RPA Labs

AUGUST 31, 2021

RPA is increasingly adopted within the supply chain to take over mundane and repetitive tasks such as managing shipping data, filing paperwork, answering general FAQs, entering data, reading and responding to emails, and performing other basic tasks. Why Shippers and Carriers Struggle With Managing Shipping Data.

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3PL Links

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Image source: Flickr | How to Protect Supply Chain from Cyber Attacks The management of data intelligence in the supply chain presents an enormous challenge to those involved. The amount, velocity, and sharing of data all influence how it is received and evaluated, and these changes intensify with the consolidation of digital transformation.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 1, 2021

Specialized data analysis firms such as Cargonet have found that cargo theft is peaking and the losses being suffered by manufacturers, shippers, and logistics service providers have reached historic highs. It is information analysis that plays a critical role in the prevention of crime.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2022

Once you have gathered the data relating to your customers’ needs, you should be able to see if a single logistics strategy will work for your entire customer base, or whether you need to take a segmented approach. Step 2: Gap Analysis – Customer Requirements and Supply Chain Trends. Delivery frequency and lead times. Inventory levels.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 26, 2019

But is simply adding a digital component to the complex supply chain network enough to make it efficient? Better planning: Intelligent automation can integrate and streamline transportation planning, route planning, warehouse network, and inventory planning. Refined Analytics: Logistics is a data-intensive function.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Too much leads to resources being monopolised on gathering tons of data and a subsequent risk of “paralysis by analysis” Cost to Serve (CTS) is an approach that helps you avoid both extremes. If profits start to decline afterwards, your CTS data can offer valuable information about what changed and how to get back on track.

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Logistics in War

APRIL 9, 2020

The key is effective data analysis, trusted modelling tools and a systematic approach that provides total visibility across the entire supply network. This will support an effective demonstration of probable outcomes during the planning phase based on selected COAs, supported by an ability to intervene where required.

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Triskele Logistics

MAY 27, 2018

Whether you are managing them yourself, or have outsourced the management of your supply chain, it's a really good exercise to understand how it all works. Analysis paralysis can slow you down. Good data is helpful so going to the source (your invoices) gives you the real total costs.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2022

However, we’re also seeing increased supplier collaboration, where customers are sharing inventory levels and demand data with their suppliers, which historically has been disconnected. Historically, this product ‘footprinting’ exercise was both tedious and expensive. It’s going to get bigger and bigger.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

The first one arrived a few years ago when a growing number of companies started treating supply chain design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise. It was a strategic/tactical analysis, disconnected from day-to-day operations, and the software tools were difficult to learn and use.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 29, 2015

The 4PL helped to integrate Maytag operations through consolidating DC networks, optimizing routing of DC shipments , determining optimal fleet size and operating network, combining collocated Maytag and Whirlpool RDS locations and integrating the Hi/Lo network to improve product availability and fill rates.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Implemented cross-docking in its supply network to enable inventory reductions. Supply Chain Network Design. Given this impact on business success, it’s disconcerting to realise that just 22% of companies take an active approach to supply chain network design. . Pioneered the use of vendor-managed inventory.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 9, 2019

Implemented cross-docking in its supply network to enable inventory reductions. Supply Chain Network Design. Given this impact on business success, it’s disconcerting to realise that just 22% of companies take an active approach to supply chain network design. Pioneered the use of vendor-managed inventory.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

A warehouse benchmarking exercise is an excellent way to start the quest for improvement opportunities. Of course, the most challenging part of any benchmarking project is accessing other companies’ data against which to compare your warehousing performance. Could your enterprise benefit from such a solution?

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FLS Transport

JANUARY 4, 2021

And while retailers were able to modestly re-stock going into peak, data now shows that they lack adequate inventory. One data point shows inventories declined 9% year-over-year while sales increased 9%. Note: Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the OTR truckload driver count is at an eight-year low.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The best way to do that is by completing a thorough analysis of current actual costs versus the projected costs associated with commencing—or ending—a 3PL partnership. Sufficient due diligence is exercised in partner selection. Eliminating Inherent Logistics Issues: Why Outsourcing Might Not Succeed.

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The Logistics Academy

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Another trend is learning how to deal with the avalanche of data that supply chain managers have at their fingertips. Data from barcodes, RFID tags, GPS systems, and the Internet of Things (IoT) mean that managers not only have to be good analysts, but they also have to be good at understanding the supply chain system instinctually.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2018

As market and buying trend data becomes more abundant and IT systems more connected, retailers can better estimate demand and adapt their ordering. Network analysis will be crucial for finding the best configuration of return centres, given factors like retail locations and transport facilities with backhaul possibilities.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 16, 2018

Over the next few hours, the true severity of the incident became clear: a malicious computer program, dubbed “NotPetya”, had infected thousands of computers across the organisation’s worldwide operations, locking users out and encrypting data stored on hard drives. The real-world impact on Maersk’s business was immediate.

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Blog on Log

AUGUST 19, 2006

The strategic planning addresses such issues as network design in terms of plant, warehouse, partner facility locations and capacity planning based on the customer demand, supplier positions, transportation and other fulfillment costs. The uncertainties in the Logistics network are increasing both on the demand side and the supply side.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 3, 2016

Turning on your business know-how is important too, because you need careful analysis and critical thinking to make the best of existing opportunities. David told us that in order to go through the “Broker Operations Manual”, which includes all the relevant theoretical info and data, one should plan on setting aside about three weeks.

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