Recently, KANE completed research to identify the biggest barriers to retailer-supplier collaboration. We measured nine key areas of supply chain collaboration and asked both suppliers and retailers to measure how well their partners perfor...
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Trees grow in two ways: up and down. We see the up – the branches and the leaves. We don’t see the down and how the roots, like the tree limbs, become larger and more expansive through the years.
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3PL Outsourcing
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.
Have you ever read an article, heard a presentation or watched a video that suggested that more supply chain collaboration between retailers and their suppliers is a bad thing?
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Freight Transportation
When we discuss the logistics challenges of consumer goods and grocery products, the focus tends to be on outbound distribution to retailers and how to provide on-demand replenishment to retailers, while keeping inventory under control.
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Supply Chain Challenges
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Warehouse Operations
What if air traffic control failed to communicate arrival time changes on inbound flights? Gate personnel would not be there to allow passengers to deplane. Baggage would sit for hours in the plane’s belly. Refueling would not occur, delayi...
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Consumer Goods Logistics
Labor is the largest operating expense in a warehouse, eating up anywhere from 50% to 70% of the budget. One common warehouse labor management strategy of third party logistics providers (3PLs) is the use of temp labor to handle volume spi...
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Logistics Labor Management
Retailers today have an opportunity to reduce millions of dollars in costs, simply by fixing a structural flaw built into most retail supply chains - inefficient inbound transportation.
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Consumer Goods Logistics
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