For the food and drink industry, automation in warehousing and distribution in Toronto is essential for multiple reasons. For one, you will have to manage storage temperatures, respond to a high turnover of inventory, maintain a high standard of hygiene and sanitation, and be able to trace products as needed. Value added services in the warehouse can be attained when you work with a reputable third-party logistics (3PL) warehousing company that provides automation in the warehouse. Here’s why the food and drink warehouse industry would benefit from automation, and how you can set this up in your supply chain.

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Reverse logistics services are designed to move goods from their point of consumption to an end point to capture value or properly dispose products and materials. It deals with the collection of goods, transporting them to a central location, and sorting them according to where their final destination will be. At this point, the materials and products may be sent back to manufacturing, or be reused, refurbished, or recycled. Reverse logistics can help close the loop of product life cycles, and transition to a circular economy. Here’s what you need to know about these value-added services in logistics within the supply chain. (more…)

Online retailers can benefit the most from sales they make during the Christmas rush, but if your supply chain processes aren’t up to speed, you will miss out big time. To get your supply chain ready for the holidays, there are different areas you should examine and optimize. You can work with a third-party logistics (3PL) provider to gain access to a whole variety of useful tools, from cloud computing to data security. Here are some areas you need to assess before the holidays, and how a 3PL provider can help you.

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