), so we were very excited to bring Milo and Otis home and begin a new chapter of memories.

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20 Ways to Build a Successful Relationship with Your Warehouse

FLEXE

The relationship you have with your third party (3PL) warehouse is one of the most important relationships you will build in the supply chain. When you think about it, your warehouse is handling your two biggest assets: 1) your inventory, and 2) your customer experience. Your warehouse partner needs to make money and so do you!

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Updated IT Subway Map: Major acquisitions in SC software

Supply Chain Movement

Equatorial Guinea. Guinea-bissau. Papua New Guinea. Such a system enables those companies to fulfil orders flexibly by dispatching the goods from various inventory points (e.g. directly from their suppliers, from their own warehouse or even from a retail store). El Salvador. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Guadeloupe.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

Equatorial Guinea. Guinea-bissau. Papua New Guinea. Globally, warehousing is outsourced by 67%. In comparison, according to Fraunhofer Institute, warehousing is outsourced by 54% in Germany, which is the largest logistics market in Europe. El Salvador. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands. French Guiana.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Inventory stock turns in Days. Inventory management. Warehousing. Inventory levels. But in Supply Chain you would normally expect to see the following standard set, along with those that are more specific to your business needs. DIF – Delivery in Full. DOT – Delivery on Time. DIFOT – Delivery In Full on Time.

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