Logistics Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Over the course of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and especially in recent months, there has been a common theme for many supply chain stakeholders: inventory management and replenishment.

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Magaya

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

New Small Parcel Handling Course for Magaya Supply Chain Users Now Available Via PageOne. Many of our customers have taken advantage of the software and hardware Magaya offers to boost package handling volume, increase revenues, and improve service for their customers.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 24, 2022

Delta , a world-class provider of industrial automation solutions, will be presenting a full range of automation products for the packaging industry at this year’s Hispack in Barcelona. Many of the capabilities of the DRS series such as loading and unloading, pick-and-place, and packaging will be relevant to Hispack attendees.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

Jörg Spiekermann, sales manager for palletising and packaging systems in the Consumer Goods area of Beumer Group , knows how to solve individual tasks with standard components. “For our customers, it is often not just a matter of packaging goods simply to protect them from environmental influences,” says Spiekermann.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Additionally, the emphasis on sustainability will drive the adoption of sustainable logistics practices, such as reducing fuel consumption in the ‘last mile’ by eliminating mis-shipments, using electric vehicles and optimising packaging to reduce waste. “Businesses that scenario plan effectively will stay the course.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Whilst that was all going on, the Oh Polly team was also working on a new project – one that it hoped would improve retention rates and customer satisfaction: its packaging. As a pure-play online retailer, Oh Polly’s packaging is a crucial part of its eCommerce strategy. An aesthetic issue. Flexible and fast.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 30, 2022

To develop a method to analyse and contain CO2 consumption and emissions deriving from the automatic packaging processes of Sitma lines with a specific focus on e-commerce solutions and then define a go-to-market strategy. The post Sitma works with university towards packaging sustainability appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 23, 2022

A manufacturer of plastic bags for food packaging that operates a factory in Poland has been using Delta automation technology on its production lines for years. Of course, implementing DIAView was very straightforward since the Delta automation equipment already in operation at the facility was completely compatible.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

iPhone 6s phones for first month sales will be about 72 cents per iPhone package. Of course, Apple’s supply chains are consistently rates the best in the world. per phone package. From some rough calculations, we believe that Apple’s freight costs for supplying U.S

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2022

With what looks to be another challenging year ahead, Antalis Packaging shares why it believes it’s time to invest in carton handling and pallet wrapping equipment. We’ve helped customers to achieve transformations of their business fortunes simply by adding one piece of packaging automation. Sustainability of packaging.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 14, 2023

If that’s you and you’re an ecommerce business owner, keep reading for eco-friendly packaging options your company could invest in this year to save money and help preserve the planet. What is Eco-Friendly Packaging? Why Does Eco-friendly Packaging and Eco-friendly Shipping Matter?

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Ship Monk

MARCH 14, 2023

If that’s you and you’re an ecommerce business owner, keep reading for eco-friendly packaging options your company could invest in this year to save money and help preserve the planet. What is Eco-Friendly Packaging? Why Does Eco-friendly Packaging and Eco-friendly Shipping Matter?

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Women are also heavily involved in the manufacturing industry when looking at package and filling machine operators. Ironically, many of the skills needed to operate packaging and filling machines are similar to, if not identical in some cases, to the skills required by welders. Implement Sustainable Manufacturing Practices.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 25, 2024

An item has been purchased online, your 3PL has processed the order and sent instructions to the appropriate fulfillment center, and following the picking, packing, and shipping, the package is now on the final phase of its route. This typically means the ecommerce order is on the ultimate truck that will deliver the package to your customer.

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Trinity Logistics

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Of course, you can’t talk about appreciation without awards. Our benefits package includes generous paid-time-off offerings, a 401(k) with 100 percent match up to six percent, a full benefits package (medical, dental, vision, and wellness), and a laid-back work attire because who doesn’t love to wear jeans to work every day!

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

My first impression at that time was the mental image it provoked – a delivery truck pulling up to my house and placing a package that I hadn’t ordered on my front door, but ultimately decided to keep. Of course, the progress of Amazon Prime over the last decade has leveled the playing field quite a bit.

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Ship Monk

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Of course, branding also extends itself aesthetically. For the outer packaging, you can use…. As for the inner packaging, how about trying…. Brand-friendly stickers Patterned tape Colorful tissue paper Eco-friendly fillers, such as GreenWrap or recycled packaging paper. But why stop at packaging? What’s your story?

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IoT World Today

OCTOBER 15, 2020

FedEx’s microservices infrastructure has forwarded one of the company’s key missions: to track package logistics, which has become a core value proposition of the company’s shipping strategy. Critical packages will have a Bluetooth low-energy lightweight sensor. FedEx Enlists Robotics for Last-Mile Delivery.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 14, 2024

We also harness the latest automation like Autosorter technology to sort packages for carriers more quickly and accurately than traditional 3PLs. In short, if you have a growing ecommerce brand, OF COURSE! Can Our Kentucky Order Fulfillment Center Help You?

