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MTS Logistics: An Example of Great Customer Service in Shipping

MTS Logistics

The capacity to influence the purchasing experience, engage customers throughout the entire delivery lifecycle, and offer valuable real-time delivery information sets market leaders apart from their competitors. By offering delivery choices and value-added services during the purchase, companies can boost revenue and lower delivery expenses.

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How manufacturers and distributors can streamline their document distribution process

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

People have been talking about the ‘paperless office’ for decades, but many manufacturers and distributors still have staff members manually printing, posting, faxing, emailing and managing documents that go out to customers. Higher costs. Printing, posting and storing paper documents all cost money. According to Corp!

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The Beginner’s Guide to Bill of Lading Documents

ShipLilly

While you don’t want to forget any of those documents (no matter how numerous or tedious they may be), there’s one you definitely want to become familiar with: the bill of lading. A bill of lading is one of the most common – and important – documents in the shipping and logistics industry. Why are Bills of Lading important?

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Key Takeaways from SAP Spend Connect Live

Logistics Viewpoints

SAP is embedding its generative Joule across the SAP Ariba source-to-pay solution portfolio to make it easier for their customers to manage routine inquiries, such as status updates, summarization, and frequently asked questions. When a procurement contract is negotiated, the buyer has planned to achieve a certain level of savings.

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13 Warehouse Types: Definitions, Functions & Examples

Conger

Plenty of examples of warehousing. This means they act as third-party logistics (3PLs) and may even offer value-added fulfillment services to help subsidize the costs of running the warehouse. High capital and operating costs make private warehouses a realistic option only for large, established businesses. Their pros and cons.

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Warehouse Labor is Front Page News: But what’s below the fold?

Logistics Viewpoints

Source: Osha Certified Warehouse Worker. As an analyst with a focus on warehouse processes and technologies – my interest lies in understanding the negotiating points – or points of contention between the warehouse workers and the employers. There is a forest of legal documents addressing procedural hurdles. I was mostly wrong.

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The Power of the Network: ERP vs. Spend Management

Logistics Viewpoints

Of the professionals surveyed, 59% saw the gap between procurement/sourcing and supply chain to be a major disconnect, and the most pressing pain point. For example, one of the key decisions that a manufacturer needs to make is should they continue to buy goods from one of their suppliers. That supplier can be put on “hold.”