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What is a routing guide and what are best practices to create one

FreightWaves SONAR

And according to Brian Straight of FreightWaves , a routing guide is a living document that enables faster transportation management and keeps freight spend under control based on lane volatility, seen also within SONAR SCI Lane Acuity. What is a routing guide : a list of preferred carriers for tendering freight.

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No Supply Chain Strategy? Here’s How to Develop One

Logistics Bureau

As a result, and as we’ve mentioned in several previously published articles, we’ve discovered that many companies lack a defined and documented supply chain strategy. For example, you don’t want to assume that a single logistics strategy and service approach will meet all your customers’ needs. It may do, but how do you know?

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Roadcheck Week is Coming: May 4-6

Blue Grace Logistics

During the inspection, inspectors will check the driver’s operating credentials, hours-of-service documentation, seat belt usage and for alcohol and/or drug impairment. The only other times during the course of the year it has been lower was over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. percent of all driver-related concerns.

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Top 6 Supply Chain KPIs: Keep Your Dashboards Simple

Logistics Bureau

Accurate documentation: This metric tracks the percentage of sales orders accompanied by accurate documents throughout the process. Documents included in the metric can vary but usually include advance shipment notifications (ASNs), labels, and invoices. Delivery documentation is completed accurately. x 0.96 = 0.8661.

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A Recommended Approach to Warehouse Layout and Operational Design

Logistics Bureau

It’s also important to document any constraints that will impact your plans to meet those objectives. A clear understanding of objectives and constraints will provide you with the starting point for your design review, so it’s important to get them documented and to make sure all stakeholders are aware of them.

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The 3 Pillars of Supply Chain Management (And Why Their Alignment Matters)

Logistics Bureau

From an inventory perspective then, service means maintaining an appropriate level of stock to meet your promises to your customers. Hence it’s critical to balance inventory levels and deployment strategy to meet availability and cost requirements. Remember what we said at the beginning of this post.

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Hanging in the balance

Automotive Logistics

The big questions now are whether the current downward trend will last and if new approaches in the outbound logistics segment can help support the domestic finished vehicle industry. . There was an increase in domestic demand for finished vehicles in 2018, and the outbound logistics segment also looks very promising.