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Understanding Distributed Order Management with Dan Gilmore

The Logistics of Logistics

Dan Gilmore and Joe Lynch discuss distributed order management (DOM). Earlier in his career, he led the implementation of two major WMS projects for Forte Industries. Key Takeaways: Understanding Distributed Order Management. In the podcast interview, Joe and Dan discuss distributed order management (DOM).

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Key challenges and solutions for the fabricated metals industry

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The fabricated metals industry operates with a low margin in a highly competitive market and material availability, production schedules and workforce skills must align to meet customer expectations. Challenge: Meeting unique customer requirements.

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What Is Cross-Docking?

FW Logsitcs

Supply chains that utilize this process are able to meet customer demands faster by avoiding extra inventory handling steps. Goods come into the dock and are immediately sorted, consolidated, and loaded onto outbound trucks heading to retail stores, distribution centers, or customer locations. truck to rail) without storage in between.

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Industry View: DCs Rise to Meet Unprecedented Challenges

Logistics Business Magazine

There is no doubt that distribution centres are going above and beyond to fulfill massive amounts of orders. Pressing needs and panic buying have created the equivalent to peak season demand in many industries. As ecommerce orders scale exponentially, many customers have also suddenly been required to adjust DC operations.

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How to Measure Success: KPIs for Inbound Logistics

WorkWave

What are inbound and outbound logistics? Both inbound and outbound logistics involve the transportation of products across various distribution channels, however inbound logistics deals with supply and outbound logistics fulfill demands. This guide outlines the essential KPIs you should be monitoring to ensure efficiency.

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Keeping Bakery Distribution Fresh

Logistics Business Magazine

Cimcorp helped Kwik Trip automate order fulfilment in its new baking facility with a rapid, scalable solution designed to meet rising demand and guarantee freshness for its bakery products sold at over 700 locations daily. Kwik Trip also uses a “pick-by-light” system for picking less-than-full trays in outbound orders.

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The Long Road to Just-in-Time

FreightWaves SONAR

It’s also a long road to meet just-in-time delivery. For years prior to the pandemic, the consistency and integrity of global trade lanes meant that the industry viewed costs and lead times as assumptions rather than obstacles, especially as each generation of cargo ship has grown ever larger.

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