Turvo

JANUARY 12, 2021

This is a primary focus of an upcoming FreightWaves webinar this week on Thursday, January 14th, 2020, at 2 PM EST. Panelists for the event are Sudarsan Thattai, Chief Information Office for Lineage Logistics, and Ketan Karkhanis, Turvo’s Chief Product Officer, moderated by FreightWaves’ VP of Sponsored Content, Mary Anne Hensley.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 22, 2023

Shipping Hazardous Materials Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® News Press Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - June 22, 2023 Shipping hazardous materials (HAZMAT) requires adherence to specific rules and regulations, along with the implementation of safety precautions.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from our friend Greg Braun from C3 Solutions. In this blog, Greg discusses the real cost of inaction when you dont adopt new supply chain technology. While the desire to leave well-enough alone is understandable, this approach can lead to poor decision making and can result in the waste of resources.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 28, 2022

Apart from the fact that they’re swimming in a sea of paper, manual document distribution can cost big bucks in terms of wasted time, extra costs and decreased efficiency. waste about $8 billion per year on managing paper. To find out more about the benefits of taking a digital approach to document management, check out this webinar.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is by Tom Reddon of National Forklift Exchange. In this blog, Tom shares with us 4 Life hacks for promoting teamwork and improving operations. According to Lean Manufacturing Junction, one of the most critical principles of lean manufacturing is the elimination of waste. .

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Doing this many times per day wasted a lot of time. This saves time as employees no longer need to re-key information into a second system, while drastically cutting costly errors that waste both time and money. Watch this webinar to learn more. To answer their simple question, was not so simple. Does this sound familiar?

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 23, 2015

Through our blog, we extend this mission by providing information, such as today’s subject, safety in manufacturing, so that our shippers and even those who are not our shippers can have great information to improve their business and continue cutting out costly waste.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 22, 2022

Things like inaccurate inventory data, redundant processes and mis-picks all waste time. Their goals may include developing better standard operating procedures to avoid wasting time or writing off inventory; and making sure warehouse and front office are on the same page.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 22, 2022

Things like inaccurate inventory data, redundant processes and mis-picks all waste time. Their goals may include developing better standard operating procedures to avoid wasting time or writing off inventory; and making sure warehouse and front office are on the same page.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 9, 2014

For other businesses, such as manufacturing company or other industrial company, that use them incidentally, buying a winch would be a complete waste of money and time. You can find her illuminating articles on many websites and blogs today. Some businesses, like towing companies, absolutely need winches.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

That doesn’t sound like much, but if a picker is picking 20 to 50 lines a day, multiplied by 20 pickers across two shifts, that wasted time starts to add up. To learn more about how you can modernize and improve your warehouse operations, check out this webinar.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is from our friend Allison Wilkinson, a freelance writer in the industry, who shows us why Reshoring or Insourcing Manufacturing can boost your profits. While reshoring has always been a debated topic in the manufacturing industry , the subject earned the national spotlight in the 2016 presidential election.

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Locus

MARCH 6, 2023

To throw light on the issue, Locus recently hosted a webinar featuring Ali Aarafat, Regional Director, SEA, Locus, and Wahyu K. Key takeaways from the Avian webinar Supply chain challenges for FMCGs : FMCGs often encounter various obstacles in their supply chain, particularly in the final mile.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 17, 2017

In a blog post earlier this year, we noted how since the election, more manufactures have expressed interest in reshoring and avoiding offshoring entirely. In other words, politics can lead to tax benefits and incentives for companies that abandon waste-producing practices or work to reduce their carbon footprints. Across the U.S.

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In this blog post, you’ll learn about produce supply chain and the key aspects that ensure the delivery of fresh and sustainable produce to our table. Overproduction can lead to excess inventory, which often goes to waste if not promptly sold, incurring economic losses for all stakeholders involved.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 18, 2023

Target Target plans to make 100% of its private label products environmentally sustainable by designing items that are more durable, and eliminate waste and encourage reuse by 2040. Currently, 65% of packaging is designed to be recyclable or reusable – up from 62% in 2019.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is a guest blog from Jurica Magoci of fueloyal.com to show us the 7 secrets to chose the best truck stop. In the short term maybe 10$ would not mean a lot to you but in the long term let’s say for 5-6 months you will waste a lot of money. Try To Get Cash Back Point For Fueling The Truck.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 20, 2015

To do so you will need to get rid of any filler language in your business plan – not only does this waste time and space but it will pretty much get you nowhere. This collaboration of a “Supplier Day” as we wrote about in this blog post , can go a long way towards proactive freight management.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 29, 2017

