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Alleviating the Uncertainty of Peak Season: The Role of Home Delivery in 2024

Logistics Viewpoints

In addition, the holiday shopping period between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year is 26 days—five days shorter than in 2023—potentially creating additional headaches for online vendors and their delivery partners attempting to fulfill a greater volume of orders in less time.

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International Logistics: Deep Integration and Practice of RPA Technology

Logistics Viewpoints

RPA technology simulates human operations in digital systems, such as data entry, file processing, and information transmission, achieving full automation of key processes from booking to order. It significantly improves the efficiency and accuracy of business processes while reducing the error and cost of manual operations.

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A Guide to Supply Chain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Logistics Bureau

A KPI is a practical and objective measurement of progress, either: Towards a predetermined goal, or Against a required standard of performance It might help to think of a KPI as something like an instrument on a car dashboarda speedometer, for example. Why Are KPIs Important?

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Mastering Disruption: A Smarter, More Connected Approach

Logistics Viewpoints

trillion next year, omnichannel revenues may be increasing but so are the chances that something, somewhere, will go wrong on the journey of getting orders to the customer. In a recent study, almost three-quarters (74%) of shippers reported they would switch to 3PL providers based on their AI capabilities.

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Schneider Electric’s Supply Chain Design Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

These facilities produce and ship 150,000 order lines per day. For example, at one point, they modeled Brazil and factored tariffs and tax considerations into the total landed costs analysis. We started as purely modelers, did the study, and handed it off. Schneider Electric produces roughly 300,000 finished goods.

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Transloading: A Comprehensive Guide With Client Examples

Dedola Global Logistics

Transloading: A Comprehensive Guide With Client Examples . For example, a shipment of heavy machinery may be transferred from a cargo ship to a truck using a break-bulk method, with the machinery being stored temporarily in a warehouse before being loaded onto the truck for the final leg of the journey.

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Responding to Supply Chain Disruption Amid COVID-19

AIMMS

Online g rocers , on the other hand, are struggling to fulfill orders as demand for food and other essential products surges. The examples below show you how to do this in AIMMS SC Navigator Apps, but we encourage you to study these scenarios in the tools you have at your disposal. . Study 2: Inspect Demand Trends .