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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. These studies have historically required complicated and hypersensitive software, the studies last for multiple months, and they can cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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The Ways Getting Creative With Your Supply Chain Will Save You Time and Money

Quantified Freight

If you wouldn’t request this of a fish, then why on earth would you of your supply chain network providers? The beauty of today’s supply chain ecosystem and the technology that we have all come to rely on daily, is that freight can be optimized! Are you shipping regionally, nationally, or globally?

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Demystifying Transportation Sourcing – A Practitioner’s View

EC Sourcing Group

Additionally, you can ensure that your supply chain is smoother and more predictable – less production downtime, less stock outs, and better promise to delivery for your customers. Shipping cost or ability to deliver. Technology in sourcing transportation. Think strategically about transportation spend.

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Demystifying Transportation Sourcing – A Practitioner’s View

EC Sourcing Group

Additionally, you can ensure that your supply chain is smoother and more predictable – less production downtime, less stock outs, and better promise to delivery for your customers. Shipping cost or ability to deliver. Technology in sourcing transportation. Think strategically about transportation spend.

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What Are the 5 Biggest Supply Chain Issues Today?

Stord

Supply chains aren’t conventionally built on the notion of flexibility. Logistics providers have also been slow to adopt new technology. Americans stopped going out and started spending all of their discretionary income on products from workout gear and new tools to LED strip lighting –causing even more demand for shipping.

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Improving Truck Load Optimization with Better Supply Chain Planning

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

Introduction: The Supply Chain Planning – Truck Load Optimization Disconnect. In the last decade there’s been a lot of talk from supply chain gurus about making supply chain management seamless from end to end. In most companies, many supply chain processes remain siloed.

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

Supply chain management is a multi-faceted process with many stakeholders and even more moving parts. New technology aims to make the supply chain more efficient, yet investing in the wrong technology further complicates productivity while hindering profitability. Here’s some research on this topic.