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Raising Productivity in Logistics Operations: The BHAG Approach

Logistics Bureau

They did a benchmarking exercise with us and we found that the industry standard was about 40 lines per hour. That’s the sort of thing that excites me: how you can use frameworks like that to achieve great things in your organisation, in your own departments. How is all that possible? Motivators Get People Motivated.

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How Do Companies Name That Price? A.I. Can Help

Supply Chain Brain

to the complex exercise of pricing. It’s that latter quality that applies to data-heavy disciplines such as pricing. driven system can help to sort signal from noise: it can determine the point at which the model is in danger of being swamped by too much data, not all of it relevant. On one hand, A.I.

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Data standardization and its benefits – Executive Insights with Thomas Bagge, CEO of DCSA

Shipping and Freight Resource

Data the “new” gold, is in high demand all over the world and especially now in the shipping and freight industry. But just data alone is not going to assist. Data and its usage must be standardised and there must be a standardised approach to digitalisation. So that Industry Blueprint was quite crucial.

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Don’t Let Your RFT be a 3PL Solution Designer’s Nightmare

Logistics Bureau

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. Doing Without Detailed Data. Of course nothing is wrong at all if tables like this are supported by files containing data at a much more granular level.

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A Good Diet for Truck Drivers

Trinity Logistics

Taco bowl Can use any sort of protein and is a great well-balanced meal Soups Can also be made in the crockpot. On average, analyzed data from Priceonomics found that it is almost five times more expensive to eat out than it is to make your own food. Easy and ready in just a few minutes! SNACK IDEAS. It’s true because food is fuel.

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Convey and CommerceHub tout new strategic relationship

247 Customs Broker

Convey, an Austin, Texas-based provider of cloud-based technology that helps shippers connect disparate data and processes from parcel to freight and first to last mile, and CommerceHub Inc., an Albany, N.Y.-based

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Reverse Logistics: Who Does it Well?

Logistics Bureau

As market and buying trend data becomes more abundant and IT systems more connected, retailers can better estimate demand and adapt their ordering. Sort items early in the return journey, routing products directly to their correct destination, whether for resale, refurbishing, or other means of disposal. Forecast demand better.