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ETA in Shipping: Why Retailers & Delivery Partners Need to Pay Attention

Locus

In this blog, we’ll explore the concept of ETA in shipping and the challenges that retailers and delivery partners face in ensuring timely deliveries. For example, in air freight, the ETA is calculated based on the flight schedule and the expected flight time.

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Navigating the Produce Supply Chain

Blue Grace Logistics

In this blog post, you’ll learn about produce supply chain and the key aspects that ensure the delivery of fresh and sustainable produce to our table. Sorting, Packaging, and Cooling: Immediately after harvesting, the time sensitive journey to final consumer becomes a race against the clock.

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Everything About Single Stream Recycling

Compactor Management Company

Gone are the days of sorting paper, plastic, cardboard, and glass into separate containers. In this blog, we explore the pros and cons of single-stream recycling and emphasize the importance of striking a balance between convenience and quality. Single stream recycling sorting process typically follows these steps: 1.

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How a TMS Boosts Drayage Service Efficiency

MercuryGate

For example, drayage services could be used to transport containers from a railyard to a warehouse. At the warehouse, the containers will be sorted, segmented, and routed to the […]. Drayage service transports freight from an ocean port to an initial inland destination in a specific context.

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Getting value from the general ledger within your ERP system

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The general ledger (GL) is the recordkeeping system used to sort, store, and summarize a company’s financial transactions over time. One of the best practices to ensure integrity, even though it is old school, is the segregation of duties, for example, between the ability to raise a GL journal and approving the journal.

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How manufacturers can adopt a sustainable supply chain

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Process changes to improve sustainability What sort of process changes should manufacturers be looking at to improve sustainability? For example, ensuring that if a BOM is changed to include recycled material, the change of requirements is seamlessly passed on to suppliers.

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Freight Tech, ROI & Input vs. Output Metrics

Parade

There are many reasons why Amazon is successful (future blog post?) You need a way to sort the wheat from the chaff and the input/output metrics framework is a great way to do it. Let me walk through an example of it, using the software we offer at Parade as a way to do so. An example of input metrics. Remember This.

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