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Maximize Efficiency and Reduce Carbon Emissions with UK Manufacturing

Logistics Business Magazine

At present, a fully lorry load of plastic boxes weighing 4.6 This move will maximise operational efficiencies and significantly improve product and material handling. For example, a lorry travelling 1995km from Rome to Birmingham produces 1,586KgCO2e compared to Shanghai which produces 1580KgCO2e over 19,374km distance.

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Using Data to Improve Supply Chain Operations

Material Handling and Logistics

The statistics that show robust demand for more advanced supply chain technology provide evidence of their willingness to set new standards of excellence by detecting fluctuations in demand earlier, handling raw materials more agilely and ultimately accelerating the delivery of products and services. More data is coming in than ever before.

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Finding Your Ecommerce Brand Niche

Ship Monk

A product category like apparel, for example, has too many subcategories to be considered a niche. Whether you’re an e-tailer that sells a variety of brands, or a startup brand trying to make a name for itself, your niche will help you figure out how to present yourself to the world (and what parts of the world you can safely ignore).

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IMHX reveals Sustainability Zone

Logistics Business Magazine

A ground-breaking Sustainability Zone will be one of the major highlights at this year’s International Materials Handling Exhibition (IMHX 2022), when the UK logistics industry’s flagship event returns to the NEC, Birmingham, this September. IMHX 2022 Group Director, Rob Fisher, comments: “In business,?sustainability?refers sustainability?refers

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Fleet Route Optimisation in the Past, Present, and Future

Logistics Bureau

Indeed, the transition has taken place so swiftly that some companies may still need to fully grasp the present or future possibilities to exploit distribution performance as a competitive advantage. In reality, it would take several rounds of fine-tuning to get all the orders sorted into routes without leaving any vehicles underutilised.”

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What Is an Agile Supply Chain?

FourKites

Collectively, this new normal is presenting the supply chain industry with its biggest test in years. They invest in new technologies and data-driven processes that allow them to exercise precise control over the business. While there are similarities between these two ideas, there are also important differences as well.

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Going Beyond Brokerage: How North American Capacity Solutions Can Go to Work for You

Talking Logistics

While these approaches can certainly deliver a significant return on investment (ROI), other strategies that can positively impact their transportation network are often overlooked – for example, thinking more strategically about capacity.