The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

Original Article: What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022. Weather events might also be factors. Original Article: What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022. What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022. The Logistics of Logistics Podcast .

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 17, 2022

Courney is a Strategic Event Executive and the Chief Corporate Development Officer and President of Manifest at Connectiv, a live event studio based in NYC. Connectiv produces world-class industry leading events that focus on disruptive technology. We are a private live event studio. Anyway, it was a great event.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Original article: How to Improve Exception Management with End-to-End Supply Chain Visibility. Yard exceptions – Deliveries are often marked as completed because the shipment is within a certain distance of the destination when, in fact, the truck is sitting at a truck stop. Normally exception management is tough enough.

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3PL Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The American Trucking Association is the largest trade association representing the trucking industry in the U.S. In 1973, the ATA introduced the Truck Tonnage Index, a monthly estimation of the total weight of freight transported by truck in the United States. The State of Trucking Tonnage. Data Collection.

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Trinity Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2020

However, for truck drivers, these feelings sometimes don’t go away after traveling and their mental health can be compromised because of it. We understand that loneliness and anxiousness are common issues for truck drivers. Another scary statistic that pertains to truck driving and mental health are suicide rates.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

In this article, the main hyped, promising, and solid solutions but widely adopted technologies in supply chain management are discussed. Autonomous Trucking. Startups have been pouring money into tests, but we are still some years away from seeing fleets of autonomous trucks on the road. Hyped Technologies.

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Trinity Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

If we don’t have a decline in the number of operating authorities, or available trucks, then how could we lose capacity? Well, technically, the answer is you would not be physically losing trucks. Same freight, same one-truck move, but now it occupies that truck for twice as long. As you can see in Figure 1.1,

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The Lean Thinker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The fundamentals are based on the “Rules-in-Use” from Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System , a landmark HBR article by Steve Spear and H. The article, in turn, summarizes (and slightly updates) Spear’s findings from his PhD work studying Toyota. It is the direction that matters, not the reminders.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

So instead of giving a speech on this, I am repurposing this content into an article. 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. It was at the forefront of putting autonomous trucks on the road.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2022

Today’s article comes from Emerge, and looks at how to create full truckload budgets in a volatile market. Whether it’s for ocean freight, air, rail or truck, the fundamental issue with budgeting is that folks are called upon to assign accurate costs to transportation services that will be provided in the future.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

As I mentioned in a previous article, for over-the-road shipments, getting bumped to the next truck can add a day or two to the overall transit time. This stage includes emptying the truck upon arrival, and then loading it with the next shipment. Shipment at origin. Port of Loading. Ocean In-Transit. Port of Discharge.

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Now, That's Logistics

MARCH 23, 2021

Tracking Trucking Activity. In another JOC outlook article , William B. trucking market, noting that COVID-19 fundamentally altered consumer demand in a way that worked in truckload carriers’ favor. For shippers, the impact on cargo flows was only worsening as 2020 came to a close.”. Cassidy discusses the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The conference as a whole was fantastic, from the location and networking events to the conversations I had and sessions I attended. This equates to an economic impact of $350 billion a year, not to mention the environmental impact of idling trucks. Last week I attended FourKites Visibility 2023 in Chicago, IL. According to Ms.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Once a year, shippers and carriers begin the arduous freight RFP process, when shippers send out request for pricing (or proposal) for contract rates to their list of trucking companies. Step 3 – Create an RFP event. Rethinking the Freight RFP Process. The process is broken and dreaded by both shippers and carriers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2021

My colleague Steve Banker published an informative article in 2020 about this extensive initiative Ahold Delhaize’s Supply Chain Transformation (forbes.com). As part of the initiative, Ahold Delhaize is partnering with Americold and Dematic for the build out of two fully automated frozen facilities. Intelligent Store Replenishment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

We are no longer just forecasting demand but also when trucks and factory machinery are likely to break down ( predictive maintenance ), the optimal amount of inventory to hold and where it should be held ( inventory optimization) , and labor forecasting in the warehouse. Autonomous trucks will revolutionize logistics.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 19, 2022

I always joke that there’s this spectrum because guys who say, “I call the trucking company,” we have an EDI that tells you when the truck arrived and a truck that tells you when the truck picked up. Did it have a shock event? A lot of people say visibility solution. How hot, how cold, or how wet?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Just last week, my colleague Clint Reiser wrote an article about the top logistics and supply chain conferences to attend in 2024. 2021 was the trough with in-person events severely limited. Last year brought in a revival of events, but with a few still either provided virtually or postponed for one more year.

