Talking Logistics

MARCH 29, 2019

I’ve been trying to learn the basics of the game, and as luck would have it, at the Descartes Evolution 2019 conference this week (more about the conference in a future post), I sat with a Descartes executive who is an experienced rugby player — he even coached the women’s team at his university. Why or why not?

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West Coast and California Logistics

JULY 29, 2021

In the pre-pandemic world of 2019, eCommerce accounted for 15.8% This extreme growth in such a short period of time has led to growing pains that are still being felt within the eCommerce industry. of all sales in the U.S. That figure ballooned with the COVID-19 pandemic to 21.3% – an increase of 44% – in 2020.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In 2019 Connectiv acquired her Future of Event series from Lab Ventures. Connectiv is a live events studio that for the past decade has dedicated itself to creating industry leading gatherings. The events we have created attract more than 15,000 people each year and touch on global industries impacting people’s daily lives.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2019

As Nicole Martin (a human, I believe) highlighted in a recent Forbes article , “The Washington Post has a robot reporting program called Heliograf. In its first year, it produced approximately 850 articles and earned The Post an award for its ‘Excellence in Use of Bots’ from its work on the 2016 election coverage.”.

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Stord

APRIL 4, 2019

Meanwhile, the biggest companies in the world continue to invest resources in reducing shipping times even further, ensuring that customer expectations will remain high, and likely increase, in 2019. Sean Henry Read the article in Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Here are some details from the article: After completing a load, carriers receive a prompt within the app to rate the facility and have up to seven days to provide feedback. The post This Week in Logistics News (January 28 – February 1, 2019) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Stord

JANUARY 7, 2019

We’ve rounded up the key insights from the article below. The industrial availability rate for warehouses fell to its lowest rate since 2000 in the third quarter of 2018. Finally, the industry is growing. Through scalability, flexibility, and nationwide reach, new approaches to distribution are making their mark on the industry.

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Logistics in War

MARCH 11, 2025

The following text is of a presentation given at a 2019 Wiliams Foundation conference, ‘Sustaining self-reliance’ As the original article cannot be found on other sites, it is provided here with some slight adjustments. These contemporary, popularised, topics certainly give us pause.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 6, 2019

Managing inventory in 2019 has become an even more complex challenge according to our industry peers and PINC customers. In a recent podcast, an industry professional described how to better manage inventory in today’s dynamic business environment […].

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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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3PL Links

DECEMBER 17, 2024

In this context, knowing what is already popular in the sector sets the foundations for future actions as well as positioning your company among the most innovative in the industry. The capacity to tailor offerings, change delivery routes, and fulfill peak demand is also required to stand out in an increasingly competitive industry.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 12, 2020

The Chinese food delivery market, dominated by pizza orders, reached $6.138 billion (USD) in 2019, so the surge translates into millions of dollars and a significant fillip for industry leaders Ele.me But who knows, as the pandemic spreads, the entire food delivery industry may have to resort to the ‘knock-and-drop’ model.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

In early November, my colleague Steve Banker wrote an article looking at the top supply chain trends for 2023 and beyond. billion in 2019. Well, how often do you hear industry analysts say they underestimated a market’s growth rate? Fast forward 5 years, and ARC’s 2019 base-year study estimated the market at $11.9

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Bulk Connection

DECEMBER 16, 2021

But the biggest challenge for bulk shippers in 2021 was also the biggest challenge in 2020, 2019, and 2018. In this article, we’ll examine strides carriers are making in attracting new bulk truck drivers and discuss how carrier diversification can help shippers improve their odds of securing capacity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2021

In December of 2019, the global grocery retailer Ahold Delhaize announced it was investing $480 million to transform and expand its US supply chain operations to support a strategy to transition the supply chain network into a fully-integrated, self-distribution model.

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ShipLilly

AUGUST 12, 2021

This article provides a possible explanation. Besides, the industry is dealing with operational challenges such as a spike in congestion. Spot rates are also rising because of operational decisions and an outlook that is not yet clear for the shipping industry. Yet, shipping rates are high and still rising.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2023

The February reading in the New York Fed’s Global Supply Chain Pressure Index was -0.26, reaching negative territory for the first time since August 2019. In October of 2019, I wrote about the food supply chain being at risk. Avian flu continues to be a thorn in the side of the poultry industry. in December 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Musk kickstarted that entire industry. In 2018 I wrote an article where I reviewed the news surrounding the U.S. I found his claims that it would be ready for production in late 2019 to be highly suspect based on Tesla’s history of not meeting promised delivery volumes for Tesla’s cars.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

In fact, IT spend as a percent of business capex crossed over the prior ~10 year average in 2019 and we see that trend extending in early 2020.”. According to a Forbes article, BD managed a number of disruptions seamlessly , including a rudder problem with a cargo ship that resulted in 28 BD containers being thrown overboard.

