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What You Should Know About Retail Logistics

3PL Insights

A distribution center will ensure there are enough products on hand to meet orders. Order Fulfillment and Shipping Once a customer or retailer submits an order, a series of events need to occur to deliver the product. From there the product will either be disposed of or repurposed to be sold again.

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Challenges of Peak Season Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

Transportation Management Platforms (TMP) emerge as a key enabler, allowing stakeholders to optimise delivery times, enhance agility, and streamline their sustainability and costs, all while meeting rising consumer expectations. An empty shelf isn’t just a lost sale for someone – it’s a reason for customers to switch to another brand.

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How to Protect Supply Chain from Cyber Attacks

3PL Links

People who operate in the supply chain ultimately communicate through alternative channels, even in the presence of dependable systems, applications, and other tools at their disposal. What happens in the event of a data leak? Do they have plans that can meet your current needs and future growth?

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What Could Crush Your Supply Chain and Jeopardize Your Business This Year?

Stord

." - Sean Henry, CEO Patching Together Supply Chain Elements "I believe the secret is out - companies for years have skirted by with sub-optimal supply chains, limited visibility, poor partners and inflexible tools, and then struggled to patch all these together to serve their end customers.

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Ecommerce Inventory Management: Challenges & Solutions

Logistics Bureau

In this article, we’ll look at some of those challenges and explore potential solutions to help you and your IM team meet the burgeoning demand for fast and accurate order fulfilment. So what can you do to ensure your inventory management meets the challenge of multichannel sales?

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Can Advanced Analytics Put a Pin in OTIF?

Blue Grace Logistics

Failure to meet these requirements could mean a 3 percent chargeback per case value of each missing item. Failure to meet these requirements could mean a 3 percent chargeback per case value of each missing item. What if there’s a major weather event that has the logistics network scrambled? How Analytics can Make a Difference.

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Insights for CFOs and Fleet Finance Executives

Penske Move Ahead

Leases can also help companies with life-cycle management, so they maximize the economic life of the asset, yet dispose of the vehicle before maintenance costs dramatically escalate. Right-Sizing Your Fleet and Optimizing Your Network Successful fleet management often includes a combination of rented, leased and purchased vehicles.