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Amazon’s Freight (Train) Is Coming

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: This article is from Steve Bettwy , Vice President – Quality and Business Continuity, Operational Excellence, and Continuous Improvement at Direct Supply. Of course, along with that comes a lot of products that need delivering. I hope we can agree that Amazon will disrupt an industry if it wants to.

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What is Inbound Logistics and How Can a 3PL Help?

Kanban Logistics

Inbound logistics refers to the supply chain operations that lead up to the creation of the finished product. Outbound logistics, on the other hand, refers to the operations that bring your finished product out to the marketplace. Your production operation runs simpler, cleaner, and much quicker. Third-party procurement.

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Near-real-time data-driven route optimization best practices

FreightWaves SONAR

Reasonable rates and service packages can help improve vendor relationships and boost route optimization. Shifting to another route might add 60 minutes to the delivery time, but it also highlights a much better option than staying on course and being delayed for hours due to a weather anomaly.

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Manufacturing Supply Chain Constraints and How to Overcome Them

FreightWaves SONAR

These efforts are more likely to be rewarded with victories than spending an excessive amount of time and resources on large, annual bid packages.” And lane-by-lane insights are critical to account for that disruption among raw material suppliers and the flow of outbound freight. Download the White Paper.

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5 Post & Pre-Audit Questions You Should Ask Before Hiring a Provider

TransAudit

And of course, as the business gets larger so do its shipping needs. In fact, there are a number of fees that can be and are often tacked onto your invoice once the package leaves your facility. Holistic rail, air, ocean, tank, barge, truck, bulk, full-truckload, less-than-truckload (LTL) as well as a review of small packages.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

During a normal Olympics, millions of spectators flock to venues to watch over 300 events unfold over the course of two-plus weeks. Roughly the size of a small cooler, Amazon Scout vehicles can transport small packages along sidewalks at walking pace. However, this year, like most everything during Covid, will be different.

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Key Factors to Consider When Planning and Designing Warehouses

Logistics Bureau

Of course, it would be possible to write an entire book on this particular subject, so for the sake of keeping this article relatively brief, I’ll stick to a short explanation of crucial factors to consider when planning a warehouse network (even if it is a network of one). Outbound Logistics: Keeping Customers Satisfied.