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Solving the Three Toughest Challenges In E-Commerce Fulfillment – DHL Supply Chain
E-commerce is continuing to create opportunity for a range of businesses, but supply chain challenges can limit growth and compromise customer relationships.
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Networking, Transportation Education at the Core of SMC³ Logistics Technology Conference
Connections 2019 offers thought-provoking supply chain content that benefits every transportation and logistics professional.
Read MoreFour Tips for TMS Buyers – WSI
Shippers and intermediaries of all sizes can benefit greatly from the increased functionality and simplified processes offered by a transportation management system.
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The Impact of Technology on Trucking
Trucking companies and fleet managers must incorporate emergent tech and process innovations to stay relevant and retain their competitive edge.
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How Freight Agents Can Utilize Data To Grow Their Businesses – Landstar
No matter what technology freight agents consider investing in, or have access to through the transportation provider they work with, it should be as mobile as they are.
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Customs Broker vs. Freight Forwarder: Use a Customs Broker for Added Compliance – A.N. Deringer
Having a consistent point of contact that is familiar with your account, your product, and your business, can help you avoid a lot of headaches associated with importing.
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Leveraging Logistics Communities to Find Capacity in a Tight Market – Kuebix
Finding truckload capacity is on everyone’s minds as the capacity crunch and driver shortage worsens. In fact, the Kuebix team surveyed over 550 logistics professionals in December 2018 to find out what they believed would be the biggest challenge for supply chains in 2019 and the capacity crunch/ driver shortage easily scored the highest with […]
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Mobile Warehousing & Storage: The Warehouse Manager’s Secret Weapon – Milestone
Low-cost, well-maintained trailers can readily supply needed warehouse flex space to meet the rising demands in the evolving supply chain.
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The Unusual Suspect: Supply Chain’s Role in Recent FDA Recalls – SwanLeap
How the TMS should evolve to increase end-to-end transparency and centralize your supply chain’s data
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Driving Disruption: Planning for the Future of Logistics – RPM
If things aren’t evolving in your supply chain to make room for operational improvement, it’s time to think about it and plan for it.
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Using Collaborative Technology To Tackle the Carrier Capacity Crisis – Transporeon Group Americas
Technology is the great enabler of collaboration. When it comes to domestic transportation, efficiency-enhancing collaborative technologies allow everyone—the shipper, their carriers and their customers—to thrive, even in a challenging capacity environment. By automating processes relating to transportation, these solutions free up capacity and help keep drivers on the road by minimizing detention and dwell time, […]
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The Game Has Changed—Time for a New Playbook – Transportation Insight, LLC
Evolving e-commerce service expectations force traditional retailers, manufacturers and distributors to rethink their strategies for serving clients. A two-day delivery normal—at little or no cost to the end consumer—pressures every supply chain stage, from raw material components to the finished product traveling the last yard to the customer’s hands. Retailers competing to deliver on service […]
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Solving the Three Toughest Challenges in E-commerce Fulfillment – DHL Supply Chain North America
E-commerce is continuing to create opportunity for a range of businesses, but supply chain challenges can limit growth and compromise customer relationships.
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Improving Supply Chain Performance by Focusing on Daily Improvement – Transplace
OGSM (Objectives, Goals, Strategies and Measurements) provides clear goals and identifies the strategic choices to achieve them.
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Tis the Season to be Agile – WSI
If you work with a capable 3PL, you may rest assured that you already have the supply chain agility needed to meet any challenges the New Year may bring.
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Why NextGen Tech Like Blockchain and AI Will Transform Your Supply Chain – MHI
Among the next-gen technologies set to affect the supply chain, blockchain and artificial intelligence are rapidly emerging with potential for significant impact.
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Use Big Data to Improve Your Supply Chain – Transplace
The term "big data" has been one of the hottest buzzwords in recent years, which shouldn’t be a surprise. Statistical science and data analytics can help organizations acquire historical measurements and generate actionable information that improves supply chain visibility, drives operational efficiency, and supports growth. But knowing the importance of data is only the first […]
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Cross-Brand Collaborations: X Marks the Spot – SEKO Logistics
Cross-brand collaborations seem to be everywhere right now. But why the sudden explosion in collaborations? And why do brands do it? SEKO Logistics teamed up with digital e-commerce agency Red Hot Penny to analyze some likely reasons behind cross-brand collaborations to provide insight and inspiration. Open up new markets A collaboration of two brands in […]
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Getting More Strategic about Transportation Sourcing – Dupré Logistics
When faced with the logistical dilemma created by the truck driver shortage, increased traffic, and the increase from retail to e-commerce, challenges can’t be fixed by doing what’s always been done. At Dupré Logistics, we see many organizations continuing to source tactically, based on price or as needed on the brokerage market; changes to that […]
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Overcoming Omni-channel Challenges in Retail – Crane Worldwide Logistics
Supply chains should allocate product across today’s complex omni-channel networks to fulfill customer demand.
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