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Shoveling Snow with a Dustpan (Takeaways from BluJay Solutions’ SOAR 2017 Conference)

Talking Logistics

As I prepared my keynote presentation for the BluJay Solutions’ SOAR 2017 conference , I recalled this experience and saw it as a good metaphor for the difficulties many companies are having today responding effectively to the blizzard of supply chain management. I’ll share my takeaways from their presentations in future posts.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 2-6, 2017)

Talking Logistics

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). Rio Tinto Steams Ahead With First Driverless Ore Train (WSJ – sub. I’ve never been to Chile.

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How IoT Brings Railway Efficiency to Dutch Rail Network

IoT World Today

million train journeys every day. Just building additional train tracks won’t address the problem in full. “Of million in 2017 to 3.7 For industry participants, data analysis presents an opportunity to optimize railway operations without adding costly infrastructure. “We Book your ticket now. ]. million by 2025.

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More on The Future of Delivery (Takeaways from MercuryGate Velocity 2017 User Conference)

Talking Logistics

Think of it as a two-day, high-level training program where customers learn about the solutions and network with each other and MercuryGate’s developers, product managers, and leadership team.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 15-19, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Nonetheless, I put on my cycling gear and went for a couple of rides this week as I begin turning up the training dial in preparation for our Logistics Leaders for Type 1 Diabetes Cure team ride, which is just four months away in Saratoga Springs, NY.

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Self-Driving Trucks and the Future of US Supply Chains

Carter Logistics

In October 2017, a self-driving truck carrying about 2,000 cases of beverage drove over 120 miles on an interstate of Colorado. Current self-driving technology is limited to long-haul highway operations, and a human truck driver will be required to be present in the back of the cab and drive the truck on the local roads.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

And they present a host of logistical challenges. The proportion of work-related injuries among newly hired workers increased from 2017 to 2022, with workers under 25 reporting more frequent injuries than those 55 and older, according to a report released by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The report, which analyzed 8.4