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International Logistics: Deep Integration and Practice of RPA Technology

Logistics Viewpoints

The application of RPA in international logistics covers various aspects from order processing to customer service, from inventory management to transportation management. Dora Zhu is a Senior Research Analyst at ARC Advisory Group China.

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Building Profitability with Agility while Digitally Transforming the Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Before the pandemic, in a study of logistics providers conducted by Fraunhofer IML, among those embarking on digitalization initiatives, only 25% of logistics providers in the Fraunhofer IML survey are leveraging digital technologies to think outside the box and reinvent their foundational delivery model. At SodaStream, which provides 1.5

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Cost To Serve – A Smarter Way to Improved Supply Chain Profitability

Logistics Bureau

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. Besides optimising the present or fixing the past, CTS reporting and analysis opens the door to what-if scenarios and projections.

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Integrating ERP and TMS: Why Your Business Needs Both Systems

GlobalTranz

TMS software provides the fastest returns on investment In the same study, TMS software was also found to be the quickest when it came to providing benefits equal to the costs of the system and its implementation. During bid analysis, many TMS tools will produce forecasts to let users know how this carrier will impact them financially.

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Case Study: Tooling Up with Storage and Picking System

Logistics Business Magazine

In 2015, SSI Schaefer undertook an analysis of Toolstream’s operation and devised a solution to satisfy the increasing demand for both storage space and faster order processing. While each trolley could accommodate up to ten orders simultaneously, pickers were walking in excess of 1.2

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

“In a survey of 54 senior executives, only about one in four believed that the processes of their companies balanced cross-functional trade-offs effectively or facilitated decision making to help the P&L (profit and loss) of the full business.” Mr. Sorenson has studied integrated business planning for many years.

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Sustainability and due diligence laws force action

Logistics Business Magazine

His analysis is based on conversations and data from Setlog customers who use the SCM tool OSCA, e.g. more than 100 brands in the fashion industry alone. Studies show: One of the biggest challenges companies in industrialised countries currently face is a shortage of workers. Sustainability and due diligence laws force us to act.