Material Handling and Logistics

AUGUST 27, 2018

But as the recent Hawaii volcanic eruptions, Hurricane Harvey and even the 2014 Atlanta “Snowmageddon” showed us, businesses must always expect the unexpected. Simply put, businesses must take the time to proactively identify the potential risks they can face and develop remediation strategies to address these risks.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

A year before, in 2014, a Harvard Business Review article pointed out that supply chains were becoming increasingly global and complex and consequently more at risk than before. Unfortunately, the state of disruption to the current landscape has never been contemplated and very few strategies exist to navigate it.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 12, 2015

In just three years, National Manufacturing Day has achieved more than 1,600 manufacturing plant tours and events with an estimated 100,000+ attending. On October 2nd, 2014, President Barack Obama issued a presidential proclamation declaring October 3, 2014 National Manufacturing Day. What is Manufacturing Day 2015?

Events 109

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 11, 2019

As we are digging up into flow management during the Logistics class, I wondered myself about events that required a really complex organization and planning. Bovy, as part of a training seminar for the organization of the event. FIFA 2018 World Cup transport planning challenges and strategy. National Event vs. City Event.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The surging Delta virus, devastating floods in China and Germany and cyber attacks on South African ports are amongst the latest in a series of events that continue to send shock waves throughout the system. In light of all of this, I’d posit we can no longer look at the events of the last year as an aberration. The impact?

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 14, 2015

It is surprising then that despite the hundreds of millions of RFID tags sold this year alone that, according to results from the 2014 GS1 US Standards Usage Survey, finally saw the technology living up to the hype in the logistics industry in the last few years.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptions that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. At these times of the year, you should see less risk to your standard ocean shipping strategy. History can inform how we approach the next significant event.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MAY 21, 2012

News & Events. |. « How to make Preventive Maintenance a way of life in SAP APO Support Projects - Part 1 | Main | How to make Preventive Maintenance a way of life in SAP APO Support Projects - Part 2 » Confluence of IT and Business Strategy for a Transformation program. Instance Consolidation Strategy.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Sales, Inventory, and Production Planning (SIOP) should be used for business planning and strategy in the shipper, 3PL relationship. At times, both parties agree to remuneration for Kaizen Blitz events, Six Sigma problem solving. 7 Strategic Performance Business Practices to Provide the Ability to Manage 3PL KPIs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2023

In early May, I participated in one of the supply chain industry’s premier events, which attracted more than 3,500 logistics professionals. This is much easier than it used to be, provided companies take an API-first approach to their data strategies and insist that their technology partners do the same.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

And a FourKites survey of 350+ supply chain leaders tells us that the past few years of supply chain disruptions — including COVID-19, market volatility, global political conflict, material shortages and extreme weather events — drove 73% of respondents to begin investing in supply chain visibility, with 46% planning to invest more in 2023.

Waste Reduction 118

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IoT World Today

JANUARY 9, 2019

In 2014, the company’s CEO Volkmar Denner announced the firm’s early IoT commitment , vowing to make all of the firm’s electronic products connected. “In In 2014, that was a radical idea,” Bolle mused. Industrial IoT World is the event that takes IIoT from inspiration to implementation, supercharging business and operations.

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TransAudit

AUGUST 29, 2023

Aggressive Competition and Price Undercutting With rivals employing aggressive pricing strategies, YRC found it challenging to maintain its price points in a saturated market. Recapitalization in 2014 With a focus on survival, Yellow entered into debt-for-equity deals and initiated talks with unions and lenders.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. In my own defense, things kind of took off after 2014. This validates our strategy and intensive standardization activities in the field of fully automated case picking and piece picking solutions as full-service provider.”.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

I think 2016 and 2017 will make 2014 look like child’s play,” Albrecht said. However, the uncertainty of these oil booms, especially when coupled with weather events, will drive the cost of Diesel up further. The West Coast ports proved that.” How Will Supply Chain and Logistics Managers Face The Increase in Trucking Rates?

Price Reduction 102

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

News & Events. |. « Key Asset Management trends in Oil & Gas Industry | Main | Knitting Agile with Asset Maintenance - a perspective on Agile Asset Maintenance » Instance Consolidation Strategy. Instance Consolidation Strategy. January 2014. Copyright © 2014 Infosys Limited. Payments Treasury.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 28, 2015

But, absolute gains in LTL freight volumes have been decent, such that tonnage in 2014 passed the pre-recession highs. Recall the events of last year’s holiday season. Larkin calculates that LTL revenues are down to just 12% or so of the truckload market, for example. 3% annual growth after that.

Purchasing Skills 97

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2015

With that said, when we call a blog post a freight blog, it will focus more on the actual freight vs. the strategies and other factors involved beyond that freight. The 7 Best Events For Freight Shipping in 2015. Are you up-to-date with the latest events in freight shipping and logistics? Read the full Article Here.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 5, 2024

This succinct tagline reflects the UK Material Handling Association’s (UKMHA) ambition to educate people about what to do in the event of an incident. Beginning on June 11th, this year’s online campaign is supported by the theme ‘Prevent – Manage – Learn’. In 2019, the British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) took up the campaign.

