Stord

AUGUST 5, 2020

An EPA SmartWay partnership provides us with the gold standard of emissions calculating tools for sustainability accounting. The SmartWay program provides a structured process for tracking, documenting, and benchmarking logistics’ carbon footprint across the entire supply chain including freight.

Supply Chain Design Software 78

Supply Chain Design Software Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction Optimal Sourcing 78

Conger

JANUARY 17, 2023

The 5S model is named for five Japanese terms that capture its core philosophy — waste reduction and improved efficiency. For example, it avoids clutter, needless stock build-ups, tools and products on the way, wasted time looking for parts, and the creation of safety hazards. What Does 5S Stand For?

Waste Reduction 52

Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Resource Reduction 52

United World Transporation

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Aside from the new Easy Check-In feature, the UWT Carrier app provides an endless array of useful tools. In other words, you won’t have to waste another minute getting information on a new load. Send Necessary Documents. Overall, the UWT Carrier App does away with scanning and all other forms of physical documentation.

Document 52

Document Waste Reduction Outbound Picking 52

3PL Links

AUGUST 2, 2023

As a result, we can claim that this tool has evolved into a potent strategic asset. In terms of how RPA helps improve the agility and quality of supply chain processes, the tool makes it possible to manage invoicing more effectively by automating actions like sending purchase orders and downloading and uploading documents and receipts.

Supply Chain Software 62

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chains Automation 62

Parade

MARCH 3, 2021

In this article, we explore Invoice Reconciliation tools as a core piece of every digital 3PL/freight brokerage’s operations. This post was written in collaboration with , OpenEnvoy , a leading automated invoice reconciliation tool. Simple invoice & document setup (e.g. Key Features: Basic Auditing.

Supply Chain Software 78

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Resource Reduction Cost Reduction 78

Parade

MARCH 3, 2021

In this article, we explore Invoice Reconciliation tools as a core piece of every digital 3PL/freight brokerage’s operations. This post was written in collaboration with , OpenEnvoy , a leading automated invoice reconciliation tool. Simple invoice & document setup (e.g. Key Features: Basic Auditing.

Supply Chain Software 78

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Resource Reduction Cost Reduction 78

Turvo

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

What’s in this Sustainable Supply Chain article : The problem of carbon emissions and waste derived from supply chains. The value of using technology to reduce wasted time and miles that contribute to higher carbon emissions. Avoid extra miles by extending mobile, self-service scheduling tools to drivers.

Supply Chain Planning Software 70

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Optimization Software Logistics Network Optimization Software 70

TransAudit

JUNE 27, 2023

This optimization reduces costs associated with inventory holding, improves quality, minimizes waste, and ensures products arrive in the marketplace just in time, thereby enhancing overall operational efficiency. It simplifies administrative practices, analyzing contracts and documentation to derive the best outcomes from suppliers.

Optimal Sourcing 69

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software Supply Chain Software 69

WorkWave

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

For SMBs, communication is a key element when it comes to minimizing wasted time in order to operate more effectively. Thanks to its mobile functionality, PestPac Select allows owner-operators and technicians alike to enhance the way they access and document data in the field. Sharing Data More Efficiently.

Operations 52

Operations Waste Reduction Document Resource Reduction 52

Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 21, 2023

With ongoing labour shortages and the next generation of the workforce demanding digital tools, we are helping make these jobs easier, safer, and more efficient. Empowering the people within your organization with the right digital tools is critical to achieving these outcomes,” explained Jeff Hausman, Chief Product Officer at Samsara.

Digital 57

Digital Operations Procurement Solutions Logistics Network Optimization Software 57

Forto

MAY 28, 2021

Have you wasted time asking around for mockups because you weren’t sure what a certain component should look like? He set out to create a document to define the layout, colors, typography, and iconography which we would use as a foundation for redesigning our applications. Building the foundation.

Document 52

Document Examples Material Savings Tools 52

The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

The quotes are evaluated, however without the proper tools, the insights gained are minimal. Carriers Hate the Current Process Because: Bid fatigue – too much time wasted on RFPs for shippers that never move freight with your company. At some point, the shipper receives quotes back from some carriers. Step 5 – Award the Business.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 239

Logistics Network Optimization Software Freight Supply Chain Software Optimal Sourcing 239

WorkWave

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

By providing your employees in the field with access to company-required or state-mandated forms and checklists, you ensure that they don’t have to waste time looking for the required forms, pulling up necessary data, or returning paperwork to the office or inputting it manually at the end of the day. Create Professional Proposals.

