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7 Cost Saving Tips Every Supply Chain Manager Should Know

3PL Links

Image source: Pexels | 7 Cost-Saving Tips Every Supply Chain Manager Should Know Managing costs effectively is crucial for success in the competitive supply chain world. Cost Saving Tips for Every Supply Chain Manager 1. Optimize Inventory Management Inventory often represents one of the largest expenses in a supply chain.

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Tips to Save on LTL shipping Rates

Trinity Logistics

While these tips may not be possible for everyone or every shipment, hopefully, you’ll find one you can start implementing to reduce your freight costs. Evaluate Packaging and Product Design for Logistics Now this tip is more of a hefty task, but it’s certainly one to consider. Most likely, you’re right.

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Pro drivers to the rescue on the practice of flashing brights to signal space to merge, and a highway-speed-cutoff PSA

Overdrive Online

A West Coast newspaper columnist corrects the record on signaling with truckers leading the way, and: A PSA of sorts for motorists with a tip from pro Gary Buchs -- use your turn signal early and often when passing a combination truck to combat impatient traffic behind you and the "highway-speed cutoff.".

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Europe’s Largest Robotic Parcel Sorting System Goes Live

Logistics Business Magazine

Europe’s largest automated robotic parcel sorting system has been installed in Turkey by the leading Turkish-owned parcel distribution and postal services company Kuryenet. Each of the fast-moving sorting robots has a load capacity of up to 10kg and uses collision avoidance technologies to perform their route-based sorting tasks safely.

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What is Order Picking?

Logistics Bureau

Conveyor Belts and Sorting Systems: Moves and sorts items around the warehouse. Warehouse Order Picking Tips To make warehouse order picking better: Implement a Warehouse Management System (WMS): A WMS can streamline operations, improve accuracy and give real time data on inventory and orders.

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Tips for Creating a House Cleaning Schedule

WorkWave

You may also need to sort recyclables. Once you’ve completed your list, you can begin labeling and sorting them. Depending on your preferences, you can sort your list by room or by type of task. Sort Tasks by Frequency. The post Tips for Creating a House Cleaning Schedule appeared first on WorkWave.

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The History of Fleet Route Optimisation in Logistics

Logistics Bureau

The next step was to take the planning slips for each postal code, or two or three postal codes if we knew they were geographically close together, and sort them into piles, representing nominal routes, totting up the weights of the orders to see when a route was maxed out. KPI dashboards and reporting: This is linked to tip #3 above.