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Sourcing Innovation: Logistics Managers Need Scraps Too!
A recent white-paper by Management Dynamics Inc. on Current Trends and the Potential for Automation in Transportation Management noted that better informed decision-making on freight route planning, carrier selection, shipping scheduling and costing, load planning, guidelines compliance and
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Evolving Excellence: Freight Is The Tail - Not the Dog
by BILL WADDELL Economy of scale is great when you've got it. The problem comes when you try to create it out of thin air. That tunnel visioned pursuit of economies of scale is apparent nowhere more clearly than in...
Sourcing Innovation: Cross-Docking Challenges, Part I
Cross-Docking can be a great way to cut transportation costs if done right, because handling of goods while in transit, adds labor and time, which in turn costs the organization hard dollars and profit. But cross-docking is not without its challenges. A recent piece over on Supply Chain Digest on
Sourcing Innovation: Some Ideas for Reducing Transport Costs from Rising Fuel Prices from Supply
A recent piece over on Supply Chain Digest had some ideas for reducing transport costs given rising fuel prices from strategic, tactical, and operational viewpoints that is worth a review by anyone moving product from point A to point B. While most of the suggestions will be top of mind for most
Sourcing Innovation: If You're a MultiNational, Why Would You Use a Domestic 3PL?
After reading a recent article in the new SCMR that contained a 3PL update which noted that analysts suggest global/domestic lines may be blurring, all I can do is ask why would a multinational use a domestic 3PL in 2010? A modern multinational is in-sourcing, out-sourcing, near-sourcing,
Sourcing Innovation: b-Pack: Packing It In for A Brave New World, Part III
Two weeks ago, in Part I, we told you how b-pack, hot on the heels of Ivalua, had decided to cross the Atlantic and join in the conquest to bring the bohemian revolution to the world of Procurement and P2P with their extensive solution suite that actually closes the P2P loop. Then, last week in
Sourcing Innovation: Think Halifax Can't Handle Your Ocean Freight? Think Again!
As per this recent news release from Materials Management& Distribution, Halifax has broken ground on its $35 million berth project that will see the port's berth become the deepest on the eastern seaboard of North America. Once complete, the South End Container Terminal will be able to
Evolving Excellence: The Weakest Link In The Chain
by BILL WADDELL If transportation and logistics were not such a vital link in the manufacturing supply chain I would write this post about the sad state of affairs in the parcel shipping business as a comedy piece. The fact...
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