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How to Use Warehouse Labels Effectively

Cyzerg

Warehouse labels can help you streamline operations and increase overall productivity if they are used effectively. Storage facilities tend to be of considerable size, and stock items can be challenging to find if there are no labels to guide employees to their whereabouts. Without these labels, it would be nearly impossible to find any item in a storage facility efficiently.

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Digital Transformation in Last Mile Delivery

Logistics Viewpoints

Before digital transformation revolutionized last mile delivery in grocery retail, one of my favorite activities was going to the supermarket with my family. Hand-picking items, pushing the shopping cart, driving home with the bags, and carrying them up the stairs was quite the Sunday afternoon activity. Fast-forward to the present day: we still shop together with my mom, but it has been a few years since we last went to a supermarket at all.

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Is a Phoenix Distribution Center a Lower-Cost Alternative to an LA Warehouse?

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

In the face of continued supply chain disruption from COVID-19, retail shippers should consider a Phoenix distribution center as a more cost-effective alternative to Southern California to reach customers in the Southwestern and Western United States. An eCommerce boom and ongoing supply chain disruptions created record low vacancy and historically high rents for industrial real estate around the country.

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Johnson’s Brexit First Strategy Collides With Empty Shop Shelves

Supply Chain Brain

Boris Johnson’s reluctance to turn to the European Union to ease a supply chain crisis that has seen shelves in supermarkets run empty has highlighted his government’s priority: Brexit first.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Transportation Industry

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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The role that ERP systems can take in helping IM&E

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

There’s no doubt that the COVID pandemic has led to major changes in the way companies work. It has also emphasized how fragile supply chains really are. Manufacturers have realized that while they may aim to be stable, what they really need is to be agile. How rapidly can you adapt if something changes quickly like it has done? How do you ensure delivery if once reliable supply chains break?

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Supply Chain Network Design to Support Long Term Growth at La-Z-Boy

AIMMS

The post Supply Chain Network Design to Support Long Term Growth at La-Z-Boy appeared first on AIMMS.

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Watch: The Driving Forces Behind Global Trade — Current and Future

Supply Chain Brain

Marc Gilbert, managing director of the Industrial Goods and Consumer Practices of Boston Consulting Group, reveals the findings of the firm’s latest report on global trade growth, and discusses the factors that will shape the future of trade.

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Cambridge Capital heralds majority investment into Everest Transportation Systems

Logistics Management

Palm Beach, Fla.-based Cambridge Capital, an investor in niche supply chain leaders and the applied supply chain, said it has made a majority investment in Evanston, Illinois-based Everest Transportation Systems, a high-growth freight brokerage focused on over-the-road surface transportation.

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Will the Logistics Industry Finally Fully Embrace Supply Chain Technology?

Talking Logistics

Ocean carriers, freight forwarders and shippers are all trying to figure out when the current ocean shipping congestion will ease. Will it be easier to find containers for shipments after the Chinese New Year in February? Or will it continue through 2022? That may be up for debate, but it’s becoming increasingly apparent that driving. Read more Will the Logistics Industry Finally Fully Embrace Supply Chain Technology?

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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The benefits of ERP for manufacturing

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Technology is causing a significant transformation, and that transformation is ongoing. Primarily, organizations have sought to improve collaboration within teams and to streamline business processes throughout the internal value chain so that different departments work more efficiently together. There is a focus on integrating the processes, transactions, and information within and between functions.

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No Hurricane Has Hit U.S. Energy Markets Quite Like Ida Has

Supply Chain Brain

Just over 20% of U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas production is back online after Hurricane Ida battered southeast Louisiana, marking an even slower comeback than in the wake of Katrina.

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Transport partnerships have never been more vital in the cold chain

Logistics Management

While most of the focus on cold chain logistics has been primarily on pharma and medical goods during the ongoing pandemic, the food logistics industry is also under enormous pressure and scrutiny.

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Finding the Right Balance in Last-Mile Delivery

Talking Logistics

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt of a research report published recently titled “Last-Mile Delivery: Finding the Right Balance.” The research, based on a survey of supply chain and logistics professionals conducted by Adelante SCM and commissioned by Locus, explores how technology can help companies achieve the right balance in last-mile delivery — that.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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Dave Marti’s fuel hauling 2020 Peterbilt 389

Overdrive Online

Small-fleet owner Dave Marti walks through his newest rig, a 2020 Peterbilt 389 glider, that he runs in his Forrest, Illinois-based fuel hauling fleet. Marti showed the truck at the Shell Rotella SuperRigs working truck show at the end of July.

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Watch: Will Biden’s Infrastructure Cure the Woes of Shippers and Carriers?

Supply Chain Brain

Simon Geale, executive vice president of procurement with Proxima, weighs the prospects for transportation infrastructure development under the initiative spurred by the Biden Administration and Congress.

