Reduce Supply Chain Costs. Save money. Meet buyer demands. Grow your business. Sure, those all sound great. But how do businesses find practical solutions to cost savings in these areas? With warehouse management systems in the supply chain, businesses go from…
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If we look to the future, using advanced technologies that adapt to changes in the marketplace can optimize your supply chain. Implementing technology without the insight of industry experts has led some supply chain managers down many expensive dead ends, often creating as…
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Examining the actual cost of fulfillment can highlight areas for improvement or opportunities to partner with a third-party logistics (3PL) provider for third-party fulfillment services (3PF). Your business’s success often relies on meeting customers’ fast shipping demands,…
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We have already discussed why choosing proper 3PL logistics services, and a trucking company with a modern warehouse management system (WMS) is crucial to any successful supply chain management process. Within the supply chain process, there is a much smaller piece of the puzzle…
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Thanks to highly influential e-commerce giants, customer expectations are rapidly changing your fulfillment services. Customers are demanding quick and/or free delivery. Their demands translate to shrinking delivery timeframes, splitting inventory in multiple facilities, or…
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Leading Alabama trucking firm now enables customers to manage smaller loads on a self-service basis Oxford, United States —BR Williams, the award-winning supply chain management company, announced today that it is expanding its Less-than-Truckload (LTL) services by offering…
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Nearly every company has experienced a supply chain risk event that has disrupted their supply chain management. In fact, Resilinc’s EventWatch Report noted global supply chain risks increased by 36% in 2018 alone. In particular, the data showed many global supply chains are…
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Index-based pricing (IBP) is a method of contractually pricing transportation costs that blend several key elements of other pricing methods, but for the right mix of shipper needs, it captures the best of all worlds. IBP establishes baseline rates and ties periodic rate adjustments…
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Everyone knows you need inventory management, but that doesn’t necessarily make it easy to accomplish. Without a computerized inventory tracking method, it can be hard to keep track of where things are. Did you know 46% of small-to-medium businesses don’t track inventory…
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Lean manufacturing principles are not new. Some form of the method has been around since the 1910s. While the concept refined over the past 100 years, the essence of lean principles remains the same: minimize waste while maximizing productivity. If you can apply lean principles…
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