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3PL Industry Trends and a Forthcoming Identity Crisis

Logistics Bureau

As a general definition, a 3PL helps a company to get its offering, conceived in place A, into the hands of its customers in place B. The solution is to back up, figuratively speaking, to the general definition of the need and see how overall trends and developments in the world could make this need map onto other, different solutions.

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TWI: Is it Time to Rethink Job Relations?

The Lean Thinker

.” I think the answer depends on the person’s mental model and biases about the role of authority. And, to be clear, this is actually a continuum rather than a bipolar model. The Holistic, Systemic View In this paradigm the emphasis is on teamwork rather than “do your job.”

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Lora Cecere on Supply Chain Metrics that Matter

AIMMS

She is the author of the enterprise software blog Supply Chain Shaman , which attracts 5,000 readers weekly. And the opening chapter in the book is an actual case study about a team meeting I attended where they would have the inventory “target of the month”. Not understanding that supply chain is a complex system.

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Digital Transformation Journey in Supply Chain Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

Being listed on a last-mile-delivery service platform and reaching a much broader customer base beyond the neighbors became a must-have for survival. These data sources are often spread across multiple platforms and come in various formats. Planning platforms can pull data from multiple internal and external data sources.

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Case Study: Mitsubishi EDiA Electric Forklift On a Roll

Logistics Business Magazine

Killian Bartlett, Warehouse Manager at ESP says: “In the past we used LPG models but were aware of issues with emissions and the smell of gas when working indoors, so required an alternative that would do the job whilst benefitting the environment as well as our workforce.”. Forklifts are also employed in the warehouse on ESP’s site.

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CFO Beating You Up Over Rising Freight Costs? Hit Back with a TMS

Talking Logistics

We’re talking, of course, about Transportation Management System (TMS) solutions to digitize and automate transportation processes. . Some providers employ rapid-deployment models of their solutions that make it quick and easy to get core logistics process automation live in just a few weeks. Combating Rising Freight Costs with a TMS.

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TMS in the Cloud: Some Lingering Misconceptions

Talking Logistics

I’ve been researching the Transportation Management Systems (TMS) market for over 18 years and obviously a lot has changed over that time period. And through advancements in system architectures, companies are able to extend the solutions with their own development. Did the company have any questions or concerns with either model?