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Log-hub

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Furthermore, the process involves sorting, inspecting, and determining the best course of action for each item, which demands significant time and effort. Focus on Sustainability Adopt eco-friendly practices, like using recycled packaging or ensuring proper waste disposal. This benefits everyone involved in the process.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Products come back in dribs and drabs, not in nearly packaged batches. Hidden Opportunities for Supply Chain Cost Reductions Of course hidden costs, if you can find them, mean hidden opportunities. Much depends upon the nature of your supply chain operation of course. Tempting, but wrong. Almost everything can change.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Whereas online courses and programmes were previously managed as a separate entity, they are now an integral part of most academic systems. The study showed that upwards of 30 percent of American students enrolled in at least one online course in 2018. Online courses are the quickest path for a student to obtain a degree.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 28, 2023

Go with a More Sustainable Shipping Strategy Billions of packages are shipped just within the US every year. That includes using full pallet space, selecting the right size of packaging for orders, choosing the best option in terms of floor-loaded shipping vs. palletized shipping , knowing when to leverage freight shipping , etcetera.

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Trans Global Auto Logistics

MARCH 1, 2021

Of course, most cargo arrives without issues, but if 2020 taught us anything- it is that we should always prepare for the unexpected. Enter: Marine Insurance.

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MTS Logistics

AUGUST 12, 2022

The USPS plans to add a peak season rate to all packages being shipped this holiday season. Considering the drastic price increases to fuel and labor throughout the course of this year, a considerable price increase is expected by some. The Situation.

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Shipchain

APRIL 17, 2019

The most high-tech things it could do were make phone calls and send text messages, all hand-crafted in T9 of course. Fast forward fifteen years and now my cellphone also doubles as my HD camera, portable music device, library, fitness tracker, and of course, my means to call and text.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Of course, in a competitive market , it can be easy to get drowned out. The way a package is delivered matters almost as much as what’s inside it. Campaigns can last weeks or even months, but through every twist and turn, brands have the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with both new and existing audiences.

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Logistics Management

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

same-day delivery of these online orders are not in the majority, with the exception of millenials, of course. That was a key takeaway in a recent white paper issued by the U.S.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 29, 2024

When something goes wrong with a shipment (a package or item within it is damaged, lost, or stolen), that’s like trusting someone to take you to the airport. That means providing multiple means of contacting customer service like online portals, apps, and instructions inserted within packages and sent via email. Of course it is, right?

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

For your birthday, perhaps, or for Christmas, a complete surprise, or a purchase you had saved up for and keenly anticipated, writes Jo Bradley, Business Development Manager for packaging solutions at Quadient. Now, of course, parcels are a daily occurrence, and our attitude towards packaging is somewhat different – more enlightened.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 2, 2025

The next generation of solutions could also plan and configure loads based on packaging dimensions and the capacity of vehicles. The actual delivery method, of course, would depend upon the type of distribution concerned and the willingness of customers, for example, to execute physical unloading if necessary.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

For example, you can look at: 1) Your products and the way you package them for shipping. Products and Packaging. Packaging can play an influential role in the utilisation of container capacity, and in many cases, that influence is negative, because containerisation is often omitted from packaging design considerations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 3, 2023

Of course, the CPG company should also support its D2C initiative with better customer experience, omnichannel shopping alternatives, ease of use for commercial websites, frictionless returns, etc. Quicker response times, pick efficiency as well as packaging requirements are very different from what CPG operations are accustomed to.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 26, 2021

Port congestion has caused a lot of shipping delays over the course of the last year. As I mentioned earlier this week, Amazon is continuing its course of supply chain innovation. Starbucks to improve sustainable coffee sourcing. Railroad megamerger could be boon for shippers. Postal Service puts parcels at head of line in reform plan.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 30, 2024

How quickly do you need to restock, how should you split your inventory across multiple locations , and of course what kind of inventory ordering system best suits your brand? Where is the package? Delivery Confirmation whereby you, the ecommerce brand, ensure your customer is aware that a package has arrived.

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Stord

MAY 15, 2024

For those unfamiliar, dwell time refers to the gap between a 3PL or fulfillment provider’s marking an order as “shipped, ” and the moment a shipping carrier actually scans the package into its system and truly begins to move the package. But it’s not that simple.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The number of package flights operated by FedEx Express and UPS significantly declined month over month in July, underscoring how far the overall air cargo market has sunk since the spring of 2022 and the effect of efficiency initiatives the companies have undertaken in response to lower express volumes. Downing St.

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