[ad_1] December 07, 2021 | By Jaclyn Ix Tags: Ocean, Food Logistics, Transportation Due to shortages delaying—and even halting—transportation, big brands get creative to keep their product and materials moving. For example, Coca-Cola now transports materials in bulk shipping vessels, which are typically used for raw materials such as grain […]
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Fortune 500 Company Takes Control of Inbound Program
[ad_1] January 31, 2022 Tags: Finance, Transportation, Logistics Tucker Company Worldwide provided a petroleum refiner oversight and control of its shipments—reducing freight costs, increasing flexibility, and ensuring safety compliance. The Challenge A household name in the petroleum industry was struggling to effectively manage its inbound logistics program. Each year, $4 […]
S&OP: Bringing the Outside In
[ad_1] January 31, 2022 | By Paul A. Myerson Tags: Demand Planning, Risk Management, Finance Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is an integrated business management process through which the leadership team continually achieves focus, alignment and synchronization among all functions. This ensures that supply meets demand while the organization meets […]
DDC Sync Q&A: Supply Chain Efficiency Through Smart In-Cab BOL Capture
[ad_1] January 31, 2022 | By Art Zipkin Tags: Transportation, Technology , Big Data Art Zipkin, Chief Commercial Officer and President, DDC FPO, 973-301-8434 | 828-713-1224 Q. DDC FPO just launched DDC Sync, which leverages intelligent automated capture. Why? How can companies gain supply chain efficiencies by automating data capture? […]
Addressing Supply Chain Pain Points for Shippers
[ad_1] January 31, 2022 | By Dave Maddox Tags: Transportation Management, Technology , Fulfillment Shippers must navigate a daunting array of complex challenges when operating in today’s often turbulent supply chain landscape. Potential pain points are rampant. Fortunately, shippers can turn to a variety of solutions and tools that can […]
When the Rubber Meets the Road: Warehousing Solution Goes on Overdrive
[ad_1] January 31, 2022 Tags: Warehousing, Automotive Logistics, Transportation Evans Distribution Systems deployed its warehousing solution to ensure a rubber manufacturer’s tires arrived at its customer locations from Taiwan on time, damage-free, and with costs contained. The Challenge American Kenda Rubber manufactures automotive, bicycle, powersport, trailer, and wheelchair tires in […]
Bringing Insight and Savings to a Retailer’s Freight Spend
[ad_1] January 31, 2022 Tags: Retail, Finance, Transportation AFS helped an agricultural supply retailer achieve freight savings through spend optimization and a more flexible carrier mix, as well as gain benefits from an automated shipping process. The Challenge Throughout its 35-year history, an agricultural supply retailer has quickly grown through […]
We Won’t Be Fooled Again: The Enterprise Perspective
[ad_1] January 31, 2022 | By Merrill Douglas Tags: Risk Management, Manufacturing, Big Data In today’s tough supply chain environment, companies are spinning big-picture solutions that will keep them on the charts now and for the long play. The pandemic has made people question some of the basic assumptions of […]
Masterful Moves: Overcoming Deadlines, Pressures, and the Pandemic
[ad_1] January 31, 2022 Tags: Warehousing, Supply Chain Management, Partnership Holman Logistics provided its client with Extraordinary Service resulting in seamless execution for a warehouse move done in record time. THE CHALLENGE Seeking to optimize its Northwest omnichannel supply chain operations and having outgrown its existing 204,000-square-foot distribution center, one […]
Supply Chain Lessons Learned: The Procurement Groove
[ad_1] January 31, 2022 | By Karen Kroll Tags: Retail, Partnership, Food Logistics 16 sound procurement lessons you can tune into moving forward. Lesson 1 – Every Breath you Take Monitor disruptions for their impact on market share. Supply chain disruptions historically have been considered nuisances, says Tom Derry, CEO […]
You Won’t Get Fooled Again
[ad_1] January 31, 2022 | By Keith Biondo Tags: Risk Management, Technology , Supply Chain Keith Biondo is the publisher of Inbound Logistics magazine. Sometimes a kick in the pants is a step forward. The past two years have certainly been kicking it, and not in a good way for […]
Supply Chain Lessons Learned: The Technology Spin
[ad_1] January 31, 2022 | By Karen Kroll Tags: Risk Management, Manufacturing, Technology Digital transformation will be fundamental as we tune into a post-pandemic supply chain. Supply chains historically have been “starved of investment in technology, with many companies still using spreadsheets and email,” says Sumit Vakil, chief product officer […]