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USPS temporary price adjustments are approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission

Logistics Management

The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), a concern responsible for oversight of the United States Postal Service (USPS), including oversight of rates and services, and ensuring the Postal Service meets all of its legal requirements, recently approved proposed temporary price adjustments for key USPS package products for the 2021 peak holiday season.

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New York Governor Signs Bill Ending Sales of New Fossil Fuel Powered Car

NGT News

Legislation (S.2758/A.4302) that directs the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to establish regulations to ensure that 100% of new passenger vehicles are electric by 2035 and that medium- and heavy-duty vehicles are electric by 2045 was signed by Gov. Hochul into law. In addition, the DEC proposed draft regulations that would set sales requirements of […].

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Mastering Order Management: Backorders & Out-of-Stock Inventory

The unfortunate truth is that you will always have low stock and backorder issues with your supply chain. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be prepared to handle them. This brief video explores some of the primary drivers of inventory issues – and how modern technology and best practices can mitigate these issues and ensure a superb customer experience.

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'The boss lady's truck': Her big influence on Chris Young's custom 2021 Peterbilt 389

Overdrive Online

Owner-operator Young, who hails from Shellsburg, Iowa, attributes the "Phantom Gray"/teal color scheme and more on this rig to the influence of his better half, "boss lady" Miranda Eggers. Run through the rig in this latest Overdrive video.

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Shipping Trade Groups Submit Plan for Global Carbon Tax

Supply Chain Brain

The International Chamber of Shipping, which represents more than 80% of the world’s merchant fleet, submitted a plan to the industry’s global regulator for a charge on carbon dioxide emitted by vessels.

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4 new technologies that reduce traceability costs and manual labor expenses

Logistics Management

Learn how these 4 new technologies will be used in warehouse, distribution, and logistics companies to track products and parcels while reducing traceability costs and manual labor expenses.

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Solar Roof Cells Change EV Charging Possibilities

NGT News

The Swedish electric vehicle manufacturer Clean Motion AB has entered a collaboration with Finnish Value Oyj on the integration of highly efficient solar cells in the roofs of the vehicles. The partnership is based on the integration of Valoe’s highly efficient IBC cells (interdigitated back contact) into Clean Motion’s future roof modules.

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How to Conduct Workplace Incident Investigations to Create Safer Workplaces

This white paper provides a comprehensive overview of global workplace incident trends, focusing on the top three biases leading to such incidents. It also highlights the significance of CSA Z1005 as a risk management standard and outlines the ROI of thorough incident investigations, covering emergency response to post-incident interviews. Additionally, it introduces an Investigation Evidence Gathering Matrix.

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[WHITE PAPER] Ida in 12 SONAR charts

FreightWaves SONAR

There is never a good time for a Category 4 hurricane to make landfall, but what we heard repeatedly last week was that this hurricane could not have come at a worse time. Transportation networks are constrained by almost too many factors to list and that congestion seems only set to intensify as peak season approaches. The timing of Hurricane Ida, which took place in the days leading up to Labor Day, made it difficult to separate the hurricane’s impact and the impact of normal seasonality on m

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Getting the Most from Integrated Business Planning

Supply Chain Brain

Since its inception, Integrated Business Planning (IBP) has exemplified the preeminent approach to managing a business, evolving from best practice to standard practice. But putting effective IBP into place isn’t always seamless. How do you know you’re getting the most out of IBP? Are you using the insights driven by IBP “roughly right” or “precisely wrong”?

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Status of acquisition of Kansas City Southern comes down to a September 12 deadline

Logistics Management

Shortly after the August 31 unanimous decision issued by the Surface Transportation Board (STB), which rejected the use of a voting trust between Canadian National Railway (CN) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) and hindered the chances of the $33.6 billion deal being completed, the other Class I railroad north of the border, Canadian Pacific (CP) said it is “ready to re-engage” with the KCS board of directors.

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ROHM, Geely Collaborate on Extended EV Cruising Efficiencies

NGT News

Global semiconductor manufacturer ROHM, together with Geely Automobile Group Co. Ltd. have entered into a strategic partnership to develop advanced technologies in the automotive field. The companies have been collaborating on a variety of automotive applications since 2018, when they first agreed to a technical exchange. Geely is working to extend the cruising range of […].

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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National Trucking Week message from OTA

Truck News

It has been another challenging year for all Ontarians. It has been a particular challenging year for the men and women who have kept our country moving throughout the pandemic — from office workers to warehouse workers and of course our drivers. As chairperson of the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA), I would like to thank […].

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First GEODIS Aircraft Is Taking Off

Supply Chain Brain

GEODIS, a transportation and logistics service provider, upgrades its AirDirect services between Europe, the United States and Asia with its own leased A330-300 full freighter aircraft.

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UPS preps to hire more than 100,000 essential seasonal employees for holiday peak

Logistics Management

UPS said the openings it will be filling are for various positions, including: full- and part-time seasonal positions—primarily package handlers, drivers, driver helpers and personal vehicle drivers—adding it is offering competitive wages across multiple shifts in hundreds of locations across the country.