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The Future of 3rd Party Fulfillment with Andy Lloyd

The Logistics of Logistics

Offering a comprehensive warehouse management platform, we make it easy for 3PLs to manage inventory, automate routine tasks, and deliver complete visibility to their customers. Transportation and logistics companies need technology and software management. Key Takeaways: The Future of 3rd Party Fulfillment. Ecommerce growth.

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The State of Holiday Shipping & Learnings for Next Peak Season

Intelligent Audit

Understanding the state of holiday shipping and learnings for the next peak season means realizing that rates are always going to jump-start near Halloween. Any conversation about the state of holiday shipping would be incomplete without discussing ocean freight congestion and shortages. FedEx packages to Illinois had a 15.3%

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

This is leading to an inventory pile-up of processors and memory chips used in PCs. Some retailers are learning to love bulked-up inventories. The companies building their inventories are looking to ensure they have items on hand at the right moment. Walgreens takes its delivery service round the clock. The largest U.S.

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How Renting Vans for Long Term Improves Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

If you are in Chicago, you can explore different Sprinter Van rentals in Chicago, Illinois , for a fleet of various Mercedes Sprinter models to serve all kinds of purposes. You also don’t have to worry about maintaining an inventory of vans on-site. Efficient Team Transport. Bottomline.

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So You Want to Make the Perfect Logistics Model

Logility

You can see three warehouses and almost every warehouse shipped to each destination city. Find the case where a customer node is right near the Alabama warehouse but is shipped from the Nevada warehouse. Inevitably, key transportation lanes will not be found in the historical data. Great, see how I saved $948K?

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3 Uses of IoT Tech Spurring Sustainability in Supply Chains

GlobalTranz

In the shipping and manufacturing industries, that same “worldwide web” is now being deployed to encourage more energy-efficient operational and communication strategies for a low-carbon economy, thanks to IoT Tech. The transportation of goods is one of the greatest contributors to worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.

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ScottsMiracle-Gro Improves Distribution System in Sustainability and Customer Service

Supply Chain Network

Since 2009, when ScottsMiracle-Gro began implementing its new distribution model, the Company has reduced the number of miles traveled to ship products to home center customers by approximately one-third. ScottsMiracle-Gro is consolidating the warehousing and distribution of its bagged products that are shipped to home center stores.