What Is Logistics Planning? Logistics planning is a planning process that helps businesses achieve their logistics objectives, gain competitive advantage, and improve customer satisfaction. It involves designing plans to help organizations achieve the 7 “rights” of...
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How Technology Advances in Logistics Companies are Transforming Shipping
What Is a Logistics Service Company? A logistics service company is an outsourced company that offers supply chain management services, including procurement, inventory management, demand planning, warehousing, transportation, and customer service. Logistics service...
10 Ways to Future-Proof Your Business
You can ship stronger, smarter, and with agility–all you need is a plan. A plan that takes you from wherever your supply chain stands right now, to a ‘sky’s-the-limit’ operation. Here is a summary of 10 ways you can do just that, with the details to follow.1. Know...
Top 7 Logistics Challenges in the Supply Chain and How Shippers Can Overcome Them
Top 7 Supply Chain Challenges for Shippers Shippers worldwide have been struggling with logistics disruption since the pandemic, and as a result, they have to deal with a great deal of uncertainty. The increasing variability of customer demand, labor and equipment...
The Only Shipping Strategy Guide You’ll Need for 2022
The Importance of Choosing the Right Shipping Strategy Shipping is a major costs of running an eCommerce store and it greatly affects the profitability of the business. This is why shippers need effective ways to control their shipping costs to focus on core business...
5 Crucial Supply Chain Metrics to Track Now To Reduce Shipping Costs
What are key performance indicators (KPIs) of supply chain metrics? Multi-and omnichannel supply chains enable organizations to deliver their products through flexible sales channels and master the complexities of eCommerce fulfillment. However, poor inventory...
How 3D Printing Is Transforming Parcel Shipping
We know what you’re thinking. 3D printing? What does that have to do with parcel shipping? Well, more than you (and your wallet) would think! This new technology is transforming the global structure of the supply chain by making products easy to produce - and, more...
9 Supply Chain Logistics Lessons to Learn from Amazon
Amazon started in 1995 with a website selling only books. In the initial days, Amazon used UPS, FedEx, and the US Postal Service as its logistics partner. Jeff Bezos’s goal was to sell as many products as possible in small quantities through Amazon. To achieve this...
7 Profitable Logistics Operations Strategies To Make Supply Chain Management More Efficient
The recent eCommerce boom has also triggered increased logistics and supply chain expenditure. An increase in expenditure means a decrease in profitability - if your supply chain management is inefficient. With socioeconomic changes, supply chains must adapt to...
5 Top Tips for Surviving Peak Season 2021
“In a carrier’s market, if you don’t navigate correctly, you could be left spiraling at the end of Q4.” - Caleb Nelson We've never experienced a year in shipping like this before. And with an unprecedented peak season just around the corner, you need to be open to...