Talking Logistics

MAY 12, 2017

March 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). I remember meeting Karl Siebrecht, co-founder and CEO of FLEXE , a few years ago at the CSCMP Annual Conference not long after the company had launched. Again, more on that news and the rest of the conference in a future post. and up come the results on the screen.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

I learned that fact (and many more important things) at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference in New Orleans this week. As the compliance date for the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate approaches (December 18, 2017), there are two important questions to be answered: How will it impact capacity?

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

Mobile technologies in transportation and logistics have come a long way over the past decade — that is, since the iPhone was first introduced, followed by Android devices. 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. Some examples of what a user could ask Coleman: – “Coleman, what is the accounts receivable balance for ACME Corp?”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2021

Here is what Mr. Toornman said at the conference. “We Bob Herzog, the global planning digitization leader for supply chain, and Pedro Noriega, planning director, North American product supply, both of Procter & Gamble (P&G), spoke on this at Kinaxis’ Kinexions 2019 user conference. We need people that are adaptable.

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The Logistics Academy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

For example, airfreight forwarding growth in China is thought to have been robust this past year, while sea freight growth was much weaker. Nonetheless, it’s clear that the scope of these solutions, in terms of geographic coverage for example, needs to broaden in order for them to deliver value. DB Schenker and uShip, for example.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

Further, as JOC.com wrote in a recent article about the Wall Street Journal an alysis: At the moment, shippers at the NASSTRAC conference said capacity is more balanced than a year ago, in the aftermath of the disruptive polar vortex cycle of winter storms. told the conference. billion manufacturer TriMas Corp.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2018

The real-time freight visibility space was particularly hot in 2017, with two major acquisitions announced last year, including Descartes’s acquisition of MacroPoint in August 2017. The further out you book freight, the less expensive it is,” explained Cicerchi in a video interview I conducted with him at the user conference.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 15, 2017

Comparing the headlines (September 7, 2016 and May 12, 2017). The French automaker Renault, for example, was forced to shut down factories across Europe. For example, cyber security was one of the topics we discussed at the Executive Forum track at the Descartes Evolution 2017 conference last month.

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Freightos

JULY 11, 2017

For example, there are over 100,000 companies that sell over $100,000 worth of goods annually. Alibaba’s Jack Ma recently urged 3,000 US small businesses to do just that at a conference in Detroit, and he is making good on his vision to take down trade barriers that are holding smaller businesses back from buying and selling globally.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2018

A TMS user, for example, can say to the system, “Show me all uncovered loads,” or an inventory manager can ask, “Which stores have less than three days inventory of product X?” and up come the results on the screen. It took a few years, but it seems like the march toward reality is accelerating.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

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. The report, “Truck Driving Jobs: Are They Headed for Rapid Elimination?” million truck drivers overall.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 27, 2018

From May 2016 through the end of August 2017, “17 CEOs of public Big Food manufacturers and retailers had departed, or announced their intention to,” according to an article published last September in Fortune. The theme of the conference was “Go Boldly Together.” Nulogy xChange 2018: Why Courage is So Important Today.

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FourKites

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Since 2017, FourKites has convened a panel of the most involved companies within our global customer base for our Customer Advisory Board (CAB). The Customer Advisory Board is one very high-profile example of that commitment, but it’s far from the only one.

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Airfreight Logistics

JULY 10, 2018

Henrik Ambak, Senior Vice President, Cargo Operations Worldwide for Emirates, received the award at the 18th Global Life Sciences & Healthcare Conference hosted by DHL at Baveno, Italy. Pharma corridors are just another example of Emirates SkyCargo’s commitment to providing an unbroken cool chain for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

For example, this year, Chinese New Year occurred later in the season than usual, so we started planning with customers in mid-January, not mid-December, as we do in some years. These are, historically, the biggest disruptors that occur in our industry: Chinese New Year (aka Spring Festival). This is a week-long celebration in China.

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World Food Programme Logistics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The event built on the recognition of the rising importance of South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC), and the call for more investments in this area which found global endorsement earlier this year at the Second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA+40), held in March in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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The Logistics Academy

JUNE 11, 2017

I recalled that scene walking to a morning session recently at ISM 2017 , the annual conference for procurement professionals sponsored by the Institute for Supply Management. One example: GM is working with Shell and Exxon Mobile to enable a driver to use a connected key fob to enable payment at the pump.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 23, 2019

Long distance rail connections are central to this trade and, at the Automotive Logistics Global Shanghai conference last week, speakers from China Railway International and Beijing Changjiu Logistics talked about the latest developments for vehicle and parts shipments on the China Railway Express (CR Express) between China and Europe.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

A TMS user, for example, can say to the system, “Show me all uncovered loads,” or an inventory manager can ask, “Which stores have less than three days inventory of product X?” Then in December 2016, one of the my predictions for 2017 was that “The Migration from Traditional User Interfaces to Chatbots and Virtual Assistants Begins.”.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Readers' choice! Did You Know That ….

