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The 2018 supply chain conference season kicked off for me last week. at the SMC3 Jump Start 2018 conference in Atlanta, GA. Tighter Trucking Capacity, Higher Rates Until 2019 (or Beyond). This aligns with what the conference attendees are feeling and expecting.
In February 2023 I wrote the article What Does 2023 Have In-Store for Global Supply Chains? This post was subsequently followed by two articles that discussed some of the findings from the survey. All of these issues remained relevant in 2023 as well (see Conference Board C-Suite Outlook 2023 ).
I was fortunate enough to spend the beginning of this week at Manhattan Associates’ Momentum user conference. It was great to be back in person at a conference, seeing people face to face. Although virtual conferences do offer convenience, they lack a personal touch and the ability to network with others in person.
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. Many of these conversations can end with it. War wont always begin when the first shots are fired.
In this article, we look at a liner service as it applies to container shipping. Conference Line. When speaking of Liner shipping, I have also received questions as to what is a Conference Line. Conference Lines were an important historic feature of ocean liner transport. Vessel Sharing Agreements and Global Alliances.
We saw news articles and hit pieces about the conflict, week after week. Volumes increased drastically, and with such a rapid rise came decreased capacity. Shipping LTL got more expensive now that the carriers had to pick and choose who they serviced with their finite capacity. Teamsters disagreed with the proposed changes.
Just last week, my colleague Clint Reiser wrote an article about the top logistics and supply chain conferences to attend in 2024. Best Logistics and Supply Chain Conferences to Attend in 2023 ; Clint Reiser Welcome 2023! And with the new year comes an increasing return to in-person supply chain conferences and trade shows.
Enough to go through every single article published in the top tech blogs – Techcrunch, Verge, Mashable and Recode – since 2007 to count how often articles about logistics startups, freight or cargo were published. Improved cargo capacity by innovative 40 foot container design (fold). Really hot. Really hot.
At that time I had just read an article about the DOJ investigating the airlines concerning collusion on capacity and ticket pricing (The original article was on Bloomberg News and titled: What Does it Take to Prove Airline Collusion ). The example used in the lawsuit is, according to the article: ".airline
The SVP of Supply Chain at Walmart speaking at Blue Yonder’s virtual user conference. Brett Biggs, an executive vice president at Walmart, summarized the investments by saying the retailer is spending on increased fulfillment capacity, supply chain, automation, and technology. Walmart’s fiscal 2021 ended on January 31 st.
Further, as JOC.com wrote in a recent article about the Wall Street Journal an alysis: At the moment, shippers at the NASSTRAC conference said capacity is more balanced than a year ago, in the aftermath of the disruptive polar vortex cycle of winter storms. told the conference. . told the conference.
However, with the ongoing pandemic, and the resulting capacity crunch, TMS is trending more towards cost mitigation rather than savings. Manhattan Associates unveiled its latest TMS, Manhattan Active Transportation Management, last week during the company’s virtual user conference. Final Thought.
I learned that fact (and many more important things) at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference in New Orleans this week. As the compliance date for the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate approaches (December 18, 2017), there are two important questions to be answered: How will it impact capacity?
In 2020, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development reported that worldwide maritime trade was expected to drop by over 4 percent due to the pandemic. Of these three routes, the US East Coast route is the most robust, with only 10 percent of its capacity reduced. Shipping Industry News: The Good.
A while back I wrote about how I thought executives in the trucking industry were getting dangerously close to collusion as they discussed capacity in the industry. So, for example, an executive says in an interview in a prominent industry magazine something like, "Until we see better ROI we cannot and will not add capacity to our system".
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. At Coupa supplier risk is also flagged for single source or capacity constraints. Artificial Intelligence Drives Autonomous Decision Making.
Or it could be a conference presentation or webinar your prospect just delivered. . Building an opening line that draws your prospects into an article about what is happening now with load volumes and truck capacity is sure to leave them wanting to know more. 5: Conferences . 6: Podcasts/Webinars/Television .
Fleet Owner summarized the FTR Transportation conference with an article about the headwinds facing the transportation industry. Usually the press out of this conference is designed to scare the shippers into paying higher rates than they need to but, at least within this summary, it appears they are becoming more realistic.
A couple of articles in the Wall Street Journal this week highlight the challenges shippers are facing as trucking capacity continues to tighten and customer expectations continue to get more demanding. “A ” I look forward to learning more when I attend the Descartes Evolution User Group Conference next month.
The newest addition to the scene, the WSJ’s Daily Logistics Report combs through the business and logistics articles published by the WSJ team, providing a daily email at 6am EST with key information. Yes it is niche and although some articles could only appeal to U.K. Today’s Top Supply Chain and Logistics News From WSJ.
During the Jump Start 2019 supply chain conference , he is slated to talk with the audience about the evolution of NAFTA and the overall state of the international economy. Some railroads and many trucking companies lagged in terms of investment and employment, waiting until the need for capacity reached critical levels. Download Now!
MercuryGate Announces Dynamic Exchange Offering Faster, Easier Access to Capacity. In other transportation management news, MercuryGate announced the launch of MercuryMart, “a dynamic information exchange providing TMS users with access to a broad range of sources of available capacity.”
