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Kimberly-Clark’s Digital Transformation of Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

With the visibility solution, the company is able to develop a plan for warehouse labor that insures when a load comes in, that workers are ready to unload the truck, or when an outbound truck is scheduled at a dock, the pallets are staged and ready to be loaded. This used to be a paper-based process. At Kimberly-Clark, Ms. Final Thoughts.

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Back to Basics: Ocean Freight Forwarding 101

Dedola Global Logistics

Expertise in Shipping Documentation International shipping requires documentation, and completing some of this paperwork can become complicated and tedious. Forwarding agents are experts in shipping documentation. They can guide their clients in preparing documents and avoiding potential pitfalls.

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Back to Basics: Ocean Freight Forwarding 101

Dedola Global Logistics

Expertise in Shipping Documentation International shipping requires documentation, and completing some of this paperwork can become complicated and tedious. Forwarding agents are experts in shipping documentation. They can guide their clients in preparing documents and avoiding potential pitfalls.

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Hazmat Products Shipping Tutorial for Ecommerce Businesses

Ship Monk

While you may not be in the business of selling combustible materials, like lithium for example, all sorts of toys, electronics, and household items contain lithium-ion batteries, from cordless toothbrushes to vaping devices. Hazmat Classifications There are nine classifications for hazardous materials, with a few examples of each.

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Top 6 Supply Chain KPIs: Keep Your Dashboards Simple

Logistics Bureau

Accurate documentation: This metric tracks the percentage of sales orders accompanied by accurate documents throughout the process. Documents included in the metric can vary but usually include advance shipment notifications (ASNs), labels, and invoices. For example, suppose you can see the cycle time reducing.

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Transportation Management System ROI: What Other Business Areas Can Benefit?

GlobalTranz

For example, everyone knows that sales will peak around the holidays, but analytics can identify peaks that happen when you think you are in a lull. Therefore, knowing when the cheapest or most commonly used carrier is no longer helping your business grow and meet customer expectations is essential to ensuring customers are happy.

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The 3 Pillars of Supply Chain Management (And Why Their Alignment Matters)

Logistics Bureau

For example: Alignment of strategy and cost leads to happy shareholders. From an inventory perspective then, service means maintaining an appropriate level of stock to meet your promises to your customers. Hence it’s critical to balance inventory levels and deployment strategy to meet availability and cost requirements.