Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

If net profit on sales is 5%, for example, a reduction in supply chain costs from 9% to 4% (or from 12% to 7%) will double net profits. This is the big attraction and importance of cost reduction in a supply chain: profits can be increased without having to increase sales. The field for potential reductions is wide open.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 6, 2024

He explains how reducing emissions and making operations more sustainable can lead to cost savings and improved profitability. The podcast also explores the transition towards electric vehicles in various segments and strategies for reducing product returns in e-commerce.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 23, 2024

While it is impossible to completely eliminate your carbon footprint (you are shipping packages daily, after all), you can offset the negative impacts with positive impacts, such as recycling. The factors to measure are: greenhouse gas emissions, energy, water, waste, recycling and compost. Let’s say your business sells jeans.

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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

High order volumes mean more parcel delivery trucks on the road, more packaging waste in the trash, and more power consumption in fulfillment centers, among other concerns.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2022

Many of the best automation solutions do not eliminate headcount. This solution significantly reduced shipping costs by eliminating wasted cardboard and dunnage. These are clear cut benefits. The post The Most Overlooked DC Performance Strategy appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 4, 2023

Walmart hopes that its new initiatives will enable the company to eliminate over 2,000 tons of plastic waste by the end of the 2023 fiscal year.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 12, 2024

Prior to aifleet, Marc served as Chief Strategy Officer at US Xpress, and Principal at Kearney, a management consulting firm. They stack their loads and reduce dwell time so drivers can focus on what they do best – drive, while still enjoying guaranteed home time. This model also benefits the environment.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The amount of money that hospitals waste on avoidable supply chain spending is staggering.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 10, 2023

ReturnsSuck.com ) where he is responsible for business development, fundraising, sales, and strategy. Christian brings 15+ years’ experience of supply chain execution, strategy, and digitalization from project44, Amazon, and Grainger. Pollen’s pick up service is available across 20,000 locations, covering 95% of the US.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 17, 2022

With Tive , shippers and logistics service providers (LSP) eliminate preventable delays, damage, and shipment failures. Tive in-transit visibility solutions help shipping and logistics professionals manage their shipments and eliminate preventable delays and damage.

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Loginext

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Supply chain management software helps restaurants reduce food waste, optimize inventory, and improve margins by streamlining ordering, forecasting demand, and cutting costs The post Supply Chain Management Reduces Food Waste, Improves Margins. appeared first on loginextsolutions.com.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 31, 2022

He is passionate about building simple, elegant and highly effective product and commercial strategies. Fulfillment IQ offers comprehensive ecommerce fulfillment-focused solutions that span strategy, platform build, optimization, scaling, and implementation. About Fulfillment IQ. Enterprise Customers. 3PLs and 4PLs. VCs & PEs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For senior leaders, understanding and integrating the three pillars of sustainability—environmental, social, and economic—into supply chain strategies is essential. Reducing carbon emissions is a cornerstone of this effort. Meanwhile, advances in AI-driven route optimization reduce unnecessary mileage, cutting emissions and costs.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 17, 2022

Many efforts to reduce waste in the beverage industry have concentrated on recycling the billions of plastic containers, aluminum cans and glass bottles used each year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

These are the companies and leaders that aren’t letting a good downturn go to waste. HBR also cites technology’s ability to cut costs and to make “companies more agile and therefore better able to handle […] uncertainty and rapid change.” Reduced working capital. Let’s not waste it. Faster order-to-cash.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 12, 2024

On occasion though, some supply chain companies cost reduction efforts get taken too far, especially when ambitious initiatives are embarked upon, intended to significantly reduce operational costs. Some supply chain companies cost reduction efforts have been based on employing a lean strategy.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 26, 2024

What you will learn in this blog: Leveraging Data Analytics For Invaluable Insights Implementing Lean Principles for Waste Reduction Effective Management Of Supply Chain Costs As companies navigate market fluctuations and challenges, effectively managing supply chain expenses becomes pivotal for success.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Importers will look for near-term strategies to move their shipments away from congested trade lanes or process containers further inland to minimize the impact of lead time variability that has dramatically increased in 2021. Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2023

This article is from Open Sky Group and offers tips for removing wasted time in your operations. Less aspirational can be reducing the time that keeps on slipping away in your warehouse operations. Removing warehouse wasted time. Travel is the biggest source of wasted time in a warehouse. The first step?

