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Logistics automation: 4 key factors to consider before investing
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Investing in warehouse automation seems like the way to go, but how do you make sure the technology you choose will solve your issues and be future proof ?
Download our White Paper : An Overview of Investing in Warehouse Automation
Labor costs and availability
With the dramatic growth of online sales, companies are struggling to fill open positions in their warehouses, e...
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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 forecast...
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Evelyn
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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...
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 interaction
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From a start-up to a major Online Marketplace !
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From a start-up to a major Online Marketplace !
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For Online Marketplaces, late daily order cut-off time is king!.
The success story started with an initial 200 sqm outsourced facility and has grown into a significant multi country network solution supporting main markets locally to maximize the avoidance of cross-border.
This engineered network, built over the time, is currently able to serve reliably and cost-effectively ...
Hazmat transportation: driver training makes all the difference
Hazmat planning and experience are key
That is why, when it comes to carrying hazardous materials, every aspect of the delivery has to be planned even more carefully. For overland transport, this means choosing the best routes and delivery sectors according to a number of additional factors that depend on the kind of material that is to be transported. Although not mandatory, hazmat drivers usual...
GEODIS Freight Forwarder: moving from client needs to expert operations
Delivering freight services
An expert in customer needs, import and export operations and business excellence
Freight forwarding implies understanding customer needs (such as specific warehouse requirements) as well as market constraints and regulations across all of the different countries involved in each specific operation.
As a Freight Forwarder, you are therefore an expert in import and ex...
GEODIS delivery driver: right to the customer's door
Respect for regulations and the goods you carry
Part of your job will be to carry out deliveries along predefined route sectors in a manner that respects the latest regulatory and environmental requirements. Some of your key qualities will be attentiveness, the ability to listen well, and carefulness with regard to the goods you are responsible for.
“During the day, I have to deliver goods to se...
A Responsible Employer Committed to Playing its Role in the Society
Focusing on physical and mental well-being
“Ensure the safety of our people anywhere and at any time” is one of our 7 Golden Rules. At GEODIS, safety risks are specific to each activity. Each Line of Business has therefore developed a strong culture of occupational safety – both on the road and on-site – and it applies its own safety management systems to best fit each activity. Protecting employ...