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How to Grow a Wholesale Business Without Increasing Warehouse Space

United Stationers set out to achieve a simple goal: boost space utilization within its network of distribution centers. Surprisingly, it found little in the way of guidance from other companies.

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C.H. Robinson Forms Logistics Division for Chemical Industry

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. has formed a new division to offer logistics services to chemical manufacturers and distributors. Dubbed ChemSolutions, the unit can provide chemical bulk shipping, safety and sustainability, freight forwarding, customs brokerage, vendor and supplier compliance, global trade management and multimodal transportation.

From Clipboards to Automation: Kenco Updates Its TMS

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APL Logistics Opens Quality Assurance Center in Bangladesh

APL Logistics has opened its first Quality Assurance Centers in Bangladesh, in Dhaka and Chittagong. The company has a 30,500-square-foot center in Gazipur, Dhaka, along the Dhaka-Chittagong highway.

DB Schenker Logistics Offers Four New Gateways to Russia

DB Schenker Logistics is now offering European land-transport service to Russia via four gateways: Berlin, Germany; Krakow, Poland; Riga, Latvia and Helsinki, Finland.

CytoSport Muscles Its Way Into New Markets

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A Major Temp-Controlled 3PL Embraces Route Optimization

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HD Supply Chalks Up a Decade's Worth of Experience in TMS

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Transportation Management Takes Center Stage at Saddle Creek Logistics Services

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Mode Transportation Takes Control of Its Carrier Base

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Holistic Approach Needed to Deal with Inventory's 'Multiple Personalities'

How much inventory and which items should a company hold, overall and at each stocking location (each DC, store, stockroom, salesperson's vehicle, service depot, etc.)? When to replenish and how many? To the uninitiated, these seem like relatively straightforward daily decisions. But they are anything but simple and can make the difference between a highly profitable vs. out-of-business company.

Time and Money Advantages of Logistics Clusters

These clusters are agglomerations of logistics activities in a region or logistics park, and there can be huge cost-saving advantages to locating in them.

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