Material Handling and Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Every article discussed the importance of digitally transforming the supply chain. And every conference showcased the latest technologies available to help you do so. For example, if sales typically spike in December, then the expectation is that sales will again spike in the coming December. . Everyone was excited about it.

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Women in Trucking

MAY 25, 2020

Conference & Expo. For example, about 14 percent of active Women In Trucking members are male, and five of the association’s board members are men. Conference & Expo, listening and asking questions to learn more about the perspective of women in the industry. Like this kind of content?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

For those of you that were unable to attend, this article will provide a thorough second-hand experience of a day at this expansive exhibit. I asked Manhattan about recent examples of customers utilizing the company’s WES functionality. ProMat 2023 is being held this week, March 202 -23 in Chicago.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

For example, some carriers shared with us their APIs for contract rates, others for spot rates, some for rates but not ebooking, others share APIs via third parties who charge an exorbitant price for accessing the API. He is a frequent speaker at industry events and has authored various articles, papers, and patents.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

While all the interviews are available to view on the Supply Chain Secrets YouTube channel , I decided to create some brief articles from the transcripts. For example, how flexible is your network? Have you committed to some minimum volume that makes it difficult for your supply chain to flex, for example?

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10xLogistics

JANUARY 7, 2018

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

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 24, 2024

In this article I will outline, firstly, the reasons why organisations outsource logistics activities, and secondly, what the key drivers are for outsourcing success. For example, companies that have their own in-house vehicle fleet often struggle to deliver products on time. But what of the balance?

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2015

Logistics is the prime example of a changing industry – colossal, ripe for disruption and utterly opaque. 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.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 12, 2017

I remember meeting Karl Siebrecht, co-founder and CEO of FLEXE , a few years ago at the CSCMP Annual Conference not long after the company had launched. According to a Bloomberg article : Iron Mountain signed on with Flexe two years ago to sell extra space in its 1,000 facilities in 90 markets. and up come the results on the screen.

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Globalior

MAY 6, 2020

A non-negotiable B/L cannot confer title. However, Airway bills cannot confer title transfer. If you would like to know more about bills of lading, you can read our comprehensive introductory article here. The carrier has an obligation to deliver the cargo to that named consignee. appeared first on Globalior.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

I learned that fact (and many more important things) at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference in New Orleans this week. This week, for example, CCJ reported that “60 percent of fleets running between 1 and 100 trucks have yet to adopt ELDs, according to a recent survey conducted by CarrierLists.”

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Quick example: we just helped a client of ours, a small fleet owner, save $2,000 with just one expense. Below are just a few examples, but the key is to simply expand your thinking as to what expenses you or your spouse are incurring that are at least indirectly related to your business. published by Celebrity Press.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 27, 2018

From May 2016 through the end of August 2017, “17 CEOs of public Big Food manufacturers and retailers had departed, or announced their intention to,” according to an article published last September in Fortune. The theme of the conference was “Go Boldly Together.” They’re facing unprecedented change.” Tim Koers (Visual Pak).

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Here are some excerpts from her article : BLS researchers parsed agency data on U.S. This coincides with a Wall Street Journal article from earlier this month ( Rising Freight Costs Are Weighing on Companies’ Profits ) that provided similar examples, including “cardboard maker Packaging Corp. million and 2.125 million.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 15, 2017

The French automaker Renault, for example, was forced to shut down factories across Europe. FedEx, which was the hypothetical example I used in my post (based on an excerpt from the novel CyberStorm ), was also affected by the cyberattack, although it didn’t affect operations.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

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.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 6, 2015

For example, retirement benefits, paid-time-off, overtime pay, adherence to daily work schedules, and other aspects of typical workers is completely eliminated when robotics are employed in supply chain processes. For example, humans must create build an item from the inside out, as our tools only allow us to perform certain actions.

