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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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2018

In 2017 losses incurred from catastrophes such as hurricanes, wildfires, and earthquakes could make it one of the costliest years in history for the property insurance industry, Savitsky noted. Examples include sub-suppliers that perform poorly, financial insolvency, and trade or tariff. Natural Catastrophes.

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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. Elemica Delivers Predictive Visibility to Global Industrial Supply Chains. Cement is one of the raw materials that goes into making concrete, which is the finished product. Bloomberg).

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Material Handling and Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Complex supply chains generate more data, which companies can use to drive greater efficiency or engage in innovation that disrupts an entire industry—think Amazon. As another example, airlines can analyze long-term weather patterns at their destination cities and gain insights that have a significant impact on logistics operations.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 7, 2017

It does not matter who caused the disruption, what was the reason for disruption, what industry a firm belongs to, or when the disruption happened — disruptions devastate corporate performance.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Last month, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry. For example, I learned that there’s a difference between cement and concrete, even though many people use the terms interchangeably.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Also, if you have a favorite industry conference not included on the list, please post it in the comments. 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? Takeaways from LLamasoft’s SummerCon 2017 Conference).

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 10, 2017

Maersk and IBM Unveil First Industry-Wide Cross-Border Supply Chain Solution on Blockchain. Descartes Reports Fiscal 2017 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results. January 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). When adopted at scale, the solution has the potential to save the industry billions of dollars.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Cass Truckload Linehaul Index – September 2017. In the past month, for example, we’ve seen the following headlines: “ Air France KLM is Evaluating MRO Potential for Blockchain ” and “ TMW Systems Becomes Charter Member of Blockchain in Trucking Alliance.”

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2017

As 2017 comes to an end I took some time to pull together the top 6 most popular blog posts this year, as indicated by our readers. So take a few minutes and enjoy the best of 2017! #1. 2017 Digital Transformation Trend: Integration is King. Disruption in the Travel Industry. Video: Caterpillar, Inc.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

These Giant Drones Could Seriously Disrupt the Shipping Industry (NBC News). It didn’t take long for the recently rebranded BluJay Solutions to make its first acquisition: Blackbay , “a leading provider of mobility-enabled solutions for the transport and logistics industry.”

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2017

That’s what I wrote last December in my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017, and last September in The Day a Cyber Attack Brings the World’s Supply Chains to a Halt. Moller-Maersk two days ago, showing the scale of the damage a computer virus can unleash on the technology dependent and inter-connected industry.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

When it comes to supply chain design, we’re at another inflection point in the industry. As an example, a heavy equipment manufacturer used SupplyChainPlanning.com to create a collaborative planning app with its dealers. What would this “next generation solution” be?

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

MercuryGate Launches Industry-First Offering Combining Fleet and Freight Management. With the addition of 10-4 Systems, Trimble will significantly enhance its ability to help the transportation industry optimize demand and capacity management and improve utilization of long-haul trucking assets,” said David W.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2017

As an industry analyst covering the transportation management systems (TMS) space for over 18 years, I’ve had the opportunity to follow MercuryGate’s evolution in the market and attend/speak at many of its user conferences over the years. There were several well-attended sessions at the conference focused on fleet management.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 23, 2017

Cass Truckload Linehaul Index – May 2017. The few [shippers] that issued statements said it was not their responsibility to police the shipping industry. In short, this is another another example of “ truck drivers being treated like trash with no rights” and shippers passing the buck of responsibility onto their suppliers.

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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

MAY 20, 2024

Lucas Systems, a seasoned player in the industry, is a prime example. Ken Ramoutar, a senior executive at Lucas, said that when the company started, there wasn’t good voice technology for industrial environments like warehousing. “So, Kyle Franklin, a senior solution consultant at Lucas, gave a simple example.

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Transporeon

APRIL 20, 2017

April 20, 2017 — Transporeon Group, the leading global cloud platform for intelligent transport logistics, has been selected as a 2017 Top 100 Logistics IT Provider by Inbound Logistics magazine for the third consecutive year. FORT WASHINGTON, Pa.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 18, 2016

Manufacturers are set to invest up to $70 billion in the Industrial Internet of Things ( IIoT ) by 2020, reports John Greenough of Business Insider. Previous Applications of the Industrial Internet of Things in Manufacturing. Previous applications of the IIoT in manufacturing have led to a savings of 12 percent across the industry.

