Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 28, 2024

These passports document all aspects of the life cycle – from the sourcing of raw materials to final disposal or recycling. As a result, DPPs are emerging as a straightforward, common sense solution for meeting these needs efficiently. What Components Comprise a Digital Product Passport?

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20Cube Logistics

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Every country has their own laws as outlined by the government and the shipping companies as well as freight forwarders should be aware of it and keep a tab on the new laws related to customs so as not to skip any mandatory document while in international trade. The Customs invoice is a mandatory document for an export transaction.

Document 52

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Material Handling and Logistics

JUNE 7, 2018

As the pressures on supply chain teams—including those for sustainability, cost efficiency, and disruption and risk mitigation—are increasing and growing in complexity, supply chain organizations are struggling to both collect and analyze an overwhelming amount of data scattered across different processes, sources, and siloed systems.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Once a given KPI shows that performance consistently meets or exceeds the required level, you can raise the bar and set a higher target. Accurate documentation: This metric tracks the percentage of sales orders accompanied by accurate documents throughout the process. x 0.96 = 0.8661.

Supply Chains 74

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

Offering various last-mile delivery in retail makes it easier for shippers to appeal to consumers and meet their needs. One source of delays and expenses associated with supply chain final delivery is the paperwork involved. However, this adds to operational and overall shipping expenses.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 30, 2022

Despite this, only 33% of businesses invested in procurement and sourcing technologies. Leverage ERP to enhance supplier collaboration to meet supply and demand. By closely studying the market you can identify new vendors to meet your company’s needs, cut costs or operate efficiently.

Manufacturing Procurement 105

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As businesses face tighter regulations on product safety, sustainability, and ethical sourcing, Digital Product Passports (DPPs) are becoming crucial for navigating these challenges. DPPs provide a streamlined, digital way to document a product’s lifecycle, making it easier to ensure compliance and improve transparency.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 30, 2022

Despite this, only 33% of businesses invested in procurement and sourcing technologies. Leverage ERP to enhance supplier collaboration to meet supply and demand. By closely studying the market you can identify new vendors to meet your company’s needs, cut costs or operate efficiently.

Manufacturing Procurement 98

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 23, 2019

Blockchain creates a distributed electronic ledger, allowing those involved in the supply chain to view, share and update critical documents. The post VW and Minespider collaborate on blockchain pilot for lead sourcing appeared first on Automotive Logistics. The hackathon series continues in 2019.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 2, 2021

Driver dwell is a key source of driver dissatisfaction and contributes to the driver shortage. K-C needed one solution … to understand where loads are all across the organization” based on “one source of truth.” Hot loads” allow companies to run a lean supply chain while still meeting customers’ service expectations.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 2, 2023

From stringent quality standards to comprehensive documentation requirements, Class 1 and 2 manufacturers must navigate a complex landscape to ensure compliance and product excellence. This streamlined approach enables manufacturers to meet service-level agreement requirements efficiently.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 12, 2022

This meets all their key performance areas. For a business to re-imagine and transform their procurement process, it needs to examine how the main processes of Source-to-Contract and Procure-to-Pay are implemented in an integrated way, and not just how procurement performs them, but also how other functions within the company are affected.

Manufacturing Procurement 105

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 16, 2025

Edge Hardware: The battle for edge hardware also intensified in 2024, as companies sought to deploy AI capabilities closer to the source of data. ChatGPT Search : This feature gives users a way to get answers from relevant web sources.

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3PL Links

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Image source: iStocks | What is LTL Shipping and How Does it Work? A professional LTL freight carrier will tailor the delivery of your cargo to meet your requirements. They will point out the documents that you need to prepare, such as business invoicing for air or ocean shipments. What Factor Affects LTL Shipping Rates?

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 2, 2025

That would enable the printing of manifests and proof-of-delivery documents by shipment, to be issued to the delivery crews the following day, and the picking documents for the warehouse. It’s hard to imagine that many still need to shuffle paper documents around using pigeonholes.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 14, 2024

It’s a strategic move you’ve likely pondered over countless meetings and budget reviews. Transitioning to a digital commerce platform that integrates with your ERP can enable you to meet customers’ self-service requirements, unlock new revenue sources, and deepen customer engagement and loyalty.

Manufacturing Procurement 110

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Trans Global Auto Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2021

Full Container Shipping – Used for large loads from a single source, full container shipping allows clients to load a full container up to its maximum weight of around 37,500 lbs. Customs will review your documentation if necessary. The Ocean Freight Process. Shipping goods by sea has also become easier.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 16, 2023

Processing documents is one of the most time-hungry tasks in supply chains. ERP lets you automate manual tasks like document processing saving you a huge amount of time and money while streamlining your supply chain. An ERP system helps to identify and minimize sources of waste and improve resource consumption.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 29, 2021

And according to Brian Straight of FreightWaves , a routing guide is a living document that enables faster transportation management and keeps freight spend under control based on lane volatility, seen also within SONAR SCI Lane Acuity. What is a routing guide : a list of standards that carriers must meet for carrier-of-choice eligibility.

