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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

As of January 1, 2022, it was taking a company an average of 73 days to deliver goods to truck or rail carriers after booking with an ocean carrier and completing the cross-ocean journey, according to E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index. And companies at every stage of the supply chain have inflated their prices as demand exceeds supply.

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Why Specialized Logistics Providers Prove More Effective Than Generalists for CPG Shippers

Zipline Logistics

Third-party logistics has grown substantially over the past several decades. Whether shipping produce or scrap metal, generalized providers could secure reliable capacity for an array of companies. Before we explore the topic more in-depth, let’s look at the tenets of specialized logistics services.

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How to Capture Full Divestiture Value with a 3PL

Talking Logistics

Today, shippers face increased regulations, unstable market conditions and capacity concerns that make it near impossible for a newly divested company to achieve all of its goals without the expertise and support of a third-party logistics (3PL) provider.

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Logistics Strategy Focused on Partnership Proves More Effective

Zipline Logistics

As industries and consumer expectations shift, logistics has morphed from a cost of doing business to a competitive advantage. Even the largest shippers have taken note and begun working with 3PLs to create strategic partnerships that accomplish more through the supply chain. Bumble Bee Details Its Shift in Logistics Strategy.

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President Andrew Lynch On What We Must Do To Create Nationally Secure And Resilient Supply Chains

Zipline Logistics

T he cascading logistical problems caused by the pandemic and the war in Eastern Europe have made securing a reliable supply chain a national imperative. In addition, severe cyberattacks – like the highly publicized Colonial pipeline attack – have brought supply chain cybersecurity into the limelight.

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The Benefits of IoT And Real Time Actionable Data

Gravity Supply Chain

This research confirms that this is regardless of the fact such technology could have a broad and profound impact on the supply chain. end-to-end supply chain performance. Traditional supply chains operate using milestone-based visibility, rather than near to/real time visibility, blind spots are inevitable.

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Managing Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) For Future Growth

IQMS

Digitally enabling a warehouse increases order fulfillment accuracy, speed, and scale while eliminating shipping and receiving handling errors. A recent survey by Zebra Technologies shows just how important accuracy, scalability, and speed are transitioning a WMS to improve overall supply chain performance.