Transportation Management System (TMS)

How One Distributor Played Wal-Mart's Distribution Game—And Won
VAI

As a supplier to Wal-Mart, appliance manufacturer Haier America was required to implement a radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging system.…

8 Strategies for Improving Performance from Concept to Customer
Infor

External forces can knock your business off balance with no warning. Spikes in fuel prices, worker strikes, and shipping delays can…

Best Practices: Inbound Logistics - Driving Costs Out of the Supply Chain
Infosys Technologies

This paper discusses best practices observed from the most successful inbound logistics programs of manufacturing organizations in the…

Best Practices in Transportation Management: Taming Global Supply Chain Profitably
QAD

Globalization, rising costs, and high customer expectations create serious challenges in supply chain management (SCM). Given these factors,…

Driving Costs Out of the Supply Chain: Inbound Logistics
Infosys Technologies

One of the most neglected areas of the manufacturing and retail supply chain is the inbound logistics segment. Following best practices and…

A Manufacturer’s Guide to Lowering Transportation Costs
Infor

Manufacturers already apply transportation management systems (TMSs) to outbound shipping, but they often overlook the money they could save by…

Case Study: Material Management Optimization
Lapiz Technical Services

To be certain its materials management functions were up to par with industry best practices, a South African fertilizer plant obtained the…

LTL Purchasing Best Practices: The 10 Essentials for LTL Efficiency and Cost Reduction
SMC3

At first glance, less-than-truckload (LTL) purchasing seems like a straightforward process. However, purchasing approaches that save you money in…