Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The Logistics Blog®. Inbound Programs. When facilities are receiving a range of raw materials and components from multiple vendors, the complexities of inbound shipping can quickly derail the best production and distribution process. Successful inbound programs start with a good vendor routing guide. Whitepaper.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 30, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from our friend Jake Rheude with Red Stag Fulfillment. In part 1 of the 3-part series, Jake discusses the current state and potential issues that arise with your current distribution system. Between these segments is the distribution system. Distribution System Yesterday and Today.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is a guest blog by our friends at 2 Flow. In this blog, they discuss everything you need to know about a 3PL business. These types of services include distribution and transportation management, public warehousing, contract warehousing and freight consolidation. What is 3PL? These include: .

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's Blog is by Carl Turn, a freelance writer in the distribution field, who is showing us how next-day delivery is changing the face of eCommerce. Businesses may also want to look into opening new distribution centers so that fulfillment can occur faster. . Now Is the Time to Update Shipping Practices .

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is by Tom Reddon of National Forklift Exchange. In this blog, Tom shares with us 4 Life hacks for promoting teamwork and improving operations. Bio : Tom Reddon, a forklift specialist and blog manager for National Forklift Exchange. 4 Hacks to Improve Your Warehouse Operations.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 23, 2015

Our aim at Cerasis continues and will always be to provide the most important information to those in the manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, and logistics industry. Even if you are not a manufacturer or distribution company, these tips are applicable to any industry! We hope this post gives you something to think about!

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Expedited Freight Questions Answered Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® Newsroom Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - November 10, 2023 Whether your organization uses expedited freight shipping every day or occasionally, it pays to understand how to use these services as effectively as possible.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Last mile logistics refers to the final step of the delivery process from a distribution center or facility to the end user. Previous blogs have touched on the importance and fears surrounding the capacity crunch and the driver shortage, and these problems are not going away. What Is Last Mile Logistics? .

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 28, 2015

Yesterday we published a blog post concerning the notification window changes made by the NMFC for concealed freight damage. It was the fastest to reach 200 views of any blog post on the Cerasis blog (200 views in 45 minutes).

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 28, 2022

Apart from the fact that they’re swimming in a sea of paper, manual document distribution can cost big bucks in terms of wasted time, extra costs and decreased efficiency. How Manufacturers and Distributors can automating document distribution help? Here’s how: Additional person hours. According to Corp!

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

However, this action can be mitigated successfully, reports Karl Seibrecht of Flexe Blog, through “in-store pickup, ship-to-store initiatives and pop-us distribution solutions.”. In other words, the diversity of Amazon has made it difficult for companies to continue providing one-size-fits-all products to consumers.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 20, 2015

In fact, in order to combat these ever pressing issues and competition, we recently shared our insights on trends for 2015 facing manufacturers and distributors on the Cisco-Eagle Blog. The Cerasis “e-commerce” blog category has great articles on developing your strategy. What should you do? What do my customers want?

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Editor's Note: Today's blog is from Cindy Banker with ProCorr Display and Packaging who is bringing us some great insight on how to reduce product damage. For heavy boxes, stack them like bricks, so the weight is more evenly distributed. Packaging and product damage during shipping is extremely common.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 29, 2015

As we stated in our state of transportation management systems blog post earlier in the year , unfortunately, not all shippers are taking advantage of a TMS just yet. The driving force of simplification in transportation technology is the use of a transportation management system.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In today’s blog post we continue our look at the logistics technology trends that will shape 2018. As a result, stores as a distribution center will become more popular throughout 2018. In this post, will go to how shippers and logistics providers will lean on 6 more trends to make gains in the months to come. download ebook.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 16, 2017

Editor's Note: Today's blog is a continuation of yesterday's blog where Mikeala Della from Atlantic Training shows us the top 20 Forklift Safety Tips. Ensure the Load is evenly distributed. Here's the last 10 Forklift Safety Tips. Keep Clear of the Mast. To start the list of forklift safety tips, let's start with the obvious:

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

A recent study found that 80 percent of respondents, discovered in a survey by Packaging World magazine, own a tablet, asserts Apriso's Transformation Manufacturing Blog. Webinar - Top 5 Enterprise Mobility Apps for Manufacturing, Retail & Distribution from Indusa Technical Corp. So, this doesn't seem like much of an impact.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from our friends at Camcode. In this blog, Camcode discusses how collaboration provides supply chain disruption to impact the future of logistics management. Asset Tracking Provides Cross-Departmental Knowledge.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 25, 2017

