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Peak Season Prep: 2024 Trends & Strategies

Ship Monk

Today we’re going to look at some of the consumer trends that might affect your preparations for peak season 2024, and strategies to maximize them. It should have robust tools for data analysis, reporting, tracking, forecasting and managing inventory. What can your operations team do now to ensure a successful peak season ahead?

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Log-hub’s New and Enhanced Tools for Smarter Cost Management, Enhanced Routing, and More

Log-hub

Together, Matrix Creator and Freight Matrix offer a complete rate management loop, helping businesses optimize pricing strategies, negotiate better contracts, and identify discrepancies in their cost structures. KNIME HUB INTEGRATION New nodes for demand forecasting and emissions analytics simplify data processing in KNIME models.

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Going Global? When to Switch from Cross-Border Shipping to Local Fulfillment

Stord

What begins as a convenient and capital-efficient fulfillment strategy can quickly become a strain on operations and create further complications downstream as end consumers face rising shipping costs, longer delivery times, customs delays and surcharges, and limited return options. The right strategy depends entirely on your brand.

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6 Critical Success Factors in Distribution Network Design

Logistics Bureau

Competitor intelligence: Distribution strategies and network designs of your competitors. Of course, it can add up to a vast pool of data, so realistically, access to advanced modelling and analytics tools will be essential to get the most value from it. Sustainability goals: Evaluate options for eco-friendly distribution processes.

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KRONOS Worldwide Improves Service and Reduces Costs with Managed Trans

Logistics Viewpoints

Autonomy led to a complex supply chain with shipments that traveled too many miles and required too many touches across the nodes. Simplification and standardization were key to the strategy. SAP was acting as a recording tool,” Mr. Musabasic said. “We Users continued to work as they always had and then input data into SAP.

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Active Supply Chain Design: A Key Imperative for De Risking Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

Using technology to de-risk supply chains From a technology perspective, supply chain design tools have been developed from the ground up to handle uncertainty and risks, generate scenarios that identify risks proactively, and provide solutions to mitigate these risks. This is where AI can make all the difference.

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How is Your Supply Chain Positioned for the Ocean Carrier Mergers?

Talking Logistics

The best way to do that is to have a global Transportation Management System (TMS) that has the flexibility, strength, and configurable rules to provide your logistics team with the best tools for managing constant changes in their global supply chains. Allow for ‘what if’ transportation analysis.