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A TCO Approach to Fleet Management Companies have historically taken a “functional obsolescence” approach to fleet management. “That's the point where the truck can no long fulfill its

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The Freshest KPIs forPerishable-Goods E-Commerce A growing number of startups offer fresh, healthy food delivery — and consumer interest is growing. According to Statista, direct-to-door meal-kit

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Tips for Better Print Management By Graham Crawshaw Companies’ spend on printed marketing materials may have decreased since the growth of the Internet and digital marketing. However, print

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Tariffs: Managing Under the New Norm Trade negotiations between President Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping have broken down, the U.S. has imposed 25-percent tariffs on US$200 billion

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In Procurement, Blockchain Remains a Slow Work in Progress When it comes to the potential of blockchain, there’s little debate that the distributed-ledger technology can transform procurement,

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In the Last-Mile Arena, Data Trumps Delivery Last-mile delivery is more than getting a package or product to its final destination. “The truth is that today we’re in the data business,” says

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Dexterity and Lower Cost Setting Collaborative Robots Apart In manufacturing, there are robots. And there are cobots. The latter — collaborative robots — are smaller and more dexterous than

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COVID-19 Brings Challenges — and Innovation — to the Cold-Storage Space The cold-storage segment of the logistics industry has been in the spotlight due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines,

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The Monthly Metric: ROB Buying Policy A report that one of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturer’s lead time for chips has tripled from two months to six months likely elicited groans,

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Robotics Technology Taking Over Materials Handling Increased competition, demand for flexibility and productivity improvement and a “seismic” growth in e-commerce-related fulfillment and

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