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Ryder Europe Adds 60 Reefer Trailers to Cold-Chain Fleet

Ryder Europe is adding 60 refrigerated trailers to its rental fleet serving the cold-chain sector.

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Never Satisfied: Ongoing Improvement Projects Cut Cost, Streamline Facility

Challenge: A CPG manufacturer of home appliances needed to control labor expenses and identified a 500,000-sq.-ft. distribution center as an opportunity to streamline. The facility ships to three regional centers and an overflow warehouse.

Nestle Orders Suppliers to Comply with Animal Welfare Standards

Swiss corporate giant Nestle has pledged broad new animal welfare standards for its worldwide suppliers, becoming the latest major food company looking to limit some of the harmful effects of its global footprint.

National Home Improvement Retailer Halved Transportation Costs with Inbound Pool Points

Challenge: Analyzing historical transportation data revealed a high number of small volume, prepaid shipments from nationwide vendors to the company's West Coast DC. Software modeling suggested that a network of pool points (cross-docking facilities) could yield substantial savings.

Distribution Center "Re-Visioning"

Challenge: Our client is a unique and well-positioned specialty retailer in the wedding gown industry, competing in a large and stable industry with over 300 stores in the United States and Canada, but back in 2005 their business was outgrowing their capacity, they were at a crossroads regarding how to grow, design, improve and optimize their operations.

Global Marine Engineering Firm Standardizes Procurement of Temporary Crew Positions

Challenge: The sourcing team within a global marine engineering firm was challenged with standardizing its temporary personnel procurement process, specifically for crew staff for its fleet of 100 maritime vessels. As the team collected global requirements, it became clear that a number of factors would add complexity throughout the process, as there were 34 different staffing vendors with multiple compensation frameworks fulfilling the 46 crew positions utilized in 9 geographical regions.

Major US Retailer's eSourcing Solution Exceeds 50% ROI through Decentralization

Challenge: Adopt a solution that can be easily rolled out to buyer and category manager desktops throughout the organization, plus scale across other departments in the enterprise.

Bundled Cloud and WMS Implementation Solution Delivers ROI

Challenge: One of the world's largest snack companies needed a rapid deployment consisting of JDA WMS and Cloud Services for a new 3PL site. The customer did not have the technical WMS expertise nor the hardware infrastructure.

Skills Gap? Isn't Highly Qualified U.S. Workforce Just Under-Trained?

In the debate over why the U.S. has been so slow to emerge from the Great Recession, many have laid the blame on what's become known as the skills gap: Despite an abundance of workers, too many simply aren't qualified to fill the jobs available. Even now that hiring is running at its fastest clip since the late 1990s, business and industry groups such as the Chamber of Commerce continue to emphasize the damage the skills gap is doing to the economy. So do a lot of consulting firms.

While WTO Dithers, Traders Should Act

The path to harmonized and streamlined global trade is steep and strewn with boulders.

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U.S. Retailer Improves Canadian B2C access with Customized 'Courier-Like' Solution

Challenge: A U.S. retailer of outdoor recreational equipment needed a solution for managing its Canadian ecommerce operations. Specifically, the retailer wanted an IT solution to ensure compliance with all customs and brokerage fees, along with all other billing and processing services. The retailer also needed a guaranteed delivery solution for Canadian customers.

Excessive Customs Fees were Impacting Electronics Retailer's Canadian Online Sales

Challenge: A leading U.S. electronics retailer successfully entered the Canadian ecommerce market, only to face higher-than expected brokerage fees, and maximum customs charges.

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