Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2017

I’ve never given a supply chain presentation in Spanish. 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). MecuryGate provided an extensive demo of the solution at its user conference, so I was able to see it firsthand.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

Which is why a drone took flight from the stage during Ryan’s keynote address at the Descartes Evolution 2017 Conference a couple of weeks ago and broadcast real-time video of the audience as it flew across the front of the hall. Descartes (@DescartesSG) March 28, 2017. million in FY 2017 (net income has grown from $12.0

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Last month, I had the opportunity to speak at CLX Logistics’ 6th Annual Customer Conference in Philadelphia. Mark Chrencik, Director of Operations at CLX Logistics (a Talking Logistics sponsor), kicked off the conference with a market update where he covered various trends in the industry, including fuel prices and linehaul rates.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 27, 2018

That was the key message Doug Braun, CEO of BluJay Solutions (a Talking Logistics sponsor), delivered in his keynote presentation at the SOAR 2018 Customer Conference last month. Year-over-year revenues grew over 10 percent and customer satisfaction increased to 93 percent. Source: BluJay Solutions. How do you define it?

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 20, 2017

during my three presentations. 240+: the number of attendees at the Seminarium conference. I even participated in a Facebook Live interview following my keynote presentation: Exhausting, yes, but also a great learning and networking opportunity. 36: the number of hours I spent on the ground in Chile.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2017

I’m heading back home today from the MercuryGate Velocity 2017 user conference in Las Vegas. Luckily, nobody associated with the conference was killed or injured. Instead of a spirited start to the conference, Monica Wooden, MercuryGate’s CEO, called for a moment of silence to remember the victims and their families.

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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! Conference, suggests that women adopt these three traits to help level the playing field: 1. To build your credibility even further, present your idea clearly and concisely — in 10 words or less. Make quick decisions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

ARC recently attended the August 2021 New England Public Power Association (NEPPA) conference, where Gordon Van Welie, President & CEO of grid operator ISO New England (ISO-NE) described the challenges to maintain reliable, low-cost power, while meeting the urgent goals to decarbonize electric power.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Here’s a Varsity Math question for you: The ATA projected a 50,000 driver shortage by the end of 2017 , but that’s off their estimate that there are 3.5 The report, “Truck Driving Jobs: Are They Headed for Rapid Elimination?” of America [that] said higher shipping costs cut into its adjusted profit by 4 cents a share in the fourth quarter.”.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 31, 2017

And if you’re attending the CSCMP EDGE 2017 conference next month in Atlanta, Ms. Hennecke will be presenting this case study there, so make sure you don’t miss it! I’ll leave you with her parting words with regards to digitizing your supply chain: “Don’t wait, get started, do something.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Descartes Evolution Global User & Partner Conference 2019. One of Descartes’ most high-profile acquisitions was its purchase of MacroPoint for $107 million in August 2017. presented a great case study on the company’s journey and success with real-time freight visibility.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 28, 2018

Finalists are asked to present their case studies at CSCMP's 2018 EDGE Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. All Supply Chain Innovation Award finalists are recognized in CSCMP's EDGE Conference materials (pre-conference press release, on-site conference program, and post-conference press release).

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Freightera

MARCH 29, 2017

Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt delivered his presentation that included an annual report and Freightera growth and expansion plans, to much applause. Here are just a few of highlights from Eric’s presentation. Eric Beckwitt presenting Freightera – Founder & CEO. “I With the venue packed, the evening felt very cozy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The offering was unveiled this week at Amazon Accelerate, a conference that drew about 2,000 online merchants to Seattle. Since launching the world’s first autonomous drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2017, Flytrex has been working closely with regulators to get drone delivery off the ground.

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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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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This paper presents the exemplar concept of national support as an approach upon which a future civil-military relationship in Australia is based. A new narrative could be presented to Government in the wake of Defence’s mobilisation review currently underway and would help to guide whole-of-Government planning for military-based crises.

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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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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. We look forward to seeing you at Supply Chain Leaders Insights 2017. This is education you really can take away and use.

