Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

With the development of the digital wave, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology has gradually emerged as an important tool in the international logistics industry. International Logistics must find a balance between more economical costs and higher efficiency to meet the needs of different countries.

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The Lean Thinker

APRIL 20, 2020

At KataCon 2020, Steve Medland posed a problem that comes up fairly often: The default Toyota Kata process analysis (“grasp the current condition”) involves determining takt times and cycle times for the process, and a lot of processes don’t have an obvious repeating cadence. are an example of this. Why Takt Time?

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WorkWave

DECEMBER 2, 2024

In this article, we will explore these last-mile delivery optimization strategies and the role of route optimization software as we look ahead to industry trends shaping the future of delivery in 2025. 3) Customer Feedback and Behavior Analysis Understanding customer feedback is crucial for optimizing last-mile delivery.

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WorkWave

MARCH 5, 2025

Industry Examples of Breaking Data Silos Cleaning Industry A university case study revealed that a cleaning service provider struggled with inconsistent scheduling and supply tracking across multiple locations. This allowed managers to ensure optimal staffing, reduce supply waste and improve customer satisfaction.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The emerald ash borer, a devastating wood-boring insect found in China and eastern Asia, is an example of a pest that is expensive to eradicate. For example, animals can contract foot and mouth disease after being exposed to just ten or more virus particles, and the disease spreads very fast. economy more than $1 billion annually.

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 12, 2025

For example, numerous ports are still severely congested today. So, planning in advance, choosing the right partners that present options, doing an actual cost analysis, and keeping customers educated will be the key to overcome the challenges faced in 2025. The situation is not very different at destination ports either.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2024

Many of us use them only when we are in a new place or lost, but geospatial information is transforming the transportation industry in many ways. Online maps have become one of the most evolving industries with the continuous development of digital maps and navigation systems. How Does GIS Help?

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

Quality and Detail of Data and its Analysis In some of our earlier posts, weve stressed the importance of simplicity in distribution network design , and we will return to that topic later in this article. It’s not a short list, so we’ll set it down here as a summary to help you with plans for analysis.

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 10, 2025

Britain and France have imposed tariffs on each other as early as the 17th century to only be exacerbated throughout Europes industrial revolution. The port industry in Portugal definitely benefitted from, at first, no trade between the two powers, and then they kept benefiting when heavy tariffs resumed between Britain and France.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

As the pressure mounts yearly for the chemical industry to become more sustainable, more companies are defining net-zero objectives and clear decarbonization plans. The industry will certainly go through deep changes in the upcoming decade to achieve this.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 22, 2024

A KPI is a practical and objective measurement of progress, either: Towards a predetermined goal, or Against a required standard of performance It might help to think of a KPI as something like an instrument on a car dashboarda speedometer, for example. Why Are KPIs Important?

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Looking to real-life examples for inspiration, we can ask, ‘Who does reverse logistics well?’ For regulators and the public, reverse logistics may be judged by how safe and how green the process is, for example, recycling products instead of throwing them into a landfill. Some industries experience more returns than others.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 17, 2024

Some of the key measurements that are important to the company include MTBF (mean time between failures/stops), average uptime, MTTR (mean time to repair), and other real-time data and analysis information. Below are some interesting statistics that Mr. Erwin quoted about minor stops that challenge the CPG industry, in general.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 14, 2024

Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication systems are revolutionizing road safety, especially in the freight, trucking, and logistics industry. Processing and Analysis: Each vehicle processes received data to assess potential collision risks. This creates a network of interconnected vehicles sharing essential information with low latency.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 26, 2022

Michelle Sodomka, a Senior Director in charge of Open Sky Group ’s transportation management practice has 15 years’ experience in risk analysis and mitigation within the logistics industry. This is called freight under management (FUM) in the industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 15, 2024

The digital twin, for example, can be subjected to numerous stress tests that mimic real-world conditions and observe how different variables interact and impact the entire network. For example, the analysis from stress testing can reveal a particular supplier or production resource is a frequent point of failure under high-demand scenarios.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

For example, running a batch process that now takes 8 hours instead of 12 does not translate into supply chain agility. Planners spend considerable time preparing scenario planning and not the actual analysis. Executing the scenario fast provides diminishing returns when non-value-added tasks take up most of the planner’s day.

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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. Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes. In process industries the supply chain models used for optimization are much more complex than those used in other industries.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2024

Dynamic Slotting involves the use of software and algorithms to perform velocity and affinity analysis, in a real-time, ever adapting fashion, through the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning. By conducting a velocity analysis, the software can categorize products based on their demand and importance.

