Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Recent studies have shown that among the challenges frustrating warehouse and distribution centre managers this year, rising energy and labour costs are two of the most often cited. We hope the tips and ideas in this article will help you make inroads into warehouse energy and labour cost reduction.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 30, 2015

Editor’s Note: We continue our collaborative blog series with Ben Goldwasser of Spendrix, a company who helps shippers determine which carriers operate best in certain regions, and conditions, allowing you to be more thorough. What tips would you provide to enhance supplier risk management skills?

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The answer depends, of course, on your company’s objectives and, particularly, on your customer service promises. Over the course of around 15 years, the company perfected the strategy. But what does a great inventory management strategy look like? In other words, it will be different for every enterprise or organisation.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Content comes in all shapes and sizes — blog posts (like this one!), videos, podcasts, eBooks, infographics, case studies… the list goes on. Of course, as you kickstart your customer acquisition endeavors, keeping track of KPIs (key performance indicators) is absolutely essential. P.S. Hungry for more tips and tricks?

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Ship Monk

MARCH 14, 2023

Okay, there are two ways we could write this part of our eco-friendly ecommerce blog: 1.) Biodegradable Plastics and Recycled Plastics – Plastic has consistently been the villain of this blog without a doubt. And check out our ecommerce blog for more tips for improving, growing and scaling your ecommerce business!

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Ship Monk

MARCH 14, 2023

Okay, there are two ways we could write this part of our eco-friendly ecommerce blog: 1.) Biodegradable Plastics and Recycled Plastics – Plastic has consistently been the villain of this blog without a doubt. And check out our ecommerce blog for more tips for improving, growing and scaling your ecommerce business!

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a collaborative blog post series about mobility in manufacturing & logistics along with Catavolt, who helps manufacturing organizations drive operational excellence with mobile apps. According to Gartner, Inc., there will be nearly 26 billion devices on the Internet of Things by 2020.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 23, 2017

We work with a lot of manufacturing companies and one of the questions we get most often is 'Why do we need to blog'? Often followed by 'How do we blog for manufacturing'? A word about what a blog is. But a blog is not all writing and the part that is written should be conversational and natural. Podcast or audio.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 3, 2016

Gain Industry Experience and Study. We asked David from LoadTraning how much time one would have to set aside to pass a freight broker course as well as some hands-on training. In general, the best tip to reduce the price you have to pay for your freight broker bond is to work on improving your credit score. Get Started!

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Ship Monk

APRIL 26, 2023

A 2020 ecommerce shipping study determined that 27% of shoppers will choose one ecommerce brand over the other based on speed of delivery options. Yes, site design, advertising, branding, and, of course, product design have an impact on customer acquisition. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

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Ship Monk

DECEMBER 1, 2022

A 2020 ecommerce shipping study determined that 27% of shoppers will choose one ecommerce brand over the other based on speed of delivery options. Yes, site design, advertising, branding, and, of course, product design have an impact on customer acquisition. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Reduce Cart Abandonment.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 28, 2023

All sorts of organizations have run studies on eco-friendly attitudes in the ecommerce industry, and we have amazingly positive news to share about what buyers are thinking. And these positive, Earth-protecting assertions are only the tip of the doesn’t-have-to-melt iceberg. We have proof. We hope you do!

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 31, 2022

If you follow the Logistics Bureau blog, you might recall that we have, once or twice, made passing reference to the concept of the circular supply chain , primarily in our articles focused on developing trends in the supply chain and logistics sector. They’ve highlighted many nice case studies covering the last couple of years.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 31, 2021

The tips in this article will help you know how to identify the customers, products, and processes that might be inflating your cost to serve (CTS) unnecessarily. To make things easier, it might be worth considering an investment in some analytics software to speed up the process, and of course, you won’t look at every SKU or customer.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 8, 2023

Indeed, a study completed last year shows that only around 26% of companies were using a transportation management system. As recently as four or five years ago, the reason for the low adoption of TMS products would have been easier to understand. If you focus on the former, you will likely achieve the latter.

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WorkWave

JULY 31, 2019

Set Your Goals Build Your Local Brand Awareness Reaching Your Target Audience Creating Thumb-Stopping Content Getting Your Business Into The Local Homeowners Consideration Turn Local Social Users Into Customers Best Practices for Retargeting Custom Conversions Social Advertising Tips. Social Advertising Tips.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 23, 2014

We pick up where we left off yesterday from posting the Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts for 2014 by page views from the Cerasis blog by featuring the Top 10 Supply Chain Blog Posts in 2014. Top Supply Chain Blog Posts for 2014. Read the Full Blog Post. Read the Full Blog Post. Read the Full Blog Post.

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