November 2014

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Aberdeen Group Report: Domestic vs. International Supply Chain Performance & Investment Disparity Offered By: Amber Road The increased complexity of global supply chains has led to longer lead times, more in-transit inventory, and the need to control downstream and upstream logistics. These costs add up, which means that a one-percent investment in international supply chain efficiency yields a far greater return than investment in the domestic supply chain. Download this report to learn how you can maximize your global supply chain performance.

Big Data in the Supply Chain Offered By: UTi Worldwide Prior to investing resources into "big data" systems, software, and people, firms must understand that data aggregation alone is insufficient. Without a well-thought-out strategy, big data projects can result in confusion between teams, or worse, lead to sunk costs. This article uses three examples to illustrate data-driven improvement opportunities in transportation, warehousing, and network design. The ultimate deliverable of data-oriented efforts should be greater transparency in decision-making.

Dimensional Weight Pricing—A Winning Strategy for Change Charges Offered By: Mettler Toledo Beginning in 2015, UPS and FedEx are changing their rate structures to use dimensional-weight pricing, a common industry standard, for invoicing all domestically shipped parcels. Before these changes occur, it is important to prepare to avoid future headaches. This new whitepaper explains how the transportation and logistics sector will be impacted, defines dimensional-weight pricing, and offers tips to prepare for the changes. It also explains how an investment in dimensioning technology can pay for itself, and makes transportation and logistics processes easier and more profitable.

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