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What Is Order Fulfillment and It’s Process and Strategies

Locus

So, knowing more about order fulfillment, its importance, process, and strategies is critical. With an efficient order fulfillment process, businesses can reduce their shipping costs and improve their turnaround times which helps them increase their sales and revenue. Let’s fill in! What is Order fulfillment?

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3 Things that Make Parade Unique Amongst Capacity Management Vendors

Parade

We recently published , a blog post about how Parade is different from other capacity management vendors, but then we realized there were even more unique features that Parade offers their customers. Parade is considered the top capacity management solution by most of the supply chain industry. You read that right.

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November 7, 2023 Update

Freightos

Judah Levine Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 3% to $1,609/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) climbed 7% to $2,357/FEU.

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Navigating Uncharted Waters: SMB Importers, 2024 and Red Sea Crisis Lessons

Freightos

For example, the Freightos Baltic Index indicates a 69% increase to North America’s East Coast and a staggering 226% to Northern Europe since the crisis began. Navigating the Storm: Strategies for SMB Importers in 2024 There is no golden ticket for solving these challenges.

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Key Takeaways from Oracle CloudWorld 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

Greenhouses can be constructed to be like semiconductor clean rooms which would eliminate the need for pesticides. Greenhouses can be located near population centers and the growing season can occur all year long; this improves the freshness of food while reducing GHG emissions. With the Affordable Care Act, those days are gone.

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Why is freight data a powerful weapon in the era of COVID-19?

FreightWaves SONAR

As core sections of economies around the globe shut down, manufacturers and vendors found themselves in a precarious position. For example, as seen in scenario A1, the global unconstrained demand for air cargo will fall by 14% of pre-crisis volumes in the second quarter of 2020 and will not rebound to 2019 levels until around mid-2022.”

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SONAR Indices & Insights: Use these indices to build trucking KPIs to optimize fleet utilization

FreightWaves SONAR

Maintenance expenses include all internal (shop labor, parts, supplies and tools) and external (outside vendor parts, labor and supplies) expenses. For example, the availability of qualified technicians determines whether or not common tractor and/or trailer repairs can be done with internal resources instead of external (outside vendors).