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Three Ways Center-of-Gravity Studies Lead You Astray

Logility

And that is answer (d) — put the warehouse at Customer A’s location and then ship 300 miles to customer B. This answer minimizes the net unit miles shipped. Example 2 : A warehouse in Milwaukee will look like it is perfectly situated between a customer in Grand Rapids and another one west of Madison.

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UltraShipTMS Inbound Logistics Solution Selected by The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.

Supply Chain Collaborator

The Milwaukee, WI and York, PA based retailer operates 268 department stores across 26 states and has a robust online/ecommerce site. This comprehensive array of logistics software tools will help improve efficiency and reduce costs associated with shipping across multiple modes of transportation. a regional department store.

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Why Multi-Carrier Parcel Shipping Strategies Are Winning in 2022

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Why Multi-Carrier Parcel Shipping Strategies Are Winning in 2022 by Lindsay Schuemann , Marketing Manager at Enveyo Two years. Parents got notifications that school was cancelled, employees got notice to stay home, the world started buying most of their goods online, and the global supply chain did a collective * gulp.

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Veterans Day with Gratitude

BlueYonder

My father was a Boy Scout and went to Milwaukee Boys Tech for high school where he began training to become a machinist. My dad went through 13 weeks of basic training, had a short furlough and was shipped to Scotland. The post Veterans Day with Gratitude appeared first on Supply Chain Nation Blog.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

With the Milwaukee Bucks opening round loss, the Celtics would have home court advantage throughout the playoffs, with a strong chance to bring home championship number 18. This is also about supply chains, about 150,000 vehicles a day, and a good percentage of that is trucking. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Veterans Day with Gratitude

BlueYonder

My father was a Boy Scout and went to Milwaukee Boys Tech for high school where he began training to become a machinist. My dad went through 13 weeks of basic training, had a short furlough and was shipped to Scotland. The post Veterans Day with Gratitude appeared first on Supply Chain Nation Blog.

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The New Way a TMS Fuels Routing Creativity

Talking Logistics

In today’s business environment, no planner is simply loading freight onto a truck and shipping it from Point A to Point B via a common carrier. Sometimes being creative means waiting to act until you have better insight into your shipping options. Let’s say a manufacturer based in Milwaukee needs to ship freight to Tampa.