Trinity Logistics

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Most importantly, do I want to buy the software outright or outsource? And if you’re looking to purchase software outright versus outsourcing with a 3PL, you’ll soon realize that not all transportation management software companies offer the same thing. A 3PL can be an excellent option for a transportation management provider.

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Trinity Logistics

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Trinity is proud to check the box on so many foundational areas to create a space for growth and excellence. Trinity offers paid maternity leave and maternity wellness program that assists with purchasing baby-related items. Trinity also offers a Woman Truck Driver Excellence award to nominees from their Carrier Network. “In

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 31, 2021

If yours is one of those businesses shifting from traditional to online retail, you’ve probably faced some of the logistical challenges arising from the need to deliver your customers’ purchases to them. To do so, you will need to map the sequences of activities involved in serving your customers who buy those particular SKUs.

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3PL Links

JANUARY 8, 2025

The opportunities for improvement when using this system include: Real-time location tracking of each vehicle; Analysis of drivers’ behavior in relation to what was planned and what happened. Quality, aiming to reconcile excellence and savings in favor of a good service provided. Or when it is time to purchase new vehicles?

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Apparel Logistics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Four out of five shoppers say they're more likely to purchase online when e-tailers offer free shipping. Offering free shipping and free returns are excellent ways to boost customer satisfaction, but they come at a cost. As they're lightweight and easy to make, corrugated cardboard boxes are inexpensive to purchase and ship.

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Apparel Logistics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Four out of five shoppers say they're more likely to purchase online when e-tailers offer free shipping. Offering free shipping and free returns are excellent ways to boost customer satisfaction, but they come at a cost. As they're lightweight and easy to make, corrugated cardboard boxes are inexpensive to purchase and ship.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Let’s take a look at what happened with the major themes, as well as the research and analysis we conducted in 2022 to help determine what those themes will look like in 2023. Theme 2: Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies. Theme 1: Global supply chains will be busy, congested and chaotic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 11, 2023

Specifically, through modeling and simulation of a digital twin you’re able to ‘virtually try before you buy’ — modelling different scenarios quickly and easily without interrupting operations, or committing significant time and capital. Do they purchase a 3D warehouse simulation and modeling tool?

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Too much leads to resources being monopolised on gathering tons of data and a subsequent risk of “paralysis by analysis” Cost to Serve (CTS) is an approach that helps you avoid both extremes. The tools for determining Cost To Serve include standard spreadsheet applications, such as MS Excel, and network design modeling software.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2023

This technology allows businesses to unify their procurement, expense management, invoicing, payments, contract management, and spend analysis processes and reporting. The visibility to spend allows them to provide excellent benchmarking in several areas. Initially, this product will focus on the purchase order (PO) acceptance process.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 23, 2019

For these investment purchases, consumers expect a high level of service including room of choice placement and assembly. Managing delivery exceptions for excellent customer experience. The consumer second guesses their decision to purchase that large treadmill and refuses the delivery upon arrival.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

Below I will outline how a vendor managed inventory model, in conjunction with reverse marketing, value analysis, and collaboration will achieve supply chain cost reductions. The manufacturer has access to the distributor’s inventory data and is responsible for generating purchase orders. What is Value Analysis?

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FreightWaves SONAR

JULY 24, 2023

Without excellent and clear communication, these trends will not be identified and acted upon until it is too late. Knowing freight costs in advance is essential to keep total landed costs in check Understanding transportation freight costs and current freight rates for lanes must be the primary goals of cost analysis.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Achieve Supply Chain Excellence’, where industry experts will guide you through mastering the logistics software selection and procurement process. Are you planning to buy new logistics software in the next 12 months? Engage stakeholders for alignment and buy-in. Avoid common pitfalls in software selection.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The company buying his company, EXE Technologies, is now infamous among those who have followed the WMS market. It was really intended to allow us to buy a few robots and rent some space, just get us started” and prove the business model. We asked for $2 million to buy more robots and then shortly thereafter another $4m.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 7, 2023

By analyzing supply and demand data such as sales orders, inventory levels, purchase orders, and more, an ERP system helps you optimize stock levels, ensuring you have the right amount of inventory at the right time so that you can minimize your inventory carrying costs and never lose sales due to operational disruptions.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 30, 2024

MonkProtect MonkProtect is a post-purchase suite that helps ecommerce brands “stress less and grow more” by protecting ecommerce orders. If your ecommerce brand imports from international sources, this is definitely a reason why ShipMonk should be your 3PL of choice. Have more questions?

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Treating the process like a purchase For successful logistics outsourcing, understanding the true nature of the relationship you’re creating is important. Absence of internal buy-in Nothing can derail a partnership faster than finger pointing and negativity within your own operation.

