Logistics Bureau

MAY 30, 2022

In this post, we explain what those pillars are, why they matter, and how to align them in a way that supports supply chain management excellence. For example: Alignment of strategy and cost leads to happy shareholders. How accurate and effective is your demand planning? Why does the C-suite want the three pillars aligned?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The reason is that TMS is one of the most highly integrated applications in an organization because it touches every node in the supply chain,” he says. Of course, no matter how well you plan and how good your people are, things always can and do go wrong to derail the project.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 10, 2018

This means for example, that marketing-campaign planning involves manufacturing and procurement functions, to ensure preparedness for an uptick in product demand. The desire to avoid data falling into the wrong hands is, of course, understandable, but digital security measures are improving all the time.

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Bringg

AUGUST 5, 2020

To justify the price of square footage, retail locations must now serve as a node in eCommerce fulfillment. Existing fulfillment models like ship-from-store and click & collect have become retail trends that highlight how to use local retail footprint to reduce the cost of eCommerce fulfillment and improve efficiency.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Some try delving into deep learning or a crash course in generative AI (GenAI), but I don’t recommend starting there. Consider a planner in Brazil working with the previous lead time prediction example, who has forgotten how to update the parameters. Getting started with AI in supply chain might not start where you think.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Of course it would, and that’s why ShipMonk exists. Take COVID for example. Shipping Order Example. For example, if an eCommerce merchant needs eight trucks today and FedEx can only send four trucks, we can send four from FedEx and four from UPS. We can change course at the drop of a hat. What about Rate Shopping?

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