Editor's Note: Today's blog comes from our friend Michael Stoddard who shares the top 10 transportation jobs in the industry. They go over plans and analyze how they will affect inventories and distribution systems. Distribution, customer support and tight work with logistics systems. Distribution Manager.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 11, 2016

As explained by Steve Banker of Forbes magazine , Amazon has unleashed an army of robots in their distribution centers for the purposes of picking and packaging. Ultimately, products that get to the distribution center faster can get to the customer faster.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 21, 2015

At distribution centers, Walmart uses cross-docking, a process in which product is exchanged between trucks so that each truck going to a retail store has products from different suppliers. Any supply chain’s success is closely linked to the appropriate use of transportation.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is from our friend Kevin Hill with Quality Scales Unlimited who shares his expertise regarding the key trends in supply chain and transportation management. . Supply chains, both international and domestic, are under constant pressure to reduce their costs and enhance performance at the same time.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 2, 2017

In our predictions’ blog post from earlier this year, we noted how customization will begin to replace traditional inventory management, and essentially, customization goes back to using computer analytics to generate a more accurate, successful view of inventory management.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 5, 2017

Today's blog is a continuation of yesterday's where we discussed cost management and KPIs with warehousing contracts using a real-world scenario. Now we dive a bit deeper with incentives, gain sharing, should-cost models, and governance in warehousing contracts. Since this is a real-world scenario, here's a quick recap on the client.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from our friend Kelli Harris, a consultant and recent college graduate in Logistics Management. Services Marketing, Marketing Channels & Supply Chain Management – This set of lessons teaches you about physical distribution of products and main six components that create supply chain integration.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 1, 2015

We have been fortunate to not only know the self-proclaimed "Uber of Manufacturing," MakeTime , but have also had a guest blog from their founder, Drura Parrish. In that post, he talks about how the future of manufacturing is distributed.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is by Carl Turner. Today, Carl writes about his 5 tips for success Warehouse and Distribution center management. In order to maintain a successful distribution center in this business environment, you have to run an efficient operation in which you are constantly moving product and satisfying your customers.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Most modern manufacturing programs use RFID scanners , barcode scanners, and automated data capture for processing in the manufacturing control platform, asserts an Apriso blog post. For manufacturers with lean manufacturing systems, mobility has been around for a while. This information is then available to the manufacturer's employees.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2015

We have written several posts on technology, which you can read in our technology blog category , have talked about the future of manufacturing , the future of transportation technology , and the Industrial Internet of things. We’ve previously touched on distributed manufacturing on our own and welcomed a guest blogger on the topic.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 11, 2016

As a technology company , we at Cerasis urge our manufacturing and distribution shipper customers to lean on technology as a tool for efficiency. However, this list is still incomplete, and the next blog post will focus on five smaller, yet vitally important manufacturing technology trends in 2016.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2016

However, small shippers can take advantage of this selection by making their freight more attractive than the freight of their competitors, which was discussed in great detail in our previous blog post, “10 Tips on Making Freight More Attractive to Ease Your Capacity Crunch Woes.”.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 5, 2015

We continue our series on the most popular blog posts of 2014 in each of our main categories with our very first post of 2014 by featuring another area important to Cerasis and the industry: third party logistics. The Most Popular Blog Posts in the 3PL Category By Pageviews for 2014. Read the Full Blog Post.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 31, 2017

Editor's Note: Today's blog comes from Michael Copeland, a Commercial Support Manager with Wilson Electronics who shows us why cellular connectivity is imperative to your distribution center. As a distribution center manager, you administer a critical link in the retail supply chain. Boost your distribution operations.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2017

This two-part blog series will take you thru the RFP questions along with the answers you'd expect to see from the 3PL. When it comes to the logistics industry, whether it's transportation management contracts or warehouse contracts, there are a million moving parts, and as many questions. The Client Details.

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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.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 31, 2016

Editor’s Note: This is a guest blog from our friend Jake Rheude with Red Stag Fulfillment. In part 2 of the 3-part series, Jake discusses the new technologies that are introduced and how they effect your distribution system. There are several new technologies that have either already impacted distribution or will soon do so.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Today, we kick off our annual year end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 7 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , 3PL , Business , Transportation , Freight. There were approximately 220 blog posts in 2014, and over 200,000 page views on those posts alone. Top Manufacturing Blog Posts for 2014.

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