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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The port handles about 11 million tons of cargo per year, including automobiles, containers, coal, and farm products. For example, a robust supply chain may have backup power generators, firewalls, security systems, and emergency plans to prevent or mitigate the effects of disruptions.

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6 Types of Automation [Benefits, Pros/Cons, Examples]

Conger

Examples of automation range from a household thermostat to a large industrial control system, self-driven vehicles, and warehousing robots. Programmable automation is code-based, allowing for excellent precision Programmable automation is most used in systems that produce similar items using the same automated steps and tools.

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8 Inventory Management KPIs for Effective Inventory Analysis

EazyStock

Inventory Management KPIs for Effective Inventory Analysis. But with a wealth of inventory KPIs available to choose from to include in your inventory analysis methods, which ones are the most important to ensure you’re on the right track to optimum efficiency? Managing inventory is a complex business. Inventory turnover ratio.

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Active Supply Chain Design: A Key Imperative for De Risking Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

The bullwhip effect is one example of this disruptive effect, when small changes in demand cause huge demand spikes downstream. Table 1 describes a few examples of these types of risks. Examples of disruptive risks are suppliers going out of business or shipwrecks that result in the loss of cargo containers.

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Cost of Warehouse Management System Software

The Logistics of Logistics

In the Cloud model, upfront costs primarily consist of: WMS implementation (requirements definition, system configuration, system and user acceptance testing, integration to existing corporate and/or material handling systems, go-live support, etc.). Other vendors include some or even all of these as part of their core WMS capabilities.

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AI-Powered Inventory Planning for Better Sleep

Logistics Viewpoints

It serves as a compelling example of how retailers must reassess their inventory strategies to adapt to rapidly shifting market demands driven by trends. This analysis identifies the inventory level where profitability is maximized by keeping customers happy while minimizing excess stock.

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Truck fleet management: How are my trucks performing in the market?

FreightWaves SONAR

By using strong management and analysis processes, supply chains can maximize value and stay competitive. And freight KPIs can serve as a valuable tool for freight market intelligence. Streamline data capture and analysis. Freight intelligence tools help management develop a more unified freight strategy.