Log-hub

APRIL 3, 2025

3 min read Log-hub introduces the Advanced Center of Gravity (COG) App, designed to help businesses determine optimal distribution center (DC) locations with greater complexity and precision. By strategically placing distribution centers (DCs), companies can maintain service levels while taking into account inbound and outbound flows.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2021

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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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2025

An efficient supply chain strategy is one that takes every aspect of your supply chain into account, from inventory management and warehouse design to freight tendering and transport optimisation. It’s not enough to just categorise by product groups; you’ve got to dig deeper into line item analysis.

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WorkWave

MARCH 4, 2025

By ranking prospects and customers into ten groups, from least likely to buy to most likely, green industry businesses can pinpoint high-value clients, optimize marketing campaigns and allocate resources more efficiently. By recognizing these patterns, you can develop strategies tailored to address customer needs and improve retention.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2022

At one point in my career, I did some work in a large distribution center in Southern California. For example, related to warehouse technology, a recent Lucas Systems industry study found 89% of respondents agreed that implementing artificial intelligence-based software within distribution centers can provide a competitive advantage.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Amul, a household name in India, owes its success to several key factors: strict hygiene standards, high-quality products, product diversification, effective marketing strategies, and efficient supply chain management. Milk Processing : After collection, milk is transported to regional processing plants, where it is pasteurized and packaged.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Using alphanumeric logic can help you optimize simple picking strategies without having to implement a full-blown warehouse solution or warehouse mapping solution. Group multiple orders. Pallet tracking gives you a way to group and manage inventory items. Separate raw materials and finished goods.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 17, 2020

supply chain operations in support of a new three-year strategy to move to self-distribution. In self distribution, the company insources many supply chain activities that were formerly outsourced. Ahold Delhaize was formed in July 2016 from the merger of Ahold and Delhaize Group. include Food […].

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TransAudit

MARCH 25, 2025

This article explores the key drivers of reshoring, the rise of regionalized freight networks, evolving market trends, and how companies can optimize logistics strategies in this new landscape. Regionalized freight networks allow businesses to distribute goods closer to demand hubs, improving last-mile delivery and overall responsiveness.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This followed just two and a half weeks after a separate group of 40 riders raised £60,000 for a demanding 159-mile, two-day ride battling the elements, from Newcastle to Edinburgh. We had two fantastic groups, each passionate about our life-saving work.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

As part of its continued growth strategy, MPLS will acquire 100% of Transport Overseas Group GmbH from the start of 2025, including the locations in Belgium, Spain, Poland and the United Arab Emirates. Christian Weber, Managing Director of the TO Group, will complete the MPLS management duo alongside Steffen Klatte.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2022

RAJA Group , a European leader in the distribution of packaging , office supplies and industrial equipment, brought together its 300 most important suppliers on October 14th in Frankfurt as part of the RAJA Group Suppliers’ Day 2022.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2021

National business supplies and services provider, OT Group – which includes the OfficeTeam, Office Depot UK & Ireland, Zen Office, and Spicers Ireland brands – has relocated to its new headquarters in Ashton-under-Lyne. The post OT Group opens new centralised hub appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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EazyStock

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Inventory Replenishment Strategies to Boost Profitability. To overcome all these inventory management risks, you need a toolbox of effective inventory replenishment strategies. 5 Inventory Replenishment Strategies to Increase Profits. With this insight you can re-distribute items across your business.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Nippon Express Europe GmbH (NX Europe), a group company of the global Japanese logistics service provider Nippon Express Holdings, is set to realize the achievement of its sustainability goals in collaboration with the Climate Tech start-up, Cozero, based in Berlin.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

These acquisitions form part of Heppner’s international growth strategy, designed to strengthen the Group’s distribution capacity in Western Germany and increase its competitiveness in the French and German transport markets. “We are delighted to embark upon this new chapter between Heppner and our company.

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3PL Links

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Storage is a basic need for most companies involved in manufacturing, importing, exporting, distribution, or retail. Accordingly, other models and strategies can be adopted depending on the type of business, geographic location, operating costs, and even market demands. Development of specialized knowledge.

