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The Power of Outsourcing for Supply Chain Improvement

Logistics Bureau

Across our many blog posts, videos, webinars, eBooks, and other shared content, you’ll find a wealth of information about various aspects of outsourcing in the supply chain. However, I can’t recall writing a general guide about exploiting outsourcing opportunities to improve your supply chain.

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Successful Outsourcing – Why, How, Who?

Logistics Bureau

Outsourcing. Outsourcing is simply defined as the contracting out of services. In this article, outsourcing will refer specifically to transport and warehousing functions. Establishing clear outsourcing goals ensures that the decision to outsource aligns with the company’s strategic objectives.

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Using Data to Improve Supply Chain Operations

Material Handling and Logistics

Cloud-based supply chain management tools, the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are expected to figure prominently in future supply chain operations. Mistrust of data and analytics tools is not just a supply chain and logistics issue. Getting There.

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Distribution Network Optimization: Modeling Tools Won’t Give You the Answer

Kane is Able

Warehouse optimization modeling exercises examine the upside of being closer to customers versus the downside of carrying more inventory in more locations. Distribution network optimization has become a white-hot topic these days as “the Amazon effect” leads businesses to evaluate how quickly they can get products to customers.

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PODCAST: Modern Courier Delivery Compliance Considerations: Understanding SOX and SOC Compliance

The Logistics of Logistics

The SOC 2 audit focuses on the organization’s technological systems, operations and regulatory compliance, and is used when a company outsources technological and data-related services, such as data hosting, colocation, data processing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).

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How to Procure Full Truckloads in Tight Capacity

GlobalTranz

Conducting annual procurement exercises. Leveraging a web-based and constraint-based bidding tool, such as a transportation management system (TMS). This strategy is ineffective, and shippers must use out-of-the-LTL-box strategies, including: communicating fully and accurately details of shipments in need of full truckload transport.

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Logistics KPIs Case Study: Whirlpool’s Supply Chain and Logistics Success Driven by Effective KPI Implementation

GlobalTranz

KPIs or Key Performance Indicators are a core practice of measuring the effectiveness and for continuous improvement in any business outsourcing model. The 4PL built a new routing tool specifically for Whirlpool that offered overall cost optimization and mode selection.