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

ECW

Instead of stockpiling inventory, businesses can fulfill orders almost immediately, improving responsiveness and reducing overhead costs. Improved Supply Chain Efficiency Fewer touchpoints mean reduced risk of damage, better coordination between suppliers and distributors, and more predictable deliveries.

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LLMs, Optimization and Automation: Supply Chain’s Defenses Against Market Swings

Blue Grace Logistics

Three technologies have emerged as game-changers for third-party logistics (3PL) and supply chain experts: large language models (LLMs), freight optimization platforms and no-code automation. This enables 3PLs to optimize inventory levels, reducing the risk of overstocking or understocking, even in uncertain economic times.

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Breaking Data Silos: How Centralized Data Warehouse Transforms Multi-Branch Operations

WorkWave

A single, centralized source of truth for your organizations data is no longer a luxuryits a necessity for businesses seeking to scale efficiently, enhance profitability, and make informed, data-driven decisions. Missed opportunities: Businesses cant identify patterns or optimize strategies without cross-branch insights.

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The Power of Unified Freight Solutions: A DGL Case Study

Dedola Global Logistics

The Problem: A Supply Chain That Worked Against Them Like many importers, this client faced challenges that made logistics more complicated than necessary: Lack of Visibility No single source of truth for their air and ocean shipments. Improved Communication One expert handled everything, ensuring clear and consistent updates.

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How a Global CPG Leader Optimized $500M of Direct Materials Spend and Exceeded Savings Goal

A Fortune 500 CPG company partnered with GEP to improve end-to-end category management, optimize direct spend categories, and increase strategic focus on tail spend. This is essential reading for all procurement and supply chain leaders. The result was a year-over-year savings of more than 3%.

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How Technology Makes Continuous Innovation Possible: A Case Study with Unilever

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply Planning crafts production plans that optimize available capacity and resources, not just optimal but synchronized with operational constraints, ensuring the right product mix at the right time and cost. This world isn’t a distant dream.

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Achieving Chemical Supply Chain Optimization with CLX LaneLogix

CLX Logistics

The Company has large chemical locations and operations throughout Europe, and sought to compare their transportation rates with those of their competitors in an effort to make optimizations. They also recognized the need to look beyond their own data, and wished for experienced input on their procurement strategy.

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How One Manufacturer Used GEP SOFTWARE To Save $45M in Direct Material Sourcing

Multiple legacy systems prevent procurement from standardizing processes and tracking what they’re spending with each supplier.