World Food Programme Logistics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

2019 United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation: FAO, IFAD and WFP highlight the commitment of leaving no one behind in achieving SDG2 6 September 2019, Rome, Italy?—?WFP A crowd of over 170 participants attended the event, confirming a great success. South-South and Triangular Cooperation is the way of the future?—?it

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2019

The latest example is Walmart “raising its delivery goal posts for suppliers, asking them to deliver more goods on time,” as reported by Jennifer Smith and Sarah Nassauer in the Wall Street Journal. The post This Week in Logistics News (March 4-8, 2019) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 26, 2019

Visitors to IMHX 2019 – the UK’s largest intralogistics and supply chain event – will be able to see the developments in automation and robotics technology that are reshaping the way orders are picked, packed and dispatched, says event director, Rob Fisher.

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ShipLilly

APRIL 5, 2019

Now that 2019 has hit, where these rates and what battles lie ahead, remains unclear. For rails, there has been an increase almost every week for the last year for intermodal volume and this should continue into 2019 and 2020. Projection of Contract Rate Increases for the Rest of 2019 and Into 2020. Future of Truck Utilization.

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Stord

MARCH 5, 2019

If you couldn’t make it, or want to refresh your memory, here are five big themes from the 2019 conference. For example, speakers from Walmart and Best Buy shared how they they gained better freight visibility and created a shorter returns cycle.

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WorkWave

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Here are just a few of my observations and thoughts from this year’s event. Let’s say, for example, that you assisted a customer with an insect problem last spring, but in doing so, you noticed evidence that mice may be present during the winter months. Sophisticated Marketing Is Now the Norm.

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Stord

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The e-commerce sector however has shown remarkable resilience and continued global growth in the post-pandemic era : 2019 (Pre-COVID): Online BFCM sales reached $9.4 During a massive sales event with multiple sales channels these issues compound on each other creating a nightmare situation for your brand.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2024

Since the historic referendum in June 2016 Brexit has been a seismic event, reshaping the landscape of the UK’s logistics and transport sector. Currently, the majority of transport companies offer shippers varying levels of visibility, for example, tracking and monitoring messages through existing technology infrastructure.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Visitor registration is open for Intermodal Europe 2022 , the leading container shipping and intermodal transport event which returns 8 – 10 November to the RAI, Amsterdam. There are delays and bottlenecks, but the focus on driving efficiency to resolve these bottlenecks is a great example of the industry’s adaptability,” continues Press.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 10, 2024

Sweden’s investment in winter road maintenance, including regular snow plowing and de-icing, is a prime example of how to keep transport running smoothly during harsh winters. Germany’s post-2021 flood improvements in flood defenses and drainage systems show that learning from past weather events can lead to better preparedness.

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Conger

MARCH 25, 2020

We analyzed 6,220 forklift repair service calls to answer the question: What are the most common forklift issues in 2019? Overall, we counted 1,269 leak-related issues in all of 2019, accounting for 20.4% Overall, we counted 944 travel and lift-related issues in 2019, making up 15.18% of all work orders surveyed. Let’s dive in.

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The Lean Thinker

JULY 2, 2024

.” In the background, also in the early 90s, Boeing was beginning to experiment with things like 5S and “Accelerated Improvement Workshops” (AIW) (aka kaizen events). The structural designs were far more tolerant of production variation, for example. Most of these were small-scale tactical affairs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Because of service disruptions – not being able to buy toilet paper, for example – the supply chain has been more discussed than ever before. These extreme error events “are the supply chain equivalent of the highway washout or bridge closure.” During the pandemic, extreme error events rose to 38%. But just how bad was it?

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 24, 2019

Industry analyst Gartner has named its top 8 supply chain technology trends in 2019. For example, AI can enhance risk mitigation by analysing large sets of data, continuously identifying evolving patterns, and predicting disruptive events along with potential resolutions.”. Advanced Analytics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

By the end of 2019, Autoliv realized that there were new technologies and supply chain risk management providers that could promote a competitive advantage in their risk management program. Can you give me a concrete example of how your risk management solution detected a threat and came to the rescue? Soon we will do more training.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes. The processing units in an oil refinery, for example, operate at high temperature and high pressure. One example of the value of machine learning in demand planning comes from Mahindra & Mahindra. These constraints need to be understood.

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ShipLilly

AUGUST 12, 2021

The forty-foot equivalent unit was charged $1,868 per FEU previously in 2019 but is now charged $3,038. For example, the Drewry World Container Index showed that the current spot rate of $9,371 per FEU is nearly seven times what it was in 2019. Other data supports these patterns.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 25, 2022

Anyone currently ordering a game console, smartphone or car risks paying more or waiting longer than two years ago (the black market that has been evolving around the ‘new’ PlayStation 5 since September/October is a great example). Since the arrival of the Internet, no event has shaken up this global market more than the pandemic.

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World Food Programme Logistics

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

WFP and partners celebrate the World Food Day with an important message on nutrition and diet This year, WFP and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) jointly celebrated the World Food Day (16 October) with an event that put ending malnutrition and ensuring food security and healthy diets for all at the centre stage.