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Shipchain

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Compliance mandates can put a shipment days behind schedule for things as minor as checking the wrong box on a form or missing a single document. When it comes down to it, risk management is about more than just preventing fraud, it’s also about meeting a customer’s expectations for delivery.

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Transporeon

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Quantitative data points to an increase of procurement activity even earlier this year: There has been an increase of 1,000 RFPs through the Ticontract transportation sourcing platform year over year between July 2017 and July 2018, a symptom of the unprecedented levels of increased demand.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The exhibition virtual marketplace enables visitors to source products online, request specific quotations, meet exhibitors on video calls & chats, networking, downloading documents and more.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 71

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The Lean Thinker

MARCH 23, 2023

In many cases the material these current-day trainers use deviates very little from the source material. ” Anyone can take the source material, and with some practice and feedback, do a credible job delivering it. That is the purpose of these meetings. The challenge, of course, is that nobody owns this material.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2022

The solution needs to enable real-time visibility and collaboration across your supply chain to meet demand and ensure the accuracy of quality, quantity and timeliness of supply — all to further a more resilient supply chain. The user should also have easy access to related attachments and reference documents.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2022

As a result, and as we’ve mentioned in several previously published articles, we’ve discovered that many companies lack a defined and documented supply chain strategy. For example, you don’t want to assume that a single logistics strategy and service approach will meet all your customers’ needs. It may do, but how do you know?

Inventory Reduction 98

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

The most interesting thing that Blue Yonder is doing from an OMS standpoint is driving promising and pre-sourcing to retailers. The cameras grab an image of the package as it goes through the tunnel, gets dimensional and weight information, matches that data up with the order, and can also check compliance documentation.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Traceability for the automotive industry is a process that documents the genealogy of the parts and subassemblies associated with a specific vehicle or range of vehicles. Meet compliance mandates. . Fight against counterfeiting. Operational efficiency. Customer satisfaction. How can traceability be achieved?

ERP 105

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The exhibition virtual marketplace enables visitors to source products online, request quotations, meet exhibitors on video calls and chats, network, download documents and watch the conference. The second event was September 20-24th, with a conference and over 60 exhibitors. You can watch some of the show conference here.

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Logistics Manager

APRIL 25, 2020

The pilot not only demonstrated the benefits of having a single, trusted source of truth in cargo documentation, but also the efficiency gains for industry participants. It is among the first pilot projects with an ocean carrier conducting a real-time exchange of shipment data with a terminal operator through blockchain.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 1, 2022

A BOM may be a relatively simple document or a complex, multi-levelled product description made from multiple sub-assemblies. Capacity planning : This is about determining what the business requires to meet changing demands for its products. It records all the parts, materials, and processes used on the factory floor.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 25, 2018

I haven’t attended an industry conference over the past year, or participated in a client meeting, where blockchain — along with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning — hasn’t been part of the conversation. Source: IBM. Identify the right people within your organization to lead the change.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 2, 2022

Refugees are now also in the queue to hand in their necessary documents or to report their current address. Long queue in front of the Nuremberg Citizens’ Office in Äußere Laufer Gasse Source: [link]. These offices are also responsible for the obtaining recognition of foreign documents etc.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Typically, these include meeting EDI and electronic document standards; use routing guides, which even small companies should have; labeling inbound cartons and pallets with product SKUs and purchase order numbers; and purchase order terms and conditions.” .

Purchasing Skills 100

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Material Handling and Logistics

JUNE 8, 2018

The 100 Best Corporate Citizens list documents 260 data points of disclosure and performance measures in seven categories: environment, climate change, employee relations, human rights, governance, finance, and philanthropy & community support. . . Also in 2017, 76% of the company’s 10 priority ingredients were sustainably sourced.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

is one of a growing number of big-box retailers building out their supply chains with distribution centers designed to meet the demands of online shopping. Forecasts are compared to inventory levels to ensure warehouses have enough, but not too much, inventory to meet demand. Sources: “Annual Financials for Wal-Mart Stores Inc.”

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UL EHS- Sustainability

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Through precisely curated documentation, management can see clearly defined data that identifies the strengths and weakness of the company’s environmental, health and safety programming. But how do you document that mountain of EHS data? What is your desired outcome from the meeting?

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Talking Logistics

JULY 11, 2018

OGSM has four components: Source: Transplace. The MDI process requires 4 key elements: Standard Work: A formally defined and documented process to deliver a quality product or service on time. This includes documenting current best practices, creating standardized work forms, and defining benchmarks or baselines.

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