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Sortation Case Study: Prepared for Peak Times

Logistics Business Magazine

Parcel shipping is growing worldwide, and Austria is no exception of course. “This includes the sorter frame made out of steel and the contactless energy supply instead of the typical contact lines, which are commonly used by the competition.” This allows us to respond better to sensitive products,” explains Niemietz.

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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

And, of course, I will also share how knowing your cost-to-serve will help you to solve those all-too-familiar performance gremlins. Potential Factors in Declining Margins To get to the root of the problem, understanding the costs of production or purchasing will be a necessary starting point, but typically, more information will be needed.

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Case Study: Why UK Ports and Shipping Firm Chose Hyundai

Logistics Business Magazine

This includes some elements of upgrading to reflect a slightly different product mix in relation to the goods we handle.”. “I had a contact at Acclaim Handling and in passing, I relayed my experience. Of course, I knew of the construction equipment, cars and shipbuilding – but not the range of material handling machines.”.

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What is Inbound Logistics and How Can a 3PL Help?

Kanban Logistics

Inbound logistics refers to the supply chain operations that lead up to the creation of the finished product. This includes the procurement and delivery of the parts used to build the finished product. Outbound logistics, on the other hand, refers to the operations that bring your finished product out to the marketplace.

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Importance of Social Proof in Ecommerce

Ship Monk

We spend a lot of time researching products before we buy, but in the end we may still feel uncertain. Humans have a natural attraction (psychologists call it a cognitive bias) toward products and services that other people like. Interestingly, the less your customers know about your product, the more important social proof becomes.

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Case Study: How Yale Dealer Helped Soft Paper Producer

Logistics Business Magazine

Heat, humidity, dust, abrasion – producing soft, hygienic paper is tough business and having equipment that can perform continuously in this environment is crucial to maintaining productivity. For six years, this producer of Kleenex® and Hakle® hygiene products has used only Yale trucks.

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Supply Chain Management:Importance of Proactive Master Data.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Contact Us. Product Categories. Case Studies. |. We came up with an action plan of having a MDM Quality Report based on Product-Locations master data, Transportation Lanes & Production Process Models (PPM) master data from APO Production environment. Newsroom Investors Careers. Infosys Labs.