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Freight Benchmarking: What Is It? Why Do It?

Logistics Bureau

Improved ability to predict and manage trends: After you’ve spent a while working with freight benchmarks, you’ll get a feel for the directions of seasonal rate fluctuations and other pricing trends. The Pros and Cons of Procuring a Benchmarking Tool. You’ll have a better idea of when rates move up and when they move down.

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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

With that question answered, I’m giving the rest of this article over to highlighting several business and supply chain issues, which, if you are experiencing them in your enterprise, are potent indications that CTS analysis should be on your agenda —for execution at the soonest. Schedule your consultation call now.

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Committing to preparedness, and the balance between ‘all of it’ and ‘just enough’

Logistics in War

Logistics In War has been exploring preparedness and logistics in a series of articles over the last three months. I encourage you to read the article to see the important trend driving the sustainment of militaries at play. By David Beaumont. The role of logistics in preparedness is self-evident.

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Supply Chain Visibility: A Precursor to Insight and Optimization

CLX Logistics

Today, companies have varied interpretations of “visibility,” largely due to evolving business demands and globalization trends. The most common goals of supply chain visibility include the following, but as your company completes this exercise, be sure to include quantifiable metrics: Reduce business and supply chain risk.

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Supply Chain Management:Importance of Proactive Master Data.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. « Collaborative Platform for Enterprise of Future | Main | Key Asset Management trends in Oil & Gas Industry » Importance of Proactive Master Data Maintenance in SAP SCM Support. Very good article Pushkar. Simple but very helpful.

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Happy New Year: Here’s the 7 things shippers need to know about the Q1 2021 freight market

FLS Transport

While this is nothing to cheer about, industrial output combined with the other items noted in this article will continue to increase the demand for trucks during the normal lull. And the results have spawned a cornucopia of tools aimed at delivering a seamless logistics experience for everyone involved in the supply chain.

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Warehouse Safety: OSHA Guidelines, Statistics & 10 Top Tips

Conger

In this article, you’ll: Learn the top safety guidelines for warehouses. We’ll talk more about specific risks later in the article, but briefly, warehouse workers commonly face hazards associated with: Forklifts and other material handling equipment. 1910 Subpart P: Hand and Portable Powered Tools and Other Hand-Held Equipment.

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