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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. Other examples of logistics influences on strategic competition are before us if we choose to look.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

Here are some examples from the past few months: P&G : P&G is undertaking “a multibillion-dollar effort to remake an antiquated and inefficient network of factories, warehouses and offices into a new model that gets goods to stores more quickly,” reported Sharon Terlep in the Wall Street Journal this past February.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Mr. Higo said in response to the VMI for Supply Chain Cost Reductions post was: “Very informative article, thank you. So, I hope the next article explains the evolved VMI model.” A real world example of Vendor Managed Inventory in play is electrical products company Leviton Manufacturing.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 18, 2017

And, as if choreographed, speakers from startups, carriers, and forwarders brought up example after another of where the forces of change are finally breaking through. Full disclosure: This article contains many great quotes from the conference’s speakers. The Technology Is Already Here.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2023

Throughout the conference I met with a number of software and hardware suppliers to get a glimpse of what they were showcasing. This is not an exhaustive list; I will bring you part 2 in a future article which looks at returns management, with solutions from Happy Returns (PayPal), FarEye, and Zebra’s partnership with Opturo.

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10xLogistics

JULY 18, 2015

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". A line from that article: "A trigger may have been the June meeting. Ok, what just happened? you know have thinly veiled collusion.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2018

A TMS user, for example, can say to the system, “Show me all uncovered loads,” or an inventory manager can ask, “Which stores have less than three days inventory of product X?” We already see this in the consumer realm with smartphones, and in the warehouse too with voice picking technologies. and up come the results on the screen.

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Logistics in War

AUGUST 18, 2019

Part Two offered examples where militaries get it right, and a number of examples where events did not transpire as well as they might. 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.

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Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2024

We saw news articles and hit pieces about the conflict, week after week. Estes added, “This is a great example of how Estes continues to invest wisely in assets and capabilities that create capacity, opportunity, and resiliency for our company and those we serve. People we would see at conferences, have calls with or see on emails.

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World Food Programme Logistics

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

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. What is COP? C, recognizing that this would substantially reduce the risks and impacts of climate change.

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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2021

For example, when looking at freight brokerages, if the sales floor is full of swearing, on-the-floor arguments, creating a hostile environment, you are going to lose females and they are going to tell other females not to go into logistics because of it. View the Full Article on FreightWaves.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 17, 2017

I’m going to provide some links below, to a whole range of articles, guides and videos that will assist you with lots of the detail. Incumbents perhaps, maybe one that the CEO used in a previous role, or the latest ‘Uberesque’ offering you have seen at a conference. An Article on the Future of Logistics Outsourcing.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

For example: Why will it exist? That’s exactly what will happen if, for example, you underestimate the quantities of products your warehouse must comfortably hold. You will need to make sure you calculate, for example, how many intake doors will be optimal for your volumes of incoming goods. What market does it serve?

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2017

One person’s supply chain career might be focused on the specific area of freight forwarding, for example, whereas another person’s might encompass end-to-end operational management from raw materials management to customer invoicing. Supply chain is often what people define it to be. Check your possible “return on investment” too.

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Trinity Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2023

For this article, I want to talk to you about how to bring that sense of comfort and confidence in your service for shipper relationships, your carrier relationships, and even for yourself. Jennifer Hoffman of Trinity Logistics is sharing freight market information at Trinity’s 2022 Freight Agent Conference.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Transport management and visibility specialist Transporeon recently staged an online conference which very neatly replicated the format of the real-world version with a quirky navigation that allowed attendees to enter different rooms in a faithfully reproduced virtual ‘venue’. Read the whole article here. You can’t do it alone.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

According to the article: The plan is for Peloton to establish hauling agreements with freight companies in the state, but the specifics can’t yet be released, officials say. And when it comes to last-mile and home delivery operations, mobile technology has become indispensable.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

I will give you an example of predictive. I saw an article where somebody made the point that the data age or the information age is over. Are you going to any conferences coming up here? Next, you are getting into this predictive, which is saying, “I can tell you where this is going to be at what time.”

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2017

Some examples of what a user could ask Coleman: – “Coleman, what is the accounts receivable balance for ACME Corp?” According to an article in the Wall Street Journal : Transfix has raised a total of $78.5 ” – “Coleman, what’s the next best offer for this customer?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 30, 2018

Here’s an excerpt from the article: Amazon has cultivated an image as a customer-friendly company in part by making it easy for shoppers to send back items they don’t want. This is self-contradictory,” said Jansen at the [Global Liner Shipping Conference].

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