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Stord

MAY 8, 2024

Deploying Modern E-Commerce Strategies Leveraging modern e-commerce strategies like pre-orders, influencer marketing, order consolidation (combining multiple orders into a single shipment), bundles, and upsells is currently a major operational and technical challenge for most DTC brands.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The pandemic halted many supply chains last year, closing factories and stores, and limiting manufacturing and distribution operations. With transportation delays already cutting into fulfillment timeframes, companies need efficient, technology-driven distribution networks that surpass traditional linear supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2025

Resilience is the ability to respond to disruption while maintaining core operations, and more companies are shifting their strategies accordingly. First, overreliance on a narrow group of suppliersespecially those in politically sensitive regionsexposes companies to risk when trade relationships shift.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 12, 2022

This practice is typically owned by the sales and/or marketing organization, which is why it is so important for transportation and logistics departments to have input into customer service strategies. Customer service policies set the requirements for distribution responsiveness.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Carrier capacity management strategies ease the crunch. Proactive shippers have used multi-carrier parcel shipping technologies and strategies to navigate rising carrier costs for years. Multi-carrier shipping strategies also need rules in place related to delivery time requirements, special conditions (hazmat, refrigeration, etc.),

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Freightos

AUGUST 11, 2024

As a matter of fact, carriers that embrace holistic digital distribution via APIs find themselves in a stronger position. The market has evolved, and so must the carriers’ distribution strategies—because while the game has changed, the winners will be those who play it with the right tools.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Importers will look for near-term strategies to move their shipments away from congested trade lanes or process containers further inland to minimize the impact of lead time variability that has dramatically increased in 2021. Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

With the acquisition of Opheo Solutions GmbH, Solvares Group is expanding its portfolio to include solutions for truck dispatching and route optimisation in the transport sector and is continuing its course of strategic growth. Opheo, with its 50 employees, is now the fourth company in the Solvares Group.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Climate Week NYC was created in 2009 by the nonprofit “Climate Group.”It The group This year released a Global To-Do List that includes seven actions for governments and businesses to address climate change within the next 12 months. If you are planning on also attending some events please reach out or say hello! Developed at the U.S.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 8, 2022

The CMA CGM Group , a world leader in shipping and logistics, is acquiring nearly 100% of the capital of GEFCO , a European leader in automotive logistics and international expert in multimodal supply chain. The post CMA CGM Group acquires GEFCO appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

Stefan Krauter continues to explain: “It would also have been a good option for the management and employees to continue going completely alone, but since the ideal new strategic owner was found in NX Group, we were ultimately convinced that this was the right way to go forward. Krauter says. The sellers have been advised by J.P.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Sagard NewGen becomes the Group’s majority shareholder alongside the management team and Cathay Capital, who reinvest in the new transaction. The group is profitable, with growth of c.30% 30% per year, and generates over €30 million in revenue, over a third of which is generated outside France.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The West Midlands, often referred to as the heart of the UK’s logistics sector, is strategically positioned to serve as a transit and distribution hub. Environmental groups have echoed these sentiments, emphasizing the potential disruption to local ecosystems and calling for a rigorous impact assessment to protect the landscape.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

This ensures the secure, high-capacity, and bi-directional transfer of essential information such as master data on products, customers, production-distribution infrastructure, transactional data on sales, inventory status and position, transportation execution data, external data e.g. competitor pricing, weather, recommendations, action triggers.

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Stord

JULY 21, 2019

Not all are convinced of this extreme, but the increased focus on and higher expectations around delivery times has forced businesses and supply chains to evaluate their e-commerce and last mile strategies. B2B companies are rapidly approaching B2C companies when it comes to e-commerce, both in their offerings and in their distribution.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. Vanderlande is a member of Toyota Industries Corporation within the Toyota Advanced Logistics Group. SWISSLOG is a business and reportable segment of the KUKA Group. Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 30, 2024

As companies look ahead to the next three to six months, they’re weighing costs, risks, and demand as they plan and adapt their inventory strategies. Inventory strategies are increasingly focused on optimizing stock locations — what to hold and where, especially for inventory not immediately sold.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 24, 2023

John Beckett, Chair of ICHCA, commented: “This unique grouping of industry leaders has the potential to coordinate data, research and best practices across the broad spectrum of the international movement of cargo.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

At some companies, these relocations involved moving groups of different sizes from different offices with hundreds of possible destinations. The groups themselves were non-homogeneous with people of different ages and interests. We will consolidate their characteristics to create representative groups.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2024

Ferguson provides plumbing and heating products to 9 specialist customer groups – over a million customers – in the US and Canada. The goods flow through 3 import centers, 14 strategically located distribution centers in North America, 106 final-mile shipping hubs, and nearly 1,700 branch locations. Across the US, Ferguson has 6.5

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