Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 1, 2022

Understanding contract versus spot rates can help companies make better decisions about how to move freight, saving both time and money, while keeping operations flowing smoothly. Freight rates are broken down into two different categories: contract and spot rates. Help shippers enforce KPIs and maintain a high level of service.

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 28, 2023

Ecommerce Businesses Categories There are four basic categories of ecommerce sales, defined by the type of seller and the type of customer they’re selling to. Most product-based businesses fall into one of these categories, and some fall into more than one. Business-to-Consumer (B2C) This category is most familiar to consumers.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Inventory optimization is the process of maintaining the right amount of inventory required to meet demand, in the right locations, at the same time reducing inventory-related costs, and avoiding common inventory issues such as stockouts, overstocking, and backorders. Inventory optimization. The ability to manage inventory better.

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GoShip Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2023

There are two main categories of shipments: parcel and freight. Are there any size limits that distinguish these two categories? How to ship large items across the country? How to organize large package shipping? Large items are classified as freight since they cannot be shipped as standard packages through the mail.

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EazyStock

OCTOBER 20, 2020

There are hundreds of inventory control blog posts on how to organize warehouses, track goods and pick and pack efficiently. Inventory control is a key function of supply chain management that maintains appropriate quantities of stock to meet customer demand. Read our blog on demand forecasting accuracy for more details.

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Ship Monk

MAY 10, 2023

In a previous blog, we covered the challenges and opportunities that come with taking a wholesale brand DTC. This article is intended to be more of a how-to guide. What exactly does a wholesale brand (or any brand, for that matter) need in order to launch and maintain a DTC ecommerce sales channel? How many SKUs do you have?

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This wouldn’t be an ecommerce blog if we didn’t talk about Amazon. When your brand is ready for this, keep us in mind, because we have the expertise and know-how to maintain your fulfillment metrics and help you scale with SFP fulfillment. How Does FBA Work? Inventory turnover No limits on storage.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Product Categories. View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Assets are capital intensive and require special attention and paramount focus to maintain them in good operating condition. Infrastructure Outsourcing.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Today we finalize our most viewed articles from the Cerasis blog by featuring the most read freight articles published in 2015. Now, under each of these 5 main categories are several sub categories. We encourage you to use the search function at the right of the blog or the category picker to find any content you'd like to read.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

If you can only say “No”, I will not be surprised, because many companies have never drilled down into the costs involved in selling specific SKU categories, individual SKUs, or providing particular services connected with those sales, to specific customers or customer categories. And that is the sole purpose of cost-to-serve analysis.

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WorkWave

JANUARY 18, 2021

Visitors will check any prices available on the site and take note of how to book an appointment. At the very least, your company should have a blog where you post useful information about the industry, talk about jobs you’ve done, or post tips regularly. Best Blog: Friendly Tree Service.

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Locus

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Albert also spoke about Mom-and-pop stores are getting empowered by technology to broaden their categories to be sold. Albert mentioned that it is quite challenging to maintain an efficient delivery process without neglecting the quality of service to customers. Quick access to data insights: The need of the hour. Schedule a Demo.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 4, 2023

So, rather than get overly prescriptive, I’ll use this blog post to highlight some companies that have achieved success through excellence in inventory management , and outline some of the most effective elements of their strategies. But consider, too, how you can turn those needs to your advantage in inventory management.

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CLX Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Our Infographic: Achieve Chemical Compliance Quickly & Effectively is an excellent resource for chemical manufacturers to learn how to keep up! Miscellaneous hazardous materials include anything that doesn’t fall into any of the previous categories, such as asbestos and dry ice.

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Blue Grace Logistics

AUGUST 30, 2021

What This Blog Is About: The current status of cold storage and transportation. Fundamentally, there are three sensitive product categories that are under risk in the case of a hypothetical break in the cold chain: Perishable foods, such as fruits and vegetables, or unprocessed or frozen meat and fish.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

But for that special class of disruption, the low-probability, high-impact events like natural disasters, epidemics and other upheavals, organizations don’t know how to mitigate the risk and successfully manage their supply chains, and are now trying to find their way through the minefield of issues and challenges with no clear solution.

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EazyStock

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Maintaining cost-effective inventory levels is critical for any manufacturer, wholesaler, supplier or retailer. But just how much inventory is the right amount to hold? How can you ensure you have enough to cover fluctuating demand without over-stocking? Inventory service costs. Inventory risk costs. Capital costs.

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Parade

MAY 29, 2019

This involves an understanding of 1) how to gather carriers’ preferred lanes, types of loads they haul, or even real-time capacity, and 2) how often you need to revolve your team’s understanding of those carriers. How do you notify them about freight opportunities? What do those carriers need?

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Parade

MAY 29, 2019

This involves an understanding of 1) how to gather carriers’ preferred lanes, types of loads they haul, or even real-time capacity, and 2) how often you need to revolve your team’s understanding of those carriers. How do you notify them about freight opportunities? What do those carriers need?

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 20, 2023

It’s all about maintaining profitability. Complex MOQs To learn about these different types of MOQs, check out the full, in-depth article on our ecommerce blog here. Check out our blog, Scheduled Delivery Pending, Awaiting Delivery Scan, and Other Tracking Statuses Explained , to learn more. There are three main MOQ types: 1.)

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

And how does it help fulfillment logistics? If you’ve been wanting to learn more about how automation positively impacts 3PLs, and the ecommerce businesses they’re committed to, this is the blog for you. The Cobot category of robotics is not as tested as AMRs. The more data, the better deep learning will perform.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MAY 18, 2012

Product Categories. View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. The maintenance work that we did was divided into categories such as breakdown maintenance and preventive maintenance. Procurement Blog.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MAY 10, 2012

Product Categories. View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Infrastructure Outsourcing. Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service. Finance & Accounting. Human Resources. Sourcing & Procurement. Banking Suite.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

If you browse through the Logistics Bureau blog, you’ll find at least two or three articles—and about the same number of videos—that cover warehouse product slotting. So let’s move on and look at how to do it. Now that we’ve covered the “what” and “why” of warehouse product slotting, let’s progress to the “how.”

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MAY 24, 2012

Product Categories. View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. » How to make Preventive Maintenance a way of life in SAP APO Support Projects - Part 2. Business Assurance: Supply Chain Blogs. Categories.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 20, 2021

So instead of keeping an eye on everything, airline pilots maintain a more or less continuous scan of five or six key indicators, all of which are visible on the multi-function display monitor. How to Calculate Inventory Days of Supply. The Supply Chain Manager’s Multi-function Display. Average sales in a month: 600.

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Blog on Log

JANUARY 11, 2007

These alliances are also known as supply chain partnerships or contract logistics (that is Exel’s preferred category). It is done by constantly innovating and maintaining operational integrity. Organizations have developed strategic alliances with 3PL companies all over the world to manage their logistics operations network.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2016

We kick off today a month-long focus on trends in the following categories: Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transportation Management. We will then do a deep dive all month long and until we have covered each trend individually within these categories. A prolonged period of slow global growth.”.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 17, 2017

In this blog, I wanted to take you through a virtual tour on EAM on cloud. With this context, let me take you through the transitions happened in Enterprise Asset Management area and how to fly over cloud with it. Choosing the right option: Asset Intensive Organization can fall into any of the below category on cloud requirements - 1.

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