If you were selling medical supplies and equipment in 2021, you know the challenges that persist in such a customer centric market. As of lately, it seems like a lot of logistic decisions are being made by sales or customer service, leaving supply chain managers…
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Master Distributors and the Bullwhip Crack
If you’ve been to any store lately you have probably seen several items that have a healthy amount of stock while other items are completely depleted. This is accentuated for more complex items (metal pipe vs. bathroom appliance). However, this is all that you as…
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Supply Chain Design, Inventory, Transportation, and Middle Mile Optimization
Middle Mile Optimization Optimizing the middle mile in a supply chain is a daunting undertaking. There are so many factors to consider with each of them impacting the other and resulting in a tangled mess seemingly impossible to resolve. It is a problem retailers need…
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Will Your Supply Chain Leave You in the Dust or Take You to New Heights in 2022
As the US hits the two-year anniversary of the first case of COVID-19 in the US in January of 2020, the second-order effects of COVID-19 continue to pose major obstacles to global supply chains. Supply chain constraints have become the norm over the past two…
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Out of Shelf, Not Out of Luck
The ultimate purpose of any supply chain is to connect buyers to suppliers, but any chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and supply chains are no exception. If you want to ensure that your company’s supply chain is strong enough to withstand…
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The Direct-to-Consumer Boom
October 1, 2021 The rapid growth of the eCommerce sector has generated demand for more flexible shipping options, especially for small and medium businesses. Fulfillment providers have filled this niche by offering affordable warehousing and delivery services for online retailers. Investors have poured billions of…
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Why Shippers, Retailers And 3PLs Should Be Utilizing A Transportation Optimization Engine…Yesterday!
By Caroline White | August 19, 2021 The recent spike in transportation costs, capacity constraints and delays have put a large focus on transportation budgets in companies of all industries and sizes. Nearly 35-45% of companies are using a TMS in some capacity as well…
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WMS Selections That Drive ROI
By Caroline White | August 5, 2021 Whether you’re rolling out a Warehouse Management System (WMS) to a network of facilities or just implementing at a local hub, selecting the proper platform is a crucial step many organizations fail to see the appropriate value in….
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Defying The Laws Of Demand
By Caroline White | July 20, 2021 Since COVID-19 emerged back in 2020, many businesses have slowly begun to open back up after almost a year later. While demand in some sectors is soaring, supply has been a major challenge. During this time, businesses have…
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A Review Of Budgeting For Transportation: Finding Cost Improvements Despite An Unfavorable Third-Party Carrier Market
By Caroline White | July 8, 2021 In large logistics operations, especially those with who rely on third party carriers, the greatest variable in supply chain budgeting is transportation. With market per-mile rates for shipping lanes changing with fuel costs, truck availability and even the needs of…
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