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Inbound vs. Outbound Logistics: Understanding the Key Differences and Optimizing the Last Mile

Locus

In the vast, interconnected world of supply chain management, two terms often come into focus—inbound and outbound logistics. Inbound and outbound logistics are two fundamental components of the overall supply chain management process. Here’s an explanation of both: What is inbound logistics? What is outbound logistics?

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Emerging Trends in Automation: What it Means to Supply Chains

GlobalTranz

The Standard Definition & Components of Automation: Today: There is a standard definition of automation in the supply chain. Robotics Enhance Inbound and Outbound Logistics for Shippers. By definition, robotics are the icons of automation. Robotics Improve Inbound and Outbound Logistics.

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What is a routing guide and what are best practices to create one

FreightWaves SONAR

What is a routing guide : a set of rules and requirements from shippers that set rules for inbound and outbound shipping. A routing guide provides a clear set of a shipper’s rules and requirements t for both inbound and outbound freight. It is a critical tool for carriers that wish to attain carrier-of-choice status. .

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The Changing of Cargo Theft and Fraud in a Digital Age

Trinity Logistics

Unfortunately, the definition of “secured lot” is wide-ranging and debatable. Load boards, while usually valuable tools for shippers and freight brokers to connect with available carriers, are also now breeding grounds for fraud. These shipping requests will often come in as inbound leads rather than relationship leads.

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How Landed Cost Affects Ecommerce Profitability

Ship Monk

COGS is the sum of all direct costs that went into producing or purchasing a product, plus inbound shipping and inventory storage and setup costs. There are landed cost calculators such as UPS’s TradeAbility tool , which can help, but you still have to manually input the correct numbers.

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What is a SKU? 3PL Advice for eCommerce Inventory Management

Ship Monk

An inventory management system and point-of-sales (POS) system are the easiest tools in the business owner tool belt for generating SKUs. There are online tools as well, and you can create SKUs by hand. And the size would definitely have an alphanumeric assignment (small, medium, large, etc.). What are SKUs Used for?

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The Essential Reference Guide for a Supply Chain Leader

GlobalTranz

You can read the detailed technical definition here. Have our Supplier Development and Supplier Quality Engineering completed necessary training of supplier quality tools like Advance Production Quality Planning (APQP)? Supplier Development is a proactive & reactive business process that aims to increase the performance.