April 18, 2018

Warehousing

Role of Warehouses

The Role of Warehouses the shift from buffers to vital links In the past, warehouses have been considered as cost centres which rarely add any value. But that has changed, triggered by the movement of production to lower cost countries, the growth of e-commerce, and increasing demands from consumers. There is an ongoing process, the […]

April 14, 2018

Logistics

Freight Consolidation

Freight Consolidation an opportunity in the procurement process The purpose of freight consolidation is to take various shipping arrangements a business engages in and pull them into one system which is conducted by third party logistics companies. Truck Load Shipments The costs of a truck per mile are always the same regardless of what is […]