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3PL Outsourcing Trends with Ben Steffes

The Logistics of Logistics

Ben Steffes and Joe Lynch discuss 3PL outsourcing trends. Since joining the company in 2011, he’s focused on developing and growing its Coyote Transportation Management offerings, driving synergy efforts with UPS, and leading the Supply Chain Consulting team. Businesses ranged in size from $250M to over $5B in annual revenue.

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The Power of Purchase Order Collaboration: A Game-Changer in Managing Direct Spend

Logistics Viewpoints

Configure to Order: This strategy involves customizing standard products based on customer specifications. Here is a summary of the key supply chain characteristics of each of the manufacturing strategy and how it impacts collaboration with suppliers.

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Supply Chain Management:The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Main | Demand Planning in CPG industry - Practising the Best Practices » The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying Season will again Test Retailer MCO and Supply Chain Capabilities. What therefore should retailers expect in the upcoming 2011 season?

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Five Steps Toward a More Resilient Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

Even before COVID-19, supply-chain managers considered how to cope with supply-chain disruptions — from natural disasters like the 2011 Japanese tsunami to political developments such as the U.S.-China Supply-chain flexibility and responsiveness have never been more important as they are at present.

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GEFCO UK appoints FVL director

Logistics Business Magazine

Bajddi has 14 years of experience working in international supply chain operations and strategy. He has been part of the GEFCO Group for the past 10 years, having joined the business in 2011 as a supply chain analyst. GEFCO UK has announced the appointment of Youssef Bajddi as its new Finished Vehicle Logistics Director.

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Supply Chain Management:The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. » The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday Buying Season- Need for Balancing Retailer Online and Fulfillment Process Investments. As we approach the latter stages of the 2011 holiday buying season, the uptick in online buying has indeed occurred.

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IoT in Logistics: Hackathon Team Aims to Slash Food Waste

IoT World Today

The team decided to leverage multiple sensor-enabled pallets, carriage carts that store the produce in transit and measure moisture and temperature trends in real-time. The strategy for using IoT in Logistics can combine that information with historical quality data graphs to ensure that the current status correlates to a given standard.