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A Better Way to Think About Integrated Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

Definitions of agility, resilience, visibility, and end-to-end collaboration are all very much tied together. And agility is about reacting quickly and hopefully effectively to the actual disruptive event. But the event might not be disruptive at all if you had planned for it. Resilience is About Planning for Agility.

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What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022

The Logistics of Logistics

Weather events might also be factors. The peak season definition is a continued evolution of the seasons in transportation. The app also helps handle the mounting pressure for more middle-mile moves when a distribution center or warehouse needs to get goods to a store for customer pickup. When and What Is Peak Season ?

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Transporeon Launches Freight Marketplace

Logistics Business Magazine

Negotiating efficiently and fairly is also a challenge due to the lack of standardised data sets, which hinder like-for-like comparisons and make it difficult to consider factors beyond price, such as sustainability and service levels. Sellers gain access to a broader range of shippers and mini tenders, allowing them to win new business.

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Cybersecurity in Logistics: How to Protect Your Supply Chain from Cyber-Attacks

3PL Insights

This is definitely beneficial to any supply chain as it simplifies and speeds up communication. Supply chains are part of a complex global system where data and information are shared through cyberspace. Therefore, it is critical that logistics companies invest in ways to safeguard sensitive data and information.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

It is definitely a bittersweet time of year. to expand monkeypox vaccine, drug distribution. Amazon experienced “critical fire or arc flash events” at six sites in North America with solar installations, representing about 12.7 That means a quiet house during the week and weekends spent on the athletic fields.

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7 Ways Retailers Can Reduce Delivery Costs

Locus

This seamless blend of shopping experiences does more than just boost customer satisfaction; it cleverly distributes the delivery load. By leveraging data on real-time traffic, driver schedules, delivery priorities, and vehicle capacities, retail businesses can carve out the most efficient paths for their fleets.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 25 – March 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

Women’s History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. And while this definitely points to an industry making strides, a recent Procurious survey found that 75 percent of women in supply chain experience gender-based adversity.