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Apparel supply chain management without cutting edge information technology is like fighting with one hand tied behind your back, racing Talladega with one flat tire, swimming the 100-meter butterfly in a burqa… you get the point. It might sound like a fun challenge, but it probably won't be friendly to the bottom line. Simply put, apparel information technology outsourcing can give you a distinct technical advantage over your competitors MORE
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How efficiently the goods are picked, greatly depends on the put-away process while delivering them in good condition depends on the packing process. As we can see, not only should the shipping process be executed in a proper way, but also efficiently to avoid inefficiencies. Warehouse Operations warehouse optimzation warehouse efficiency warehouse processes shipping processShipping is the final warehouse process, and one of the most important ones, for that matter. MORE
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Here at The Apparel Logistics Group , we’ve never been shy about what we think is our biggest strength: Our heart and soul. Our heroes. Our determined, innovative, supracali-ultra-duper-fantastic people. No really, there just aren’t enough superlatives in ten Merriam-Websters to say enough about our employees. So say hello to the newest member of our unmatched apparel supply chain management team: Juree Kim, our fantastic new Senior Manager of Strategic Client Solutions MORE
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I can rest easy now. The future of trucking technology is in good hands. Last week I was in Sonoma, California at the Shell Make the Future California and Eco-marathon Americas event. It was a four-day festival featuring discussions on the global ene MORE
To respond, logistics managers now need to think in terms of systems that they can leverage today to make processes more efficient, while also keeping an eye on longer-term developments that will reshape tomorrow’s possibilities. Another variant is truck “ platooning ” where a group of trucks drives in tight formation with a human driver in the lead truck, followed by driverless trucks that follow with minimal spacing to improve fuel efficiency. MORE
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With the advent of always-on e-commerce, the demand for faster responses, and the ability to manage larger number of SKUs with fewer errors, warehouses need to upscale and be at par with the standard of an intelligent, efficient, and automated warehouse. warehouse manager warehouse technology modern warehouse warehouse automation warehouse digitalization warehouse optimzation warehouse efficiency MORE
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Through its 21st Century Truck Partnership, the U.S. of Energy is looking to drive research and bring innovation — particularly for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles — that will make more mobility available at lower cost MORE
Warehouse Operations warehouse manager warehouse optimzation warehouse efficiency lean warehouse warehouse management warehouse kpiWarehouse management is a task in its own right. However, today, there are a dozen of warehouse technologies that are making this task easy. But, there is one aspect, which, if ignored, can render all the technological advancement useless – performance measurement. MORE
” Or you can invest in the kind of equipment, market intelligence and supply chain efficiency needed for today’s attention deficit generation. Take the hippest, most well-conceived outfit you can design, put it in front of the perfect target market, start reaping enormous profits. and the outfit will still fade out of style within a year or two. This gives you two choices: You can hold onto garments for 25 years until they become "vintage.” MORE
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