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The Ultimate Guide to Contract Logistics: What You Need to Know

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Contract Logistics is a critical aspect of the supply chain that often remains behind the scenes but plays a significant role in ensuring the efficient movement and management of goods. Contract logistics is a specialized service offered by third-party logistics (3PL) providers to manage supply chain operations on behalf of a company.

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Micro Fulfillment in Store!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Featuring Our 10 Best Warehouse Order Fulfillment Articles! Decades ago a customer could call their local grocery store and order the goods they wanted, for either pick up at the store or for home delivery. This option for order fulfillment had been adopted by some in the intervening decades. Get Our EBOOK HERE.

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The Future of Supply Chain Belongs to Those Who Can Find the Talent!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Supply Chain Managers have a full plate. They must oversee inbound and outbound inventory, manage warehouse space , consider order processing, handle employee complaints, report to stakeholders, supervise new system implementation and address the looming skills gap. Check out The Supply Chain Game Changer Job Board!

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3 Challenges Facing Supply Chain in the Next 5 Years!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Whether due to frequent changes in technology, attitudes of consumers, or shifts in working practices, this can breed both an exciting sense of competition, as well as uncertainty. Supply chain managers are often at the forefront of these developments. We stand at the cusp of some interesting new possibilities for business.

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An Incredibly Easy Way to Get “YES” in the Supply Chain Operations – Concurrent Planning

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Supply Chain is a core business function tasked to manage multiple business operations such as production, inventory, order fulfillment, and transportation simultaneously. How can they manage all this simultaneously? Concurrent Planning optimizes orders, inventory, and transport at the same time and in one plan.

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Business process management (BPM) examples

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Business Process Management (BPM) is a systematic approach to managing and streamlining business processes. Conversely, it has a larger scope than task management, which deals with individual tasks, and project management, which handles one-time initiatives. BPM is often confused with other seemingly similar initiatives.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

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In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. What is Logistics and Supply Chain Management?