Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The discipline has done a good job of driving collaboration between sales and marketing and manufacturing, procurement, and logistics. The profession has not yet managed to integrate product development into core decisions in a meaningful way. One thing that makes Musk distinctive is his hands-on approach to product design.

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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

JULY 28, 2022

If you're looking to improve throughput in your B2C warehousing operations, setting productivity standards may do the trick. Many brands do not set such standards, but those that do see a 10% to 15% uptick in throughput.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Stephanie Cannon and Joe Lynch discuss ecommerce logistics innovation. This collaborative innovation promotes growth and accelerates the modernization and expansion of the Pitney Bowes ecommerce logistics network with technology solutions that are redefining warehouses and last mile delivery. It serves more than 90% of the Fortune 500.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Harry Drajpuch and Joe Lynch discuss leading a logistics biz turnaround. Throughout his long, successful career, Harry has led multiple logistics business turnarounds. Harry Drajpuch is a 30+ year logistics industry executive with a breadth of executive management experience. Europe and Asia.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Nate Shutes and Joe Lynch discuss helping logistics founders, which is exactly what Nate does with his podcast, The Bootstrapper’s Guide to Logistics. About Nate Shutes Nate Shutes is the host of The Bootstrapper’s Guide to Logistics podcast and is currently building a private community for logistics entrepreneurs.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2021

Making Carrier Relationships More Productive with Noam Frankel. Noam Frankel and Joe Lynch discuss making carrier relationships more productive. He has the unique perspective of having served as an executive on both the “industry” and technology sides of logistics. The Logistics of Logistics Podcast.

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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

AUGUST 17, 2021

Therefore, any efficient fulfillment operation will establish productivity standards that span the entire length of the operation, from the moment a trailer full of inventory hits the dock door until the individual item gets shipped to the end customer.

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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

JUNE 8, 2021

What’s the first thing customers see when your products arrive at their doorsteps? The fulfillment packaging. Is it unique, or does it stand out in some way? If not, you’re missing an important opportunity to reinforce the value of your brand in your buyers’ minds.

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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

MARCH 15, 2022

PureKana is a wellness company that markets a variety of hemp-derived CBD products. At a time when the company was growing fast and even assuming order fulfillment responsibility for acquired companies, its fulfillment services partner struggled to provide the needed support.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2024

Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Pick” series where we highlight posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. After three.

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SIPMM Professional Publications

APRIL 15, 2020

The post Technologies for Improving Logistics Productivity appeared first on SIPMM | Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management.

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SIPMM Professional Publications

JANUARY 21, 2021

New Product Development is more challenging now than ever before as most products are required know-how across disciplines and organizational boundaries. The interdisciplinary teams are across from the supply base to design, prototype, and bring the products to market.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2022

Read more Product Returns: Another Moment of Truth. The post Product Returns: Another Moment of Truth appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. But is it the last moment of truth? Not if you need to return an.

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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The best product fulfillment houses will be just as curious about your business as you are about theirs. They need in-depth information about your products, markets and operations to determine if they’re a good match for your company and arrive at an accurate price for their services. As the saying goes, the devil is in the details.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 25, 2022

Is supply chain visibility a product or feature? I’ve been debating that question for some time, most recently in a Talking Logistics episode (stay tuned for highlights). Read more Supply Chain Visibility: A Product or Feature? The post Supply Chain Visibility: A Product or Feature?

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 26, 2024

Extra care must be taken when storing, handling, packing, and shipping these and other hazmat products. What do you, as an ecommerce business owner, need to know about shipping hazmat products? PHMSA has a lot to say about how hazmat products should be handled and shipped, even if your shipments don’t require registration.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Association for Advancing Automation hosted the Autonomous Mobile Robots & Logistics Week (Co-located with the Vision Show), October 10-13. Especially informative and relevant to me was the roundtable discussion – Productization and Scaling for Next Generation Automation. A Panel of Experts on Productization and Scaling.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For almost 40 years, more and more high-speed doors from Efaflex have been reliably doing their job in the production of Wernsing Feinkost GmbH in Addrup-Essen/Oldenburg, Germany. The production halls of Wernsing Feinkost GmbH are as dynamic as the relationship between the two business partners.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2021

As I explain in a YouTube video on this subject, I recently saw a good example of how a BHAG can galvanise a workforce and make a dramatic impact on productivity. Slowly the productivity went up. For example, their increase in productivity was 217 percent. They hit 30 lines per hour way before the 12 months was up.