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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). Since FourKites has seen such tremendous growth within the retail industry this year, many of our customers present at the CAB had OTIF and retailer program compliance at the top of their list.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 22, 2021

The technollogy keeps evolving and The Pegasus already has a succesor, The Xanthus, first presented at the Amazon MARS conference in June 2019. The Pegasus is also intended to be a generic base for different attachments on top, such as The Pegasus X-Sort Drive which has a different fuctionality as the following video shows.

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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. The winners were all selected due to their growth during 2017, compliance, quality distribution, communication and partnership with Pall-Ex. Express Ltd for the South West.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 1, 2019

That shifted slightly from the 2017 results, which showed 81% strongly agreed and 19% agreed that the supply chain is a good career choice. In 2017, 69% strongly agreed and 31% agreed that they would recommend that others consider supply chain as a career. A full report will be available in Supply Chain Quarterly this December.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2017

Customers, conferences, and colleagues past and present are all possibilities for sharing insights and information. Creativity and the ability to present your experience as relevant and useful can help narrow down the list of the most feasible moves.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

So stated Ken Hughes , a leading consumer and shopper behaviouralist, in his keynote presentation at Trasnsplace’s 16th Annual Shipper Symposium a couple of weeks ago. There were a lot of great sessions and speakers during the conference, but I don’t have the time or space to summarize them all today.

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World Food Programme Logistics

JULY 28, 2020

War was always present when I was a small child in the late 1990s?—?it doing all these conferences, teaching and helping in other ways. The idea to set up I Can South Sudan came in 2017. Below: Seme, in his own words. it wasn’t something on TV. And it affected schools. You’d run away from school, go home. however I can.”

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Logistics in War

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

In 2017 Major-General Chris Field wrote of two reasons to write; education and humility. Take that as a hint that there is no better time than the present to contribute to blogs, journals or larger research papers which can influence, even if only in a small way, the future of Army. Writing is valuable, and valued.

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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. All this article explanations are going to be based on this official document, presented by a Honorary Professor of the Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, Philippe H.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

In 2017 the event attracted over 13,700 participants from more than 50 countries, plus 150 exhibitors from 24 countries. A professional platform for presenting innovative logistics solutions. logitrans the international transport logistic exhibition will take place November 14-16, 2018 at the ifm Istanbul Expo Center.

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Women in Trucking

MARCH 9, 2020

Presenters at the 2018 Accelerate! Conference shared a variety of best practices. percent increase in female drivers from 2017 to 2018, Shaver says. Finding and keeping drivers has never been more critical. Increasingly, companies are seeking out non-traditional approaches for recruiting and retention.

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Logistics in War

JUNE 13, 2018

The third in a series of posts relevant for senior logisticians as they consider the future at the Australian and New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. The result is a growing military logistics experience gap, presenting readiness challenges for future battlefields on which contract support may not be a viable option.

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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. Sovereign Defence Industry Capabilities, Independent Operations and the Future of Australian Defence Strategy , ANU College of Asia & the Pacific, 2017, p 2. [2]

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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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247 Customs Broker

DECEMBER 3, 2018

However, this new approach would give greater coverage and higher rates of identification of the drug submarines ( Levin 2017 ). Transportation: Although autonomous cars present a multitude of benefits, this is one robot that might struggle to work harmoniously with humans. Bostonia, October 4, 2017. 1 (2017): 96-108.

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Freightera

JUNE 29, 2017

Transport News INTL has just selected Freightera as “Best Online Freight Marketplace – North America” in their Logistics, Warehouse & Supply Chain Awards 2017! In Q2 or Q3 2017 we will start offering air and ocean rates as well. Looking ahead, Freightera is rapidly expanding in North America in 2017.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 1, 2019

That shifted slightly from the 2017 results, which showed 81% strongly agreed and 19% agreed that the supply chain is a good career choice. In 2017, 69% strongly agreed and 31% agreed that they would recommend that others consider supply chain as a career. A full report will be available in Supply Chain Quarterly this December.

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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.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Vancouver, BC Jan 30, 2017. It illustrates the article Mr. Beckwitt first authored for the 2016 G7 Summit version of Climate Change: The New Economy ( [link] ), and following invitation to COP22, the larger presentation at the UN 2016 Climate Change Conference in Marrakech, Morocco. .

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