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How to Reduce Carbon Footprint in Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

How to Reduce Carbon Emissions in Your Supply Chain 1. For example, switching from air to ocean freight for non-time sensitive shipments can reduce carbon emissions by up to 95% per unit shipped. Testing alternative methods and modes of distribution, and quantifying the potential emissions reduction.

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How to Operate Your Distribution Truck Fleet at Less Cost

Logistics Bureau

If your company operates a distribution fleet, you’ll know that the costs of running trucks for customer deliveries are continually increasing. But do you know how to operate your fleet for the maximum economy? Getting rid of vehicles might be challenging, but it’s worth striving towards as a cost-saving goal.

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10 Ways A Data Gateway Improves Time to Value Across Your End-to-End Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, with a data gateway, a supply planner gains accelerated access to customer orders, inventory levels, and transportation schedules, all in one place, to increase the user experience of making the right choice to identify inefficiencies and make better, more informed decisions.

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Differences Between Fulfillment Center and Distribution Center

ShipLilly

One of the key components of a distribution network for any business is its strategic use of order fulfillment facilities. The first is the fulfillment center and the second is the distribution center. It is important to recognize the subtle differences between distribution and order fulfillment. What is a distribution center?

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Editor’s Choice: 4 Factors to Determine if Self-Distribution is a Viable Alternative for your Health System

Logistics Viewpoints

This article is from Scott Mullins, EVP of Operations and COO at Lucas Systems, and looks at self-distribution in healthcare systems. Self-distribution is an increasingly popular option for healthcare systems to consider when deciding how to manage their supply chain.

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Schneider Electric’s Supply Chain Design Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

The supply chain has about 190 factories and 100 distribution centers. For the first few years, the company created regional models to determine how to maintain or improve customer service levels at lower cost. Schneider Electric employs 150,000 people and generated 35.9 billion Euros in revenues in fiscal 2023.

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Outsourcing transport and warehousing: How to be Successful

Logistics Bureau

Warehousing and distribution management is nota core skill. For example, companies that have their own in-house vehicle fleet often struggle to deliver products on time. In choosing to outsource , firms can therefore transfer all of the costs of distribution to their profit and loss account.