Data can be defined many different ways. Depending on whom you ask and the line of business they are in, you will likely get different definitions. However, there is no denying that data is information, and businesses thrive on analyzing ...
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Logistics Technology
We've heard the advocates for both sides of this argument make compelling cases for why companies should invest in either technology or people given limited resources. The technology supporters proclaim that in today's fast paced, digital s...
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Supply Chain Challenges
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Logistics Technology
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Logistics Labor Management
The Ultimate Guide to Being a Great 3PL Customer
This quick-read eBook lists 12 best practices designed to elicit greatness from your 3PL.
Safety In Logistics Operations
4 strategies to turn safety from a compliance-driven chore to a profit-driving opportunity.
Though your benefits package may be quite substantial, your associates may not completely understand or have comprehensive knowledge of all the benefits that you offer. Helping associates appreciate their benefits can raise morale and may e...
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Supply Chain Challenges
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Logistics Labor Management
My team and I recently had a series of meetings to identify a strategy for human capital in 2013. Our focus was on identifying the "right" human resources solutions that matched our client's needs.
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Supply Chain Challenges
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Logistics Labor Management
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Warehouse Operations
"Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted." - Albert Einstein There are hundreds, if not thousands of metrics that are put in place across the supply chain today. Everyone seems to have a dif...
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Supply Chain Challenges
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Logistics Technology
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Consumer Goods Logistics
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Warehouse Operations
By 2018, there is expected to be a shortfall of almost 200,000 qualified applicants for positions in logistics and supply chain. The counter argument goes – pay more and the people will come. That may be true. Maybe. Problem is who pays the...
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Supply Chain Challenges
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Logistics Labor Management
Had an interesting business meeting this morning. While in my office in Pennsylvania, I was on speakerphone with a colleague in California while skyping (thank you, www.urbandictionary.com) with an engineer in Moscow who left a restaurant ...
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Supply Chain Challenges
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Logistics Technology
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Freight Transportation
Retail supply chain study uncovers frustration among smaller suppliers with increasing retailer demands Do the distribution policies of major retailers favor large, Fortune 500 companies over smaller suppliers? Recent research indicates th...
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Supply Chain Challenges
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Consumer Goods Logistics
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