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Cross-Docking: The Logistics Shortcut That’ll Save You Time and Money

ECW

Food Hub Uses Cross-Docking to Expand Reach A regional food hub partnered with a distribution center to implement a cross-docking strategy that allowed them to distribute locally sourced produce to a wider market. Heres how to tell if its a good fit: Youre spending too much on warehousing. You handle temperature-sensitive goods.

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Top 6 Logistics Challenges and How to Overcome Them

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Image source: Pexels | Logistics Challenges and How to Overcome Them Let’s break down the most common logistics problems and how you can resolve them to improve your operations. Read Also: How to Optimize Your Stock With Ideal Storage Structures 1.

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How to Handle Physical Inventory in a Digital World

Ship Monk

Single-source Shipping — A 3PL like ShipMonk can handle both incoming freight shipping as well as DTC or B2B shipments to end customers. Single Source of Truth — When inventory is coming and going from all directions, order and inventory data is synced to a central platform for easy monitoring and analysis. Contact ShipMonk today.

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Shipping Trends for 2025: What Will Change and How to Adapt

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Image source: Pexels | Shipping Trends for 2025: What Will Change and How to Adapt The logistics industry is continuously evolving, and as we move closer to 2025, businesses will face a range of transformative changes. How to Adapt: Adopt simple tracking solutions that offer live updates without adding complexity.

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Bonus: Top 11 thru 20 Most Popular Manufacturing Blog Posts

GlobalTranz

Yesterday we had said we concluded our most popular blog posts by category for the blog posts written from our major categories for 2014. We featured out of our 200 plus blog posts in 2014, over 50 blog posts in the manufacturing category. Top 11 thru 20 Most Popular Manufacturing Blog Posts of 2014.

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How to Take On Today’s Cross-Border Shipping Challenges

Carter Logistics

Blog Topics. How to Take On Today’s Cross-Border Shipping Challenges. How to Address These Issues. Near-Sourcing – Near-sourcing is a viable strategy in the supply chain industry due to the increased cost of outsourcing overseas as well as its many benefits. Freight market’s capacity crunch.

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7 Pitfalls of Stalled IBP Initiatives and How to Overcome Them

AIMMS

Image source: Oliver Wight. The post 7 Pitfalls of Stalled IBP Initiatives and How to Overcome Them appeared first on AIMMS SC Blog. In this part of the process, teams typically struggle with a lack of transparency and poorly aligned expectations. Supply chain teams look for certainty in a demand plan.