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Infographic – 8 Benefits of Using a Transportation Management Provider
If your business is at a point of considering outsourcing a 3PL provider or rather, a transportation management provider, see how 3PL can deliver significant benefits in the following 8 ways. Dovetail’s FreightWare Transport Management Software Solution is a...
What Is Logistics? All You Need To Know About Logistics Management
Logistics is widely known as the process of coordinating and moving resources such as equipment, food, liquids, inventory, materials and people from one location to the storage of the desired destination. It was originally a military-based term that was used to...
Warehouse Management Software – What It Is & Why Your Warehouse Needs It
Warehouse management is by far one of the most extensive and complicated processes in business. Handling tasks such as equipment maintenance to inventory control and distribution optimization proves that warehouse management is crucial for any warehouse business....
Third-Party Logistics 101: Your Complete 3PL Guide
Third-Party Logistics, commonly known as 3PL or TPL, is a term used in logistics and supply chain management and refers to the outsourcing of a company’s distribution and fulfilment elements. “3PL” was a term first used in the early 1970s in order to identify...
Intelligent Enterprise: What It Is and How It Can Inspire Manufacturing Turnaround
A recent study revealed that 66% of warehouses have plans to expand their technology investments by the end of 2018. We are currently in a technology transformation age that is driven by the amalgamation of global mobile connectivity, computing on demand via the cloud...
Route Optimisation Software
Route Optimisation SoftwareDovetail’s Warehouse Management System acts as the hub of your supply chain solution, integrating accounting/order and shipping software systems, electronic data interchange (EDI) systems, radio frequency and barcode hardware, and warehouse...
Driving Supply Chain Successes
Dovetail is a niche software provider to the transport and warehousing industry, and has, since inception, been selling transport and warehouse management software (WMS and TMS) to companies in South Africa and various other African states. Its services also extend to...
What You Need To Know Before Implementing An ERP System
Utilizing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can significantly enhance supply chain management performance by improving purchasing, inventory control and information exchange between internal departments and external partners. Manager of professional...
Five Common Warehouse Safety Hazards & How To Avoid Them
The rate of fatal injuries for warehouse work has been increasing majorly in the past few years and that has sent alarming waves through the supply chain & logistics field. Warehouses are filled with potential safety hazards; however, employers and workers can...
Deal With Counterfeiting In The Supply Chain Using These 4 Strategies
The trend of counterfeits in the supply chain has become a big problem and only gets worse with time. The expansion of markets and opportunities has unfortunately encouraged the growth of counterfeit goods and the theft of companies’ intellectual property too. False...
5 Crucial Competences All Supply Chain Managers Need To Have
Logistics professionals are continually developing new skills and aim to enhance existing ones in order to be able to handle the high volumes of challenges and global supply chain demands that come up. Let’s discuss the five core competencies that supply chain...
10 Ways To Optimize Your Distribution Centre Site
Do you need to maximize the efficiency of a distribution centre site? Strategic planning and ongoing analysis will be needed. Here are ways that can get you started presented by Stan Krawitz, executive vice president, founder and head of real estate advisory firm...