Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

The integration between MercuryGate’s TMS platform and Banyan’s live carrier connectivity leverages Banyan’s existing connections to a large and diverse group of carriers and 3PLs.”. And when it comes to last-mile and home delivery operations, mobile technology has become indispensable.

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The Logistics Academy

JUNE 8, 2017

Winners Revealed at Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, AZ, Unilever Retains the Top Spot in Rankings as Amazon Joins the “Masters” Gartner, Inc. 2017 marks the 13th year of our annual Supply Chain Top 25 ranking,” says Stan Aronow, research vice president at Gartner.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 19, 2017

Roundtable Discussion Groups. Discuss top challenges in small groups with your peers. Date: Tuesday, 26 September 2017. Although Big Data applications have distinct operational advantages, some fundamental data issues need to be overcome if a Big Data revolution is to be achieved. Speakers and Panellists will be announced soon.

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Transporeon

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Our carriers are saying that, while rates continue to increase and capacity is still limited due to growing demand, many feel the need to stay competitive to maintain their valued partnerships,” said Ed Moran, managing director and senior vice president of sales and marketing at Transporeon Group Americas.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

One of my first clients back in 1999 was Descartes Systems Group. Descartes Systems Group Revenue 2006-2018 (Source: macrotrends). A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Descartes Evolution Global User & Partner Conference 2019. Where is Descartes today? Descartes, in short, is alive and well. Takeaways from Evolution 2019.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 18, 2019

First-ever Colombo International Logistics Conference, August 1 and 2, 2019. A conference to understand South Asia’s logistics market beyond 2020. CIMC Events 5 th Major International Conference. The official media partner for the Colombo international Logistics conference 2018 is Maritime Gateway, India.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JUNE 8, 2018

Content Summary: The company’s greenhouse gas emission footprint decreased 11% in 2017 compared to 2010. Also in 2017, 76% of the company’s 10 priority ingredients were sustainably sourced. Content Summary: In 2017, the company reduced greenhouse emission per headcount by 7.3%. Altria Group Inc. Media Type.

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Radius Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Last month, several members of our team attended the in.sight conference in Nashville, Tennessee. This is a conference put on by TMW, the manufacturers of our ERP system, and is attended by over 2000 people from across North America. The cost to attend these conferences may not be small, but the payback is well worth the investment.

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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.” Carl Melville (The Melville Group). Tim Koers (Visual Pak).

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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). That group has since grown to 105 eligible companies in multiple industries – and we’re looking forward to the continued growth of this group in the coming years.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 14, 2021

AWT can be measured globally across the contact center, by ring group, agent or phone number. According to Lui, et al (2017) “customer waiting time in queueing systems is a key factor of service quality. In this photo, I am multitasking by talking to the clients over the phone while pulling up tools from the system. References: S.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Transplace Acquires Yusen Logistics’ Intermodal & Freight Brokerage Group. 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.”. Transplace Acquires Yusen Logistics’ Intermodal & Freight Brokerage Group.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 15, 2017

Comparing the headlines (September 7, 2016 and May 12, 2017). For example, cyber security was one of the topics we discussed at the Executive Forum track at the Descartes Evolution 2017 conference last month. One of the most popular posts I wrote last September became a reality over the weekend. Hospitals, Spanish Companies.”

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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. The Hackett Group provides a useful visual for describing the maturity stages that supply chain is moving through as the industry strives to leverage data and advanced analytics.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2018

Pall-Ex has celebrated a successful 2017 at its own prestigious awards event, as it makes plans to accelerate its achievements for the year ahead. ADD Express Ltd, of Yorkshire, also picked up a coveted award, after being selected for the Outstanding Contribution to the Network, chosen by Group managing director, Kevin Buchanan.

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Automotive Logistics

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Volkswagen Group Logistics said this week that Matthias Braun (pictured, left) was now heading the Digitalization and Concept Development department, associated with the Material Logistics business unit headed by Astrid Lühring. Braun has worked with Volkswagen Group since 1997.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Our Supply Chain Leaders Insights conference, round-table, and training day will be taking place in both cities this year. The event doesn’t follow a single theme like many conventional conferences. PTV Group: Logistics software and professional services. We look forward to seeing you at Supply Chain Leaders Insights 2017.

