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Four Barriers to Outsourcing: A Challenge for Logistics Service Providers

The success of logistics service providers (LSPs) rises and falls with the ever-shifting strategies of the manufacturers, suppliers and retailers that make up their customer base. Today, outsourcing is on the ascent. But can LSPs keep supporting the demand?

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Grocers Are Embracing IoT to Improve Supply Chain Visibility

More than a third of food and grocery companies are using or trialling Internet of Things (IoT) technology, research has showed.

Q&A: In-Store Replenishment and Other Retail Fulfillment Concerns

It's no secret that Amazon is the greatest disruptor in the history of retail. The question is, how can traditional retailers, even very large ones, compete against a giant that can plow hundreds of millions into warehousing, order fulfillment and delivery? Customer satisfaction - and possibly the survival of many retailers - rides on the answer.

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Online Drop-Ship Retailer Grows Business by Improving Supplier Relationships

Challenge: An online, drop-ship retailer was having a hard time managing supplier order fulfillment as ordering volumes increased. Traditional solutions only allowed process efficiencies for the retailer's larger suppliers, but didn't extend across the smaller suppliers who were just as important.

Ramping Up Cybersecurity in the Age of Robots and Autonomous Vehicles

We're at the dawn of a promising new age of autonomous vehicles and connected devices for supply-chain management. And with that cutting-edge technology comes the heightened risk of cyberattack.

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How Supply Chain Visibility Can Yield Results

Challenge: A company looked to identify major cost components associated with a supplier's product pricing. Partnering with its integrated supply chain solutions provider on visibility initiatives, the company collaborated with the supplier and determined that products were shipping from forward storage warehouse locations. The company had no visibility to these underlying logistics costs nor were the warehouse locations optimal for its network. Items were also produced in multiple locations with many inter-plant transfers occurring in the supplier’s network.

The Future of Retail: 2017 Edition

What will the retail landscape look like in the very near future? And which players will be left standing?

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A Five-Way Partnership Develops a New Way to Track High-Value Shipments

Honeywell and Intel join in developing the technology for a new visibility and reporting platform that promises to provide close, real-time monitoring of goods in transit, aided by DHL, Kuehne & Nagel and Expeditors.

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Refashion Fast-Moving Global Supply Chain

Challenge: This retail company's warehouse stock was rising as stores shifted risk further up the supply chain. The retailer needed to reduce inventory levels and production lead times to better respond to rapidly shifting consumer demand.

Most Manufacturers Will Use RTLS, RFID or Barcode Tracking by 2022, Study Says

Industrial Internet of Things technology use - including radio frequency identification or real-time location-based systems (RTLS) - is expected to grow beyond the halfway point throughout the next five years, according to a study conducted by technology company Zebra Technologies.

100 Great Supply Chain Partners: When Reliability Really Counts

The case studies we've picked for this year's 100 Great Supply Chain Partners list illustrate again and again how careful vetting leads to links with people you can truly rely on.

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For Supply Chain Security, Retailer Looks to Freight Payment

Challenge: As with all companies, fraud and information security were top of mind for this major national retailer. To protect its strategic and competitive advantages – and those of its partners – the retailer needed a payment solution that could also safeguard its supply chain.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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