A recent Auburn University survey of 110 CPG logistics executives asked about hot button issues for the future in the CPG supply chain. They identified several:
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Consumer Goods Logistics
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KANE Company News
We all know that people learn in many different ways. Some learn by reading books, some by following flow charts or instruction manuals, some by actually doing the task, and some by watching others.
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Supply Chain Challenges
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Warehouse Operations
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.
For smaller shippers, there ARE alternatives to the higher cost and unpredictable schedules of LTL carriers. A new KANE white paper, LTL Secrets Revealed, explores some of these freight consolidation strategies, including pool distribution...
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Freight Transportation
In some industries (maybe most), competing organizations are so closely similar in design that it makes me think of stock cars. They all look pretty similar moving down the track, they all want to win, and they all have skilled people behi...
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3PL Outsourcing
I have great passion for supply chain management. However at dinner parties, when I get asked what I do, I usually make up stories like being a hand model or working as an avalanche forecaster. It's just too involved to accurately (and bett...
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Logistics Labor Management
In logistics and any industry, training great leaders and having the right mentor strategies can be difficult. As leaders ourselves, we want our teams to exceed expectations. We want them to be independent decision makers. We expect them...
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Supply Chain Challenges
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Logistics Labor Management
The FMCSA wants a safer trucking industry. But new driver hours of service rules, effective July 1, are an impractical means to this end goal. To understand why, let's first examine the rules currently in place.
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Freight Transportation
I participate in many strategy sessions at KANE. One common theme in the meetings is how can we differentiate ourselves? What can we do to set our solutions apart from our competitors? These "open space" exercises are often used to flesh...
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Supply Chain Challenges
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