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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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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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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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Getting Started with AI in Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Instead start with the foundation of your AI strategy, which should be an understanding of your company’s supply chain and your data. Concurrency combined with AI is the breakthrough, because it connects islands of isolation and aligns the nodes of your supply chain.

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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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3 Supply Chain Trends to Keep on Your 2019 Radar

Logistics Bureau

For many though, a warehouse management system (WMS)—once the only technological solution necessary for even the biggest operations—is no longer an adequate tool. Trend #2: Distribution Nodes Moving Closer to Customers. We’re seeing more supply chain nodes spread across the country. New Networks, New Tools, New Strategies.