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The New Generation of Microservices-Based Applications Can Create ‘Cliff Events’

Logistics Viewpoints

Executives at Blue Yonder refer to this as a “cliff event.” To avoid a cliff event, Blue Yonder has proceeded by turning its supply chain applications into applications that are part traditional software code and part microservices. Before you drop an order to the distribution center, you need to know how the DC is behaving.”

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The Next Frontier in Food Logistics with Alexis Mizell-Pleasant

The Logistics of Logistics

Food Logistics also caters to professionals in the logistics sector, including transportation, warehousing, distribution, software, and technology. It covers topics related to food and beverage manufacturing, producing, processing, retailing, distributing, restaurant and food service, warehousing, transportation, and storage.

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Efficient Frozen Food Distribution: Inside the Build-out of Two Automated Facilities

Logistics Viewpoints

In December of 2019, the global grocery retailer Ahold Delhaize announced it was investing $480 million to transform and expand its US supply chain operations to support a strategy to transition the supply chain network into a fully-integrated, self-distribution model.

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Key questions to ask your pharmaceutical distribution warehouse provider

Kanban Logistics

When evaluating the 3PL provider in charge of your pharmaceutical distribution warehouse, safety is the name of the game. Key pharmaceutical distribution warehouse questions to ask a 3PL. Most 3PLs will use their warehouse management systems (WMS) to segregate products within the pharmaceutical distribution warehouse.

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Mastering the Unexpected: Four Essential Tactics to Handle Unpredictable Events in Retail

Locus

Hub Operation Exceptions: Manually sorting packages at warehouses, and fulfillment and distribution centers by various criteria (zip code, package size, or vehicle type) can result in errors, especially as order volumes scale. Today’s dynamic environments require adaptable routing strategies to keep pace and minimize disruptions.

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Mexico Transportation Risk with Mark Vickers

The Logistics of Logistics

While Mark was getting Borderless off the ground, he was on the leadership team at Sedlak Supply Chain Consultants where he worked with 3PLs and shippers to optimize their distribution network, technology, and processes including TMS and WMS selection and implementation. Borderless Coverage was acquired by Reliance Partners in February 2021.

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Digital transformation for Africa’s manufacturing and distribution CIO and CFO

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SYSPRO listens to different perspectives at two events in Kenya – one the CIO view and the other the CFO view on Digital Transformation – both November2021. regional research into manufacturing and distribution companies during the Covid-19 period to date. Here we shared our experiences. Looking at the CIO. Supply Chain effect.