Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 2, 2025

Whether that is the case or not, a brief study of the origins and progression of fleet route optimisation, covering the last three decades or so and looking forward to the near future, highlights in a spectacular way how technology, in particular, has revolutionised the business of logistics. But first, what is route optimisation?

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

If yours is not one of those businesses, and you’re confident in your KPI suite and the relevance of the data it provides, congratulations! It is a practice that can help you boost performance significantly by showing you how it compares with that of your competitors and peers. How to Benchmark Your Supply Chain With KPIs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2022

Today’s article comes from Emerge, and looks at how to create full truckload budgets in a volatile market. From this point forward, we’ll highlight what those factors are and then offer remedies for how to mitigate them. The Underlying Reasons Behind FTL Budget Inaccuracies.

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Sabinext

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

They need skilled and ongoing maintenance, and as the data above shows, the stakes are too high for them to fail to support their millions of inhabitants and thousands of businesses, as well as their country’s economic health. Data-driven approach. Anticipatory shipping is also becoming reality, enabled by a data-driven approach.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In 2018 a Forbes magazine published an article entitled “Every company is a data company” in which the authors urged all companies to use data as a core asset. That is now becoming a reality as businesses come to realize that data is the most significant asset they possess. Growth of IIoT. Quality control.

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3PL Links

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Image source: Flickr | How to Protect Supply Chain from Cyber Attacks The management of data intelligence in the supply chain presents an enormous challenge to those involved. Global IT professionals have faced challenges related to data decentralization. However, there is a “but” to this tale.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 15, 2022

Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) together with an ERP system allows manufacturers to collect the data, visualize and analyze it, and make decisions. But to understand how to do that requires information, and therefore the question is how to get accurate data to check that the plant, and the people on the shop floor, are performing?

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 5, 2023

Lack of data, lack of conviction and lack of organizational agility all conspire to keep companies from recognizing medium-term opportunities and challenges and responding decisively. It’s hard to find good data that provides a view into the next few months of consumer behavior and economic activity.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2017

and leverage their supply chain skills and know-how to help them move to employment in that sector. Data and processes are fundamental to supply chain work. Understanding data and being able to draw actionable conclusions from it, using IT or other tools made available, is a capability of growing importance.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 9, 2022

Investing in an ERP system and other business systems is an expensive exercise and by not investing resources into training and education, manufacturers will not get the full return on investment. Learning, for example, how to properly use systems and read data will improve business efficiency. Business Processes. Industry 4.0

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This is a question that frustrates businesses if they only have data that is anecdotal and subjective, and lack the quantitative hard data that really tells them what’s going on. Good Data is Key to Success with SCOR. Sometimes it’s Good to Look Inward Too. 3 Good Reasons to Start With Internal Benchmarking.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 3, 2016

How to start a freight brokerage. Getting the top freight broker training books is also important, so you can always refer to them when you’re unsure how to go ahead. You’ll also pick up practical knowledge about the work of a freight broker, and learn how to work with shippers, and how to handle shipping rates negotiations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

But how to do this was very ambiguous. The final goal was to develop end-to-end visibility based on leveraging data analytics. Initially, Mr. Beery found the technology intriguing, but he was not sure how to leverage their solution. Beery started by asking, “what does a digital supply chain mean for us?”

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Conger

JULY 20, 2020

Chapter 4: How to Pass Your Forklift Certification Test With Flying Colors. How to Decide If the ‘Operator’s Life’ Is Right for You. Chapter 6: How to Get a Job as a Forklift Driver. Part I: How to Get a Forklift License. How to construct, transport, stack, and unstack loads. Hands-on training and evaluation.

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Locus

JANUARY 28, 2022

This can prove to be a daunting exercise without the right software and tools. Locus’ automated solutions are backed by data science and cutting edge AI for end-to-end logistics optimization and can power businesses for their future goals. Technology must be embraced with open arms for sustainable, long-term growth. Share and Enjoy !

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

It also stands to reason that when you undertake a slotting exercise, you should think about it from the perspective of these activities. So let’s move on and look at how to do it. Slotting by the Numbers: Data is the Key. Product Slotting Data Requirements. Slotting Terminology: Don’t Get Hung up on the Macro and Micro.

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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Therefore, the 2021 budgeting should be a strategic exercise that considers data insights to unlock value and bring flexibility in resource allocation to ensure desired resilience in the supply chains. How can you utilize predictive analytics to increase profitability? Predictive Analytics. Operational KPIs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Within this discipline, one of the toughest challenges is how to get visibility to problems arising across the extended supply network. In a conversation with Everstream’s chief data officer, the executive told this writer that the company was using artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data to solve this n-tier problem.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 20, 2025

Then, you can analyse your current supply chain capabilities using the research results and your data concerning customer needs. You will need to find several companies against which yours directly competes and then somehow find a way to access their performance data. Be aware that benchmarking against competitors is no easy task.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 4, 2022

