White Papers
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How To Increase Plant Space & Avoid New Construction Costs The decision to add more space is a complicated challenge for even the most experienced manager. Any executive challenged with the task of adding space will need to deliberate over several options. However, before proceeding with a new construction or plant expansion project, careful consideration should first be given to current space optimization issues. Learn how your organization can save costs, streamline logistics and improve company communications by keeping everything under one roof with the help of mezzanine floors. In this white paper, discover why mezzanines are a perfect solution for increasing space and saving resources. Presented by: Cubic Designs, Inc. Date: August 2010 |
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How to Choose the Right Lift Truck Financing options, new vs. used, picking the right truck—the choices you face when you buy a lift truck can be confusing, but the right one can help save you and your company money. The entire process becomes much simpler when you read the Yale whitepaper "How To Choose the Right Lift Truck." Presented by: Yale Date: August 2010 |
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Dirty Little Secrets of the WMS Industry In this new industry report, you'll discover five secrets of WMS that you don't want to uncover after you've purchased a system. Knowing these secrets will strengthen your vendor evaluation process and enable you to find a partner whose WMS fits your requirements for distribution excellence. Presented by: HighJump Software Date: August 2010 |
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3 Ways to Grow Your 3PL automate warehouse operations on YOUR terms? This brief paper answers those questions and offers timely ideas to help you win new customers, and keep the ones you've got happy. In this paper we highlight how using the right Warehouse Management System (WMS) will help you run leaner and tighter, and ultimately grow your business. Presented by: Sphere Date: July 2010 |
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2010 Distribution Network Trends Report Manufacturers, distributors and retailers are making significant changes to their supply chain distribution networks as a result of recent economic challenges. According to an industry survey sponsored by Saddle Creek Corporation, the top three areas of change include transportation, warehouse size and/or configuration, and shipment consolidation. Learn more about these and other emerging trends in the design and management of distribution networks in the 2010 Distribution Network Trends Report. Presented by: Saddle Creek Date: July 2010 |
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Maximize Uptime and Profits Through Effective Fleet Management Practices Operating a lift truck fleet is a reality of your business, but managing a lift truck fleet in addition to focusing on your core business responsibilities can get complicated. When lift truck fleets are not properly maintained or utilized efficiently, downtime increases, productivity is reduced and you may end up spending money when you should be making money. Find out how to maximize uptime with this Yale fleet management white paper. Presented by: Yale Date: June 2010 |
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Collaborative Outsourcing - Powerful New Ideas for Freight Management New approaches to outsourcing are helping shippers drive down costs in the short term and build smarter, stronger supply chains for the long term. This white paper introduces some of the new thinking that is shaping today's most successful transportation outsourcing models. Presented by: C. H. Robinson Date: June 2010 |
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Four Ways 3PLs Can Harness Technology to Attract Customers and Drive Profitability Customers turn to third-party logistics (3PL) companies because they expect that you will be able to run their warehousing and transportation operations more efficiently and cheaply than they can run it themselves. Tall order! How can you deliver cheaper warehousing, exceptional inventory visibility, seamless freight management and timely and accurate billing for your customers? Presented by: HighJump Software Date: May 2010 |
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Outsourcing to Improve Supply Chain Agility Delivering on a high performance supply chain network is the competitive imperative to compete in the 21st Century. The intensity of change in today's market requires agility, speed and responsiveness from your supply chain. It is a critical time to examine how other companies are extending beyond traditional, functional outsourcing relationships to gain advantage and increase their agility and responsiveness to global market volatility. Companies outsource in a multitude of industries to meet market challenges by accelerating change and improving overall productivity and profitability. Presented by: Ryder Date: May 2010 |
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Outsourcing Distribution Centers Offers More Flexibility, Less Risk The competitive edge needed to be successful in an economy where the global supply chain grows more complex every day is flexibility in DC networks. Outsourcing DCs provides companies the flexibility to add new products, markets, sources of goods and capabilities while keeping their focus on their core business. Learn more about how outsourcing distribution centers offers more flexibility and less risk. Presented by: Ryder Date: April 2010 |
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Discover the Easy Way to Drive Profitability in Your DSD Operation If you're looking to reduce errors, improve efficiency and boost revenue in your direct store delivery (DSD) operation, then Zebra can help. Our white paper explains how switching to a Zebra mobile printing solution can cut down on time-consuming driver paperwork by automating the creation of invoices, receipts and other documentation. This not only reduces accounting errors, but improves service and time to revenue. Presented by: Zebra Date: April 2010 |
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WMS Report: Is Your Warehouse Ready for the Upswing? We weathered the economic storm and it looks like the proverbial sun is coming out again. It's all good, right? But wait—this means an upswing in new clients, orders and shipments may be just around the corner. You've been hunkered down in maintenance mode for what seems like years—are you sure your warehouse or DC is ready for the recovery we've all been anticipating? Presented by: HighJump Software Date: April 2010 |
