Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 19, 2021

When a plan is created for one business function, like manufacturing for example, that plan effects things like customer service levels, profitability, cash flows, staffing and many other things. The goal is to produce an integrated plan that meets the strategic goals of the overall organization. This is a rolling one-month process.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

The new Mobile Workforce Management platform allows Blackbay’s customers quickly, within hours rather than days, to configure changes to Delivery Connect’s T&L applications ensuring that they meet specific business processes. And when it comes to last-mile and home delivery operations, mobile technology has become indispensable.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2017

There’s less and less margin for error, especially when it comes to meeting customer delivery expectations. One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 was that traditional software user interfaces would start migrating toward chatbots and virtual assistants. I’ll share some highlights in a future post.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 7, 2017

For my son, it’s on to swimming, where he competes in the butterfly and IM, with his first meets next week. I’m guessing the researchers didn’t came across many examples of supply chain disruptions caused by cyberattacks in 2005, but based on the recent WannaCry and Petya cyberattacks, their findings seem to hold true today.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2024

Failing to modernise IT systems leads to inefficiencies, higher operational costs, and difficulties in scaling operations to meet growing demands. The WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017 , which targeted the NHS’s outdated systems, disrupted services across the UK and highlighted the critical need for IT upgrades.

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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. Taking time to organize regular meetings with all suppliers geared toward measuring the partnership’s progress will provide both parties with the opportunity to provide honest and valuable feedback. Finally, make it personal.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2022

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. One example is Scandinavian furniture giant Ikea. Want to be a sustainability leader while also meeting demand? Rethink Partnerships. She lives in the Boston area.

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 7, 2018

million twenty-foot equivalent units [TEU], making 2017 our busiest year ever,” says Mario Cordero, executive director of Port of Long Beach. But as we saw in our survey, exploration and implementation will continue to evolve to meet the needs of their shippers. They’ll only log in to the portal once,” Napralla explains. Top 30 U.S.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2021

Target acquired Shipt in 2017 to provide the foundation of its same-day delivery. Over time, retailers will be able to determine which gig carriers offer the best service in a particular geographic region, for example, as well as which carriers most often meet expectations vs. fall short. Critical data to track.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Food manufacturing and indoor farming are examples of other occupiers taking space recently. This will exceed the previous record annual turnover of £11bn which was reported in 2017. This is already higher that the £10.2bn that the sector recorded in 2020, with Knight Frank estimating total turnover for the year to reach £13bn.

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Now, That's Logistics

OCTOBER 3, 2018

By developing a solid plan of action for their logistics, shippers can effectively meet and exceed these requirements while keeping the end patient as their focal point. Medicines must get to the patient in good order, be kept at necessary temperatures during transport, and meet strict monitoring and traceability requirements.”.

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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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247 Customs Broker

MAY 7, 2018

million twenty-foot equivalent units [TEU], making 2017 our busiest year ever,” says Mario Cordero, executive director of Port of Long Beach. But as we saw in our survey, exploration and implementation will continue to evolve to meet the needs of their shippers. They’ll only log in to the portal once,” Napralla explains. Top 30 U.S.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Are you confident that it’ll perform well and you’ll meet all the requirements of your target audience? 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. Do you think that your supply chain management is good enough for this market?

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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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CH Robinson Logistics

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

For example, they have introduced convenience stores or mini FDCs (Front Distribution Center) to store inventory, algorithms to better understand customer buying behaviors, and longer promotion periods for high-volume shopping days like 11.11 Robinson Asia, we have been building up our ecommerce team since 2017. or Black Friday.

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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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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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Locus

MAY 25, 2022

The above statement is spot on, largely because of its subtext: Customers spend their money elsewhere because they are not happy with how companies meet their expectations. Take last-mile deliveries for example. consumer shipping companies: Customer experience 2017-2022. And how they have been changing! – Statista, U.S.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Meanwhile, technology is stepping up to meet the added pressures and demand on the industry, and your company needs to understand where it will be felt the most. But, modern logistics is data-driven , and this concept will become essential to success in 2017. Consider this example. Logistics Tech Will Become Data-Driven.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The study is the second to be conducted by Oxford Economics – the first being published in 2017. In 2017, the company’s global estate covered 684 million sq. Many of its buildings are purpose-built to meet customers’ needs and are leased to SME’S or large household names such as Tesco, Sainsburys and Amazon.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruptions in Iceland, for example, caused enormous disruption to air shipments across Western Europe. In one major case in 2017, the Hanjin Shipping company was declared bankrupt by South Korean courts. The planners could choose to switch cargo from a slow-moving ship to air, for example.

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Now, That's Logistics

MARCH 12, 2019

The rankings below are based on the 2018 ACI World Airport Traffic Report (WATR), which includes totals from 2017. 2017 Cargo in Metric Tons: 4,336,752. 2017 World Rank: 2. 2017 Cargo in Metric Tons: 2,713,230. 2017 World Rank: 5. 2017 Cargo in Metric Tons: 2,602,695. 2017 World Rank: 7.

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Globalior

APRIL 10, 2020

All HS codes provided are based on the HS 2017 nomenclature. For example, disinfectants that are based on i sopropyl alcohol may be classified under HS290512, if they meet the certain conditions. In this case, our view would be to classify the product as an alcohol solution, if it meets the required conditions.

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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. O2O can be incorporated in many different ways. Here are some of the most popular! In-Store Pickups.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 8, 2017

This example generates a huge amount of data that can leverage in the supply chain. While this example may still be a few years off, it is important that you understand how the top emerging trends in automation will shape supply chains and transportation processes in the coming years. The truck never stops until arriving for reloading.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 1, 2021

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 the expansion, TGW modernised the WMS in order to meet the complex requirements of the music supplies retailer.

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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

JANUARY 17, 2017

Where Freight is Going in 2017. For example, note how prior to the Hanjin bankruptcy there was a 30% markup from the 10% percentile of pricing to the 90%. Logistics, Meet Amazon. For global forwarders and carriers, 2017 is kicking off with a hesitant excitement, accompanied by some very real worries. And Alibaba.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

Logistics Business magazine’s editor Paul Hamblin meets Rishi Lodhia, MD EMEA for Eagle Eye Networks. It sounds good – but can he give an example of how it might work? Here’s a great example. He offers a vision of security throughout the supply chain enabled by cloud surveillance. “In Regulatory compliance matters, too.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 16, 2021

However, the data [that powers them] hasn’t previously been utilized to its full capacity until recently.” Take the example of RCRPMF.USA in the image. Yet, data from the 2017-2018 period shows rates lower than today’s average. On February 16, 2021, final reported rates for reefer contracts were at $2.02. last year and $2.19

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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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Now, That's Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2018

In 2017, total world exports of asparagus will reach $540 million (USD), a 6% drop-off from 2016. The dearth of product pushed fresh asparagus prices up in both 2016 and 2017. Loayza, “so it is important to negotiate with our carriers to have the allotments in place and to be able to meet our customers’ agreed-upon shipment times.”.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

To get a better understanding of how the shared economy works within the supply chain, let’s take a look at some examples: Example #1: Amazon Flex. Example #2: Airtasker. Example #2: Airtasker. It works like this: A poster, for example, needs someone to assemble furniture bought from Ikea. Other Examples.

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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). With the 2018 General Rate Increase (GRI), FedEx and UPS are further “tightening the vise” for oversize packages.

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