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Building Profitability with Agility while Digitally Transforming the Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

At our Blue Yonder ICON event later in April this year and 3PL Execution Forum in June, 3PL and 4PL companies will explain how they are leveraging innovations as an advantage. An example is carrier network services for executing a cohesive set of first-, middle- and last-mile operations and optimizing common carriers and fleets.

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Logistics Center of Excellence: Delivering Value to Organizations

Talking Logistics

Within a Center of Excellence, an end-user has the aerial view that only a 4PL can offer: supplier performance management, risk mitigation, customs clearance, visibility control and alert management. In such an event, fixed delivery dates of those products, as opposed to “manageable” dates, may require expedited delivery.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Logistics providers, both 3PL and 4PL, are driving the shared economy within the supply chain, offering shared services to customers such as higher filling rates of transport vehicles, better utilisation of warehouse space, reduced logistics costs , and/or a lower carbon footprint. Example #2: Airtasker. Example #2: Airtasker.

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The Long Tail - Can we find a place for it in the logsitics world?

Blog on Log

In these distributions a vast population of events occur very rarely in the yellow (or more generally have low amplitude on some scale, e.g., popularity or sales) while a small population of events occur very often in the red (or have high amplitude). Examples of such mega-stores include Amazon.com , Netflix and even Rhapsody.

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Top 10 SCM Trends for 2024

Logistics Business Magazine

To ensure that more truck drivers are back home in the evening, for example, the forwarding association Elvis wants to set up a meeting network for full truck loads. The best of the best also differentiate their recruitment strategy – for example, according to generations or potential groups such as newcomers or foreign workers.

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Ultimate Guide to Managed Transportation Services

CLX Logistics

For example, CLX’s managed transportation services include technology solutions, mode management, capacity assurance, digital freight brokerage, analytics, visibility, and more, all of which can be routinely optimized through a cohesive continuous improvement program. Click here for our guide on Choosing the Right 4PL. Improved ROI.

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Avoiding Christmas Peak Overload with Robotics

Logistics Business Magazine

Over recent years, the seasonal peak in demand for many sectors has stretched into what has become known as the ‘Golden Quarter’, which runs through a series of festivals including the seemingly ever-growing event of Halloween, the post-Thanksgiving shopping extravaganza that is Black Friday and on into Christmas.