Optimal Sourcing 98

Optimal Sourcing Optimization Software Optimization Document 98

TransAudit

JULY 6, 2023

This optimization reduces costs associated with inventory holding, improves quality, minimizes waste, and ensures products arrive in the marketplace just in time, thereby enhancing overall operational efficiency. It simplifies administrative practices, analyzing contracts and documentation to derive the best outcomes from suppliers.

Optimal Sourcing 52

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software Supply Chain Software 52

Quality Scales Unlimited

MAY 9, 2021

Thanks to technological advancements, these weighing tools bring several benefits to the table. Hiring a trusted scale calibration company is advised as they offer on-site documentation and certification. The rail scale can be put back to use as soon as you have the necessary documentation in place. Use Scales Correctly.

Purchasing Skills 52

Purchasing Skills Reliability Waste Reduction Procurement Solutions 52

Penske Move Ahead

APRIL 30, 2020

The pioneering approach improves inspection and repair accuracy and consistency, while also eliminating paperwork, and ensuring full documentation and compliance with regulations. Penske's voice-directed process provides its technicians everything they need at the point of repair – reducing wasted time, motion and manual keying.

Optimization Software 48

Optimization Software Waste Reduction Trucking Document 48

The Lean Thinker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

It was our job to teach our continuous improvement people how to do that coaching and assisting – beyond just running kaizen events that implement tools. Do you have “standard work” documents that are rarely followed? PDCA Thinking. Today we would use Toyota Kata to teach this. Four Rules: 1. Safety First.

Waste Reduction 397

Waste Reduction Buyer Training Document Production 397

Conger

MAY 6, 2019

To eliminate waste without sacrificing productivity to improve customer value. Everything Toyota does – talent management, planning, product development, problem solving – all areas of the business are infused with lean principles - the utopia being total elimination of waste and 100% customer satisfaction.

Waste Reduction 59

Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction Material Savings Sourcing Strategies 59

FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 4, 2021

Among the shipper of choice tips, offering reliable delivery windows with accurate and on-time truck arrival, communications, and proper documentation will significantly strengthen that reputation. Stop wasting time trying to hope for the best rates. Offer personalized services and options.

Tips 111

Tips Security Capacity Supply Chain Software 111

GlobalTranz

JULY 7, 2015

Such tools, like the Cerasis Reverse Logistics product , which is newly released, allow an employee to procure and dispose of surplus product from more than one location. Further, this allows for the technology to check carriers sites every 2 hours for these documents for continual updates and visibility. Monitoring Your Success.

Supply Chain Planning Software 97

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Waste Reduction 97

Material Handling and Logistics

JULY 16, 2018

From the product to its condition and even documentation, the demand for excellence involving all parts of the process has intensified. From both a financial and environmental standpoint, this can be extremely wasteful. Deadheading. The return of an empty trailer that does not produce any revenue is called deadheading.

Supply Chain Software 111

Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Modeling Software Optimization Software 111

Conger

MAY 6, 2019

To eliminate waste without sacrificing productivity to improve customer value. Everything Toyota does – talent management, planning, product development, problem solving – all areas of the business are infused with lean principles - the utopia being total elimination of waste and 100% customer satisfaction.

Waste Reduction 40

Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction Material Savings Sourcing Strategies 40

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2023

The first line of defense for Amazon is its seller verification tools, which blocked 800,000 attempts to set up Amazon stores by “bad actors” looking to sell counterfeits, according to the report. Unfortunately, the market for counterfeit goods, especially on online marketplaces, continues to grow. This is down from 2.5 in a statement.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 112

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software 112

Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 7, 2023

Any shortfalls in the system will typically result in overselling, leading to stock-outs , and overstocking , which ties up working capital unnecessarily and can result in wasteful obsolescence issues. So what can you do to ensure your inventory management meets the challenge of multichannel sales?

Inventory Reduction 89

Inventory Reduction eCommerce Inventory Procurement Solutions 89

Talking Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2019

But when you take a closer look at how this supply chain works, you realize that there is a lot of waste and inefficiency. Steve notes, “For example, a very conservative estimate is that we waste about fifty million work hours a year just keying in data from job site delivery tickets, and that may be low by a factor of two or three.

