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Why Forecasting is a Fundamental Engine for Business Growth
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Why Forecasting is a Fundamental Engine for Business Growth
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Accurately balancing supply and demand management, optimizing inventory levels, and forecasting future needs is challenging. Multiple internal and external factors impact every part of the supply chain—understanding these risks, and mitigating them, will boost the accuracy and reliability of logistics forecasting.
Here are five ways organizations can leverage reliable for...
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Evelyn
McCarter
Contract Logistics Marketing Analyst at GEODIS, Americas
Evelyn is the Contract Logistics Marketing Analyst for the Americas with GEODIS. She writes content for the GEODIS Americas marketing team with the help of experts in supply chai...
How do you optimize the medicines supply chain to prevent shortages?
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The 1980s saw the globalization of supply chains and, with it, the large-scale outsourcing of production to low- and middle-income countries with lower cost labor. Pharmaceutical companies were caught up in this trend, with the main aim being to minimize costs. However, by relocating the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients and medicines, they exposed themselves to ma...
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David
Frouin
GEODIS Healthcare Market Director
David has been leading supply chain business development and global account management teams in the FMCG, Healthcare and Pharma fields for 20 years. With his expertise in complex and innovative solutions ...
E-commerce: finding the right balance for your safety stock
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Unfulfilled orders due to temporary stock shortages can have a negative impact on any e-Commerce company's reputation. Not having sufficient products available for dispatch can lead to dissatisfaction among customers, who will choose a competitor for their future purchases... and perhaps create a poor impression of your company.
To avoid such product shortages, you need to hav...
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Paola
Verhulsel
Logistics Engineer for GEODIS Contract Logistics
Paola VERHULSEL is a Logistics Engineer for the GEODIS Contract Logistics business line in Europe. She is responsible for carrying out technical studies for RFQs, or for re-designing exi...
GEODIS: A global leader in CSR
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GEODIS: A global leader in CSR
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As a company that is committed to being a good corporate citizen and to looking after its people, GEODIS goes to great lengths to fulfill its Corporate Social Responsibility. In 2018, those efforts were again recognized as outstanding by one of the world’s leading CSR rating agency. EcoVadis, that delivers assessment of social and environmental performance in global supply chain...
Sustainable Aviation Fuels, a new pathway for shippers to decarbonize air freight
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Sustainable Aviation Fuels, a new pathway for shippers to decarbonize air freight
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As the world takes to the skies after nearly two years of pandemic, it does so with renewed enthusiasm for decarbonizing the aviation industry. If you work in aviation, or in transportation more generally, you have probably come across the concept of sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, in articles and via your LinkedIn feed. In this article, we look at what SAF is, why it is a gr...
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Alexander
Höglund
Senior Advisor Sustainability at GEODIS
Alexander Höglund is a senior expert on sustainable transformation in the logistics sector. His duties range from sustainable strategies, energy transformation, data analysis and more. Alexande...
Customized delivery: the logistical cornerstone of a successful worksite
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While carefully organized project management, quality of the architectural plans and expertise of skilled workers are indispensable factors for a successful construction site, delivery logistics to the worksite, including tools and materials, is just as important. Without meeting the dual imperatives of fast and quality delivery, no project can be built to the owner's satisfacti...
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Laurent
Rocchesani
Responsable National Course/Medical Direction Commerciale Geodis Distribution/Express chez GEODIS
Graduate of a business school with dual degrees in France and America after spending a year in the USA.
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What are the key benefits of an automated warehouse?
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Let's face it, investing in warehouse automation is expensive, complex and potentially risky. However, have you evaluated the cost of an inefficient warehouse? Initially, it's zero, but in the long run, the hidden costs, such as stock-outs, low service levels, unhappy customers, etc. could be fatal to your business.
Depending on your budget and needs, warehouse automation syst...
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Avoiding the Marketplace Gamble: e-Logistics and Readymade Fulfillment
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Avoiding the Marketplace Gamble: e-Logistics and Readymade Fulfillment
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Brands operating online strive to create high-quality, personalized customer experiences. The quality of those experiences effectively represents the brand: low-friction, pleasant, reliable, and informative experiences make customers enjoy interacting with the vendor and keep them coming back for more of the same.
Online experiences comprise of two areas of interac...
Alternative energies: when GEODIS runs on natural gas
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Alternative energies: when GEODIS runs on natural gas
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Road freight transport is known for its polluting nature. However, GEODIS now offers customers several alternatives to the use of diesel, some of which are already in use. We have been committed to the use of vehicles running on natural gas since they first appeared over ten years ago, and GEODIS now has all the necessary expertise to support its customers in this field.
One al...
How to Improve Your Logistics Forecasting
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How to Improve Your Logistics Forecasting
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Accurately balancing supply and demand management, optimizing inventory levels, and forecasting future needs is challenging. Customers expect speed, flexibility, transparency, and reliability from brands. Forecasting and staging inventory effectively is critical, making a strong understanding of current and future inventory requirements. We have already examined how reliab...
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Evelyn
McCarter
Contract Logistics Marketing Analyst at GEODIS, Americas
Evelyn is the Contract Logistics Marketing Analyst for the Americas with GEODIS. She writes content for the GEODIS Americas marketing team with the help of experts in supply chai...