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Inside the Shipper Mind with Jim Bierfeldt

The Logistics of Logistics

LMA’s approach recognizes that logistics services today are BOUGHT, not sold. Marketing tactics that interrupt and annoy busy logistics executives get ignored. These buyers now have access to a wealth of information and do their own research on how to solve supply chain problems, and what providers can do to help.

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Five Hidden Skills that Military Veterans Bring to Logistics

Material Handling and Logistics

Businesses can easily miss the total value a veteran brings to the fields of logistics, warehousing and maintenance because of the perceived disparity between their military skill sets and how the business operates. An almost unknown skill set that most military veterans possess is the ability to instruct and to teach.

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Gartner Releases Report on How to Secure Supply Chains Amidst the Coronavirus Outbreak

Logistics Manager

Gartner has released a report detailing how to secure supply chains amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. As global leaders and health officials track the strain and make decisions regarding containment, supply chain leaders need to assess and plan for how the virus will impact global supply chains.

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How To Reposition Inventory to Better Respond To Natural Disasters

Camelot 3PL Software

Whether fire, flood, or hurricane, natural disasters can plunge communities, businesses, and supply chains into chaos. It may be impossible to ensure your business or organization is entirely natural disaster-proof. But it is possible to reposition inventory to better respond to such events.

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5 Ways to Prepare for Successful Planned Outages

CH Robinson Logistics

No matter how thorough the planning, the unexpected can still occur. If your company has planned outages, your transportation provider must have the proper sense of urgency to dynamically support both anticipated events and unexpected developments. Hold a post-outage review. Final Thoughts.

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5 Ways to Prepare for Successful Planned Outages

CH Robinson Logistics

No matter how thorough the planning, the unexpected can still occur. If your company has planned outages, your transportation provider must have the proper sense of urgency to dynamically support both anticipated events and unexpected developments. Hold a post-outage review. Final Thoughts.

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The Role of Data Analytics in Supply Chain Management

3PL Links

Business logistics were typically fragmented and lacked coordinated operations until the middle of the 1970s. Integration is a significant difficulty due to the diversity of businesses, platforms, systems, ideologies, and regional cultures. Trend data: related to fixed or seasonal movements, unforeseen events, variances, etc.