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 11, 2019

I’ve been to a lot of concerts, conferences, festivals… But nothing as big as the World Cup. 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.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 20, 2018

It is a topic of daily discussion at every industry trade show and conference, while also getting a ton of attention in the form of commentary or data being issued fairly frequently. A good example of that was apparent in an October 2017 survey of 1,500 motor carriers conducted by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI).

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2018

“And because customer support is a key means of differentiation we developed a tool to measure, how fast and detailed our members answer requests and award a prize for the best performing company at our annual conference.”. The awards are based upon the performance of all members of EURODIS from June 2017 until May 2018.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 1, 2019

Spurring innovation, food safety and quality capacity strengthening and economic resilience This year’s Africa Day of School Feeding comes at the heels of the first ever Future of Food Safety Conference held at the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. million schoolchildren across the nation every week.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 14, 2018

in 2017 over the previous year to reach 1.59m units, according to estimates in early January by the Association of European Businesses (AEB). In autumn 2017, the market was already experiencing difficulties in finding sufficient capacity, which has resulted in rising haulage rates. For example, on the route between Moscow and St.

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World Food Programme Logistics

JULY 11, 2019

Nesrin, who fled Syria for Turkey with her three children in 2017, praised the positive attitude and behaviour of her Turkish colleagues. “My Sevgi, for example, has started looking at cooking from a different perspective. I started enjoying taking part in conferences, workshops and anything social. She pushed me.”

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Talking Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

The most recent example is C.H. While drones and flying cars are still in their infancy, Rail — one of the transportation granddaddies — continues to play an important role in global supply chains. Robinson launching a trans-Eurasian rail freight service between China and Europe.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 17, 2018

Last fall after attending the CSCMP conference in Atlanta, I shared my observation that digital transformation is now a central theme in the industry. A Deloitte study in 2017 found 49% of procurement officers believe the quality of data is a major barrier, and the lack of data integration was the number two barrier (42%).

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Logistics Manager

MAY 1, 2018

However, with the abolishment of the conference system and as carriers began sharing space on vessels, carrier services and offerings became narrower in scope. This is just one example where having a local on the ground person has a big impact on improved service levels for customer satisfaction.”. Training for Future Success.

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Bilateral forums, conferences, meetings and seminars happen more often than one can count, and usually result in numerous announcements – ranging from memoranda of understanding (MoU) to billions of financial commitments. of China’s overall FDI. Private-sector initiatives across Asia.

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Automotive Logistics

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

For Hungary, where automotive manufacturing has a 120-year history, the industry is now one of the mainstays of economic growth, according to another speaker at the conference, Hungarian minister for foreign affairs and trade, Peter Szijjártó (pictured). He said the country produced more than 500,000 cars and over 2.5m

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 7, 2019

passenger cars were produced in the Czech Republic in 2017. As of 2017, the UK ranked second in terms of exported cars with a share of 10.5% In 2017, assembly plants in Slovakia manufactured 1.03m finished vehicles, estimates Alexander Matusek, president of the Slovak Automotive Industry Association. “The

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 15, 2018

In 2017, it saw a recovery in the automotive sector in Europe and a shortage of transport capacity in the market. At the press conference in Paris in January, Nadal said the company was opening up to new industrial sectors including aviation, manufacturing, energy, life sciences and healthcare, among others.

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Automotive Logistics

JUNE 27, 2018

Britain doesn’t need to leave parts of EU, such as shared regulations and borders, for example,” he said. However, speaking at the SMMT press conference, he warned that logistics delays impact lean production and would make UK operations less competitive. Waning investment without certainty. up to June 21 this year.

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Automotive Logistics

MARCH 25, 2019

Speaking at The Supply Chain Conference last week in Atlanta, George Grahovac (pictured), Honda of America’s new senior manager at its North America Operations Office, highlighted a spend of $1.2 billion by the carmaker in getting parts from its 600 tier one suppliers to its plants in the region.

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