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Using Data to Improve Supply Chain Operations

Material Handling and Logistics

The techniques require different degrees of sophistication, but even the relatively simple exercise of putting data from different sources in the same space and producing a visual representation can suggest strategies for transformation. to anticipate conditions that signal an emerging demand spike. Getting There.

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What are Reverse Logistics?

Logistics Bureau

Several large 3PL now leverage their resources to offer tailored reverse logistics services. Another possibility, if your organisation handles a high volume of returns, is to outsource reverse logistics to a 3PL partner. Design reverse logistics into the business model. Who will do Reverse Logistics well in the future?

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What is Supply Chain Resilience?

GlobalTranz

In response, supply chain leaders are partnering with 3PLs, like GlobalTranz, who offer warehousing capabilities to transform their warehouse network and bring their products closer to the customer for rapid fulfillment. More consumers purchased bigger, bulkier items – furniture, exercise equipment, etc. Overall, U.S.

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Intelligent Automation, the Future of Supply Chain. Is the Logistics Industry Ready?

Blue Grace Logistics

For this, IBM and NRF surveyed 1,900 retail and consumer products company executives across 23 countries. The survey revealed that “intelligent automation capabilities help increase the annual revenue growth by up to 10 percent”. However, like with all new things, there’s a need to exercise caution.

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Shortages are Affecting the Chemical Industry

Trinity Logistics

According to a June survey of 84 National Association of Chemical Distributors, nearly 85 percent of distributors report at least one imported item as out-of-stock. Plastics make every kind of product imaginable — from food packaging, appliances, smartphones, and car parts to exercise equipment and roller skates.

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Supply Chain Visibility: A Precursor to Insight and Optimization

CLX Logistics

To an international 3PL in 2016 however, supply chain visibility (SVC) is known as the capability to monitor and register movements through a transportation network. In a recent Kewill survey, more than one-third of organizations indicated they are planning to broaden workflow visibility outside the four walls.

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Supply Chain Technology: It’s Not Just for Big Businesses Anymore, but is it Enough?

247 Customs Broker

The digital 3PL of the future. According to a 2017 Logistics Trends and Insights survey, 58 percent of respondents believe digitization of all services will be the most common improvement among freight forwarders in the next five years. The global 3PL market will reach an estimated $1.25