Talking Logistics

JULY 28, 2017

Amazon reported its Q2 2017 results yesterday. Amazon just proved—again—that it can do whatever the hell it wants,” is the title of a Quartz article written yesterday by Alison Griswold. “Do Ryder Reports Second Quarter 2017 Results. Shipping expenses increased 36 percent in the quarter to over $4.5 Why is this?”

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Manhattan Associates Reports First Quarter 2017 Performance. Finally, one of my predictions for 2017 was that we would see a rise in cyber attacks, with supply chain and logistics operations becoming new targets. Logistics Platform Haven Sets Sights on SAP with Launch of Haven TMS.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 7, 2017

According to the article: The kiosks, which Walmart calls Pickup Towers, are massive — standing at least 16 feet tall and about 8 feet wide — and are typically near store entrances. To use the tower, customers scan a barcode on their purchase receipt.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2017

I’ll be doing both for the first time in a couple of weeks at Seminarium’s Logistics & Operations Conference 2017 (October 18th in Santiago, Chile). Here are more details from the article: Amazon is calling the project Seller Flex, one person [familiar with the plan] said. I’ve never been to Chile.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The article goes on to say, “The backlog reflects the degree to which Wal-Mart, United Parcel Service and other companies struggled to handle peak ecommerce volumes despite months of preparation and major investments to expand and upgrade distribution facilities.”. Walmart is in the same boat. What caused the walk out?

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 10, 2017

Descartes Reports Fiscal 2017 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results. January 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). FMCSA confirms permanent ‘restart rollback’ based on study results (CCJ). CX North America Integrates Its Freight Collaboration Platform With Active Aero Group’s Technology.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 12, 2017

March 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). According to a Bloomberg article : Iron Mountain signed on with Flexe two years ago to sell extra space in its 1,000 facilities in 90 markets. Domino’s autonomous vehicle pizza delivery now live in Germany (ZDnet). New York to allow self-driving vehicle testing (Reuters).

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Ryder Reports Third Quarter 2017 Results. Here are some more details from the article: The approximately 2-foot (0.61-meter) Alphabet looks to snowy Michigan to test self-driving cars (Reuters). Daimler Steals Tesla’s Thunder With Heavy-Duty Electric Truck (Bloomberg). Manhattan Associates Reports Solid Third Quarter Performance.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

“The problem with trends is that they are like a freight train gaining speed; everyone can see the train, but at what point do you say the train is really moving at speed?” – Steve Banker from a recent Forbes article. The reality is that the speed at which the supply chain & logistics industries are changing are breathtaking.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 17, 2017

According to an article in the paper this week, “[Amazon] is planning to offer its sellers in China the ability to fly their goods internationally as air cargo, according to an Amazon Logistics site.” Back in January, the Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon had begun “handling shipment of goods by ocean to its U.S.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 23, 2017

Cass Truckload Linehaul Index – May 2017. In just a few days, I’ve seen countless articles addressing questions like: What will this deal mean for Walmart and other grocers? FedEx forecasts higher profit for FY 2018 (Reuters). ATA Truck Tonnage Index Jumped 6.5%

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

According to the article: The plan is for Peloton to establish hauling agreements with freight companies in the state, but the specifics can’t yet be released, officials say. And when it comes to last-mile and home delivery operations, mobile technology has become indispensable.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2017

One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 was that traditional software user interfaces would start migrating toward chatbots and virtual assistants. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal : Transfix has raised a total of $78.5 I’ll share some highlights in a future post. million since its founding in 2013.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Launched in 2017, Emerge is backed by Greycroft, New Road Capital, 9Yards Capital, and the founder of GlobalTranz. John Paul Hampstead of FreightWaves wrote a great article about Emerge’s explosive growth and latest funding round. Key Takeaways: Emerge Levels Up.

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IoT World Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

“Of course, you can build more tracks and there are places in the Netherlands where it would be easy to do this, but in areas like the Randstad conurbation, where extra capacity is needed most, it’s going to be difficult,” said Pier Eringa, CEO of ProRail in an article on the railway’s efforts to boost capacity and speed. million by 2025.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In 2017, Flytrex successfully launched the world’s first fully autonomous urban drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland, and we covered that initiative in these pages on June 15, 2018. The CNBC article states, “ As delivery times and consumer demand rose this year, retailers responded by ordering inventory earlier than usual.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2023

I provided a glimpse of the study content in an article in October that lists the top 20 warehouse automation suppliers , based on ARC’s estimates of 2021 revenues. Together, these two articles provide a substantial quantitative and qualitative overview of the global warehouse automation market. percent four-year CAGR. Plans for the 2.8

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Logistics in War

MARCH 2, 2023

This article was posted some time ago, but the lessons contained within are pertinent now. In late 2017 I published a post of anecdotes, observations and lessons given by senior officers contacted through the course of academic research. Logistics In War By David Beaumont.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 22, 2017

The surge shows no sign of abating as volumes rose 3 percent in early 2017, and forecasters predict parcel shipping revenues will climb to $93 billion by 2019 from $78 billion in 2015. Source: CSCMP’s Annual State of Logistics Report 2017. Residential, Large Packages and packages Over Maximum Limits.