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Women in Trucking

MARCH 9, 2020

Conference shared a variety of best practices. And more promising news: 76 percent of female 18- to 26-year-olds have a favorable impression of professional driving, according to a recent nationwide study by the Adcom Group, a marketing and communications firm. percent increase in female drivers from 2017 to 2018, Shaver says.

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

billion company (2017 revenue), Schneider has been delivering superior customer experiences and safely getting it done for over 80 years. PITT OHIO accepted the award at the Schneider Logistics Conference on June 18th in Green Bay, WI. It is rewarding when our customers acknowledge our commitment to consistent, exemplary service.”.

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor ·. Compared to August 2017, the SA was up 4.5%, which was down from an 8.6% However, the year-over-year increase was the smallest since July 2017. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor. September 18, 2018. The ATA’s advanced seasonally-adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 1.8%

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 15, 2018

The brand is therefore an integral component of this highly emotional sporting and entertainment experience with global reach,” says Arjan Sissing, head of Corporate Brand Marketing at Deutsche Post DHL Group. In 2017, the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport team took home the award. Last year, the award went to Lewis Hamilton.

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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 in War

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Local Caption Defence’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) together with BAE Systems Australia have delivered an essential ammunition capability to the Australian Defence Force three months ahead of schedule. Logistics and the strangling of strategy, 2017, Logistics and the strangling of strategy – Logistics In War. [2]

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 22, 2018

Compared to April 2017, the SA index was up 9.5%. ATA said this increase represents the largest annual increase going back to October 2017. And on a year-to-date basis through April, the SA index is up 8% annually, topping 2017’s 3.8% Jeff Berman, Group News Editor. from March to April at 112.5 annual increase.

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Logistics in War

JUNE 17, 2018

This is the final post from the LIW archives on strategic logistics and logistics challenges prior to the Australia & New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. Each agency or group has its own objectives and requirements, and the approach is demonstrably fragmented. This article was originally posted in 2017.

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Automotive Logistics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

cars between January and August this year, virtually unchanged from the same period in 2017. Its facility is surrounded by its main tier one suppliers from Hyundai Motor Group, such as Hyundai Mobis, WIA and Powertech. Mexico produced 2.6m units last year. Other OEMs, too, are looking at growth in Mexico and abroad.

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 24, 2018

s annual Supply Chain Executive Conference held last week in Phoenix, AZ provided the platform for the release of its Supply Chain Top 25, which identifies industry “best practices.”. ” ROA: (2017 net income/2017 total assets)*50% + (2016 net income/2016 total assets)*30% + (2015 net income/2015 total assets)*20%.

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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.

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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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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 18, 2018

Analysts announced the results at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference, which is being held this week at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa in Phoenix, AZ. “Looking back at 2017, we experienced a year of healthy growth, despite heated trade rhetoric,” said Mr Aronow.

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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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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 3, 2019

While that still “seems” high, it is actually the lowest point going back to the first quarter of 2017, when it checked in at 74%. What’s more, it helps to counter the 4% increase in the second quarter, which brought the annualized rate to 98%, which was 10% above the large carrier turnover rate at the end of 2017. About the Author.

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Logistics in War

MAY 31, 2018

During a logistics course in late 2017, I was asked to consider what the traits and behaviours of the strategic ‘future logistician’ might be. [1] By David Beaumont. 1] It was a difficult question to answer without straying into explanations about strategic leadership in general.

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Hunter Harrison whom passed away in December 2017, when he was running CSX. They also referenced how UP’s fellow Class I competitor, CSX, implemented PSR in 2017, which led to major service disruptions for both its customers, as well as other railroads. “In Jeff Berman, Group News Editor. wrote Begeman and Miller. “In

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Automotive Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Europe’s finished vehicle sector faces several big challenges in coming months, as speakers at the recent ECG conference in Germany made clear. At last week’s annual conference of the Association of European Vehicle Logistics (ECG), held in Mainz, Germany, speakers discussed what they were doing to tackle these problems.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 16, 2019

When the Tax and Jobs Act legislation was signed into law in late 2017, expectations for the benefits it could bring for corporations were fairly high. At the NASSTRAC conference in May 2018, the nation’s top trucking lobbyist said that, at that time, the tax reform bill had already seen $3.8 Jeff Berman, Group News Editor.

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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. This makes Australia the largest international miner in Africa. Finally, Beijing. of China’s overall FDI.

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