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MTS Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2020

shipping industry – they managed to upset supply chains all around the world. Now, five years after the strikes took place, the shipping industry is still seeing some residual effects. According to a 2015 article on elementum.com, the more immediate effects were that the average vessel turnaround time went from 2.5/3

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Stord

JULY 7, 2019

Monday, July 8, 2019 Meet Jamil, our first operations intern, and learn why he chose STORD and how his work here will leave a lasting impact. So when I came across an article about STORD’s Series A funding and saw the opportunity for an internship, I reached out and the rest is history. Why did you choose to intern at STORD?

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MTS Logistics

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Additionally, due to market share loss to other countries, some industries will never recover. Also, the auto industry accounts for 25 percent of the economic activity between these two countries. Back in 2019, Vietnam’s exports to the U.S. These problems China is facing can be summarized as the “5Ds” 1. and China.

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Women in Trucking

MAY 25, 2020

who addressed the topic in her presentation at the 2019 Accelerate! Men as Allies in the Real World Fortunately, more and more men in the transportation industry are recognizing the value of greater gender representation and showing interest in increasing diversity in the workplace. Conference & Expo. Learn More

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MTS Logistics

JUNE 21, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic was a major disruptor for the global shipping industry. By the fifth quarter (Q1 2021) global trade had already surpassed levels recorded before the pandemic (Q4 2019). Demand for goods plummeted as nations locked down and individuals began to quarantine. This rapid of a recovery is unprecedented in recent times.

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IoT World Today

MAY 14, 2020

Key takeaways in this article: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, augmented reality may have an immediate impact. The industry is moving in that direction, as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) systems begin delivering fresh new Internet of Things (IoT) data analytics to workers in a variety of fields. “We Others agree.

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Logistics in War

APRIL 16, 2021

This article is adapted from a presentation given at the Williams Foundation seminar on ‘Next Generation Autonomous Systems’ delivered in Canberra in April 2021. It becoming easier to find such opportunities given the vibrancy of the industry sector, and the enthusiasm robotics presently generates in defence circles.

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IoT World Today

JANUARY 11, 2020

Guesswork about container location or estimated time of arrival costs the shipping industry as much as $20 billion annually , according to Boston Consulting Group. The IT department has come out of the basement and onto the main floor,” Rudy Muller, senior manager of IT at MVII terminal, said in an article on IoT in maritime. [

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Morai Logistics

DECEMBER 6, 2018

The Christmas holiday season provides many industries with the opportunity to significantly increase their revenue. By the end of this year, retail sales between November and January 2019 are forecasted to ‘ top $1.10 This article by Morai Logistics discuss how 3PLs are an important service partner this holiday seasons.

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Now, That's Logistics

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This will allow the industry to “close the gap” caused by demand for freight, projected retirements and other issues. The industry is raising pay at five times the historic average, but this isn’t just a pay issue. “The Cargo tonnage in this market rose 5.5% The Crystal Ball.

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Women in Trucking

JANUARY 5, 2020

I give my all to my company and the industry. I really like to talk with people about this industry and like mentoring new drivers, helping them anyway I can. She was recently named by WIT’s Redefining the Road as one of the Top Women to Watch in the industry and was selected for WIT’s first Canadian Image Team. Learn More

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

Even before the emergence of COVID-19, next-day and same-day delivery promises from mega retailers, as well as new delivery models such as store pick-up, were driving increasing customer expectations — not just in retail, but in every industry. In fact, the on-demand industry was estimated to account for $75 billion in 2018. [1]

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Logistics in War

MAY 1, 2020

Military logisticians, alongside industry counterparts, have utilised automation in their daily business for nearly sixty years. This article survey automation in logistics and highlight areas of promise for military logistics. In other words, the article would look at how transformative technology will be practically sustained.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 2, 2020

The ongoing slump that had begun in October 2018 had started to affect the Class 8 truck market in early 2019. While there were a few months during the year where orders for heavy-duty trucks peaked – although not as high as the previous two years, it was all in all a slow year for the industry. . How bad is the situation?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In the course of updating our annual research on the supply chain planning market , I talked to executives across the industry. This article, which is focused on the different types of artificial intelligence used and the types of problems they are solving, is aimed at helping practitioners cut through the hype.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 15, 2020

When I first began planning this article, the most significant impacts of COVID-19 were primarily limited to Mainland China. Now the entire freight transportation industry, across air, ocean, road, and rail sectors, is awash with disrupted expectations and has retreated into survival mode. Record Capacity Declines and Price Increases.

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Morai Logistics

MAY 23, 2019

At the beginning of this year, Morai Logistics presented 4 supply chain and logistics trends to watch for 2019. Yet, the continued growth of the market is so pervasive, that the industry must continue to innovate. In order to lead in a fairly competitive industry, supply chains must become more strategic.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2018

Unlike most industry conferences, which are crammed like sardines into the month of May, this one is always in January and it spotlights the trends and topics that are top of mind for supply chain and logistics executives heading into the new year. Tighter Trucking Capacity, Higher Rates Until 2019 (or Beyond).

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