Posts by Cam Sourani

How Specialized or Extended Cross-dock can Help Reduce Your Logistics Expenditures for Satellite Operations in Canada  Cross-dock has been around for decades and it is a great way to reduce costs under certain circumstances. One area where it works well is when suppliers want to reduce the need of duplicating inventory by closing down satellite…

Countback is a great tool and process to increase inventory accuracy in a proactive and cost effective manner. Countback is most effective when it is integrated with RF guns/scanners and where countback is directly linked to the WMS (warehouse management system).

   Oakville, Ontario, November 28, 2014    Across Canada today, shoppers lined up outside stores looking for Black Friday deals.  Precision Home and Office Deliveries, in partnership with Walmart Canada had their fleet out in full force today in Mississauga with same day deliveries for Black Friday online orders. Precision Home & Office Deliveries (Precision),…

Facilitating shippers needs with competitive, efficient solutions

By Peter Schmitz, Director of Operations, ASL Distribution Services

ASL and has been servicing logistics partners since 1959, with a number of partnerships lasting 20+ years.  With that in mind, and given our collaborative history with several major brands, this white paper covers the recent trends in outsourcing versus insourcing logistics.  We value our partnerships and believe it is our responsibility to provide support…

Precision Home & Office Deliveries Partners with Walmart.ca and Enters

According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, e-commerce sales in the U.S. in 2011 totalled $194 billion, which translated into a yearly growth rate of 16.1%.  Single handedly, Amazon.com, one of the world’s largest online retailers, reported $13.9 billion in revenue for the third quarter of 2012.    Consumers continue to fuel this growth; marvelling…

Welcome to the final installment of our continued investigation on preventing “buyer’s remorse” during the 3PL selection process.   We have prepared a list of 10 mistakes you can (and should) avoid during this process, and have highlighted each one in previous blog posts.   This week, we will review the last few criteria that…

Welcome to the third installment of our continued investigation on preventing “buyer’s remorse” during the 3PL selection process.   We have prepared a list of 10 mistakes you can (and should) avoid during this process, and have highlighted each one in previous blog posts.   This week, we continue to uncover some of the items…