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What’s the basic goal of your business? Constant growth? Increased profitability? Lower costs? While those three are varied and difficult goals to achieve, there’s one thing your company can do to help attain all three….
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When you talk about your supply chain, or the distribution link in it, “transportation” will very likely pop up in the conversation. After all, can a supply chain even exist if materials and goods don’t…
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In 2000, 46% of Fortune 500 companies had used third-party logistics (3pl) services, like 3pl warehousing, to some extent. By 2017, that number had doubled as 90% of Fortune 500s claimed to have used third-party…
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If you’ve never used expedite trucking services, doing business during the COVID-19 pandemic may be a good way to start. Expedite trucking is usually used for shipments that are time-critical; need specialized handling, like climate…
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In addition to the usual issues of managing overflow in your warehouse, like stock left over at the end of peak seasons, there are many new, unexpected problems with warehouse overflow due to COVID-19. You…
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It can get to the point where it’s like they validate your very existence. Whether you offer your own review submissions on your site, which you should, or you just rely on Google, Yelp or…
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Whether your company is a B2C or B2B provider of goods, there’s a lot more going on in warehousing, inventory and transportation trends than meets the eye. You might be on top of the latest…
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The first step in understanding transportation optimization may be to realize that the best route between two points isn’t always a straight line. As a raw materials supplier, manufacturer or distributor, if you simply shipped…
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One of the most difficult aspects of supply chain cost reduction is the sheer number of cost centres across your supply chain. But few of the businesses that can benefit most overall supply chain cost…
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Even if your business maintains state-of-the-art inventory management systems, regular manual inventory counts are still needed to ensure that what’s on the shelf is the same as what’s on the computer. Cycle counting is a…
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Maybe you went through the exercise of streamlining operations last year. So it’s off your list of things to do. After all, if you streamlined your business processes relatively recently, you must still be in…
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There’s good news and bad news when it comes to cost reduction strategies in supply chain management. The good news is that there are lots of tried and true ways to lower your costs. But…
To our valued customers and suppliers,
Serving our clients without compromising the health and safety of our staff is of the utmost importance to PiVAL. We have taken additional precautionary measures across our facilities and are carefully monitoring local government health department recommendations.
At this time, all of our operations are fully running. We are committed to ensuring that the supply chain for your freight will not be affected and will continue to update you on any changes.
Please read our full COVID-19 business update here.
Stay safe and be well,
PiVAL
