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Inbound Logistics vs. Outbound Logistics

Ship Monk

Today, we’re talking about the difference between inbound logistics and outbound logistics. At a glance, inbound logistics and outbound logistics refer to the different stages that goods go through while moving down the supply chain. ShipMonk offers a bevy of reverse logistics options to control costs on returned customer orders.

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Shipping Labels for eCommerce Orders

Ship Monk

Shipping labels are a major part of the inbound and outbound logistics operation—influencing the successful journey of a package from order to final destination, supply chain communication, and customer satisfaction. Q: How to Make a Shipping Label and How to Print a Shipping Label? What Goes on a Shipping Label?

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What Is Cross-Docking?

FW Logsitcs

Goods come into the dock and are immediately sorted, consolidated, and loaded onto outbound trucks heading to retail stores, distribution centers, or customer locations. In traditional warehousing, inventory sits in storage for extended periods waiting to be used to fill orders. Outbound trucks deliver shipments to next locations.

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How to Mitigate Additional Costs in Transportation

Talking Logistics

“Mitigating additional costs was the focus, as well as idea velocity — how do we save money now! Three areas that companies concentrated on internally were trailer utilization, order lead times and freight attractiveness,” continues Matt. Order lead times. Order lead times. Capacity utilization. Preferred shipper.

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How to Effectively Manage E-Commerce Logistics and Transportation

Now, That's Logistics

Behind the scenes, the companies fulfilling all of those online orders had to make some quick pivots in order to accommodate the unpredictable shifts in buying behaviors. Regardless of which E-Commerce fulfillment approach a shipper takes, Largeau says it’s important to consider both inbound and outbound logistics and transportation.

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Thank You Thursday Shout Outs – December

Ship Monk

for all of her hard work and the amazing effort she puts into ensuring orders are always out on time: She always will go that extra mile to help get sh*t done. Clifton’s an excellent team member who has a great attitude and always supports Outbound with an outstanding performance. Thank you for supporting outbound operations.

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3 Practical Metrics for Supplier Performance Evaluation

Logistics Bureau

Hopefully these examples will prove helpful if you are building a new supplier scoring process, overhauling your existing metrics portfolio, or just looking for some practical supplier performance measurement ideas. SEE ALSO: How to Address Chronic Poor Supplier Performance. Quantity Ordered versus Quantity Received.