Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 18, 2024

For these bots, 2017 was the year of the pilot. For example, if the system has trouble picking a particular item, an alert can tell a planner not to allow that stock keeping unit to enter the robotic picking queue. Managers, of course, would prefer not to have to add an inspection process. Machine learning also comes into play.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MARCH 10, 2020

Supply Chain = the whole granddaddy process comprising of all aspects in a product cycle, for example from picking of the fruit at a farm in Point A to delivering the fruit to the shelf at a store in Point B using all of the above-mentioned industries, businesses and services. trillion in 2017, partly due to higher oil prices.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

In March 2017, for example, Walmart pulled the plug on building a 1.2-million-square-foot Many manufacturers and retailers have started down one path only to change course later as the scale and scope of their operations changed. million-square-foot distribution center in Merced, CA.

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Freightos

MARCH 5, 2017

A version of this article appeared in the Journal of Commerce on March 4th, 2017. It’s the freshly appointed CEO of CMA CGM, Rodolphe Saadé, speaking about the new opportunities that lie online during a session at Journal of Commerce’s TPM 2017 in Long Beach. It’s not only Freightos technology, of course.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

From boosting the level of artificial intelligence to promoting better means of mitigating and preventing risks, technology will change how manufacturers grow throughout 2017. The First 5 Manufacturing Tech Trends of 2017. Manufacturers will face many challenges in 2017. Artificial Intelligence Will Grow More Important.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The shift to full end-to-end integration, of course, leaves no one else in the middle. The first is size , of course, with Maersk running over 17% of global ocean capacity , but also selling land-services to just under 20% of those same customers. Other sources reported that DB Schenker was not the only forwarder making this shift.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 3, 2018

Meanwhile, UPS announced last week that “ in December 2017, consumers shipped more than 1 million returns packages to retailers daily [emphasis mine], a pace expected to last into early January 2018.” The bottom line is that product returns is yet another example of how “the way we’ve always done it” is just not going to cut it any more.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2021

This is 27% above the Q1-Q3 2020 total and puts the UK industrial & logistics sector on course for a record year, as the unprecedented levels of occupier demand looks set to ensure that the industry will beat the 51.6m Food manufacturing and indoor farming are examples of other occupiers taking space recently. million sq ft.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 27, 2021

Meet BOPIS, otherwise known as one of the most popular baby names of 2021 — we’re kidding, of course. Take, for example, the Sephora app, which allows shoppers to try on different makeup products before picking them up in-store. In-Store Pickups. Tired of wandering down endless aisles to find the products you want? Going Mobile.

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Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 16, 2024

For example, coffee, cocoa beans, and olives have all recently faced drought conditions, resulting in a lower output of their respective products. Ian was a Category 4 storm when it made landfall in Florida and resulted in a 75 percent drop in shipments during its course. Another Category 4, Hurricane Harvey , struck Texas in 2017.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Of course, it is helpful to have some statistics on hand to validate the statement above. Walmart may be the most famous example of a company that has succeeded primarily because of a well-developed and aligned supply chain strategy. The success of your business links inextricably to the performance of your supply chain.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As an example of how illuminating the perfect order KPI can be, let’s look briefly at damage-free delivery as an example. For example, if the on-time percentage is 98%, the in full is 93%, the damage-free is 99%, and the orders with correct documentation is 96%, the calculation will look like this…. x 0.96 = 0.8661.

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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. When he’s not working, Vince enjoys spending time with family and friends, watching his favorite Chicago sports teams, and hitting the golf course.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

The Bureau of Labor Statistics asserts courses to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) last anywhere from three to six months. I think 2016 and 2017 will make 2014 look like child’s play,” Albrecht said. ” That 4-6 percent range for truck pricing increases is not the peak of this rate cycle, Albrecht warned. “I

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

COVID of course taught companies the need for agility. In February 2017, Koch Equity Development LLC invested $2.68 For example, when one company orders from a supplier in Asia to be delivered by a certain ocean carrier, the lead time is 24 days. But even in more normal times, a supply plan usually can’t be fully executed.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2021

The skills enhancement program, dubbed Strategic Capabilities Planning, will include a mix of internally supply chain programs, systems education and external APICS courses – APICS is now part of the Association for Supply Chain Management. The 2017 hurricane season,” Mr. Herzog said, “was a big event on our journey.

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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. Speaking in Detroit in June 2017, Jack Ma encouraged US sellers to increase their sales abroad. Every single year sees more and more small businesses importing. Ecommerce is one reason. More small businesses will be exporting too.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Results from the 2017 study show that roughly 75% of respondents are using the mix strategy (be all things to all people) as the predominant approach for their companies compared to the 51% who we reported utilizing a mix strategy in our 2016 results. Cost is, of course, another important aspect of running a successful business.

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Freightos

JANUARY 4, 2018

Dropping profit margins – Hanjin’s bankruptcy in late 2016 capped a difficult year for carriers and 2017 hasn’t been much better. One recent example is CMA CGM’s recently-launched Freddie platform. One example, albeit in the domestic freight space, is Turvo, which closed a $25 million series A round in March 2017.

