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Fully Automated Warehouse System Overview

Cyzerg

A fully automated warehouse system uses software and hardware tools to streamline operations, from receiving inventory to shipping orders. This article will cover fully automated warehouse systems, including how they function, available types of automation, and the technologies behind them.

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Analysis: Today’s Global Economy vs. Global Container Shipping

MTS Logistics

Companies involved in international trade are hit hard as they experience decreased orders and reduced cargo volumes, affecting the revenue of shipping lines and container terminals. Freight Rate Volatility Economic slowdowns lead to heightened competition among shipping lines, with companies bidding for a smaller pool of available cargo.

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Transportation cost analysis: Going beyond benchmarking for improved carrier pricing

FreightWaves SONAR

From a financial standpoint, transportation cost analysis remains focused on determining the value of the resources used to execute a given shipment and goes well beyond benchmarking. Moreover, this kind of analysis does not focus on who ends up paying which expenses in the end. The challenges of limited transportation cost analysis.

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Cost-To-Serve Analysis Should be Core Planning Tool

Logistics Business Magazine

A new white paper from a supply chain consultancy suggests retailers are too fragmented in their approach to determining their Costs-To-Serve (CTS) and should instead adopt CTS analysis as a core, business-critical initiative for informing future decisions and direction. “In More acutely, do you know what margin you are making?

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Using ABC Analysis in Inventory Management

EazyStock

What is ABC Analysis? ABC inventory analysis is a method used to classify a business’s stock items into three categories – A, B and C, based on their value to the business. In this blog post we’ll delve deeper into the intricacies of ABC analysis and how it can help businesses improve their inventory management practices.

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How To Improve Stock Availability

EazyStock

Stock Availability – A Common Inventory Management Challenge. In our final post we’re looking at how businesses can ensure stock availability without investing too much capital into their inventory. Inventory Management Challenge 3: Improving Stock Availability Without Carrying Excess Stock.

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8 Inventory Management KPIs for Effective Inventory Analysis

EazyStock

Inventory Management KPIs for Effective Inventory Analysis. Lots of activities, processes and people are involved in ordering, receiving, storing, picking and shipping items with the ultimate aim of keeping customers happy with the correct orders that are on time. Managing inventory is a complex business.