I have read many articles on why, as a member of the profession of arms, it is important that we write. Like Major-General Field, I have written extensively on my chosen topic area – military logistics – through blogs, journal articles and academic-level papers. United States Marine Corps Colonel George C Thorpe, Pure Logistics, 1917.
Here are some excerpts from the article: The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that U.S. And in today’s Wall Street Journal, there’s an article highlighting how “a San Francisco-based automated logistics firm called Zipline International Inc. economy to keep the growth going into 2018.”. economic output grew at a 3.3%
As the UN’s annual Climate Change Conference kicks off in Madrid, Spain, the World Food Programme (WFP) highlights climate change as one of the key drivers of hunger. The benefits of investment greatly outweigh the cost, and yet the capacity to deliver and access these services is patchy and inadequate, according to the new report.
Kuebix Announces New Service to Provide Shippers More Truckload Rates and Available Capacity. This is self-contradictory,” said Jansen at the [Global Liner Shipping Conference]. Any Parcel capacity providers not already on the network can be integrated in just two short weeks, free of charge. And with that, have a happy weekend!
Of course additional funding and attention can improve the capability and capacity of any military force to sustain itself in peace and on operations. These articles might suggest to some that any attempts to devote time to addressing logistics readiness are likely to fail. I described the interplay between logistics and readiness.
Warehouses are expensive capital investments, so when you design a new one, you want to be sure your business will not outgrow its volumetric capacity or throughput capabilities too quickly. I say “comfortably” because you never want your warehouse to be running at 100% of physical capacity. B) Flow versus Capacity.
Paul Abbott is an expert logistician with more than 25 years working on articles for the supply chain space and more than four decades working as an award-winning journal. where he wrote daily articles about international and U.S. He has written articles for Bloomberg, The Network Effect, Supply Chain Management Review, and more. .
I have read many articles on why, as a member of the profession of arms, it is important that we write. Like Major-General Field, I have written extensively on my chosen topic area – military logistics – through blogs, journal articles and academic-level papers. United States Marine Corps Colonel George C Thorpe, Pure Logistics, 1917.
However, with the ongoing pandemic, and the resulting capacity crunch, TMS is trending more towards cost mitigation rather than savings. Manhattan Associates unveiled its latest TMS, Manhattan Active Transportation Management, last week during the company’s virtual user conference. Final Thought.
In 2020, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development reported that worldwide maritime trade was expected to drop by over 4 percent due to the pandemic. Of these three routes, the US East Coast route is the most robust, with only 10 percent of its capacity reduced. The industry has been improving its position as a result.
The Tight Trucking Capacity and the Intermodal Industry. Jeff Heller , vice president of intermodal and automotive at Norfolk Southern (pictured above), recently spoke with SMC³ about the impact the tight trucking capacity market is having on the intermodal industry. Over the longer term, we will see the capacity situation adjust.
Perhaps you’ve read a little about the digital twin concept in one of our past articles on supply chain technology, but we would have touched on it only briefly. In his conference comments, Salles said “Over the past few years, different crises have shown the importance of S&OP. So what’s it all about, then?
I’ve been to a lot of concerts, conferences, festivals… But nothing as big as the World Cup. All this article explanations are going to be based on this official document, presented by a Honorary Professor of the Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, Philippe H.
Effectively utilizing warehouse space is crucial to enhance storage capacity and operational efficiency. Warehouses are expensive capital investments, so when you design a new one, you want to be sure your business will not outgrow its volumetric capacity or throughput capabilities too quickly.
Many constituents of the national support base are beyond Defence’s, and specifically the ADF’s, capacity to directly control, let alone influence without the assistance of other agencies and Departments in a whole-of-nation approach. So too have a range of commentators, in an array of articles and across different media.
– With the Australian & New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference in one week, LIW will revisit several recent posts on logistics at the strategic (and enterprise) level, or within joint organisations. . He prepared this article while Deputy Commander, Joint Logistics Command, Australian Defence Force. by Hayden Marshall.
FDA is authorized to require that an article of food offered for import be accompanied by a safety certification from an accredited third-party auditor as an additional condition of granting admission. Food facilities will be inspected with greater frequency and not less often than once every 5 years. 5: Technologies : SQM.
According to the article: In the most far-reaching test program to date for burgeoning drone commerce, the Department of Transportation announced the selection of 10 state, local and tribal governments — in partnership with companies that include Intel Corp., Uber Technologies Inc. and Qualcomm Inc.
National Fisheries Institute Global Seafood Market Conference on January 17, 2023, agreed that the just-in-time model is floating belly-up. A Response to Changing Times The purpose of the 2M alliance was primarily to give Maersk and MSC mutual access to colossal shipping capacity by enabling them to share one another’s vessel space.
The third in a series of posts relevant for senior logisticians as they consider the future at the Australian and New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. In this article, US Army logistician Jessica McCarthy examines a challenging, contemporaneous, issue for many Western militaries – how much contractor support is enough? .
The topic of the ‘future logisitian’ will be discussed during the upcoming Australian and New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference in just over two weeks, and I thought it would be worthwhile touching on the points raised last year. Rather, it is in admitting that there are limits to their capacity to control events and processes.
The technology is being designed to forecast market conditions for future dates based on real-time supply and demand, as well as historical data and XPO capacity levels. Given our capacity for innovation, our opportunity for creating value in LTL is nearly limitless.”
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