Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2024

This article is from Scott Mullins, EVP of Operations and COO at Lucas Systems, and looks at self-distribution in healthcare systems. Self-distribution is an increasingly popular option for healthcare systems to consider when deciding how to manage their supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2022

Multi-carrier parcel shipping technology empowers fulfillment teams. Multi-carrier parcel shipping technology gives merchants the functionality they need to roll out these offerings and better serve customers. More to give the organization. Meet the basic needs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 2, 2021

One of the speakers was Abby Weisenberger, a distribution consultant at Kimberly-Clark. Weisenberger is leading their digitally enabled shipping initiative, she works in distribution operations rather than transportation. This is one of the company’s first steps to their digital transformation in shipping. What made Ms.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 16, 2023

Rik Schrader and Joe Lynch discuss logistics and distribution transportation, which is one of the specialties of Rik’s company, Körber Business Area Supply Chain. Key Takeaways: Logistics and Distribution Trans Körber’s Business Area Supply Chain is a division of the Körber Group, a global technology company.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

If youve followed our blog over the years, youll know that weve shared lots of information about distribution network design, why its vital to get it right, how long it should take, the importance of reviewing the network every so often, and various elements of design such as determining the number of warehouses and where to locate them.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Walmart’s On-Time In-Full initiative is a compliance measure designed to ensure that freight arrives at a Walmart store or distribution center when it was supposed to, in the quantities expected. Walmart fines suppliers whose goods arrive late or who have not shipped everything that they committed to ship.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

They run a 75,000-square-foot distribution center. The distribution center is critical to Fleet Feet’s product flow to their 80-plus company-owned stores. Most of the goods destined for the company-owned stores flow through their distribution center in Durham, North Carolina. Fleet Feet is a smaller company.

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Freightos

APRIL 2, 2024

More Resources Home Ahead of the Curve: How Digitalization Helped Air Cargo Amidst Red Sea Shipping Diversions Joyce Tai April 2, 2024 If there’s one lingering lesson from the supply chain crisis of COVID, it’s that digitization can help organizations navigate crises…but that digitization can’t be put in place DURING that same crisis.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 3, 2024

That time of year when the industry ships a higher volume of desirable, in-demand goods. Warehouses and distribution centers are top targets. Cargo thieves love the holidays. Appliances and furniture, food and beverages, and electronics are hot commodities.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The long and unpredictable peak shipping season continues to challenge supply chains. A 2021 Peak Shipping Season survey conducted by Edelman Intelligence found hiring to be a strong concern among supply chain decision makers with 90% having a strong need to increase hiring to account for peak season and beyond. Higher freight volumes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

SEFE will manage global ammonia sourcing and distribution through Germanys hydrogen core grid, while Hegh Evi will provide midstream infrastructure, including shipping and floating ammonia-to-hydrogen conversion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 12, 2025

How Smart Contracts Improve Logistics IoT-Enabled Tracking: Sensors on shipping containers continuously log real-time data (e.g., Fetch.ai, OpenMined) analyze warehouse trends to optimize inventory distribution. GPS location, temperature, humidity) and store it on a blockchain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

With the ability to carry larger payloads over extended distances, autonomous vehicles are better suited for transporting bulk goods between distribution centers and other logistics hubs. Investing in autonomous trucks can therefore streamline primary shipping routes, addressing long-term logistics demand.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

SEFE will manage global ammonia sourcing and distribution through Germanys hydrogen core grid, while Hegh Evi will provide midstream infrastructure, including shipping and floating ammonia-to-hydrogen conversion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

This quest to master distribution has risen to the top of the list because customers (whether consumers or businesses) are demanding performance like never before. This makes the optimization of that travel time a critical component to running a successful warehouse or distribution center. Getting started with AI in the DC.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

The WMS solution optimizes productivity and throughput in distribution centers and warehouses. Cubing out is preferable; companies dont like to ship air. Manhattan joins a select group of supply chain software suppliers generating over $1 billion in annual revenue. Supporting modules include labor and yard management.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Conversely in 2021 when rates were sky high, suddenly companies that had negotiated fixed rates couldn’t get their cargo on the ship without paying an extra premium surcharge. We refined our data, limiting it to actual pricing used by logistics service providers to ship containers, to ensure validity. But seriously, what does it mean?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Then we moved into a phase where we had stationary, stale, and suspended inventory because we couldn’t get to it; retail stores and distribution centers were closed, and seasonal inventory was very challenged. Finally, a real focus on cubing – not shipping lots of extra air and packaging – is all focused around sustainability.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

