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Inbound vs. Outbound Logistics: Understanding the Key Differences and Optimizing the Last Mile

Locus

In the vast, interconnected world of supply chain management, two terms often come into focus—inbound and outbound logistics. Inbound and outbound logistics are two fundamental components of the overall supply chain management process. What is outbound logistics? Here’s an explanation of both: What is inbound logistics?

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Keeping Bakery Distribution Fresh

Logistics Business Magazine

To meet these requirements, the logical choice was to automate as much as possible and design a state-of-the-art facility where advanced systems would handle the majority of production, packaging, warehousing, and outbound distribution in a well-orchestrated, integrated fashion.

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Automated Hand-Scanning Upgrade

Logistics Business Magazine

The automation of hand scanning processes increases productivity at inbound and outbound areas of logistics hubs dramatically. However, this process not only takes time, but picking and putting down the hand scanner while handling the object risks repetitive stress and strain to the operator.

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Thank You Thursday Shout Outs – January

Ship Monk

He has absolutely excelled in our pick department, leading by example and putting up insane rates as he does so. It could be whole, it could be replenishment, it can even be put outbound, no matter where this man goes he shines! She packs a punch in packing/picking. Shaneal is a pick-and-pack prodigy in our outbound department.

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Autoliv’s Supply Chain Risk Management Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

The main take aways from the presentation earlier this year were the following: The auto industry has made supply chain risk management a priority since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. Mr. Niebur did not say which risk management solution provider they picked, but I suspect they implemented a solution from riskmethods.

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Demand Sensing: 5 Ways it Helps Supply Chains Deal with Uncertainty

Morai Logistics

An article of demand sensing by Supply Chain Brain explains, Demand sensing, as the name implies, is essentially the art and science of picking up on short-term trends immediately, in order to better predict what consumers will want. Inbound and outbound teams have opposing objectives. Whereas the outbound team wants everything sold.

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Thank You Thursday Shout Outs – January

Ship Monk

He has absolutely excelled in our pick department, leading by example and putting up insane rates as he does so. It could be whole, it could be replenishment, it can even be put outbound, no matter where this man goes he shines! She packs a punch in packing/picking. Shaneal is a pick-and-pack prodigy in our outbound department.