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Preparedness, Communication Key to Mitigating the Effects of a Weather Event on Fleets and Maximizing Opportunity

Blue Grace Logistics

Preparedness, communication key to mitigating the effects of a weather event on fleets and maximizing opportunity. In most cases, landfall (timeframe and location) and severity are known hours – if not days – in advance, but they consistently create logistical logjams for inbound and outbound freight. CCJ Digital. Sep 9, 2021.

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A Better Way to Think About Integrated Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

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. Planes don’t fly because no passengers are flying, so no belly capacity is available.”. Resilience comes down to planning for agility.”

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Digital twins help postal and logistics companies plan for the future

Logistics Business Magazine

With the masses of data required to drive the system already available from existing automation equipment, a digital twin allows almost limitless experimentation with minimal risk. Unforeseen breakdowns are another event that can be modelled and mitigated by a digital twin.

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Omni-Channel Fulfillment is Key for the Holiday Season

Logistics Viewpoints

The TMS processes include freight transported inbound or outbound, domestically or internationally, and using transportation assets the company owns or are owned by an outside service provider. Establishing these levels will help to free up available cash, thus making the business more profitable.

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Stord Strengthens its Leading WMS Solution with 3PL-focused Functionality

Stord

Its Stord One Warehouse WMS software has let us cut our receiving and outbound processing time in half, provide real-time inventory updates to our clients, improve our inbounding accuracy, and boost efficiency by having product available almost immediately to pick orders,” said Sam Manley, Director of Business Development at G.O.S.S.

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The One Key Shift in Your Supply Chain and Procurement Strategies that can Drive Better Business Continuity and Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

In today’s dynamic and unpredictable business environment, companies face various challenges such as changing consumer demands, global uncertainty, and the impact of natural and man-made events. The common goal for all categories of product is that they must be available at the right time, right quantity and right prices.

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Supply Chain Risk Management : The Challenges Driving Increased Interest in Managed Service

GlobalTranz

Disruptions were caused by a wide range of issues, including shutdowns driven by country/state/regional requirements or shutdowns due to health events at the supplier’s site. Market volatility describes a stage at which volume and capacity availability are misaligned. Increased Throughput Generates a Need to Manage by Exception.