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Conger

MARCH 19, 2021

Whether you should lease or buy a forklift. Forklift Leasing vs. Buying: 5 Factors to Help You Decide Which Is Best For You. Pros and Cons of Leasing and Buying a Forklift. The date your lease agreement ends and you either turn in your lift truck, re-lease it, or purchase it. Forklift lease prices. Let's dive in!

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Scorecard analysis, % to all goals, and critical path: “What KPI is holding us back from overall success? At the performance review employees think they have done excellent work but their manager gives them a low rating at their annual appraisal. Performance Appraisal/Review System. Are they meeting all of their goals? What is lacking?

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

With millions of people wanting to buy goods from IKEA, it doesn’t take much to understand the amount of energy being used or the amount of natural resources that are having to be pulled from the environment to keep up with demands. Cooling towers are an excellent way to contribute to reducing your facility’s environmental footprint.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

For example, a member of the sales team could apply to become a purchasing agent, based on her experience of negotiating sales deals. You could be particularly numerate, or into analysis. Manage planning parameters such as order policies, buffer stock levels, lead-times for manufactured and/or purchased items/SKUs.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Each data entry is an opportunity for data capture and analysis. Furthermore, your strategy allows you to compete with larger shippers and enterprise-scale businesses with purchasing powers outside of your scope. Additionally, KPIs show you what areas need to be improved through careful monitoring, analysis, and changes.

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ShipLilly

APRIL 19, 2021

Businesses must do a cost-benefit analysis in terms of time and labor cost before taking this option. Using pallets adds costs in terms of buying the pallets, but also saves time in loading and unloading. In most cases, pallets are excellent for e-Commerce shipping. Loads should be even without favoring one side or the other.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 1, 2021

Once the analysis was done for Year One set up, Year Two was pretty much the same. They put significantly more parametrized data variables in the River Logic model than what they were using with the Excel models. Analysis and scenario formulation lead time went from weeks to days. It was predictable.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It’s not solely about knowing basic rates – it’s about using freight data to make the best decisions for all loads – playing both the buy-side and sell-side aspects of freight brokering. As a broker, it’s essential to play both buy-side and sell-side market dynamics. It’s a precarious balance of power.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

Companies must also consider cost implications, accurate demand forecasting, trend analysis, process automation, and logistics considerations. Accurate demand forecasting and trend analysis enable companies to anticipate customer needs, ensuring products are available when and where they’re wanted.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Confused and unimpressed customers don’t click BUY. Sometimes prospective customers can be torn between buying the product they’re after from one seller vs. another. So incentivize buyers who don’t send items back (and therefore are likely satisfied with their purchases) to leave reviews for your brand.

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UL EHS- Sustainability

OCTOBER 10, 2019

One of the significant challenges our clients battle is winning management buy-in to EHS initiatives when their eyes are laser-focused on the bottom line. For regulatory compliance purposes, there is a distinct advantage to using EHS software over a paper-based or an Excel system—the availability of the data.

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Stord

APRIL 4, 2022

There are few tools in the industry that can also utilize what-if analysis to plan for segments of the year - such as seasonality, peaks/valleys based on marketing campaigns, or regional opportunity planning. Some companies still are even using manual processes with Excel spreadsheets to track their inventory! 2020 sales plus 20%).

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2020

In this retrospective of the highs and lows of the year, learn which retailers excelled, and which ones looked like they might be struggling in the fiercely competitive online retail arena. For example, general merchandise retailer Target, and consumer electronics giant Best Buy have been enjoying gains in online sales in 2019.

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EazyStock

JULY 19, 2019

But this is far from reality for many small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) who are still trying to calculate order quantities, safety stock and reorder points in Excel. Finally, campaigns and promotions are great tools for marketers but can be a headache for planners and purchasers. Inventory Policy. Supplier Reliability.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The second is when you implement segmentation of the SKUs in your portfolio based on Pareto analysis. The products are dispatched straight from the factory and typically arrive within 48 hours of raising a purchase order. You might have excellent processes and exemplary management protocols. 2: Forecast Accuracy.

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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. Not a current TRAC Contributor?

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EazyStock

JUNE 24, 2020

Organizations are introducing software to drive efficiency right across their operations – from financial analysis to marketing automation. Taking all these variables into account, reorder points and quantities are set, and a daily list of recommended orders is produced to feed back into your ERP to create purchase orders.

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FreightWaves SONAR

AUGUST 13, 2024

Markets with a positive value are great for carriers and drivers to be in because they will have the buying power as there will be more freight than trucks. This means anyone securing capacity will have the buying power because there are more trucks than freight in these markets.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

GEON Performance Solutions purchases plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. At a high level, what GEON does is purchase plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. It’s the narrative.

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