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Carrier Capacity Management Levels the Playing Field in a Carriers’ Market

Logistics Viewpoints

Carrier capacity tops the list of parcel shippers’ challenges. E-commerce order volume keeps climbing, straining carrier capacity with shippers sending more parcels outbound and receiving more returns inbound. Carrier capacity management strategies ease the crunch. Widening our view of carrier capacity management.

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A Better Way to Think About Integrated Planning

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Definitions of agility, resilience, visibility, and end-to-end collaboration are all very much tied together. For example, if a company had built up safety stock, and the inbound supply of components needed to make a product is disrupted, the company can still respond to customer demand without breaking a sweat. Mr. Delbar exclaimed.

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Emerging Trends in Automation: What it Means to Supply Chains

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This example generates a huge amount of data that can leverage in the supply chain. While this example may still be a few years off, it is important that you understand how the top emerging trends in automation will shape supply chains and transportation processes in the coming years. The truck never stops until arriving for reloading.

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Key Warehouse & Contract Logistics Trends from 2020

Now, That's Logistics

During a year when e-commerce sales skyrocketed, the global pandemic impacted supply chains around the globe, and transportation capacity contracted across most modes, while companies worked to get their logistics strategies realigned with this “new normal” operating environment.

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Analysis: Why Upcoming ILWU Contract Negotiations are Making Importers Uneasy

MTS Logistics

Across the world, there are 53 automated container terminals, which is about 4% of total container capacity. For example, for a small container ship between 0 and 4,000 TEUs, the unloading and loading time is three times higher than the most-efficient port. To give one example of the labor cost on the U.S. ports are quite low.

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Forklift Load Centers: Everything You Need to Know

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How to Calculate Lifting Capacities for Load Centers Other Than 24 Inches. You can use the following calculation to determine the lifting capacity of your forklift: Rated load center ÷ Actual load center x Rated capacity of the lift. We’ve covered that topic in much greater detail in our Forklift Weight Capacity article.

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Top Takeaways from Coupa Inspire

Logistics Viewpoints

The supply chain design solution, for example, continues to grow in depth and usability. An example of this electronically automated process flow would be a buyer asking a supplier if they can provide 1,000 widgets on January 10 th , the seller replies “we can do 950 on July 11 th , is that OK?” Coupa meets this definition.