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Volvo Cars: Outbound evolutions

Automotive Logistics

For example, the global shape of the Geely-owned carmaker’s expanding production footprint can be seen from the vehicles stored at the yard. This has been implemented across global outbound and inbound logistics, including for China and the US. For outbound, I don’t think we need to see where every car is all of the time.

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Freight Truck Shortages Are Changing The Face Of Logistics

The Logistics of Logistics

Michelle Sodomka, a Senior Director at Open Sky Group. Michelle Sodomka, a Senior Director in charge of Open Sky Group ’s transportation management practice has 15 years’ experience in risk analysis and mitigation within the logistics industry. Freight Truck Shortages Are Changing The Face Of Logistics.

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Modular Automation for Efficient Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

Smart automation solutions for the entire inbound and outbound logistics and intralogistics process are the key to increasing efficiency while reducing complexity for customized implementation. The free MTpro planning software speeds up engineering, for example with quickly adaptable models.

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What Do You Mean By Supply Chain Visibility?

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC Advisory Group did a study on the supply chain collaboration network (SCCN) a couple of years ago. A sales order, for outbound tracking, or purchase order for inbound tracking, becomes the unique identifier. FourKites CEO, Matt Elenjickal One of the two leaders in the real-time transportation visibility market is FourKites.

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Metcalf’s Law Does Not Apply to Supply Chain Management

Logistics Viewpoints

Nulogy, for example, is a platform for collaboration between consumer goods brands and their copacker and comanufacturing partners. Forecast collaboration and visibility to potential exceptions, for example, allows copackers/comanufacturers to run their operations more efficiently. Then there is FourKites.

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Carrier Capacity Management Levels the Playing Field in a Carriers’ Market

Logistics Viewpoints

E-commerce order volume keeps climbing, straining carrier capacity with shippers sending more parcels outbound and receiving more returns inbound. Rate shopping groups help address these capacity constraints as part of shippers’ ongoing decision-making about the best way to ship each parcel out the door.

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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. You will also need to know the product’s ID number, proper shipping name, and packing group.