Talking Logistics

MARCH 10, 2017

CX North America Integrates Its Freight Collaboration Platform With Active Aero Group’s Technology. 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).

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

LL4T1DCure Team Jersey 2017. In response to Hurricane Harvey, for example, JDRF and other organizations shipped more than 3,750 pounds of donated diabetes supplies to Houston (including 200,000 syringes, 50,000 pen needles and 20,000 alcohol pads) to help people with diabetes affected by the hurricane. How far is 100 miles?

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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

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. Toll Group. 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. XPO Logistics.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The investment in UK industrial property continued its upward trend in 2017, with an increase of 80% on 2016 levels, according to the latest research from global property adviser Knight Frank. The volume of investment transactions exceeded £7bn in the second half of the year, bringing the annual total for 2017 to almost £11bn.

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MTS Logistics

AUGUST 24, 2022

A group of six international shipping organizations, including the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), proclaimed Monday that, after over a decade of preventative efforts, that the Indian Ocean would no longer be considered a high-risk corridor. The film Captain Phillips provides one of the most prolific examples of piracy in the region.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

-based XPO Logistics, a global provider of freight transportation and logistics services, announced very strong fourth quarter and full-year 2017 results late yesterday. billion for 2017, and free cash flow for the year came in at $374 million, which topped the target of $350 million. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JULY 24, 2018

significantly improved their ability to generate cash in 2017, producing the strongest working capital performance since 2008. In 2017, companies significantly extended payments to suppliers, taking 3.4 Performance of the other major elements of working capital performance, receivables and inventory, both deteriorated slightly in 2017.

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Blue Grace Logistics

AUGUST 3, 2021

The importance of setting the tone of the relationship and being an example of what you expect. The groups can discuss what changes or improvements they think should be implemented and any problems that need to be fixed. Set The Tone Of The Relationship, Be The Example.

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Transporeon

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Since the third quarter of 2017, many manufacturers have been regularly confronted by scarcity in the transportation market – a problem they haven’t encountered in years. Freight prices are also going up because of carrier rate increases since the last half of 2017. Shippers are feeling the effects of scarce carrier capacity.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 22, 2019

As leaders gather at the of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos for a week of high-level discussions on the future of the global economy, the CDP group released its annual rankings of the top green businesses. CDP's rankings score the thousands of companies which disclose to the organization on their environmental action.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Conferences are a great example of peer-to-peer learning in action, but with so many supply chain and logistics conferences available, how do you decide which ones to attend? More on The Future of Delivery (Takeaways from MercuryGate Velocity 2017 User Conference). Takeaways from LLamasoft’s SummerCon 2017 Conference).

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Bringg

JUNE 25, 2018

Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that in 2017 total spending on logistics in the US rose to a record $1.5 Here are 4 amazing examples of beautiful warehouse operations in which the latest technologies are helping ecommerce giants handle record volumes of parcels faster and more efficiently than ever before. trillion, up 6.2%

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

To know the most difficult challenges as perceived by supply chain professionals, we turn to the SCM World’s 2017 Future of Supply Chain survey. Besides, these risks are much more serious (for example, there were about 134,000 reported cyber-attacks on businesses in 2017 , or almost 50 percent increase from 2016).

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2022

Based on this, participating companies were grouped into the following maturity levels: leader, advanced, developing and initiating. For example, manufacturers may invest in re-useable product packaging and containers to move goods to co-packers or retailers, cutting plastic out of the equation. She lives in the Boston area.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2023

billion e-commerce figure for 2021 is almost twice as large as its 2017 e-commerce sales estimate, representing a 17.7 For example, there is a limited supply of logistics service providers with the desired capabilities in China, compared with a rapidly growing e-commerce market. percent four-year CAGR.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 1, 2021

Long-time intralogistics partner of Thomann is TGW Logistics Group. For this reason, the new Versand-Center-Nord (VCN – Shipping Centre North) has been live since 2017 in addition to the Versand-Center-Süd. It went live in 2017/18. During off-peak times the operation is carried out in two shifts.

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Freightos

MARCH 4, 2020

For example: CH Robinson launched Freightquote – This platform takes aim at SMBs enabling simple online search and e-booking across multiple US trucking carriers. For previous years’ reports: 2015 , 2017 , 2018. The digitization of the freight industry is about improving speed and efficiency. . Keep reading for the highlights OR.