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Collaborative Distribution: How CPG Manufacturers and Retailers Can Save Millions and Embrace the Green Revolution New eBook explains how CPG manufacturers and retailers can save millions and embrace the green revolution. Every day, CPG products make their way to the warehouses of the country's largest retailers. Goods from different manufacturers shipping to the exact same destinations, but all following their own line of supply. This redundancy inflates costs, blocks our roads, and pollutes our air. We need an alternate model for CPG product distribution. A new eBook by Kane Is Able, Inc. explains how Collaborative Distribution could be the next major advance in supply chain management. Presented by: Kane is Able Date: April 2010 |
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Enabling Efficient Chargeback Management Increasing Profit Margins and Improving Competitive Advantage This paper illustrates today's chargeback process, pinpoints areas where distributors can improve the process, and describes the benefits of an integrated enterprise chargeback solution. Presented by: SAP Date: March 2010 |
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Warehouse Management For Wholesale Distributors: The Adaptive Supply Chain Network Learn how an adaptive fulfillment network, which is part of a larger adaptive supply chain network, deals with supply chain execution processes that reside in distribution centers but impact the larger ecosystem of an adaptive supply chain network. Presented by: SAP Date: March 2010 |
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2009 Secondary Packaging Outsourcing Report Increased flexibility and reduced costs are two top reasons why manufacturers are outsourcing their secondary packaging services, according to a new study sponsored by Saddle Creek Corporation and Contract Packaging magazine. Based on an online survey of contract packaging users, the 2009 Secondary Packaging Outsourcing Report explores these benefits as well as common practices and emerging trends in the outsourcing of secondary packaging. Presented by: Saddle Creek Date: March 2010 |
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Perfect Order Fulfillment for Wholesale Distribution Superior order management can be a competitive edge, improving customer satisfaction and retention as well as the bottom line. What does it take to achieve streamlined order management performance? To move ever closer to order perfection and a truly happy customer base, you must cost-effectively eliminate virtually all the issues and errors that can stymie on-time, accurate order fulfillment. Presented by: SAP Date: February 2010 |
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"Goods to Person" Order Fulfillment The "Goods to person" order fulfillment method may be appropriate for your distribution operation. It is a configuration that delivers powerful productivity when the application has the appropriate activity profile and business drivers. Presented by: Dematic Date: February 2010 |
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Identifying Opportunities with Your Inbound Transportation A well-run inbound transportation program can reduce costs, improve service, minimize delays, reduce confusion, and raise performance. Many process improvements that are applied to outbound transportation work on inbound, too. Presented by: C. H. Robinson Date: January 2010 |
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Automated Receiving: Saving Money at the Dock Door Accu-Sort Systems offers a new white paper, "Automated Receiving: Saving Money at the Dock Door." A concise overview of technologies used to automate receiving, the 10-page paper covers unloading, bar coding, allocation, labeling, cross-docking, and WMS integration. Automated receiving can significantly cut labor costs, and streamline the entire distribution process, further reducing costs. This paper explains how to increase efficiency by automating the movement of goods into a warehouse or distribution center. It also provides step by-step advice for designing an automated receiving operation. Presented by: Accu-Sort Date: November 2009 |
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The 2010 WMS RFP Template How many changes have occurred in your business over the last 12 months? With the wrong warehouse management (WMS) solution, these changes add up to significant "hidden" and unbudgeted expenditures. With so much at stake and so many solution providers to choose from, you need a WMS RFP Template that requires prospective vendors to prove the value of their solutions before you make a buying decision. Presented by: HighJump Software Date: October 2009 |
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How Mobile Printing Enhances Efficiency in Route Accounting & DSD Automating route activity provides benefits both in the field and in the office by reducing the labor and time needed to enter data and process paperwork, cutting inventory errors, and by helping drivers record orders and deliveries more quickly. Mobile printing is an essential element for delivering and enhancing these benefits in route accounting and direct store delivery (DSD) operations. Supporting route activity with mobile printing lets drivers generate accurate, updated orders, invoices, delivery receipts, settlement reports and other documentation to review with customers to ensure accuracy and prevent time-consuming disputes. Presented by: Zebra Date: September 2009 |
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Avoiding the Hidden Costs of Data Collection Implementations As you begin to undertake the task of adding automated data collection (ADC) to your ERP system, do you think it will be as easy as installing software on a server, purchasing a handful of wireless devices and conducting a few hours of training? Of course not. By reading this report you will be able to educate yourself on the vast array of ADC features and functions, and protect yourself and your company from the hidden costs of data collection implementations. Presented by: HighJump Software Date: September 2009 |
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Five Ways ERP Can Help You Implement Lean Becoming lean has been a goal of most companies over the last few years. Why is lean so popular? Lean delivers what companies really need in today's highly competitive world: shorter lead times, improved quality, reduced cost, increased profit, improved productivity, and better customer service. Lean advocates have come to recognize that ERP and lean work together very well, each supporting and enabling the most important objectives of the other. This white paper outlines how the five lean principles are all supported and enhanced by comprehensive information control and the management tools that an end-to-end enterprise software suite delivers. Presented by: Epicor Date: September 2009 |
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