June, 2014

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Country of Origin Marking

3PL Insights

'Country of Origin Marking by Jason P. Wapiennik Attorney at Great Lakes Customs Law (greatlakescustomslaw.com) 734-855-4999 What is country of origin marking? It is extremely important that merchandise imported into the United States comply... The post Country of Origin Marking appeared first on 3PL Insights - Warehousing, Transportation, and Logistics.

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The Low Down on Merchandising

Apparel Logistics

To be an effective fashion merchandiser, you need to optimize all 3 of these elements: development, pricing, and communication. If any step is neglected, then you’re going to have less than satisfactory results.

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What's your KPI?

Infosys Supply Chain Management

'Asset Management, a key function, has a strong potential to influence the success of the mainstream business. However, it seems ironical that it has received little or no strategic importance. The scope of Asset Management had been limited to short or midterm goals which seldom tied back to the strategic business goals of the Organisation. Adding to this agony, very few attempts focused on identifying gaps in its orientation towards the overall business goals.

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3PL for Small Businesses

Apparel Logistics

In the modern business world, large corporations and enterprises seemingly dominated the economic landscape making it near to impossible for small and growing bossiness to flourish. But the truth is that with all of the available tools at their disposal, there has never been a better time for growth and prosperity for small business owners.

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Rethinking warehouse work culture: Can automation create better workplaces?

Heico Sandee, CEO of Smart Robotics, explores how automation redefines warehouse culture. By shifting repetitive tasks to skill-based roles, automation improves safety, fosters collaboration, and makes warehousing more appealing to today’s workforce.

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5 Things to Consider Before Buying Fleet Insurance

Apparel Logistics

Fleet insurance is similar to buying a single auto insurance policy, but with a few key differences. First, you’re not only purchasing coverage for the drivers and vehicles—you’re also covering the valuable merchandise inside.

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Lubrication Management - An Integral part of Asset Management - Part II

Infosys Supply Chain Management

'The Phases in establishing the Lubrication Program. Benchmark: Understand the current lubrication system/practice before commencing the lubrication program. Define targets to be achieved and have a clear vision as to what needs to be carried out to have a successful program in place. Design Phase: Identify the equipment, lubrication point to be lubricated and determine the actions/activities thatneed to be carried out.

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Automated Work Force Management - Part 1

Infosys Supply Chain Management

'In my last blog on workforce management I have highlighted some of common issues that a Service Provider organization faces in managing their field work force. Issues like more time to analyse the work request, accurate assessment of the resource availability with the right skill set, lack of optimum utilization of resources, lack of visibility on the work execution, communication gap between field force and administrative office etc lead to high operating and administrative cost.

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Oracle Fusion Distributed Order Orchestration - The Next Gen Supply Chain Intelligence

Infosys Supply Chain Management

'Oracle Fusion application is the next- gen suite of enterprise resource planning from Oracle, leveraging the features and functionalities taken from Oracle E-Business Suite, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft and Siebel product lines and the suite is built on top of the Oracle Fusion Middleware. Oracle Fusion Distributed Order Orchestration is an integral part of Fusion Supply Chain Management, which performs the Centralized decomposition/disintegration to itemize intricate orders into separate, interconne