Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 15, 2021

When it comes to remote implementations, you can’t find a more inspirational story than the one presented by Lori Jackson, senior vice president of operations at ForHIMS. I did a study on the WMS system integrator market last year. The Kiva style AMR first emerged in about 2005. WMS solutions have been around since the 1970s.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A 2013 study by the US Department of Transportation (US DoT) is receiving newfound attention, due to the recent release of ReadiML, the Machine Learning software from Fatigue Science that operationalises a scientific fatigue prediction model for daily use by transportation fleets. The SAFTE Effectiveness Score is now known as the ReadiScore).

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 23, 2015

Over the last 100 plus years of the history of supply chain management has evolved from an initial focus on improving relatively simple, but very labor-intensive processes to the present day engineering and managing of extraordinarily complex global networks. Infographic: The Evolution and History of Supply Chain Management.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JULY 29, 2018

While studies show that consumers want sustainable products, only 5%-10% will actually pay a price differential for that,” Sheffi says. That is part of an overall vehicle efficiency goal of a 50% reduction (from a 2005 baseline) by 2025. UPS has been working on the issue in Europe as these older cities present major challenges.

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Sourcing Strategies Cost Reduction Price Reduction Material Savings 133

Trinity Logistics

JANUARY 15, 2018

This ratio is the lowest it has been since 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. In fact, the growing reverse logistics industry presents many problems to 3PLs and retailers as Americans return items they don’t like. Holiday Crunch & Post-Holiday Returns. However, supply chain pressures don’t stop once the holidays are over.

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Blog on Log

OCTOBER 31, 2006

Another effective trick is to do a quick study on the buyers' behalf. Present buyers with a graph showing the number of units and the years of inventory those units represent. They are often too busy ordering the next "hot" item to look back on previous bad purchasing decisions.) Instead, managers choose the best available open slots.

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Blog on Log

SEPTEMBER 1, 2007

Excerpt: “The Stickiness Factor says that there are specific ways of making a contagious message memorable; there are relatively simple changes in the presentation and structuring of information that can make a big difference in how much of an impact it makes.”

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