Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Selecting the right 3PL is no simple exercise, yet it’s one that’s all too often subject to shortcuts, a dearth of detail, and overly compressed timelines. Of course nothing is wrong at all if tables like this are supported by files containing data at a much more granular level. If Only There Were More Good Tenders.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2022

For example, you don’t want to assume that a single logistics strategy and service approach will meet all your customers’ needs. That will be an essential step to help you understand your current supply chain capabilities and where they may need improvement to meet those customer expectations—and address key trends in supply chain management.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

So that’s the route we’re taking in this article, exploring the evolution of fleet route optimisation from a time-consuming pen-and-paper exercise to a high-tech process that, in some cases, can be completed in minutes. Would you like to cut down the time and effort involved in fleet routing?

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247 Customs Broker

JUNE 6, 2018

Of course, that would be hard to do if the business in question needs to pile on costs just in order to increase its market share. This means businesses must plan in advance for a certain scale of operation and, once achieved, they have to live with the consequences until, in the long run, the plan can be revised to meet new market realities.

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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

Simply by always talking about it – whether that’s in company meetings, in employee newsletters, or any other place employees come together. For instance, you may discuss warehouse safety meeting topics like: Recent incidents or accidents at the facility, including how they happened and how to avoid recurrences. Fire or chemical burns.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 3, 2016

You’ll also pick up practical knowledge about the work of a freight broker, and learn how to work with shippers, and how to handle shipping rates negotiations. We asked David from LoadTraning how much time one would have to set aside to pass a freight broker course as well as some hands-on training. Find the Right Carriers.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Of course, contacting the customers is the right thing to do, but when it is the shipper and not the customer, who initiates a change in the delivery schedule, there is no way it should be recorded as “on-time delivery.” That means picking just three measurements to use as KPIs within each supply chain function or component.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Even if you simplify your product range and your upstream suppliers, you still have to deal with the ramifications of diverse customers, their expectations, their location and the logistics needed to meet their requirements. Picking and packing. Move pallet from storage location to pick face. Efficient order terms.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 31, 2021

Naturally, overall cost-to-serve will be higher for online than in-store sales due to the added expense involved in picking, packing, and delivering customers’ purchases. The above examples reflect costs that include picking, packing, and last-mile delivery. Those expenses can increase the cost to serve by a considerable amount.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Of course, contacting the customers is the right thing to do, but when it is the shipper, and not the customer, who initiates a change in the delivery schedule, there is no way it should be recorded as “on-time delivery”. That means picking just three measurements to use as KPIs within each supply chain function or component. .

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, left, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in May. Many Serbian Orthodox priests meet frequently with senior Russian political leaders. Serbian leaders insist that they need not pick sides. “It Sergei Ilnitsky/AFP/Getty Images).

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Automotive Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

He said port customers and stakeholders were looking for better visibility of their cargo – when it was going to arrive and where it was at any point in the supply chain – and meeting those needs was another way of highlighting the importance of the ports. Trade wars. Taking out the Nafta countries, there is still a trade imbalance.

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