Import-Driven Warehousing in North America
Date: July 24, 2007
Experts examine the challenges and pressures facing import warehouses in today's competitive global trade environment. Efficiency and productivity depend not just on how well warehouse operators execute their own functions, but also how well other players in the process execute theirs. Learn how companies today improve the import supply chain process.
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eyefortransport Outsourcing Logistics 2007 Report- FREE DOWNLOAD
Date: May 10, 2007
Despite the connection between warehousing and inventory management, only 6% of shippers outsource their inventory management, while almost two-thirds (61%) happily hand over their warehousing operations to 3PLs.
The Outsourcing Logistics 2007 Report was created from a survey of Fortune 500 shippers in North America to assess how they are making use of the 3PL industry. It looks at which parts of the supply chain are currently being outsourced to a third party, the challenges and opportunities for 3PL-users, 3PL performance measurements and tips on enhancing these ever increasing logistics partnerships.
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eyefortransport 3PL Market 2007 Report- FREE DOWNLOAD
Date: May 10, 2007
3PLs were asked what concerns shippers when they assess logistics outsourcing - 77% believed the key concern to be "loss of control". However, only 28% of shippers surveyed saw this as a barrier ¦ instead "perceived service issues" and "perceived higher costs" dissuaded 34%.
The 3PL Market 2007 Report gives 3PLs, their partners and their customers an insight into where the market is heading and how to make the most of these trends.
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Global Supply Chain Management Strategy
Date: March 6, 2007
In this paper, we provide the foundations Global Supply Chain Management Strategy. In addition, we specify the external environmental characteristics and internal processes and capabilities that are critical to establishing a sustainable competitive advantage through Global Supply Chain Management Strategy.
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Are You Ready For the Project Economy?
Date: March 2, 2007
The newly-emerging Project Economy is making the business philosophies and systems of the past obsolete, forcing companies to choose more agile organizational structures, management styles, and business systems. Industrial outsourcing has reached a new plateau where transaction EDI data must be supplemented with concurrent design information like engineering change orders and facilitated collaboration.
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2007 Food Logistics Industry Report
Date: January 25, 2007
The 2007 Food Logistics Industry Report identifies common practices, challenges and emerging trends in the food logistics industry. Developed by Saddle Creek Corp., a nationwide third-party logistics services company, this report is based on a survey of more than 100 executives involved in the warehousing and/or transportation management of food and beverage products in the United States.
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