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Emerging Trends in Automation: What it Means to Supply Chains

GlobalTranz

While this example may still be a few years off, it is important that you understand how the top emerging trends in automation will shape supply chains and transportation processes in the coming years. Advancements in virtual reality over the past year indicate its future might be much closer than “meets the eye.”.

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, a flexible supply chain may have product customization, mass customization, postponement, and reconfiguration to meet the demand and preferences of different segments, regions, or channels. These dimensions are not mutually exclusive or exhaustive, but rather complementary and interrelated.

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Carrier Capacity Management Levels the Playing Field in a Carriers’ Market

Logistics Viewpoints

Despite the epic supply chain problems, some companies have taken big steps to profitably meet consumer demand leading up to and during the busy holiday season. Most shippers currently face a long list of challenges thanks to some well-known trends. Carrier capacity management strategies ease the crunch.

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Elten Expands German Warehouse Capacity

Logistics Business Magazine

With over 5,000 order lines daily, a trend that has been rising steeply for ten years now, we have known for a while that our logistics operations would have to adapt if we wanted to stay competitive in the future,” says Georg Maxwill, Head of Supply Chain Management at ELTEN. “The

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5 Ways a 3PL Provider Can Transform Your Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

3PLs should provide cost prediction model intelligence on pricing and market trends via a live dashboard to help shippers adapt to rapidly changing market conditions, automate processes, and gain visibility. Using multimodal shipping services and logistics solutions helps mitigate capacity challenges and meet customer delivery expectations.

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Why E-commerce Fulfillment Is Set to Move to a 2-Hour Delivery Standard & What You Can Do About It

GlobalTranz

E-Commerce Fulfillment and Warehouse Managers Are Scrambling to Meet Customer Expectations E-commerce fulfillment is a bit of a misnomer. As a result, warehouse managers are scrambling to meet these Amazonian expectations. WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018.

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Which is better for fleet assets? Contract or spot freight?

FreightWaves SONAR

Figuring out the best strategy for managing fleet assets can be difficult at best. And a failure to ensure trucking capacity availability within one market will have a resounding effect on allocation strategies of a trucking fleet’s assets. Unlike contracted rates, the spot freight market is full of wild price swings and uncertainty.