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SIPMM Professional Publications

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Warehouses are playing an important role in logistic as it can be an assembly line, fulfillment center as well as customer service or collection point. The post Essential Technologies for Warehousing Productivity appeared first on SIPMM | Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

For example, a distributor challenged to improve productivity, reduce the costs for picking low unit of measure (LUM) items, and increase picking accuracy added voice-directed, AI-driven optimization software to supplement their RF-based process.

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Now, That's Logistics

JANUARY 26, 2022

As consumers demand to know how their products are made, distributed and delivered—and with a sharper eye on environmental sustainability and social responsibility—companies are responding by implementing more eco-friendly transportation options into their fleets. Taking a Successful Logistics Model to New Heights.

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MTS Logistics

APRIL 10, 2024

Dumping occurs when a foreign manufacturer/producer is selling a product in the U.S. government) or is selling at a price that is lower than the manufacturer’s production costs. And, just selling products at lower prices in the U.S. The dumping margin is the difference between the price in the foreign market and U.S.

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NGT News

MARCH 6, 2024

Mack Trucks recently began production of its second battery electric vehicle (BEV), the Mack MD Electric, and delivered units to several customers, which are using the truck in a variety of applications. Mack delivered the Mack MD Electric to ABF Freight, DC Logistics, Mission Linen and Pronto Freight Ways to begin operations and testing.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 4, 2024

based fashion retailer LOVALL , formerly known as Love Leggings, is using Descartes’ ecommerce warehouse management system (WMS) to improve productivity by automating fulfilment and optimizing the use of existing warehouse space to hold three times as much inventory. Descartes Systems Group , announced that U.K.-based

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Product slotting can significantly improve warehouse productivity—and reduce labour costs by up to 30 percent. Simply put, product slotting is about putting the right product in the right place so you can pick it in the most efficient way. How Supermarkets Slot Products. How Warehouses Slot Products.

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SIPMM Professional Publications

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Managing security risks in the supply chain during transportation is critical in minimizing potential revenue loss and credibility for producers, distributors, and logistics providers. Training is needed to identify and deter potential pharmaceutical product adulteration or diversion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. In other Amazon news, the company says it helped stop 7 million counterfeit products from entering its fulfillment centers and reaching consumers last year– one million more than it did in 2022. In addition to stopping fake products from getting into the U.S., million-strong workforce.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 8, 2023

Meanwhile, inventory optimization and production scheduling are more of a black box. Customers that implement inventory optimization or production scheduling and then turn it off, Mr. Botha argued, often have a lower level of supply chain maturity. They may have a sense that a plant can produce 20,000 units of a product in a week.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 25, 2023

Lödige Industries , a leading provider of logistics systems, is significantly expanding its capacities in Brasov, Romania. Plans call for a near doubling of the production area to more than 4,000 sq m. Production operations in the new building are expected to start as early as the end of this year.

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NGT News

AUGUST 30, 2022

Driven by demand in both its Heavy Truck Operations and Work Truck & EV Solutions divisions, Fontaine Modification, a Marmon Holdings / Berkshire Hathaway company, is building a new corporate headquarters that will more than double its production and product development capabilities. I-485 Logistics Center, […].

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 11, 2021

Abena is making use of TGW expertise in expanding its logistics centre. At its headquarters in southern Denmark, the manufacturer of health and medical products is installing an energy-efficient conveyor system for cartons, trays and soft packages (polybags). The facility is scheduled to open by summer 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Often times at Logistics Viewpoints, we like to look to the future and highlight the key trends that we see in a given market, or make predictions about what technologies will emerge as game changers in the new year. It was a good mix of topics and authors, including a good number from our Logistics Viewpoints sponsors.

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