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The Importance of Value-Added Services in Logistics and SCM!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Finding out if your provider offers these next-level services are critical because they can make a significant difference in your overall logistics process. According to Adelante SCM’s recent research , 63 percent of organizations that use value-added services consider it a “very significant” business function.

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Last-Mile Delivery: The Link Between Driver Satisfaction and Customer Satisfaction

Talking Logistics

The research, conducted by Adelante SCM and commissioned by RouteSmart Technologies, is based on a survey of 28 leading parcel/package delivery companies, national postal carriers, retailers, and other companies with last-mile and home delivery.

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Editor’s Choice: 5 Supply Chain Management Success Factors for CPG Companies

Logistics Viewpoints

Optimizing a vast and complex supply chain is a growing challenge for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) firms. Today, a business footprint touches everything from growers and materials suppliers to manufacturers, distributors, logistics providers, and consumers. To read the full article, click HERE.

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Driving Sustainability in the Age of Supply Chain Disruption

Logistics Viewpoints

the daily delivery of packages to our homes). Emerging technologies play a role in managing disruption and are driving change in the transportation and logistics industries. Business logistics costs as a percentage of GDP is currently 7-8% in United States. Economic development is both measured by and based on logistics.

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The Difference Between Logistics and Supply Chain Management

My Office Apps

The Difference Between Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Most people assume that logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM) refer to the same process. So, how did the concepts of logistics and Supply Chain Management become so intertwined in their use when they mean very different things? What is Logistics?

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Bubble Wrap Loses Its Pop for Logistics Cost Savings

Talking Logistics

But for supply chain and logistics folks, it’s the story behind the headline that is most interesting. It turns out that the main driving force behind the product change was logistics costs. Transportation and Sustainability Benefits of New Bubble Wrap (Source: Adelante SCM based on info from WSJ article).

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The Blurred Lines Between Retail and DTC with Guy Courtin

The Logistics of Logistics

In addition, he has been an industry analyst covering the supply chain and retail spaces for SCM World and Constellation Research. Courtin has extensive global experience with both small and large companies – concentrations in B2B software and package applications. The Logistics of Logistics Podcast. About Tecsys.

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