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Now, That's Logistics

DECEMBER 21, 2018

“Nonetheless, amid signs that manufacturing firms’ export order books are no longer growing, other demand drivers have softened over the course of the year.”. But amid signs that the inventory restocking cycle peaked in late-2017,” IATA says in its report, “the best of this boost to demand has long since passed.”.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 6, 2018

billion in the 2017 financial year. In 2017 we took another major step on the road to achieving our strategic and financial goals for 2020. The increase in revenue and earnings in 2017 is also reflected in improved net profit for the year. Deutsche Post DHL Group invested heavily in all four divisions once again in 2017.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Now of course, companies must map out the potential impacts of the Russia Ukraine war. shale or Iran, for example. In the US, for example, natural gas accounted for 40% of total utility-scale U.S. We knew it might go into a recession, more like a dimmer switch, but off?” This week’s news will all center on this war.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2017

One person’s supply chain career might be focused on the specific area of freight forwarding, for example, whereas another person’s might encompass end-to-end operational management from raw materials management to customer invoicing. Of course, generally, you should not expect to get more out of networking than what you put into it.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Of course, there can be no stronger motivation than legislation, but money comes a very close second, and the potential cost savings offered by the circular supply chain are substantial. A single mistake at the beginning of the supply chain, for example, can jeopardise the ability to meet service-promises to hundreds of customers.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 18, 2019

Source: Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals 2017 Survey. Of course the same is true in many professions, but is particularly so in the arena of supply chain and logistics. Chief Supply Chain Officers , for example, have often spent time managing warehouses or transport operations in their early careers.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

For another, knowledge is lost over the years when, for example, the IT experts who still know how to work with the programming languages C and C++ retire. These days, users can zoom in down to the system’s sensor level to find defective components, for example. Of course they have to budget for it.

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Bringg

AUGUST 5, 2020

Back in 2017, the Click & Collect Retail Consumer Preference Study revealed that nearly one third of shoppers made an online purchase and subsequently picked their order up at a store during the 2016 holiday season. And, of course, the chain of custody gets tricky and will require digital proof of delivery.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

In late 2017 I published a post of anecdotes, observations and lessons given by senior officers contacted through the course of academic research. The disclaimer provided in 2017 applies: This post is a collation of pertinent points imparted through these conversations. By David Beaumont.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2018

It’s also the time when I start to think about sharing my thoughts on trends for the coming year , but of course, stop short of trying to make predictions. Examples include SAP Fiori apps and SAP Mobile Platform. Increased awareness of the benefits of enterprise mobility (efficiency and productivity to name but a couple).

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

In his 2017 annual shareholder letter , Bezos lauded “divinely discontent” customers as innovation drivers. These examples are from retail, but I sense that the same customer empowerment phenomenon is happening broadly across everything we do at Amazon and most other industries as well. billion between 2015 and 2017.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

For example, changes in funding sources and availability for students looking to expand their career options and enter the world of supply chain management may result in a temporary decrease or increase in the number of workers interested in employment with a given supply chain entity. In the short-term future.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 9, 2019

Of course, along with that comes a lot of products that need delivering. Amazon announced that it shipped 5 billion items through Prime alone in 2017, and some analysts estimate it will ship over 4 billion packages in 2018. None of this is new news, of course. Amazon currently enjoys about 50% of all US e-commerce business.

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Now, That's Logistics

JULY 30, 2018

Walmart for example—the world’s largest company by revenue (approx. US$ 486 billion according to the 2017 Fortune Global 500 list)—is building a $135 million import Distribution Center (DC) in Mobile, Alabama. The new mega-ships mentioned at the outset, for example, can cause mega congestion.Automation was supposed to mitigate this.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Manhattan Associates Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2017 Performance. P&G, for example, is undertaking “a multibillion-dollar effort to remake an antiquated and inefficient network of factories, warehouses and offices into a new model that gets goods to stores more quickly,” reports Sharon Terlep in the Wall Street Journal.

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Freightos

JANUARY 4, 2018

Dropping profit margins – Hanjin’s bankruptcy in late 2016 capped a difficult year for carriers and 2017 hasn’t been much better. One recent example is CMA CGM’s recently-launched Freddie platform. One example, albeit in the domestic freight space, is Turvo, which closed a $25 million series A round in March 2017.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 3, 2021

With all that in mind, I thought I’d share some examples of the highs and lows of online and in-store retail that enterprises have endured between late 2019 and early 2021, and highlight some of the most notable changes in the retail supply chain arena during that period. The Dark Store Trend. Just-in-Time Just Doesn’t Work.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

An estimated 4,200 companies made customs declarations in 2017. For example, a blanket document code to declare that no prohibitions or restrictions apply “999L” has been temporarily introduced under CDS to speed up onboarding. Over time of course, CDS will become the new normal. HMRC has tried to introduce some simplifications.

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