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13 Warehouse Types: Definitions, Functions & Examples

Conger

Plenty of examples of warehousing. Companies often choose private warehouses because of the high degree of control that they confer over the handling and storage of goods. High capital and operating costs make private warehouses a realistic option only for large, established businesses. Their pros and cons. Let's dive in!

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Embracing a Growth Mindset: The Key to Freight Agent Succes

Trinity Logistics

Examples of this can include access to industry research, subscriptions to relevant publications, or budgeting for educational conferences. Be the example and show them how you take on that initiative, and they will likely follow suit. This way, growth will be fostered organically. Trinity Logistics has you covered. Don’t worry!

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Infor Nexus is Taking an Interesting Approach to Generative AI

Logistics Viewpoints

At supply chain and enterprise application conferences, software companies have talked about using generative AI to create user manuals. A good example is saying “What are my demurrage issues at the Port of Long Beach?” There are not vast amounts of external data that are part of the training model as is the case for ChatGPT. “We’re

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Cardinal Health’s Perfect Implementation

Logistics Viewpoints

Pete Bennett, and his co-presenter, Mary Byrne, the vice president of supply and demand planning, spoke during a presentation at Kinaxis’ user conference Kinexions. If you are implementing a warehouse management system, for example, you scan something, you put it away, you store items, you replenish, you build pallets. Count them!

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Automation Technology the Key in Ecommerce

Logistics Business Magazine

Speaking at the Deliver Europe conference in Amsterdam, Pretin said automation is better than manual handling because costs are controlled after installation, whereas labour costs can rise, as they are now, thereby impacting the running costs of the warehouse. ROI varies depending on the number of shifts operated.

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Autoliv’s Supply Chain Risk Management Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

spoke on best practices on supply chain risk management at ARC Advisory Group’s Digital Transformation in Industry conference. This includes plant operations, inbound and outbound transportation, warehousing, demand planning and our comprehensive and running supply chain risk management ecosystem. Soon we will do more training.

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GXO Direct to Use AI To Drive Labor Efficiencies

Logistics Viewpoints

Steve Lewis, the president of GXO Direct, the shared services division of GXO Logistics, spoke at Blue Yonder’s ICON user conference. GXO Direct operates warehouses across major markets in the U.S. Their selection of Blue Yonder is another example of this. GXO is the world’s largest contract warehousing provider. and Canada.