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4 tips to reduce cargo damage and save money on shipping costs

Shipping and Freight Resource

Use the right packing materials to fill in empty space inside boxes, so that contents don’t slide around and collide with other objects, or get squashed when packed onto a truck. But you can exercise more control over shipping and cargo damage than you might be aware as long as you have the right tools at your disposal.

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What is Order Picking?

Logistics Bureau

Any warehouse design exercise that doesn’t include a rigorous approach to designing the processes and equipment layout for Order Picking, is suspect. Packing and Shipping Orders: Items are packed and ready for dispatch. Order Picking is the productive operation in a warehouse operation.

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Understanding a freight quotation and tips to ensue an accurate quote

Shipping and Freight Resource

Here are some tips on how to understand a freight quotation and how to ensure that you get an accurate one. Tips to look out for. Tips to look out for. The post Understanding a freight quotation and tips to ensue an accurate quote appeared first on Shipping and Freight Resource.

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Have you Heard About ‘’Chain of Responsibility’’ in the Supply Chain and Transportation?

GlobalTranz

However, in most cases, the driver is not the only party to exercise a degree of control over on-road outcomes. Packs goods. This certainly supports the theory that another high profile case like Tracey Morgan could easily tip the balance in favor of shifting COR into law. This could include a person who: Consigns goods.

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A Good Diet for Truck Drivers

Trinity Logistics

Truck drivers can have jam-packed schedules with little time to think about their food choices. Keep reading for tips, food ideas, benefits to healthy eating, and more so you can find a healthy diet convenient. TIPS FOR A HEALTHY DIET. How do truck drivers eat healthy while over the road? TABLE OF CONTENTS. PLAN AHEAD.

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Omnichannel Retail and the Cost to Serve Online Customers

Logistics Bureau

The tips in this article will help you know how to identify the customers, products, and processes that might be inflating your cost to serve (CTS) unnecessarily. Naturally, overall cost-to-serve will be higher for online than in-store sales due to the added expense involved in picking, packing, and delivering customers’ purchases.

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Key Factors to Consider When Planning and Designing Warehouses

Logistics Bureau

Some Tips for Multi-Warehouse Network Planning. Will your operation comprise intake, storage, picking, packing, and dispatch, or will you need areas set aside to perform value-added services? High availability of accurate throughput data will be of great aid to the outcome of the design or layout exercise.