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 7, 2025

For example, the standard $50,000 bond covers up to $500,000 worth of duties. However, at this point it is very obvious that tariffs will cause inflation as many companies will pass on the charges to end-consumers. Another immediate impact might be on the bond coverage of the importers.

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Logistics in War

MARCH 11, 2025

National fuel supplies , prioritised sovereign defence industries and national manufacturing capacity , economic resilience in an era of globalisation. The ADF, its partners in academic, industry and government, are at a point where the discussion has to get to the specifics of the problem. Whos to say these scenarios will be unique?

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Freightos

JUNE 4, 2024

Dive deeper into freight data that matters Stay in the know in the now with instant freight data reporting Sign up for Free Analysis Ocean peak season’s early arrival together with Red Sea diversions straining capacity and schedules continued to result in worsening congestion, equipment shortages and elevated prices this week.

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Freightos

JULY 30, 2024

Dive deeper into freight data that matters Stay in the know in the now with instant freight data reporting Sign up for Free Analysis Typhoon Gaemi wreaked havoc in the form of evacuations and deadly mudslides and flooding across the Philippines and Taiwan on Thursday and parts of southeast China into Friday. Europe – N.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The site’s prime location for offshore wind power development and its infrastructure make it ideal for wind-related industrial purposes. CDC plans to turn the retired coal plant into an industrial port and staging area for the offshore wind power industry.

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Freightos

JUNE 17, 2024

Matt was previously the founder/CEO of Catapult International, the industry leading ocean shipping rate management system. An example of such a case is sentiment analysis, or rather detecting opinion present in text (good, neutral, bad). Model Applicability : Often, tasks don’t need the full computational power of LLMs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Today’s warehouse environment is too complex and fast-moving to manage effectively via human cognition, as well as manual planning and analysis. Let’s look at the example of an order that needs to go out by 5:00 pm, when FedEx or UPS is making a pickup. billion in 2022 to $3.12 What Exactly Does a WES Do? The result?

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MTS Logistics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

For example, a one-day shutdown could see as many as 20,000 containers stuck on ships, unable to be unloaded, leading to cascading effects in the retail and manufacturing sectors. This uncertainty raises the possibility of port strikes at crucial East and Gulf Coast ports if a deal is not finalized by tomorrow, October 1st.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

For example, Colorado should be serviced by the plant in Texas in certain months and by the California plant during others. A better approach, however, is to obtain the data for the whole industry because there are fewer outliers. Every forecast typically begins with internal company historical shipment data.

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MTS Logistics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The expected project cargo influx is benefiting from the investment increase and the extensive renewable energy and industrial projects coming down the pipeline. One prime example of this is California with the state’s Port of Los Angeles upgrades and the Clean Air Act with regulations on freight transportation air pollution.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

Data is a big buzzword across industries, but how about when it comes to logistics? I will give you an example of predictive. What matters is the output that comes out of our analysis. You worked with industrial companies, logistics companies and final miles companies. We could have ten episodes about what AI and ML are.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

The products that are produced by this make-to-order process come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes to fit the needs of a variety of different industries. SK Capital targets investments where they can leverage their industry and operating experience to improve an investment company’s growth, cash flow and risk profile.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2024

Emergency vehicles, for example, would be exempt, and the California Highway Patrol could authorize the system’s disabling in certain other cases. The pace appears to have picked up since spring 2023 with investments in Veo Robotics, computer vision company Flymingo, industrial wireless automation startup CoreTigo, Rightbot and Instock.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For example, when a UPS strike was looming last year, the Interos solution automatically highlighted Cooper’s strategic suppliers that relied on UPS for shipping. Agility and Resilience Dr. Runkle gave a few examples of the varied ways in which they use the solution to improve their operations. Then the risk solution fills in the gaps.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 11, 2023

For example, they can test the effect of increasing or decreasing safety stock levels or changing the replenishment frequency of certain products. And if you are looking at any of these tools, do analytics (such as forecasting, order completion time prediction, ‘what-if’ analysis & simulation, etc.)

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

Kinaxis is focusing on the QSR industry first, looking at replenishment for both food and the necessary durable goods. The example they gave me was to understand the yield for a burger with pickles at a QSR. If only 70 percent of burger orders use pickles, this changes the replenishment model for both items.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 1, 2025

In the supply chain sector, just like any industry, we have a multitude of terms that are commonly used.So, I decided to create this list to help you decipher any supply-chain-related terms that you come across for the first time. ABC Inventory Control: An inventory control approach using ABC analysis and classification as its basis.

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