Editor's Note: Today's blog comes from Katie Cruze at considerdigital.com who give us the top 5 reasons why data quality is important. This will also ensure less time being wasted fixing mistakes resulting from incomplete data. It is also believed that is 12% of revenue is wasted because of poor quality of data.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 24, 2015

There are 230,000 small manufacturing companies in the United States alone, according to a new Infographic from The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Manufacturing Innovation Blog. We have included the infographic below.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 4, 2015

We had 5 posts covering this major trend helping fuel further supply chain management trends (click on the post title to read the full blog post): 1. At the same time, their customers – primarily the manufacturers and retailers – are wasting no time urging their 3PL logistic providers to integrate these technologies into their service.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

We hope you continue to enjoy our blog posts as we are now proud to announce over 20,000 blog subscribers and over 100,000 monthly visits! . We hope you have been able to learn a few things from the 232 blogs published in 2015. Without further ado, here are the top 10 supply chain articles by most read from the Cerasis blog: 10.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2015

We have written several posts on technology, which you can read in our technology blog category , have talked about the future of manufacturing , the future of transportation technology , and the Industrial Internet of things. That means less raw material and inventory waste, greater productivity, and better asset management and maintenance.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from our friends at Camcode. In this blog, Camcode discusses how collaboration provides supply chain disruption to impact the future of logistics management. Accessible Technology Will Level the Playing Field.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Lean manufacturing refers to eliminating waste, reducing costs, and improving production with finite resources. Since lean systems have already eliminated waste to a finite degree, the use of mobility can further increase cost savings and reduce demands on the system by making information and data available across a given enterprise.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Editor’s note: Today’s blog is from our friend Brandon Stanley. If you don’t have the expertise and experience required for this position, you can start working on it without wasting time. Brandon is a writer connected with digital marketing and supply chain management. Download white paper. It’s never boring.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Editor's Note: Today's blog is from our friend, Rachel Everly, a freelance writer in business and finance who shows us how digitized trucking will change the game for logistics companies. . Certainly, Yes and that is, filling up the wasted capacity. . Welcome to the Grand Era of Digitized Trucking! . See a problem there?

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 5, 2017

Today's blog is a continuation of yesterday's where we discussed cost management and KPIs with warehousing contracts using a real-world scenario. Using Lean to eliminate all wastes including excess inventory, excess transportation, excess FTEs, excess space, excess obsolete/non-moving/slow-moving SKUs? Less amount of 3PLs?

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is from our friends at Mahan's Thermal Products. Software programs can also help you pinpoint areas that create energy waste for your company. They discuss what it takes to create green industrial and manufacturing facilities from scratch. Creating Green Industrial and Manufacturing Facilities From Scratch.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 22, 2016

Vitria, a provider of an advanced analytics platform that unifies real-time streaming analytics, historical analytics, predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics, and intelligent actions, offers in their blog post , "Can Advanced Analytics for IoT Drive Significant Business Value for Manufacturers?"

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2017

This two-part blog series will take you thru the RFP questions along with the answers you'd expect to see from the 3PL. When it comes to the logistics industry, whether it's transportation management contracts or warehouse contracts, there are a million moving parts, and as many questions. The Client Details. 3PL Answer 1.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Editor's Note: Today's blog is from Troy Diffenderfer who shares several key benefits of implementing ELDs into your fleet. On the other hand, many feel like these ELDs will invade the privacy of truckers and will be a waste of time.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 1, 2018

This means that an enterprise approach is necessary to continuously fine-tune all processes and strip away wasteful costs and behaviors — allowing you to maximize both profits and customer retention. Despite all the attention given to the last mile, e-commerce logistics involves the entire organization. NEW WHITEPAPER.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

Across our many blog posts, videos, webinars, eBooks, and other shared content, you’ll find a wealth of information about various aspects of outsourcing in the supply chain. However, I can’t recall writing a general guide about exploiting outsourcing opportunities to improve your supply chain.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog comes from Patrick O'Rahilly, Founder and CEO of FactoryFix.com. Patrick gives us some insight into workplace efficiency and how to reduce waste. . Targeting Workplace Efficiency and Reducing Waste . Lean manufacturing surrounds two factors: workplace efficiency and wasteful processes.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 28, 2015

We write to five main categories on the Cerasis blog: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. I encourage you to use the category picker to the right of this blog to browse various categories or use the search bar at the top right to search by keyword. Want to be featured on our blog?

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 14, 2015

I have been following the Marlin Steel blog and the company for quite some time. We are featuring two of their quick blog posts below that are relevant to the state of American Manufacturing today: the real facts about the industry and why someone should work in manufacturing. So what saved Marlin Steel? was Innovation.

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