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What is Delivery as a Service? And Does Your Company Need It?

WorkWave

In the contemporary competitive market, maintaining speedy and reliable delivery service has become essential to meet rising customer expectations. This technological push has also led to innovative delivery solutions like drone and autonomous vehicle deliveries, meeting evolving customer preferences.

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A New Era in Transport Logistics with Big Data and Self-Driving Trucks

Logistics Viewpoints

A recent survey conducted by the International Road Transport Union (IRU) industry association shows that this bottleneck has exacerbated worldwide over the past two years. Warehouses such as distribution and order processing centers will benefit from the new big data technologies.

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What Drives an Investment in a Warehouse Management System? 5 Considerations for Your Selection

GlobalTranz

Service-level agreements (SLAs) may contain clauses that would result in lost costs if a shipment is delayed , arrives damaged, is incorrect, or fails to meet certain labeling and packaging recommendations. In a Software Advice survey , respondents were asked to identify how the implementation costs of a WMS affected their decision.

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

Ideally, IBP adds a stronger financial perspective to the process that in theory optimally balances customer service with profitability and even cash flow. The IBP Process Over Promises and Under Delivers Research by McKinsey concludes that all too often IBP is an ineffective process. “In The same is true of products.

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Different Delivery Requirements Across Age Groups

Logistics Business Magazine

Reflecting on these findings, Johannes Panzer, Head of Industry Solutions (pictured), Ecommerce at Descartes explains what retailers need to consider, so that they can meet the requirements and expectations of their different consumers’ delivery personas. They don’t have to go out of their way to pick up the items they need.

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5 More Transformative Supply Chain Technologies Supply Chains Will Focus on in 2018 to Move to the Next Level

GlobalTranz

As a result of the increased demand in transformative supply chain technologies, service providers who either offer the technology themselves or perhaps work as a consultant to help supply chains implement these technologies properly, will need to step of their game to meet the desired outcomes of a fresh batch of new customers.

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Manufacturing Mobility Movement: The 5 Pillars & Why Executives Must Pay Attention

GlobalTranz

Consumers can make modifications to products, designed the colors, shape, or other dimensions of a product, and request special orders. Now, this might not seem like much of a change for manufacturers, but how does a manufacturer expect to meet the expectations of every customer by creating a build to stock warehouse?