MTS Logistics

APRIL 15, 2022

We can safely say that there are a lot of factors that go into the supply chain game such as rail connections and drayage availability. Although we had seen many bad examples of the piling up strategy, due to lack of direction, these two ports are also now congested. The post Analysis: Should You Redirect Your Cargo and If So, Where?

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EazyStock

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Stock Availability – A Common Inventory Management Challenge. In our final post we’re looking at how businesses can ensure stock availability without investing too much capital into their inventory. Inventory Management Challenge 3: Improving Stock Availability Without Carrying Excess Stock.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 31, 2022

Inventory Management KPIs for Effective Inventory Analysis. But with a wealth of inventory KPIs available to choose from to include in your inventory analysis methods, which ones are the most important to ensure you’re on the right track to optimum efficiency? Managing inventory is a complex business.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 15, 2024

The digital twin, for example, can be subjected to numerous stress tests that mimic real-world conditions and observe how different variables interact and impact the entire network. For example, the analysis from stress testing can reveal a particular supplier or production resource is a frequent point of failure under high-demand scenarios.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2024

Dynamic Slotting involves the use of software and algorithms to perform velocity and affinity analysis, in a real-time, ever adapting fashion, through the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning. By conducting a velocity analysis, the software can categorize products based on their demand and importance.

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Penske Move Ahead

MAY 26, 2021

The second annual State of Sustainable Fleets report is now available for review and download at no cost via www.StateofSustainableFleets.com. Site visitors can sign up for the live virtual launch event today, which will also be available for later viewing. as well as industry data and the author's independent technical analysis.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 4, 2024

It serves as a compelling example of how retailers must reassess their inventory strategies to adapt to rapidly shifting market demands driven by trends. For instance, if category managers want to aim for 100% availability of tart cherry juice, they can set the target service level accordingly and allow AI to optimize inventory levels.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 2, 2021

For example, you might use simple observation to identify visible defects at goods-in, or you could make your analysis a bit deeper by testing a percentage of items received from the supplier. In procurement, cost analysis is not just about the price of your company’s purchases. Vendor Availability. Supplier Defect Rate.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2022

I tend to use time series analysis as an anchor to my forecast, as I suspect many of you do. For example, in a recent CNBC interview Ben Bernanke noted that the Federal Reserve likely looked at the unemployment rate and total employment in early 2021 and inferred that there was plenty of slack in the labor market. Final Word.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2024

Data Normalization & Removing Bias Data normalization in the context of forecasting is the process of going from actualized sales, which may be biased by various factors such as weather or inventory availability, to an understanding of baseline demand that is stripped of the impacts of these demand drivers.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 11, 2015

We conclude our series on supplier quality management (SQM) today with a look at some case studies and examples of benefits derived from the application of a supplier quality management system. Examples and Case Studies from the Implementation of a Supplier Quality Management System.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Today’s warehouse environment is too complex and fast-moving to manage effectively via human cognition, as well as manual planning and analysis. It positions the warehouse to sense and react in real time to changes in order volumes, task priorities, and resource availability. The result? Priority and proximity awareness.

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MTS Logistics

MAY 10, 2024

For example, if a vessel is delayed due to adverse weather, port operators can adjust resource allocation accordingly. This prevents shortages and ensures that equipment is available when needed. By considering various factors—such as vessel availability, cargo type, and port capacity—ports can optimize their processes.

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Trinity Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2024

They’re just available more widely today because of the lowered cost of processing power, rise in cloud technology availability, and ability to push it out in more cost-effective manners. That is one example of a public version of Generative AI. Biggest one is data analysis. Now, none of these are really new technologies.

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MTS Logistics

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

For example, the need for container shipping from China may decline if U.S. This comes with greater competition for available shipping space, particularly during peak seasons. As the demand for fewer available container spaces rises, freight rates increase, and results in the increased costs of moving goods.

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Stord

JANUARY 7, 2019

The Wall Street Journal’s recent analysis of retailers’ logistical challenges highlights the appeal and success of alternative solutions to traditional warehousing in retail and beyond. The industrial availability rate for warehouses fell to its lowest rate since 2000 in the third quarter of 2018.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 3, 2022

There are many other similar growth examples in warehouse automation. I just wonder what I am missing, or what the big publicly available mutual funds are missing. Below are a few interesting tid bits from the publicly available information I have reviewed so far in my analysis of the global warehouse automation market.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Accurate data forecasting requires accurate data, robust data analysis tools, and people who understand how to use them. In general, start with the method that offers the best use of available data. The amount of data available usually depends on the maturity of the product.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JULY 2, 2024

These benchmarking tools include the MyTRAC rate in SONAR Market Dashboard, access to the TRAC Benchmarking App for granular analysis, and insights from SONAR’s market experts and customer success team in lane-level analysis. At the lane level, users can quickly identify their rate-per-mile (RPM) delta and make adjustments as needed.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Stock-outs, availability issues, and SLOBs impacting service performance? For example, you can optimise for cost, profit, or service, but not for all of them. Indeed, the higher the level of service your company aspires to, particularly regarding product availability, the more inventory you will likely hold. Are profits too low?