At Logistics Bureau, we capture, analyse, and exploit freight benchmarking data to help us when we provide freight contract negotiation services for our clients. How Can Your Business Benefit from Freight Benchmarking? Freight Benchmarking: How to Do it Right. 2: Take Care in Identifying the KPIs to Use.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Too much leads to resources being monopolised on gathering tons of data and a subsequent risk of “paralysis by analysis” Cost to Serve (CTS) is an approach that helps you avoid both extremes. If profits start to decline afterwards, your CTS data can offer valuable information about what changed and how to get back on track.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 1, 2022

Often, in our experience, the problem is a human one… It’s not the data, not the process, not the technology, or the strategy, but the people. Pundits typically emphasize data and digital technology when proselytising for the S&OP concept. But what makes it so challenging to implement S&OP successfully? The Demand Planner.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 29, 2015

We then followed that with the wildly popular " 7 Strategic Performance Business Practices with 3PL KPIs and 4 KPI Problems to Solve " and shared how to use the S.M.A.R.T. This exercise prompted Whirlpool to question whether having a single logistics provider was the best structure to exceed customer expectations and maximize cost savings.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Whether that is the case or not, a brief study of the origins and progression of fleet route optimisation, covering the last three decades or so and looking forward to the near future, highlights in a spectacular way how technology, in particular, has revolutionised the business of logistics. Let’s take a brief look at some of them.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2019

As reported by Reuters, “Amazon could build a stake of almost a third in warehouse robotics firm Balyo in the next seven years…Under the terms of the deal, Amazon will receive free stock warrants representing up to 29 percent of Balyo’s capital which it can exercise depending on orders of the company’s products.

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Conger

MAY 28, 2021

How to develop your own in-house forklift training program. How to Start Developing Your Own Forklift Safety Training Program. The instructor may give a lecture, show a PowerPoint slideshow, play videos, or host a question-and-answer exercise to discuss training topics. How to calculate forklift capacities. Let’s dive in.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2019

When considering how to use warehouse space the maximum should be allocated to operational storage and stock processing purposes, while giving up the minimum of space necessary for associated functions such as offices, working areas, empty pallets storage, battery charging, etc. S is for Space.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Strategic failures emerge when ‘thinkers’ are separated from ‘doers’, ‘strategists’ from ‘planners’ and ‘soft data’ from ‘hard data’. The control of logistics resources, especially in capability development, is influenced significantly by the desire to attain and exercise power within the institution. Strategic failure.

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 2, 2023

Whether you’re an e-tailer that sells a variety of brands, or a startup brand trying to make a name for itself, your niche will help you figure out how to present yourself to the world (and what parts of the world you can safely ignore). Finding your niche is a good start. If you’re a brand startup, what makes your product special?

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Locus

JANUARY 10, 2024

Exercising Cost Control: Lastly, shelf replenishment is all about managing costs efficiently. Read Also: How To Power Up Your Retail Last-Mile Fulfillment To Meet Soaring Demand Why is Shelf Replenishment Complicated Logistically? Read Also: Last-Mile Delivery Costs and How to Reduce Them How to Enable Efficient Shelf Replenishment?

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Triskele Logistics

MAY 27, 2018

Whether you are managing them yourself, or have outsourced the management of your supply chain, it's a really good exercise to understand how it all works. Good data is helpful so going to the source (your invoices) gives you the real total costs. Supply Chain costs contribute significantly to your cost of goods sold.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 5, 2020

Creating supply chain resilience is a holistic exercise that involves more than just a few savvy logistics people. As mentioned, this should not be an exercise limited to supply chain professionals. Mine import and export data to identify alternative sources for goods and materials, even manufacturing locations.

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FourKites

JANUARY 7, 2021

They invest in new technologies and data-driven processes that allow them to exercise precise control over the business. How to Create an Agile Supply Chain Model. How to Improve Supply Chain Agility. Supply chain agility can be improved with the use of supply chain visibility software.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

That’s far easier to do with solid data to inform you and your customer. Cost-to-serve analysis arms you with that data, strengthening your position in price discussions. If you haven’t done a segmentation exercise, that would be a positive first step towards understanding customer profitability.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 31, 2014

Though late, but when they decided to run through past condition data they found a substantial evidence- A high copper concentration in the hydraulic oil. The oil sampling results had been showing increased copper levels but neither the field engineer who were reporting the data nor the bosses sitting in the head office caught the spike.

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GoShip Blog

MARCH 21, 2023

How to Create an Effective Inbound Freight Management Strategy To ensure that your inbound freight systems are seamless and efficient, you will have to pour time and energy into implementing the new processes into your business. Exercise patience when asking freight providers to take on new lanes. Communicate in a timely manner.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

The manufacturer has access to the distributor’s inventory data and is responsible for generating purchase orders. Vendor Managed Inventory Model : The manufacturer receives electronic data ( usually via EDI or the Internet) that tells him the distributor’s sales and stock levels. The distributor maintains the inventory plan.

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