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What Lessons a Table Fable Teaches About Supply Chain Orchestration

Logistics Viewpoints

I work in supply chain. If I had done due diligence, I’d have seen the warnings – the retailer had pretty pictures on their website, but their supply chain failed them, creating an eleven-month saga and unhappy customer. The issue wasn’t poor planning – they had the inventory. I should have known better.

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7 ways technology augments effective procurement in the shipping industry

FreightWaves SONAR

Load capacity limits play a crucial part in a supply chain network organization, logistics metrics management, and procurement in the shipping industry. Freight management parties need to understand why procurement falters without technology and how technology can boost sourcing across all industries.

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2021 Strategies for Inventory Management and Supply Chain Recovery

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You already know the biggest supply chain disruption of 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic. With that said, how can you keep your supply chain running as smoothly as possible in the meantime? The way you plan your 2021 will be unique to your business, depending on your industry and how you’ve been impacted.

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Navigating logistics routing guide volatility: Using technology to increase compliance

FreightWaves SONAR

A logistics routing guide can mean the difference between success and failure of pickup and delivery in a supply chain network. And technology is making it easier to prevent routing guide volatility and create more routing guide stability while increasing compliance. Faulty processes throughout the supply chain.

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Golf and How to Avoid Shanking Your Next WMS Project

Logistics Viewpoints

Ever since COVID tested the supply chain industry’s ability to deliver under duress, many firms began looking to ramp up their game by installing a new warehouse management system (WMS). After all, if the latest technology couldn’t keep them on the fairway, what could? Understand the Course. Pacing is critical.

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How Freight Management Analytics Simplify Logistics

FreightWaves SONAR

And that all begins with deploying advanced freight management analytical resources and tools that actively work to lower all risks, ranging from detention through final mile management. According to Business Wire , “Supply chain analytics holds the key to mitigate a number of businesses complexities. Download the White Paper.

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Manufacturing Supply Chain Constraints and How to Overcome Them

FreightWaves SONAR

Managing the manufacturing supply chain and freight markets of today requires skills, tools, applications and services that have never been utilized in the past. Supply chain constraints are impossible to avoid, but they can be planned for to reduce their impact.