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

While traditional software license models are still available from some WMS vendors, the overwhelming trend is for Cloud delivery and subscription-based pricing, so we will focus on that here. Those include: Tiered Pricing: For example, a subscription fee for the first 100 users, and then a lower fee for users 101-200, etc.

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The Lean Thinker

APRIL 20, 2020

At KataCon 2020, Steve Medland posed a problem that comes up fairly often: The default Toyota Kata process analysis (“grasp the current condition”) involves determining takt times and cycle times for the process, and a lot of processes don’t have an obvious repeating cadence. are an example of this.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JULY 23, 2024

SONAR has over 200,000 available data sets, so finding the exact ones you need can seem overwhelming. This landing page provides images, descriptions and tutorials to help make it easier than ever to select your preferred visualization of the data for quicker analysis. We are able to provide van, reefer and now flatbed rates !

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CH Robinson Logistics

MAY 10, 2022

To achieve this, you need better insights into available loads to plan routes that reduce the empty miles. Robinson offers drop trailer programs that over the past four months (January 2022-April 2022) has averaged over 40,000 available loads and in 2021, moved nearly 500,000 power only loads. For example, C.H.

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MTS Logistics

JUNE 28, 2024

The products will be available in a new dedicated section on Amazon’s website and in its mobile application. Beta Phase The product offerings will likely be offered under a “beta testing” phase, with limited availability, limited pricing strategies, and fixed shipping policies, at the time of launch.

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WorkWave

MAY 8, 2024

The data collected over time allows for trend analysis, enabling continuous route optimization for improved efficiency. For example, integrating your GPS device with route optimization software enables managers to monitor whether drivers exceed speed limits, thus reinforcing safety protocols and reducing the likelihood of accidents.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

If net profit on sales is 5%, for example, a reduction in supply chain costs from 9% to 4% (or from 12% to 7%) will double net profits. Running a spend analysis is the first step to understanding what you are spending, and therefore where you might look for savings. Cost savings flow directly to the bottom line. Manufacturers <6.8%

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

Thanks to in-depth analysis and clear visualisation, the time required for function checks, service requests and troubleshooting in the event of a fault is reduced considerably. Thanks to the smart network with the manufacturer, users can also send service reports directly to EFAFLEX if they wish. Doors communicate in a network.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 16, 2017

Modern supply chains are evolving beyond anyone’s expectations due to increased use of cloud-computing technologies, wearables and advanced data analysis. Wearables Became More Cost-Effective and Available. Data Analysis Grew Exponentially, Providing More End-to-End Visibility and Continuous Improvement.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

According to analysis from delivery business Gophr, peak Christmas panic will grip the nation on the Friday before Christmas (22nd). As we hurtle towards Christmas, days left for grocery shopping, gift buying and travel are disappearing fast, with panic slowly building amongst consumers.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As well as code-reading duties in fast-moving production and logistics, is therefore ideal for reading direct marks on electronics or automotive components, for example. It also reliably reads slowly-degrading codes, for example on totes in hard-working materials handling environments.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 29, 2023

The companies will bring together the proven benefits of automated risk reduction, 360-degree vision and cloud-based video analysis for the first time to revolutionise fleet and driver safety.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Black Friday only works as a great opportunity to offload discounted stock, for example, if the fulfilment process is super-efficient. Tools such as real-time shipment tracking can release knowledge workers from time wasted chasing information to focus on the analysis and planning required to optimise the business.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 20, 2024

In recent years, the amount of data available to most companies has exploded. By streamlining and accelerating data collection and analysis, you get the insights you need for effective decision-making. Think of it like looking through a windshield on a clear day when you’re driving, compared to navigating in the fog.

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3PL Links

JULY 8, 2024

Following is a list of a few examples: Delivery schedules, quantity of deliveries, and expense per item moved; Transport and storage quality and safety; incident and loss rates; satisfaction of customers and business associates. Numerous technologies and tools are available for use. Next, we’ll go over some of them.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 19, 2023

With the help of certain joint angles, an attempt is made to describe this key figure: for example, working above shoulder height is bad, an inclination of the upper body of more than 30° is unergonomic. In the area of process analysis, state-of-the-art tools are used that can be used without integration into the IT structure.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 7, 2023

Generix Group combines, in a single solution, performance analysis and resource planning services to improve warehouse productivity. By offering analysis and resource planning functionalities in a single solution, Resource Management System (RMS) is a new performance lever for the warehouse.

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