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 21, 2023

Chris is the Chief Operating Officer at Flock Freight , a technology company that is on a mission to solve the US trucking industry’s wasted capacity problem. Flock Freight is a technology-driven logistics company that specializes in pooling shipments to increase efficiency and reduce transportation costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 16, 2021

Companies are investing more money into sustainability initiatives, seeking to reduce waste and carbon emissions. More recently, we have seen a push towards building a circular supply chain to eliminate waste and build a continual use of resources. The Sustainable Supply Chain. The Circular Economy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 25, 2021

Including CO2 emissions as a key criterion for carrier selection and using logistics technology to reduce or eliminate empty miles are the biggest opportunities to make an immediate difference. This can be done through street turn matching, which reduces empty miles that generate significant carbon emissions. In the U.S.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This is especially true when looking at route optimization, asset utilization, real-time visibility, energy savings, waste reduction, and efficiency. Energy transition can be broken down into a few categories: energy efficient warehouse design; renewable energy usage; smarter warehousing solutions; and waste reduction.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 20, 2023

The sad truth, however, is that a lot of capacity gets wasted too. There is another form of wasted capacity, however, that many shippers overlook — that. The sad truth, however, is that a lot of capacity gets wasted too. There is another form of wasted capacity, however, that many shippers overlook — that.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 17, 2024

At CES 2024, Hyundai conducted Media Day, highlighting their strategic theme “Ease Every Way”, a transformation powered by hydrogen and driven by software, which includes the new “HTWO Ecosystem” and “Software-Define Everything (SDx)” strategy. This strategic approach eliminates the necessity for hydrogen transportation and storage.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Supply chain cost reduction is not something to be tackled as a project. In the meantime the supply chain continues to change and evolve, which potentially means that without vigilant monitoring, costs continue to creep upwards, making the next cost-reduction project more challenging than the last. Guesswork will not do.

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

By adopting a circular economy approach, the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer is now sending less than 1% of returned products to landfills.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 7, 2022

Reduce waste and lower your costs by monitoring the condition of goods in transit to reduce spoilage. Even something as simple as planning truck routes with fewer left turns, or re-arranging your warehouse layout can help deliver goods faster, while reducing carbon emissions. There’s no time to waste.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 24, 2023

With a strong commitment to reducing plastic and corrugated cardboard waste while achieving significant cost savings in packaging expenses, Mike has made substantial contributions to the industry. He holds an MBA from the prestigious Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 14, 2022

At Logistics Viewpoints, we have written about how companies are looking to reduce carbon emissions, especially when it comes to transportation. As the world’s largest retailer, with a world-class transportation network, we have the ability to make a meaningful difference when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 8, 2021

Circular supply chains are interconnected systems that use secondary and regenerative inputs to generate value by reducing and extending resource use. The goal is to monetize waste – the output of one supply becomes an input for another supply chain. Circular supply chains find and monetize waste. Sustainable brands.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 3, 2021

With Tive , shippers and logistics service providers (LSP) eliminate preventable delays, damage, and shipment failures. Tive in-transit visibility solutions help shipping and logistics professionals manage their shipments and eliminate preventable delays and damage.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2024

This means faster deliveries, lower costs, and less wasted space for everyone involved. Eliminating Inefficiencies: Onward’s data-driven platform tackles the inefficiencies of traditional big and bulky delivery. This eliminates the need for maintaining their own delivery fleet, reducing costs and improving overall agility.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Many articles on the topic of supply chain cost reduction have been written, most of which are understandably focused on issues such as inventory levels , network design , process efficiencies and supplier management/relationships. You also need to think about the indirect ways in which packaging can support supply chain cost reductions.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Eduardo is the Group Product Manager at Loadsmart , a digital freight brokerage that leverages cutting-edge technology and strategic partnerships to help shippers and carriers move more with less. Flatbed Messenger eliminates empty miles by matching Home Depot’s dedicated capacity to Loadsmart shippers who need flatbed services.

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