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The State of Holiday Shipping & Learnings for Next Peak Season

Intelligent Audit

such as expected winter weather that’s stimulated embargoes across the Pacific-Northwest market and uncertainty as carriers rush to deliver packages on time. But before getting too deep into that, it’s important to also understand the realities of rail, LTL and TL, and parcel transport amid the state of holiday shipping. .

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COVID-19: Bullwhip in Cheese Demand

Operations and Supply Chain Management

A UPS jet at Miami International Airport. The surge in packages at United Parcel Service is coming at a hefty price. Transportation. The International Air Transport Association says global air cargo capacity was off by nearly a third from year-ago levels in August, including a 67% decline in belly space. Sponsored by.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 29 – October 3, 2014)

Talking Logistics

It’ll come to me eventually, but in the meantime, here’s the news that caught my attention this week: Kewill Acquires the IBM® Sterling Transportation Management System (TMS). Con-way Announces Enhancements to Driver Pay Package at Con-way Freight. Shipping startup Shyp comes to New York and soon Miami (VentureBeat).

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This Week in Logistics News (May 30 – June 3, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Wal-Mart says it is 6-9 months from using drones to check warehouse inventory (Reuters). One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2016 was that drones would have a breakout year — not in delivering packages to consumers, but in yard and warehouse management.

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Logistics Warehousing in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Kanban Logistics

It also enables the 3PL to perform inventory management protocols like FIFO (first in first out; the oldest lots of items will be distributed first) and FEFO (first expired first out; the products closest to their expiration dates will be distributed first). Items that have common characteristics important to the manufacturer (e.g.,

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Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking: Networked Supply.

Global Trade Management

The ability to in real time identify the location and status of the sourced goods gives the importer the ability to fine tune its distribution channels, its inventory management and its ability to fulfill commitments to its end users. • Lack of uniformity in the packaging sizes. • Inconsistent computer communications.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

In higher-traffic markets, Advance Auto Parts has “hub” stores that keep more inventory in-stock to give customers what they need when they need it. Bed Bath & Beyond is also implementing inventory reduction strategies and is on track for a 5% reduction year-over-year by the end of the current fiscal year.