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How To Increase Plant Space & Avoid New Construction Costs 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
Cubic Designs, Inc.
How to Choose the Right Lift Truck 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
Yale
Dirty Little Secrets of the WMS Industry 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
HighJump Software
3 Ways to Grow Your 3PL 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
Sphere
2010 Distribution Network Trends Report 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
Saddle Creek
Maximize Uptime and Profits Through Effective Fleet Management Practices 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
Yale
Collaborative Outsourcing - Powerful New Ideas for Freight Management 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
C. H. Robinson
Four Ways 3PLs Can Harness Technology to Attract Customers and Drive Profitability 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
HighJump Software
Outsourcing to Improve Supply Chain Agility 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
Ryder
Outsourcing Distribution Centers Offers More Flexibility, Less Risk 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
Ryder
Discover the Easy Way to Drive Profitability in Your DSD Operation 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
Zebra
WMS Report: Is Your Warehouse Ready for the Upswing? 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
HighJump Software
Collaborative Distribution: How CPG Manufacturers and Retailers Can Save Millions and Embrace the Green Revolution 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
Kane is Able
Enabling Efficient Chargeback Management Increasing Profit Margins and Improving Competitive Advantage 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
SAP

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Warehouse Management For Wholesale Distributors: The Adaptive Supply Chain Network 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
SAP

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2009 Secondary Packaging Outsourcing Report 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
Saddle Creek
Perfect Order Fulfillment for Wholesale Distribution 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
SAP

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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
Dematic
Identifying Opportunities with Your Inbound Transportation 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
C. H. Robinson
Automated Receiving: Saving Money at the Dock Door 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
Accu-Sort
The 2010 WMS RFP Template 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
HighJump Software
How Mobile Printing Enhances Efficiency in Route Accounting & DSD 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
Zebra
Avoiding the Hidden Costs of Data Collection Implementations 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
HighJump Software
Five Ways ERP Can Help You Implement Lean 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
Epicor




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