Construction 62

Construction Material Savings Supply Chain Software Supply Chains 62

GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Patrick gives us some insight into workplace efficiency and how to reduce waste. . Lean manufacturing consolidates equipment, people and workspace resources to reduce waste, create an effective flow of actions and create unbeatable manufacturing solutions. Targeting Workplace Efficiency and Reducing Waste . Determining Waste

Waste Reduction 99

Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction Resource Reduction Cost Reduction 99

GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Exchanging documents electronically improves transaction speed and visibility while decreasing the amount of money you spend on manual processes. Quick processing of accurate business documents leads to less re-working of orders, fewer stock outs and fewer cancelled orders. for an order processed using EDI.

Cost Reduction 98

Cost Reduction Waste Reduction Expense Reduction Inventory Reduction 98

Penske Move Ahead

MAY 17, 2018

The pioneering approach improves inspection and repair accuracy and consistency while also eliminating paperwork and ensuring full documentation and compliance with regulations. It taps a robust, high-speed indoor and outdoor gigabit Wi-Fi network and uses rugged mobile tablet devices for its technicians and industry-leading diagnostic tools.

Waste Reduction 26

Waste Reduction Trucking Document Waste 26

WorkWave

MARCH 24, 2021

By continuing to maintain a negative keyword list, you can prevent your ads from showing up for users you know aren’t likely to be interested in your services and minimize wasted ad spend. Tools like Google Tag Manager make this more manageable and help to ensure that you know exactly how a visitor landed on your page. A/B Testing.

Digital 72

Digital Optimal Sourcing Optimization Software Procurement Analytics 72

GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The supply chain is in the midst of a digital disruption, with new technology and tools promising to add efficiency and enhance accuracy. On the tracking side of things , it’s no longer necessary to take meticulous notes and manually document dates, actions, and status information. But these innovations don’t always come easily.

Supply Chain Software 54

Supply Chain Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Collaboration Supply Chains 54

GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

As a 3PL who offers a transportation management system we’ve integrated to many ERP software, we view the use of technology as an enablement tool for shippers to cut out unneeded waste and thus add more to the bottom line by saving money from such efficiency. Cost savings from overall equipment effectiveness improvements.

Manufacturing Procurement 110

Manufacturing Procurement ERP Logistics Network Optimization Software Procurement Solutions 110

WorkWave

MAY 21, 2019

Time To Read: 5 minutes In the field service industry the consequences of not staying up to date with mobile technology range from wasting time to losing customers and going out of business. Technicians with mobile can text clients on their way to a job to reduce wasted time waiting around. Use GPS to Enhance Visibility.

Modeling Software 73

Modeling Software Optimization Software Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction 73

WorkWave

AUGUST 21, 2021

Specialized fleet management software can generate vital reports and documents within less time with inputted data from the system. Less time is wasted on drivers and trucks waiting for services or repairs. With the right tools and methods, small business fleet management can effectively maintain good business operations. .

Vendor Strategies 52

Vendor Strategies Disposal Waste Reduction Cost Reduction 52

Radius Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2016

We no longer waste resources doing things that don’t need to be done. This shift in how we manage our documentation allows us to access the past 7 years of documentation at the touch of a button, rather than physically search for information that we need in our files. Our communication style has also evolved considerably.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 20

Logistics Network Optimization Software Waste Reduction Sourcing Strategies Document 20

GlobalTranz

MARCH 23, 2016

The focus is to eliminate all wastes in the organization, improve processes, solve root cause problems, create a pull environment, and ensure that Lean Six Sigma (LSS) works for quality and daily problem solving using DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) and PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, and Act). This increases employee morale.

Manufacturing Procurement 54

Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Optimal Sourcing 54

WorkWave

APRIL 29, 2020

These will vary widely based on the origin of the fertilizer, as many are made from biosolids and waste products. To this end, you can expect to submit documentation that proves your business’ legitimacy to your payment facilitator.

Compliance 75

Compliance Disposal Government Industry 75

Conger

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In other applications, such as warehouses and waste handling sites, it is not uncommon for a forklift to run well after 15,000 hours without changing the engine/transmission. Availability: Some equipment may no longer be in production or is hard to find, making refurbishment a viable option to keep using essential tools or machinery.

Cost Reduction 52

Cost Reduction Purchasing Skills Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Material Savings 52