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3PL Basics: The 11 Transportation Services with Jeremy Thone

The Logistics of Logistics

To provide maximum trading flexibility they are usually geared and modern examples are fitted for the carriage of containers and grains. Breakbulk cargo or general cargo is a term that covers a great variety of goods that must be loaded individually, and not in intermodal containers nor in bulk as with oil or grain.

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Product placement in supermarkets – or: „eye level is buy level“

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

Doing the research for an Unit Load analysis for products in supermarkets for the logistics course, I came over a really interested, related topic: the product placement in supermarkets. For example, there is baked goods area, bathroom area or a sweets area. Sometimes it is, sometimes not.

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50% Spike in Demand for Retail Storage, says Shelving Specialist

Logistics Business Magazine

Analysis by real estate advisor, Knight Frank , indicates that the continued rise in online shopping could drive demand for an additional 92 million square feet of industrial storage space across the UK by 2024. A consequence of the huge shift to e-commerce has been correlative growth in demand for warehouse and retail storage space.

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

Australian Army unit load ammunition containers in a warehouse ready for delivery to artillery soldiers for the safe transport and storage of projectiles in the field. The unit load ammunition containers (ULAC) are an essential support component of the Australian Army?s s 155mm M777A2 howitzer canons. 1] Beaumont, D.,

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Supply Chain Glossary of Terms

Logistics Bureau

ABC Analysis: A form of Pareto analysis applied to a group of products to enable selective inventory management controls. The inventory value for each item is obtained by multiplying the annual demand by unit cost and the entire inventory is then ranked in descending order of cost.

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The True Cost of Unreliable Freight in the Aftermarket Auto Parts Industry

Dedola Global Logistics

Industry data shows up to 11% of unit loads arrive at distribution centers with some degree of damage. For example, if a popular brake kit is stuck in transit, retailers will miss sales that week (and possibly lose future business if customers go elsewhere). In monetary terms, in-transit damage costs U.S. businesses about 0.5%

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Can WMS help Future Proof your Business?

Logistics Business Magazine

For example, if you currently operate a manual warehouse and employ conventional order picking technology, could your WMS adapt if you were suddenly faced with an upsurge of online orders, which brought about a dramatic shift in your typical order profile, such as during peak sales periods?