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Kimberly-Clark’s Digital Transformation of Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

This was an online event. One of the speakers was Abby Weisenberger, a distribution consultant at Kimberly-Clark. Weisenberger is leading their digitally enabled shipping initiative, she works in distribution operations rather than transportation. Earlier this summer, FourKites held a Carrier Visibility Summit. What made Ms.

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6 challenges facing medical device manufacturers and how ERP analytics can provide a cure

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

From stringent quality standards to comprehensive documentation requirements, Class 1 and 2 manufacturers must navigate a complex landscape to ensure compliance and product excellence. This holds true across all five key components of a medical manufacturing business: Design, Manufacture, Distribution, Maintenance, and Service.

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Transporeon’s Raft of Platform Innovations

Logistics Business Magazine

Digital Transport Documents is Transporeon ‘s solution that provides advanced digital signatures at scale. Crucially, the launch of Digital Transport Documents anticipates 2026 EU regulation, which will make electronic consignment notes (eCMR) mandatory for all road transportation of goods. Watch this space!”

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Where AI Can Find its Place in SCM

Logistics Business Magazine

AI lets you adapt to global market movements In today’s unstable and rapidly changing economic and geopolitical landscape, supply chain managers are often saddled with the unenviable task of pivoting quickly as a result of some major event like a war or political turmoil.

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Hurricane Season: Why Supply Chain Preparedness Matters

Kanban Logistics

As stewards of your precious products, your logistics provider should ask the important questions and take the important action steps before an emergency event. Preventing supply chain disruption begins with careful planning as soon as a major weather event is forecasted. In this article, we’ll examine how Kanban does just that.

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Cold Chain Shipping: The Winning Characteristics of Vaccine Carriers

Turvo

As reported by Jeff Berman of Logistics Management , vaccine distribution is not merely frozen shipments. Vaccine distribution losses could put people’s health at risk by delaying doses, so “getting it right” matters for reasons far beyond margins and revenue. Intense and Accurate Document Management. That’s the distinction.

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Benefits of a Contingency Plan

3PL Insights

Whether it is a pandemic, natural disaster, or cyber-attack, these events can have devastating effects. A contingency plan is designed to help an organization deal with a disaster or significant event that may or may not happen in the future. Evans Distribution Systems continues to refine its contingency plans.

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