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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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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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Four easy warehouse wins for your manufacturing or distribution business

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Here’s how to do it: Label aisles, rows and bins with floor or overhead placards so employees can identify the correct location quickly and easily. For example, by stacking containers higher you can make use of vertical space, and mobile shelving units can be useful for seasonal products. Use space-saving containers or shelving.

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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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Greening the Supply Chain: Top Sustainable Warehousing and Distribution Practices

3PL Links

Greening the Supply Chain: Top Sustainable Warehousing and Distribution Practices | Image source: Pexels Any firm needs logistics to make sure that products are delivered to clients successfully and efficiently. However, have you ever given any thought to how these processes can affect the environment?

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Increasing Speed and Efficiency of Vaccine Distribution During Uncertainty

AIMMS

There are many great examples where advanced analytics have contributed to social good. To illustrate the type of passengers we work with, I think it’s best if I recall some examples from my pilot years. Those are very touching examples. Can you tell us how optimization came to play a role in this work?

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Logistics Software: How to Make Handling Peak Times Easy

Logistics Viewpoints

This warehouse runs at a perfect optimum with fixed capital in the form of inventory balanced perfectly with sales and purchasing, and all the items perfectly distributed to the various storage areas of the warehouse. These parameters might be of a logistic nature, for example, the ABC classification of goods.