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Avoid Rolled Shipments This Peak Season

Dedola Global Logistics

Thats created a paradox: while demand softens, space is still limited. Using blended modal strategies Ocean remains more cost-effective, but air isnt the guaranteed failsafe it once was. Building in bufferon multiple levels Time, space, and inventory strategy are being rebalanced. Lets build your custom plan today.

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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. billion in sales.

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Accurate Costing Information Lacking in Supply Chain

Material Handling and Logistics

“This report highlights the necessity for supply chain and finance departments to work more closely and adopt costing practices that are progressive and focused on informing internal decisions.”. The report details various steps supply chain professionals can take to improve costing systems within their organizations.

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Real-World Scenario: Best Practices for Warehousing Contracts: Part Two

GlobalTranz

Today's blog is a continuation of yesterday's where we discussed cost management and KPIs with warehousing contracts using a real-world scenario. Now we dive a bit deeper with incentives, gain sharing, should-cost models, and governance in warehousing contracts. Should-Cost Models in Warehousing Contracts.

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Freight Costs: 5 tips to get the biggest bang for your buck

FreightWaves SONAR

Knowing freight costs in advance is essential to keep total landed costs in check Understanding transportation freight costs and current freight rates for lanes must be the primary goals of cost analysis. In this intersection, freight cost projection and predictive rates can help companies better prepare for unknowns.

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What Exactly Is Omnichannel 2.0 and How Is It Different?

GlobalTranz

Better risk management strategies. Retailers and warehouses must work to please more customers, stay competitive with Big Box retailers and Amazon, and still create a unique customer experience. strategy lies in a failure to understand how rapid change across an entire enterprise can lead to disruptions. Omnichannel 2.0

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Logistics Outsourcing Secrets: A Serial Guide to Success with 3PLs

Logistics Bureau

If logistics outsourcing was such a winning strategy, why isn’t every company doing it, and why is it that so many logistics outsourcing partnerships terminate prematurely? Transformation from fixed-cost to variable-cost model. Increased flexibility in your logistics operations. Access to economies of scale.