Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The specific focus of this article, is on traditional Third Party Logistics (3PL) contracts and the types of pricing mechanisms available for use within warehousing contracts, and does not cover other very important aspects such as: Planning and management of the selection process. The reverse is also true of course.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

It would be folly not to take advantage of data availability and accessibility. Transportation options: Costs and lead times for each available transportation mode. Of course, it can add up to a vast pool of data, so realistically, access to advanced modelling and analytics tools will be essential to get the most value from it.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2024

He suggested that businesses are more likely to prosper if they focus on meeting the needs of customers, instead of selling products. The first thing for any 3PL to do is to understand the nature of its market and the need it meets. Labour availability. All you need is your credit card (and a driving licence, of course.)

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2021

The Aspion G-Log 2 data logger is the only device in its price class to document the course of a shock or vibration per axis in millisecond increments. ” The post First data logger meets IEC standard appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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MTS Logistics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

CBP will allow customs brokers to complete fewer than 36 hours to meet the requirement for the initial 2024-2027 triennial status period. These records must be made available to CBP upon their request. The continuing education requirement will begin in the 2024-2027 triennial period.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Procurement helps companies adapt, meet new regulatory requirements and shift supply to optimize an evolving tariff landscape. This is a key reason why so many companies switch providers—they realize too late that the technology doesn’t meet their ongoing needs. It’s safe to say that the only certainty about the future is uncertainty.

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Freightos

JUNE 15, 2021

So to meet capacity, airlines started to convert passenger planes into cargo planes at scale. And, of course, when anyone buys goods in a store, part of that cost is freight. It impacts how your next phone ships, toilet paper availability, and the cost of food. A third of all cargo is carried in passenger planes.

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WorkWave

MARCH 27, 2025

When customers are waiting on crucial deliveries, meeting their timeline isnt about adhering to instant gratification; its about ensuring they have the goods and resources they need, when they need them. Issues at customs can also lead to traffic jams in the supply chain.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 2, 2021

Vendor Availability. One way to get a handle on this is to measure their track record of product availability. Any time your vendor cannot supply you with a product to meet your order is an incident with direct consequences for your company. How reliable are your suppliers? Best Regards, Rob O’Byrne.

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CH Robinson Logistics

JULY 8, 2021

Customers now expect reliability, speed, and convenience in their small parcel delivery experience and a company’s ability to meet those expectations can even be a source of differentiation. One estimate suggests that during the 2020 holiday season, demand for small parcel exceeded available capacity by nearly 7 million packages a day.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Once a given KPI shows that performance consistently meets or exceeds the required level, you can raise the bar and set a higher target. Of course, the big challenge in this type of external benchmarking is obtaining the necessary data, since many companies are wary of sharing performance data with potential competitors.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 16, 2015

Like their parents, many children don’t know about the opportunities available in manufacturing. They often shy away from STEM education courses and technical education. And, we need to reach them before they get to high-school so they can make informed decisions about all of the opportunities available to them in the future.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Of course, this enormous spike in volumes puts retailers’ supply chains and distribution networks under extreme pressure. The total sales volume of traditional eCommerce platforms was cn¥923.5 billion (€120 billion). Livestreaming eCommerce platforms had a total sales volume of cn¥215.5 billion (€28 billion).

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ShipLilly

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

According to information obtained from at least three executives from some of the largest container lines, there is a concerted effort to meet the surprisingly high demand from US shippers. According to Uffe Ostergaard of Hapag Lloyd America, the company will attempt to increase capacity in the third quarter to better meet US demand.

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Now, That's Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2021

When sales forecasts are accurate, companies know they’ll have enough product supply to meet customer demand for those goods. And even if there’s an imbalance, good forecasts allow organizations to course-correct before a real problem emerges. Covering the Demand.

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Envase Technologies

JULY 27, 2021

Maybe it’s something informal like a backyard barbecue or an official “business meeting”, but you’re talking about how your company could help them with their intermodal transport needs. I need to check on what trucks I have available and I can give you a quote then.”. Of course I can do it!” You talk about your fleet of trucks.

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Forto

APRIL 25, 2020

Additional equipment that allows working from home for a longer period of time, such as monitors or desk chairs, is also available for the Corona period. Of course, this applies not only to the internal distribution of tasks. Secondly, we attach great importance to personal responsibility, trust and communication.

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Forto

APRIL 9, 2020

Additional equipment that allows working from home for a longer period of time, such as monitors or desk chairs, is also available for the Corona period. Of course, this applies not only to the internal distribution of tasks. Secondly, we attach great importance to personal responsibility, trust and communication.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 2, 2025

I also had to ensure that I planned each route in such a way as to make it possible for the delivery crews to meet the customers delivery time windows. Even today, some companies are planning distribution fleet routes using legacy applications that are not a patch on the solutions now available.