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Women in Trucking

MAY 18, 2020

Valerie Alexander, CEO of Goalkeeper, author and keynote at Women In Trucking’s 2017 Accelerate! This article was originally featured in Edition 3 of 2018 in our official magazine, Redefining The Road. Conference, suggests that women adopt these three traits to help level the playing field: 1. Make quick decisions.

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Bringg

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

2017 was an important year for delivery logistics. Read the full article here. Customers are relying on better and faster deliveries for all sort of goods and services. But this evolution in the supply chain, and for last-mile fulfillment, in particular, doesn’t end with retail.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Here are some excerpts from her article : BLS researchers parsed agency data on U.S. This coincides with a Wall Street Journal article from earlier this month ( Rising Freight Costs Are Weighing on Companies’ Profits ) that provided similar examples, including “cardboard maker Packaging Corp. million and 2.125 million.

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Morai Logistics

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

President of Morai Logistics, Kelli Saunders, is Awarded 2017 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 in the Entrepreneurship category by Women’s Executive Network (WXN). On November 23rd, 2017, president of Morai Logistics, Kelli Saunders, was honoured with the 2017 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award.

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Shipchain

APRIL 17, 2019

Think back to the Equifax cybersecurity attacks of 2017. If you are interested in exploring the supply chain and logistics industry a bit further, be sure to check out the other articles on the ShipChain blog ! People are protective over their data, and with good reason. Keep reading, keep learning, and never get too comfortable.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MARCH 10, 2020

In this article I unpack the difference between Maritime, Shipping, Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain and how it is all connected, starting with some simple definitions of these terms. trillion in 2017, partly due to higher oil prices. trillion in 2017. per cent in 2017, amid rising trade tensions. Conclusion.

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MTS Logistics

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

According to a recent article on JOC.com, the incredibly low rates experienced in mid-2019 are slowly beginning to creep back up, though, fortunately, they are not forecasted to reach the exaggerated heights of those seen in 2018. Back in 2017, it was required that electronic logging devices (ELDs) be implemented by mid-December of that year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 20, 2022

But this article will focus on the home delivery robots. Founded in 2017 in Burlingame, CA, Udelv said it has completed more than 20,000 package deliveries. Kiwibot launched its first fleet of mobile delivery robots in 2017 at the University of California’s Berkley campus. Seven Home Delivery Robots to Know.

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Morai Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

This article by Morai Logistics points to 4 prominent ways in which warehousing is changing as companies prepare them for the future. An article by Supply Chain 24/7 expands on this, In a hyper-connected warehouse, operating systems are laid out in a highly advanced matrix to accommodate the growing mix of technologies.

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Trimble

MARCH 12, 2020

Original article published by Bill Cassidy, Journal of Commerce, February 2019. With the introduction of the ELD mandate in 2017, even more emphasis has been placed on accurate ETA prediction and real-time freight visibility for shippers. Read the Full Article Here. ×. ETA is a big thing. Enter your email below to download.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 3, 2018

All of the headlines leading up to Christmas were about how retailers and parcel carriers were struggling to keep up with the record amount of online orders and deliveries for the holidays (see WSJ article UPS, Overwhelmed by Online Orders, Warns of Delivery Delays and Reuters article Surging online orders slow Wal-Mart delivery network ).

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 18, 2019

Either way, you might find this article of value, because we’re going to discuss some of the positions you might aim for among the vast range available, and the career paths associated with them. Source: Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals 2017 Survey. Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals 2017 Survey.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In this article, you learn what is the OPRAT in SONAR, who in the freight market relies on this index, what the OPRAT index tells freight market participants and a freight market expert’s deeper insight that shows how the OPRAT is used to gain deeper clarity around freight carriers’ operations in the freight industry.

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Morai Logistics

JUNE 5, 2019

According to Allied Market Research the 3PL market was valued at $869 billion in 2017. In this article, Morai Logistics covers where 3PLs have been and can continue to be successful, as well as areas of potential future success. Furthermore, it will come close to doubling that by 2025. Gaps in data leave 3PLs in a reactionary mode.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

More than two million customers can choose from a range of over 40,000 articles from over 500 brands. In 2017, a new building in Otterfing housed the administration and logistics functions, with the support of Fortna already in place. Two stores in the south of Munich complement the successful web shop.

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Now, That's Logistics

MARCH 12, 2019

And with air freight demand predicted to fall closer in-line with supply in 2019 (see the article “ 2019 Air Freight Outlook ”), it will be interesting to see who comes out ahead — and who falls behind — over the next 12 months. The rankings below are based on the 2018 ACI World Airport Traffic Report (WATR), which includes totals from 2017.

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Morai Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2019

This article reviews 4 supply chain and logistics trends of 2019. Despite being introduced into the industry back in 2012, ELDs were officially mandated in 2017. Indeed the last year has seen incredible resilience from transportation supply chains against the disruption caused by digitization. Capacity Crunch. Digitization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

billion in 2017 and is expected to surge to over $8 billion by 2026. For example, in an article I read, companies like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods can produce about 1 million pounds of meat alternatives in about 68,000 square feet. And these could be very conservative estimates.

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