The Logistics Academy

JANUARY 30, 2017

Develop an IIoT strategy. Implement Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) processes and technology—including sensors on pallets and storage units—to track inventory so you know where products are at all times. Have track and trace in place. Utilize goods-to-person processes. Pick the right storage medium.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

This customer segment is incredibly important and if younger shippers can’t book a container and track its whereabouts on their smartphone (while they’re taking a group selfie!) Visibility (Track-and-Trace). There isn’t proper track-and-trace door-to-door. Think retail. Automated back office.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 10, 2016

Meanwhile, 37 percent are concerned with their ability to meet delivery timelines, and the ability to track and trace packages has become part of the equation for most customers and 85 percent of shippers. However, air shipping may not be the definitive solution. Look at Delivery Guarantees.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 9, 2016

Transportation strategy should not drive how and when product is delivered. Rather, going beyond customer expectations needs to be fully understood, and transportation strategies then developed to meet those expectations with optimal inventory levels. Transportation strategy and tactics must support Lean inventory strategies.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 1, 2025

Barcodes are used to identify and track items as they move through the supply chain. Companies also benchmark internally by tracking and comparing current performance with past performance. Fixed-Location Storage: An inventory management strategy under which each SKU is assigned a specific storage location in the warehouse.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 25, 2016

This article briefly overviews some newer features of both state-run and private health organisations’ supply chains, with the emphasis on hospital supply, in an age where limitless funds are definitely no longer a feature. Integrate a track and trace system with the hospital’s main business management platform (ERP for example).

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2018

The use of such systems is governed by differences in strategies and legacy IT systems at manufacturers, some of which may drive whether companies turn to external providers’ systems or oversee a system internally. Visibility in regards of tracking and tracing is another potential use in outbound,” he says.

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Automotive Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

We also promote tracking the packaging itself, because within an organisation you can get investments and capital spending but to support things, you have to have data to prove it. At a basic level, just tracking the packaging will help them sustain that investment, which is a good thing.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

DECEMBER 9, 2021

SFR : Ok, it seems like DCSA has definitely been doing a lot of things. What was DCSA’s strategy in first of all getting the industry to listen, because we are a tough bunch to listen to and follow standards among other things. So that’s, what we’ve been up to for the past few years. Image : DCSA.

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