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World Food Programme Logistics

OCTOBER 11, 2019

The 2017 event was an introductory opportunity for Executive Director David Beasley to host NGO partners in Rome. The purpose of this edition was to seek feedback from partners on WFP’s current NGO engagement strategy. 2014 APC ?—?In 2017 APC ?—?The

Digital 8

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

A supplier’s risk can be quantified as a function of two variables (likelihood and impact of adverse events occurring) and ultimately assigned a level of risk for comparison and, later, prioritization. 2: Audit Strategy. Supplier Quality Management: Risk Quantification.

Procurement Analytics 99

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GlobalTranz

JULY 1, 2016

Today marks the official halfway point of 2016 and that means it's time for our "Top Posts for the first half of the year" annual event. Unfortunately, shippers who misrepresent freight have taken advantage of 2014’s major capacity crunch and the perception of one on the way to make shippers trust their predetermined information.

Blog 51

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 18, 2018

These were all items among the wretched flotsam that washed up on Cornish beaches in horrifying quantities when storms devastated the south-west coast in February 2014.

Packaging 40

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 15, 2014

News & Events. |. Strategy, an engineering framework, failure mode analysis maybe.phew! Looking at your own strategies and seeing how you can revive them by adapting to evolving techniques would certainly help. Posted by Rejeesh Gopalan on January 15, 2014 8:20 AM | Permalink. Instance Consolidation Strategy.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

With extensive expertise in the utility sector, they understand the technical requirements of what a door needs to do in the event of a flood and how our customers in the sector operate. Businesses must become much more proactive in their flood mitigation strategy.

Material Savings 36

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 28, 2014

News & Events. |. Gamification as a training strategy would help to. Enterprise asset management is one area which has a lot of scope for implementing gamification as a training strategy, as there are a wide array of products available viz. Posted by Nazirdhilraz Periyaveedu on March 28, 2014 3:59 PM | Permalink.

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CH Robinson Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2017

FTR research showed an increase of 7 extra percentage points of annualized pricing in the 5 months after Hurricane Katrina, and a peak of 22% year-over-year spot price increases following the winter storms of 2014.

Capacity 49

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 4, 2012

News & Events. |. Though I have attended all Pulse events since its inception in 2008 (last year I gave it a miss), it still looks new every year. Also, the horizon of the event is increasing every year, which makes it more exciting. This year, 7000+ people are scheduled to attend this event. January 2014.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

News & Events. |. IBM conducts an annual event for its business partners. Generally this is a three days event spread over one full and two half days. The event was in its seventh year and event participation is only invitation based. The event was in Kochi, Kerala - Gods own country. Payments Treasury.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 28, 2016

Google’s 2014 purchase of the British firm Deep Mind for something more than $ 400 million produced a bonanza of publicity earlier this year, when its game playing program whipped a human master of the ancient strategy game Go. The biggest event in human history. It could be the last event unless we learn how to avoid the risks.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 56

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2018

Johannes Panzer (pictured), Head of Product Strategy for Ecommerce, Descartes Systems, says it might be and that businesses need to be fully agile… On July 16th the hotly anticipated Amazon Prime Day kicked off, running for a total of 36 hours it was the longest Prime Day sale to date. Gearing up for Prime Day.

Inventory Reduction 28

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 11, 2013

News & Events. |. Efficient and effective production strategy to reduce energy consumption which includes reducing waste material, air and water emissions. Instance Consolidation Strategy. January 2014. Copyright © 2014 Infosys Limited. Payments Treasury. Wealth Management. View all Infosys blogs.

Supply Chain Design Software 37

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 7, 2013

News & Events. |. « Importance of Proactive Master Data Maintenance in SAP SCM Support | Main | Instance Consolidation Strategy » Key Asset Management trends in Oil & Gas Industry. For some time, we have been working on finding out key trends and defining strategies for next level of growth for us in this area.

Blog 27

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 17, 2013

News & Events. |. Instance Consolidation Strategy. January 2014. Copyright © 2014 Infosys Limited. Payments Treasury. Wealth Management. View all Infosys blogs. Supply Chain Management. Features & Opinions. |. Offerings. |. White Papers. |. Case Studies. |. Categories. Generic SCM (130). December 2013.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 27, 2012

News & Events. |. Major retailers are readdressing business models to either emphasize more online sales or bring a balanced business strategy among brick and mortar and online sales channels. These rapidly changing business strategies among retailers have direct impacts on existing and future supply chain management strategies.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 13, 2014

News & Events. |. Posted by Sudhanshu Raj on January 13, 2014 8:57 AM | Permalink. Posted by: Sandeep Bhosale | January 15, 2014 1:35 AM. Posted by: Manokaran | January 20, 2014 6:36 AM. Instance Consolidation Strategy. January 2014. Copyright © 2014 Infosys Limited. Payments Treasury.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

News & Events. |. There has been a growing momentum across multiple industries to move from a "one-size-fits-all" approach to a portfolio of different supply chain strategies. Payments Treasury. Wealth Management. View all Infosys blogs. Supply Chain Management. Features & Opinions. |. Offerings. |. White Papers. |.

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