I was promoted to run the warehouse, and at the time, I had no experience in distribution, but was asked to run the largest distribution center in the system. They were not aligned on the role of the distribution as it tied to supply chain excellence. The warehouse I ran just completed a consolidation of three shipping centers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. Since 1990, the size of ships increased 3X, but the design of the west coast ports remained largely unchanged. meters, to accommodate ships with 20 rows of containers) and 15.2 meters, to accommodate ships with 20 rows of containers) and 15.2

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 13, 2022

The giant retailer was contemplating a full rip and replace of their legacy distributed order management solution – the key solution that supports omnichannel order fulfillment. And ecommerce and omnichannel fulfillment costs more. They also wanted to improve their cost to serve in these areas. Then COVID hit,” Brian Amend said.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Those goods flowed through three regional hubs – in Singapore, Panama City, Panama and Stabio, Switzerland – to 49 distribution centers, 24 of which VF operates. There will be one view of inventory across the entire distributed network.”. The old product development process involved shipping prototypes back and forth.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

There are several business processes that an ERP must have to support automotive distribution. What is automotive distribution? Inventory management and warehousing Thousands of parts are used in automotive distribution. To manage this large volume of inventory requires an inventory management system.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Demo is a Founding Partner and Chief Commercial Officer of IPL Group , a Panama based 3PL that helps companies expand their business into the Latin American market by simplifying order fulfillment and regional distribution. IPL Group specializes in Latin American warehousing and distribution.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 5, 2022

Byron is the Founder and CEO of Zergratran , an innovative and sustainable high-capacity transportation company that is building the world’s first tunnel to expedite shipping goods between the North Atlantic and the North Pacific. Waiting regional ships distribute the containers onward to the US, Gulf and Eastern ports and Europe.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 13, 2023

Trying to manage an effective ship-from-store program only exasperates this issue. You not only need to manage an ever-increasing lot of centralized distribution centers, but hundreds of stores on top of it. This approach suffices only when optimizing for a single objective (such as shipping cost reduction) or a single channel.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 28, 2024

Ship backups that plagued seaports during the Covid pandemic are making a comeback, as vessel diversions because of attacks in the Red Sea trigger gridlock and soaring costs at the start of the peak shipping season. distribution centers. By the end of September, FedEx will no longer be the primary air cargo provider for the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2021

According to product management at Manhattan Associates , many of these companies needed to adjust their WMS on the fly to facilitate the process changes within these distribution centers. KNAPP noted that one its retailer clients would ship e-commerce orders from the DC to the store locations for customer pick-up (click and collect process).

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

They have assembled a set of hardware and software solutions to enable huge surges in shipping. This is an interesting retail niche, but it comes with a supply chain that has huge surges in shipping. And the goods all ship within five to fifteen days depending on the sale event. “We Mr. Van Erlach explained.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2024

A warehouse management system is a category of application software that supports receiving, put-away, picking, shipping, and value added services. A warehouse is set up with barcode labels on every slot in the distribution center. Or a thief on the shipping dock might intentionally put a pallet in an associate’s truck.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Just two days before Thanksgiving, FreightWaves reported an “all-time-high 93 ships” were waiting there. Consumer expectations for cheap and fast shipping continue to climb, and consumers increasingly want to order across borders , only compounding the problems. and distribution points across a network. They face higher costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The resulting insights enable optimal transport and route management: Which routes within the distribution network should be utilized? Transportation from these new distribution centers to their final destination must also be balanced using data transparency across all nodes. How can the fill level of goods be optimized?

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Tom France, the vice president of distribution at Trane Technologies, gave an entertaining presentation in early October of this year at a FourKites online conference. The equipment they ship is often too large to go in one truck and needs to ship in multiple pieces. They ship to 6,000 dealers on any given day.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 2, 2023

First mile is a trip to a local or regional transportation or distribution hub. The middle mile connects a distribution hub on one side of the country to a hub on the other side. This mode is a great option for companies that high shipping volumes or need to expedite delivery timeframes. Hunt, Landstar Systems, and Schneider.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

When asked what peak season is, it’s easy to assume the holidays are the only peak shipping season. However, four shipping seasons occur throughout the year and are often regular and expected. That was the case until the ongoing disruptions of the past few years changed the shipping game. Q2: The Produce Shipping Season.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2021

Large swings in supply and demand for different product categories and changes in distribution patterns left logistics managers grappling with the biggest challenge of their careers. It can minimize the number of actual delayed shipments by making better planning decisions upfront before the orders are shipped.

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