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Energy and Labour Costs: 2 Top Warehousing Challenges in 2023

Logistics Bureau

Recent studies have shown that among the challenges frustrating warehouse and distribution centre managers this year, rising energy and labour costs are two of the most often cited. Of course, the most challenging part of any benchmarking project is accessing other companies’ data against which to compare your warehousing performance.

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Case Study: Helly Hansen opts for UniCarriers once more

Logistics Business Magazine

Workwear stocks were warehoused at a separate distribution centre in Sweden until 2011, but they are now stored together with sports clothing at the Born EDC. Helly Hansen ships around 320,000 packages and 17,000 pallets to customers throughout Europe and Russia from its EDC every year. . The centre holds a total of 2.5

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Top Logistics Terminology

3PL Insights

It’s recommended to study these terms to make day-to-day life in the logistics industry a little easier. As a third party, a 3PL provider may work to distribute and receive product, as well as coordinate shipping, transportation, and warehousing. A hi-lo, of course, refers to a forklift. Ready for more? Download the pdf here.

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Find your Warehouse Rhythm

Logistics Business Magazine

Orchestration Conquers Complexity Supply chains have become more complex in recent years and there are many ways in which that is being tackled: nearshoring, increasing inventory, ‘Just-in-case’ instead of JIT, better energy and natural resource management, optimising packaging use and structural changes to reduce the demand for labour. “If

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The Current State of Imports and Exports

Blue Grace Logistics

Case Study. Knowledge is power–understanding what’s causing the situation can help reduce stress and enable you to select the best course of action to best move forward. The Current State of Imports and Exports Show Submenu Resources. The Logistics Blog®. Whitepaper. BlueGrace Logistics.

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What is Inbound Logistics and How Can a 3PL Help?

Kanban Logistics

With this model, every item that the manufacturing operation could require – from nuts and bolts to packaging materials – was kept on-hand by the manufacturer “just in case” it was needed. JIT is often a component of a larger 3PL inbound warehousing operation for the manufacturer. Putting it all together: a case study.

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How to Get a Job in the Supply Chain Sector

Logistics Bureau

It touches many departments, from production, procurement, shipping, accounting, and finance to marketing, warehousing, research and development, and sales. One study shows that one in three companies in the United States has jobs that are taking nine to 12 months to fill. It’s a constantly-changing, ever-expanding industry.