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No Supply Chain Strategy? Here’s How to Develop One

Logistics Bureau

As you’ll know, if you follow our blog regularly, Logistics Bureau does a great deal of work related to supply chain strategy development and alignment. As a result, and as we’ve mentioned in several previously published articles, we’ve discovered that many companies lack a defined and documented supply chain strategy.

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Editor’s Choice: Warehouse Distribution Errors and How to Fix Them

Logistics Viewpoints

Knowing warehousing and distribution, this is probably just a simple mispick, a smaller retailer with limited SKUs that are perhaps using paper picking or even just picking off the computer monitor, picking and packing things directly from a few shelves. How many future parts might I have purchased from this vendor?

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How to Best Use a Spot Market Strategy During This Market Shift

CH Robinson Logistics

The short answer is “yes,” as long as you have a segmented freight portfolio strategy for both the contract market and the spot market. Every business has a responsibility to develop strategies that take advantage of the best market price and service. As you build your strategy, confirm the spot market capacity for specific areas.

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The New Significance of a Logistics Strategy: Role, Success factors, and Integration

Logistics Viewpoints

Logistics strategy as an enabler of new business models. They promoted logistics to the level of core process and enabler of new business models and now view a thought-through logistics strategy as an opportunity to stand out by offering a better service level to their customers, such as same-day delivery. Automation as key for growth.

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How to Increase Accuracy in the Order Fulfillment Process

FW Logsitcs

reduce the likelihood of unfulfilled orders, start making serious changes to your order-picking system. How Fulfillment Center Warehouse Picking Systems Can Help The order fulfillment process has so many moving parts, and a warehouse fulfillment center is one the most stress-free ways to gain control over your deliveries.

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How to Create an Efficient Order Fulfillment Strategy

GoShip Blog

Although order fulfillment strategies may differ across businesses, a typical fulfillment strategy involves the following processes: Receiving inventory Inventory storage Order processing Picking and packaging Delivery Processing returns. Utilize order fulfillment technology.

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Benefits of a Multichannel Ecommerce Sales Strategy

Ship Monk

If you’re not employing a multichannel sales strategy, you’re clearly missing out. But what, exactly is a multichannel sales strategy, and is it worth the investment? Even if a brick-and-mortar store does not have an online sales strategy, it should be using a multichannel marketing strategy. What is a Sales Channel?