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Ship Monk

JULY 12, 2023

Whether that was scaling up to meet the demands of consumers trapped at home during Covid, dealing with supply chain issues, or now finding themselves in a much softer consumer market, change is the only thing that has been consistent. What advice can you offer towards “holding the line” this year to ensure success this year and beyond?

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Whereas online courses and programmes were previously managed as a separate entity, they are now an integral part of most academic systems. The study showed that upwards of 30 percent of American students enrolled in at least one online course in 2018. Online courses are the quickest path for a student to obtain a degree.

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Now, That's Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In November 2021 (the most recent data available), the supply of homes for sale nationwide as a percentage of occupied residential inventory remained near historic lows at 1.19 Many of these supply-side challenges facing builders existed prior to the pandemic but have worsened considerably over the course of the pandemic,” he adds.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Rather than implementing bid events annually “because that is how we always did it in the past,” savvy shippers are scheduling bid events that meet their cyclical and business needs. This transparency allows shippers to focus on bids most likely to meet their requirements for service and price.

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WorkWave

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Of course, we wouldn’t be able to make this next-level event a reality without the help of our incredible sponsors, who include some of the leading names across field service. Soil testing is the best scientific method available to evaluate the nutritional status of the soil. Time To Read: 6 minutes. Presenting Sponsors.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

LiBiao Robot recently announced that two models from the ‘Mini Yellow’ range are now available in Europe – a 5kg tilt-tray robot and a 30kg cross-belt model. The post Mini Yellow’ sortation robots help ZTO meet the demands of ‘singles day’ appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. Both types have CE certification.

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Logistics in War

MAY 2, 2024

There are, of course, many other examples where assumptions had led to risks being accepted in advance of war, and preparedness failures occurred as a result. Nonetheless, and in due course, Defence will have to work with its partners in Government, industry and the community writ large to ensure the opportunity is not squandered.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2019

In this post, I’d like to talk about the key factors that will impact on the optimum facility network and design required to meet your warehousing or storage requirements. What levels of inventory availability do you require? It can go further than this, of course. How fast are your inventory turns?

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

But with supply chains’ sole purpose being to meet demand, it becomes challenging to make assumptions and then learn anything back about those assumptions. Of course, a lack of support from universities means that there are no locally produced supply chain professionals. So that’s one big tough one.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Maintaining outlier events that have influenced demand patterns or supply availability . Some helpful KPIs to benchmark at the beginning of your journey are: Product Availability – being able to view the availability of different product segments to see products that matter most for your business. Going Autonomous.

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Trinity Logistics

MAY 17, 2024

We have full Operations Teams available that can assist our Freight Agents so you can offer more than just truckload to your customers. We offer multiple modes of transportation including less-than-truckload (LTL), drayage, international, and expedited, along with warehousing and transportation management solutions available.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2021

This intelligence wasn’t broadly available to us ten years ago. Leveraging different models of thinking, representing key metrics using data aggregation, exposing real anomalies, and recommending a course of action based on operating models will make businesses smarter. The rise of autonomous technologies.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Stock-outs, availability issues, and SLOBs impacting service performance? Instead, your company’s optimal inventory performance will be such that you can meet the service levels you aspire to (or to which your customer agreements commit you) with the barest minimum negative impact on profit and working capital.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 14, 2019

Employers must meet the continuing health coverage requirements under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) for employees who are no longer working or have been discharged. ? Personal protective equipment (PPE) should continue to be made available and employees directed to put such equipment to use. ?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The answer, of course, is yes. Providing customers self-service access to their inventory data relieves 3PL staff from answering calls regarding inventory on hand for promotions, expiration dates connected to lot numbers and quantities, “available to promise” stock across multiple locations, and more. But can technology do more?

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As well as mock theory papers, associated knowledge question papers, course handouts, and test marking sheets. In-house Instructors and external training providers can use the new materials to deliver courses for novice and existing operators. All elements must be passed to successfully complete the course.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 7, 2023

In this article, we’ll look at some of those challenges and explore potential solutions to help you and your IM team meet the burgeoning demand for fast and accurate order fulfilment. So what can you do to ensure your inventory management meets the challenge of multichannel sales?

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Only if a number of locations all meet the needs of proximity to customers will the comparative cost of land and buildings become important. In the end, what really counts when choosing a location for your distribution centre is the available access to customers, roads and ports, and to warehouses (for resupply).

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