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Three Ways Center-of-Gravity Studies Lead You Astray

Logility

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. Inbound transportation will skew the optimum location in the direction of the suppliers. But the real world is not that clean. And Problem #3 ?Inbound

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Is Software Making Us Dumb?

Talking Logistics

A couple of weeks ago, a man drove a tractor-trailer into a Milwaukee park and over two pedestrian bridges, where it ultimately got stuck (a towing company had to use a crane to lift the trailer onto a nearby road). Truck Gets Stuck in Milwaukee Park, Driver Blames GPS (Source: WTMJ). The post Is Software Making Us Dumb?

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The New Way a TMS Fuels Routing Creativity

Talking Logistics

Is managing your transportation operations an art form? The key tool for a logistics planner has long been a transportation management system (TMS), but the increased complexity of the market is driving demand for more creative TMS capabilities. Let’s say a manufacturer based in Milwaukee needs to ship freight to Tampa.

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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

Implementing a transportation management system (TMS) that integrates seamlessly with your warehouse management system (WMS), e-commerce shopping carts, carrier systems, and other business systems comes first. Receiving both her undergraduate degree and MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Lindsay is a loyal Wisconsinite.

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Supply Chain Movement 22 – Logistics Outsourcing

Supply Chain Movement

Daniel Helmig, head of ABB’s Supply Chain management, is currently busy implementing supply chain transformation throughout the company’s 450 plants and many project sites as the company consolidates back end processes and establishes ten global transportation management centres. “It I’ll be fully committed to this for the next two years.”.

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $580 Million for Ports to Strengthen American Supply Chains and Lower Costs

Logistics Viewpoints

“America’s ports are essential to our nation’s supply chains, and thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration, we have projects underway all across the country—from Long Beach to Milwaukee to Monroe—that are making it possible for our ports to move more goods each year and keep costs down for families,” said U.S. Approximately 2.3