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Freightos

MARCH 4, 2020

The transformation of a tech giant and the freight industry’s current process of digitization share some key principles: whether selling AI tools and consulting or freight, the ability to adopt new technologies by listening to what customers want can be key to any transformation. For previous years’ reports: 2015 , 2017 , 2018.

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IoT World Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

IoT World is North America’s largest IoT event where strategists, technologists and implementers connect, putting IoT, AI, 5G and edge into action across industry verticals. million in 2017 to 3.7 For industry participants, data analysis presents an opportunity to optimize railway operations without adding costly infrastructure. “We

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

One of the companies she holds up as a positive example of a big company addressing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues is Walmart. A few years ago, for example, my oldest child explained to me that Walmart was a malignant force. By 2017, Walmart had met its goal of doubling the transportation’s fleets efficiency.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MARCH 10, 2020

To the uninitiated (which included me at one stage), these industries are same or similar and it might come across that there is no difference between Maritime, Shipping, Freight, Logistics, Supply Chain and Trade. Shipping Business = the act of carriage of cargo from point A to point using the ships which falls under the Maritime industry.

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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. In the context of cross-industry implementation of continuous-flow and lean manufacturing, delivery volumes are shrinking and delivery times are being reduced.

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Trinity Logistics

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The sources of industrial fiber that were often used for those goods were located in countries occupied by enemy forces. In 1970, the Controlled Substances Act was issued, regulating all cannabis, including industrial hemp. What does that mean for the transportation industry? Hemp In Transportation. Opportunity.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 17, 2018

Below is a comparison of 2017 vs. 2018 parameters for oversize shipments: Source: enVista. For example, if a package qualifies for oversize according to FedEx’s definition, it will receive an $80 charge (list rate). Mark Taylor is a Senior Project Manager at enVista with over 16 years of experience in the parcel industry.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Among the new trends in manufacturing improving the industry, additive manufacturing and cloud-based systems will push manufacturing forward in 2017. Let’s take a closer look at final five trends in manufacturing to watch for in 2017. Trends in Manufacturing: 5 Tangible Technologies are Shaping the Future of Manufacturing Now.

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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. This means, for example, putting the company’s quality manager in contact with the supplier’s quality manager. Set The Tone Of The Relationship, Be The Example. In this way, if problems arise, solutions will be expedited.

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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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PINC

OCTOBER 14, 2019

A perennial top industry issue, the driver shortage ranked as the industry’s top concern for the second consecutive year in 2018, according to ATRI. Personal consumption expenditures rose 4.3%, the best performance since the fourth quarter of 2017. The post Transportation Trends: What’s Going on in the Trucking Industry?

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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. In the context of cross-industry implementation of flow production and lean production, delivery volumes are shrinking and delivery times are reducing.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 7, 2017

This is especially true today, as what used to be four primary ocean carrier alliances transformed into three different ocean carrier alliances – taking effect on April 1, 2017. But what does this realignment mean for the industry? The answer lies in the state of the ocean container shipping industry over the past ten years.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 18, 2017

Let’s take another look at how procurement, computing power, industry 4.0, cyber security, advanced robotics and automation became top priorities for research, development, and implementation throughout the past year’s operations in the manufacturing industry. . Industry 4.0 Essentially, the use of Industry 4.0

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CH Robinson Logistics

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The boom in ecommerce poses novel challenges to the logistics industry. The increasing blurring of distinctions between business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce suggests that we need to reconceptualize our logistics solutions for this industry. or Black Friday. billion U.S.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

Since the collapse of the housing market and the economy in 2008, the freight transportation industry has managed to claw its way out of a damaging situation and maintain historically low trucking rates. However, the industry stands on the verge of a rate-hike cliff. What’s Driving the Trucking Rates Increase? Driver Expenses.

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Logistics in War

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

Logistics is the stored potential of a military force, and industry is the battery from which energy is drawn. For Army to be successful operationally, the integration of logistics and industry is vital. Industry is where logistics begins. ADBR can be found at www.adbr.com.au.

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