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Vendor-managed inventory and distribution planning in the food and beverage industry – here’s something to chew on

Kinaxis

Among the many supply chain initiatives taking place today, vendor-managed inventory (VMI) has become an increasingly effective process and business model to help organizations share risk and information between vendors and customers — while benefitting from lower stockouts, reduced uncertainty and lower costs. Lower order volatility.

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The Ecommerce Lifecycle with AJ Khanijow

The Logistics of Logistics

Fulfyld integrates directly with e-commerce marketplaces and shopping carts to simplify your shipping process. Fulfyld ships same-day, every day, for one flat-rate. The customer’s transaction is converted into an order so that it can be provided to the fulfillment center for picking, packing, and shipping.

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Get the Scoop on How to Optimize Ice Cream Planning & Production

DELMIA Quintiq

A main challenge is to avoid excessive inventory while maintaining enough stock for warm weather and not wait for summer to begin to make ice cream. It starts with planning and building inventory at the end of the year by implementing reliable demand forecasts plus sound inventory and production management.

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Utilizing a 3PL to Apply Transportation Management Best Practices For E-Commerce

GlobalTranz

According to Michael Khalil of Inbound Logistics, primary transportation management challenges in e-commerce include: Increased complexity of shipping strategy. Increased complexity may be the result of additional shipping volume and the use of the freight consolidation and the consolidation program. Faster shipping.

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Why a network model makes sense for today’s automotive suppliers

The Network Effect

A number of comprehensive business process and supply chain specifications designed for the automotive industry are in use today, including the TS16949 standards (related to ISO 9001) and the AIAG Materials Management Operating Guidelines (MMOG). Ship according to a latest set of transportation routing instructions.

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Inventory Optimisation: How Much Stock is Right for Your Company?

Logistics Bureau

Among the universal challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed upon the supply chain management profession is the question of inventory, specifically, “how much is enough?”. It wasn’t long ago that businesses were asking, “By how much can I reduce my levels of inventory?”. Let’s Start with Safety Stock.

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Publix Vendor Guidelines Updated for On-Time Delivery

Zipline Logistics

Doing so keeps inventory on hand and products on the shelf. . Why Do Publix Vendor Guidelines Matter? . According to the company’s supplier guidelines , “Publix expects 100% of deliveries to be on time.” . It can also be beneficial to evaluate your shipping practices. What to Expect as a Publix Vendor .