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Material Handling and Logistics

MAY 28, 2018

Its severity varies significantly with geography: For example, inherent cyber risk has climbed in France over the past year while plummeting in Taiwan, two of the biggest changes in cyber risk in the index. Despite a fraught political climate, the group says, the U.S. Natural Hazards a Wild Card.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Mini Case Study: Walmart Walmart may be the most famous example of a company that has succeeded primarily because of a well-developed and aligned supply chain strategy. For example, supplier performance issues can cause problems with inventory, order fill; on-time delivery performance and customer-order lead times.

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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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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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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 27, 2019

Correos is the main nucleus of the group’s activities through the provision of universal postal service to all citizens and is at the same time the reference company in the Spanish market, one of the most liberalized in the European Union. In the following video we can watch an example about how Correos works: million of euros.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 20, 2018

For example, do you have: Full data visibility across your business? In 2017, 81% of businesses were either in the process of implementing an ERP , or had already completed an implementation. For example, modern ERP systems increase on-time deliveries by 21% through automation, according to research by the Aberdeen Group.

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Material Handling and Logistics

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Crew Group, for example, recently debuted its “Eco Jean,” a selection of denim it boasts is made from “sustainably dyed organic Italian cotton.”. Nearly twice as much apparel was sold in 2017 than in 2003. Earlier this year, Levi Strauss & Co. Some of that reflects growing spending power of consumers in emerging economies.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

For example, consider the multitude of companies involved in the process of manufacturing, warehousing and distributing a single pair of shoes. According to a Deloitte survey of large companies with $500 million or more in revenue, 25% of respondents expected to invest more that $5 million in blockchain technology in 2017.

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Transporeon

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Regularly since Q3 2017, many shipping companies have been confronted by transport scarcity – a problem they’ve never known before. Transport prices are also going up because of carrier rate increases since Q3 2017. Echoing the 2017 transport market developments, European transport capacities have declined by 36% from Q1 to Q2 2018.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 10, 2018

Unipart Group, a manufacturing, logistics and consulting business, has announced its financial results for the year ending 31st December 2017. Total Group profit before interest and tax up by 13% from £23.8m 92% recycling of waste achieved across the Group. Group profit before interest and tax also increased from £23.8m

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Now, That's Logistics

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Freight volumes are continuing to trend upwards at a solid rate by historical standards, helped by strong consumer confidence and robust global investment growth,” the group points out. 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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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 20, 2023

In 2017, OTTO 100 quickly became responsible for the industry’s largest AMR installations. For example, operators can specify lanes where larger AMRs cannot enter, ensuring smaller AMRs remain unblocked and are able to keep moving for higher throughput. • In 2015, OTTO 1500 defined the heavy-class AMR category.

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Material Handling and Logistics

MAY 14, 2018

For example, our economic model shows that if GM simply maintained its 2017 ranking rather than dropping 3 points this year, it would have realized an additional $167 for every light vehicle manufactured and sold in N.A. Likewise, had Ford maintained its 2017 level, it would have gained even more -- $600 million in profit.”.

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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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Transporeon

MAY 8, 2017

We talked to Manfred Himmelbach, Group Logistics Officer with AVISTA OIL. Himmelbach discusses the best-practice example in an interview. As a result, we have centralized all these processes in the Group Logistics department. For 2017, we are planning an interface between our ERP system and the Transporeon platform.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

E-learning widens access to education to students in lower-income groups who can’t afford full-time university fees. The report found that by 2017, about 77 percent of US corporations were making use of online learning. E-learning is much more affordable than face-to-face instruction. billion USD between 2020 and 2024.

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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

According to the ATA, the driver turnover rate for the fourth quarter of 2017 for large truckload fleets (those with more than $30 million in revenue) dropped seven points to 88%, signaling its first sub-90% reading going back to the first quarter of 2017. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor. of freight tonnage moves on U.S.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

In this article, written by Markus Kammerhofer, Director Sales Retro, TGW Logistics Group , we look at the most important factors for a successful retrofit intralogistics project. 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.

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