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BlueGrace 2017 National Conference | Recap

Blue Grace Logistics

This year, BlueGrace Logistics held their National Conference at the beautiful SandPearl resort in Clearwater Beach, FL. To no surprise, the conference was jam packed with fantastic speakers including Don Hutson, Alex Sheen and Brian Holloway. Everyone enjoyed learning experiences, lunches and a reception back at headquarters.

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13 Warehouse Types: Definitions, Functions & Examples

Conger

Companies often choose private warehouses because of the high degree of control that they confer over the handling and storage of goods. Many offer value-added services such as billing, scheduling, managing orders, packing, assembling, and shipping stored goods. Private warehouses store the same goods that the warehouse owner produces.

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Metrics and Issues to Consider in SQM (Supplier Quality Management) By 5 Big Industries

GlobalTranz

Creating and maintaining detailed documentation on Tier I, Tier II and Tier III levels of ISO/EN with appropriate controls for review, approvals and distribution. Ensure currency and integrity of quality document. total number and percentage increase in fully documented SLAs in place. Improve supplier product quality.

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Innovation and smart technology: Why BMW is driving both

Automotive Logistics

As for warehousing processes, a trial of AR glasses increased productivity by 20% and reduced the error rate by 33% during scanning and packing. The ConnectedDrive function is then activated, which means the vehicle can no longer be tracked, and its status data no longer documented. From this moment the data security is on.

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NRF 2024: Supply Chain Data

Logistics Viewpoints

Throughout the conference I met with several software and hardware providers to get a glimpse into what they were showcasing. The data is all anonymous, but retailers can look at metrics such as time to fulfill, pack time, conversions, and ship versus pick-up, to name a few, across hundreds of Active Omni customers.

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Still Think Dangerous Goods is Just Paperwork and Labels?

Talking Logistics

This includes how they must be classified, packed, marked, labelled and documented – as well as the dangerous goods training which must be completed by the people packing and sending them. cell phones, fragrances) without them knowing any of the packaging, labeling, documentation, and other compliance requirements.

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Freight Forwarding: Keeping shippers top of mind

247 Customs Broker

This kind of complication can even happen with transport within North America, as not all forwarders are up to speed on NAFTA documentation. Highly doubtful, but they will likely fall behind the competitive pack. “It should have been one seamless move,” she explains, “but the forwarder insisted on having three separate segments.