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What Does a 3PL Do?

Ship Monk

We’re talking about tasks like picking and packing orders, verifying delivery addresses, finding the most affordable way to ship packages, tracking deliveries, handling problems, and managing returns. Let’s take ShipMonk, for example, one of the fastest-growing 3PL fulfillment providers in the US. You do have other options, of course.

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Direct-to-Consumer Fulfillment Needs & “WMS-Plus” Propel Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) Demand

Logistics Viewpoints

E-Commerce Fulfillment Needs Remain Paramount Of course, the need to run warehouse operations more effectively and efficiently is the primary and ongoing reason for WMS sales. For example, warehouse labor management has consistently been an important add-on to WMS. The WMS selection process has evolved to a WMS-plus selection process.

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3PL Fulfillment Robotics Roadmap

Ship Monk

Below are just a few examples of different robots that 3PLs can use to enhance productivity. Picking and Packing Robots benefit fulfillment facilities in terms of speed and accuracy. Exemplary 3PLs don’t have to use all of these robots, of course, just as a great fruit salad doesn’t need to use every kind of fruit in existence.

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Where should packaging businesses focus in 2023?

Logistics Business Magazine

When labour is hard to come by and costly, investing in carton handling equipment can increase efficiency in many ways, for example, a machine can erect up to 22 cartons per minute compared with three erected per minute manually. Once you deal with those, it’s surprising how many other issues will be addressed at the same time.”.

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How to Deal with Damaged Freight: Freight Damage Types

GoShip Blog

The course of action you need to take will ultimately depend on the type of damage that affects your freight shipments. For example, changes in climatic zones and moisture content result in container rain , leading to damaged freight. What are the types of damaged freight?

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Automated, Accelerated Pharmaceutical Picking

Logistics Business Magazine

The company in this example has tailored its fulfilment concept precisely to these demands and implemented it with state-of-the-art technology from its long-term intralogistics partner SSI Schaefer. Example contents include headache pills, nasal sprays, and adhesive bandages.

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What happens when a container needs to be changed in a transshipment port?

Globalior

Of course in transit, the vessel may stop over at various ports en route to destination. Loading and offloading can be surprisingly costly if for example the shipment involves delicate goods that require a lot of special handling. This can add complexity to maintaining the accuracy of the packing list and should be carefully managed.

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