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World Food Programme Logistics

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in Madrid, Spain, from 2 to 13 December 2019, under the presidency of Chile. Senior and technical WFP staff will share their experience in side events oganized jointly with other UN agencies?—?including

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2023

This was the first time I have attended a Blue Yonder conference in person since 2019, which feels like a lifetime ago. For example, trading partners can give read-access to each other to access data on the data cloud. I spent the better part of last week in Las Vegas, NV attending the Blue Yonder ICON customer conference.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Originally an American concept, Black Friday has now become a key event in the year and takes place mainly online. In Europe, the country that spends the most during Black Friday is Great Britain, which in 2019 invested over £8.5bn in the sale of products, followed by Germany £6.3bn in 2019) and France (over £5bn in 2019).

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ShipLilly

MARCH 5, 2020

Perhaps many of the carriers will opt to repeat the tight capacity management approaches that were used in 2019 for purposes of maintaining a specified floor on rates. As the event approached, many other carriers announced some adjustments to their scheduled journeys. in the first ten months of 2019. 2020 carrier strategy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

Geopolitical events. 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.”. A Positive Example. In just minutes, BD was able to see and manage the delivery and order-fulfillment challenges created by this unforeseen event, in real-time.

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Airfreight Logistics

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

From November 7 through 10, 2019, Beijing will be hosting the top-flight esports event — the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM). As Official Logistics Partner of ESL, of which the IEM is part, DHL is responsible for the event logistics in Beijing. It is also the first time that IEM is being held as a stand-alone event in China.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

But for that special class of disruption, the low-probability, high-impact events like natural disasters, epidemics and other upheavals, organizations don’t know how to mitigate the risk and successfully manage their supply chains, and are now trying to find their way through the minefield of issues and challenges with no clear solution.

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FreightWaves SONAR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For example, as seen in scenario A1, the global unconstrained demand for air cargo will fall by 14% of pre-crisis volumes in the second quarter of 2020 and will not rebound to 2019 levels until around mid-2022.” Unfortunately, that is not a reality for responding to a major disruptive event. So, what can companies do?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Supply chain software suppliers have told me that in terms of implementations, Covid was mostly a non-event; pivoting to remote implementation consulting was not that difficult. In 2019, it became the first fully unmanned truck to drive on a live highway. For example, lead times are critical. Robotics & Automation.

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Shipchain

MARCH 18, 2019

The addresses are the same as the examples above, but you can easily see that they are different wallets. . AWS Lambda is a flexible serverless platform that can be used to programmatically respond to events such as uploads to an S3 bucket, website clicks or readings from an IoT device. Take a look at the blockies below.

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10xLogistics

MAY 19, 2021

It started with a supply disruption out of China in late 2019 / early 2020. For example, out of this pandemic and supply chain crisis we will have actions in place to get us through even more difficult times should they come up in the future. Those are two examples of hope and vision.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2021

Bob Herzog, the global planning digitization leader for supply chain, and Pedro Noriega, planning director, North American product supply, both of Procter & Gamble (P&G), spoke on this at Kinaxis’ Kinexions 2019 user conference. The 2017 hurricane season,” Mr. Herzog said, “was a big event on our journey.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The US-China trade war is another troubling example of how unexpected disruption can impact global trade and SMBs’ ability to compete. . FBX data shows prices for containerized freight spiked ahead of January 2019 tariffs. . In 2019, Chinese imports accounted for 40% of containerized freight arriving in US ports.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 27, 2021

In 2019 alone, 9,302 stores announced their farewells , sending both devoted shoppers and data analysts into a frenzy. Take, for example, the Sephora app, which allows shoppers to try on different makeup products before picking them up in-store. Bad news first: Yes, the retail apocalypse is real. Going Mobile.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 8, 2019

Bitcoin as an Example of Blockchain. The brief description of blockchain above may seem a bit abstract, so let’s look closer at the real-life example of Bitcoin. However, it also happens to be the most well-known example. It is also just one particular example. Bitcoin is just one way of using blockchain.

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Automotive Logistics

OCTOBER 17, 2018

It is still very uncertain what the UK’s exit from the European Union is going to look like at the end of March 2019 but it is going to have a big impact on the automotive industry whatever it looks like. We will also, from time to time, send you information about our other related products and events.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

For example, in effort to combat the scourge of some 6,000 weekly emails and phone calls about shipment changes, Maersk simply added on a $50 fee for manual changes in order to encourage digital bookings. Maersk 2019 Annual Report. By the end of 2019, 24% of spot shipments were booked using Spot. There’s cash behind that check.

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CH Robinson Logistics

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Compared to the 1,382 containers on average lost per year between 2008-2019 as reported by The World Shipping Council, that’s a big jump. For example, a recent maritime accident in December 2020 resulted in freight being held in Japan. What’s the reason for it? Here’s what you need to know. Have a backup plan to deal with delays.

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