Cross Docking: What Is It & What Are the Benefits?
Depending on who you ask, you may get different explanations of what is cross-docking. That’s because cross-docking can help improve many different parts of the supply chain, including warehousing, manufacturing and transportation. However, regardless of who you ask, there’s one step in the supply chain that will not be part…
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3 Reasons Why Logistics are Now a Key Competitive Advantage
So how’s your supply chain doing? If you ship or receive raw materials, parts or finished goods internationally, it’s probably seen better days. But, even if your suppliers and markets are more local, the COVID-19 pandemic, and its ripple effect, have meant more supply chain headaches than usual. We can’t…
Your Primer on Inventory Management Systems
Even if all you do is reorder stock when you see the shelves looking empty, you have an inventory management system. But the “wait-until-stock-is-low” approach is not recommended for any but the smallest of operations, or those who want to avoid stock-outs, missing inventory and angry customers. For the rest…