Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 8, 2019

Trend #2: Distribution Nodes Moving Closer to Customers. We’re seeing more supply chain nodes spread across the country. New Networks, New Tools, New Strategies. They are smaller in size but greater in number.”. — Aaron Ahlburn, Managing Director of Industrial and Logistics Research, JLL Property Services.

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Bringg

AUGUST 5, 2020

To justify the price of square footage, retail locations must now serve as a node in eCommerce fulfillment. And, of course, the chain of custody gets tricky and will require digital proof of delivery. As a model, though, launching click & collect requires less operational change than ship-from-store.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

In 1994 Reza Raji described the concept in IEEE Spectrum as “[moving] small packets of data to a large set of nodes, so as to integrate and automate everything from home appliances to entire factories” However, only in 1999 did the field start gathering momentum. ” Let us know in the comments section below!

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2017

Now before you write off my statements as something you already knew, here’s a fact you might not be so familiar with: For your last mile services to compete successfully, you need to ensure that your entire supply chain (or at least the parts you can reasonably control) is set up to support a winning last-mile strategy.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 3, 2021

Some have hit on the right strategies and are thriving in the new normal, and others are struggling. It was perhaps fortuitous that Target began implementing a strategy to focus on fulfillment from stores back in 2019. I have perhaps made much of the ship-from-store strategy pursued by Target, but its influence is significant.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Of course it would, and that’s why ShipMonk exists. ShipMonk’s Virtual Carrier Network (VCN) is an advanced transportation management strategy that guarantees orders are delivered on-time at the best possible rate. We can change course at the drop of a hat. Determine shipping strategy. What is a Virtual Carrier Network?

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 12, 2017

Smarter organisations project their potential growth and longer-term strategies into the selection process, but many (too many) tend to take a transactional perspective, with the aim of finding providers quickly and without fuss. Relocation of network nodes (distribution centres, warehouses, cross-dock locations).

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 28, 2016

Even if you have the optimum number of warehouse locations, and they are located in the best possible way to maintain distribution network effectiveness, capacity constraints within individual distribution nodes can still give rise to excessive labour costs. Quantifying that cost is of course difficult, if not impossible.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 18, 2015

For an organization to stand out, the strategies need to be sustainable. Not only strategies the Policies, processes, systems practices you name it and they ought to be sustainable. Yes of course, customers prefer products and services which are made or sourced legitimately.

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Bringg

AUGUST 4, 2020

I agree with Gartner’s assessment as stated in the report, that “Users that have high levels of change over the course of a delivery horizon or have a large focus on last-mile delivery to the consumer, are the best candidates for last-mile delivery solutions.” In other words, a platform-based approach is far more sustainable and agile.

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