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IoT World Today

MAY 21, 2020

Key Takeaways from This Article: COVID-19 has unveiled the fragility of a global supply chain predicated on lowest-cost principles. Trucking delays are rife, and by some accounts, demand for short-haul deliveries has increased 30%. But with a black-swan event, it just magnifies the risk.”. at every step of the way,” Balaji said.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 17, 2021

What’s covered in this article: The negative impacts of Covid-19 on the trucking industry. Ways to improve practices in the trucking profession. Technological advances in trucking. The global scarcity of professional truck drivers is evident. It is equally difficult to retain truck drivers. Better Pay.

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Trinity Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Many have commented that market balance will be driven more by carrier attrition versus an event that spurs freight volumes. Subscribe to our newsletter and receive the top five logistics articles of the week every Friday morning by selecting “Weekly News Update” when you select your preferences. Figure 1.1

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IoT World Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

In the automotive and trucking realm, evidence of that fact is everywhere. Truck makers like Daimler and Volvo Trucks have growing remote diagnostics and telematics businesses, while traditional tire companies like Continental, Bridgestone, Pirelli and Michelin have expanded fleet management and telematics offerings. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

In this article, the main hyped, promising, and solid solutions but widely adopted technologies in supply chain management are discussed. Autonomous Trucking. Startups have been pouring money into tests, but we are still some years away from seeing fleets of autonomous trucks on the road. Hyped Technologies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

In my Logistics Viewpoints article in April 2021, Building Profitability with Agility while Digitally Transforming the Supply Chain , I mentioned that we will continue to explore here the concrete steps in the digital journey and examples of determination from the top in addition to logistics operations. and Unnu, Kaan. [2]

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Blue Grace Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

This event takes a lot of planning and preparation to effectively come together, including behind-the-scenes logistics. It is rolled, wrapped, and loaded into 30 or more refrigerated trucks about a week before the Super Bowl. But that’s not all that fans like to munch on while watching this event. million U.S.

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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Some areas in Florida have shelter-in-place orders, likely limiting available trucking capacity and shipper operations throughout the end of the week. Now those trucks are not where they thought they were going to be, so now we have to find other trucks there. READ THE FULL ARTICLE It stayed, and it’s helping.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Shipping industry stakeholders have faced many of these events, and they have changed the shipping industry irrevocably, for good. One event after another pushed the overall supply chain to its limits. Getting cargo out of the origin country is one thing, but utilizing truck power after the discharge at U.S.

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Trinity Logistics

JUNE 20, 2023

Throughout this article we will discuss: The basics The difference between this and standard shipping The importance and benefits of shipping freight expedited The different forms of expedited shipping How to partner with the right company WHAT IS EXPEDITED SHIPPING? Standard shipments transport goods of all kinds.

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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. Below are the statistics as provided by Seabury, and reported in a Flexport article in mid-April: Capacity from Europe to North America is down by 52%. Truck Platooning Tests Prove Positive in Europe.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 1, 2024

Risk mitigation: By analyzing news and social media data, LLMs can help supply chain professionals anticipate potential disruptions, such as labor strikes, natural disasters or geopolitical events. Load consolidation: By consolidating shipments and maximizing load capacity, these platforms reduce the number of trucks on the road.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

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. These “events” are turned into supplier scores, and if significant the score goes flagged in the Oracle procurement system.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

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. With over 60,000 monthly viewers, Transport Topics is a prime destination for freight buffs, especially those who specialize in trucking.

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Trimble

MARCH 12, 2024

Notably, zero emission vehicles are exempt from the truck toll until 2026. Initially affecting trucks weighing over 7.5 tons, the regulations are set to expand further on 1st July 2024, to include smaller trucks weighing 3.5 The road toll tariffs work in conjunction with the existing emission classes. tons or more.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

A famous 2010 HBR article, “Roaring Out of Recession,” studied how 4,700 public companies fared during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000. But we’re also seeing many of the supply chain industry’s biggest digital pioneers displaying real moxie in recognizing the opportunity in front of them.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 2, 2025

So thats the route were taking in this article (no pun intended), we’ll be exploring the evolution of fleet route optimisation from a time-consuming pen-and-paper exercise to a high-tech process that, in some cases, can be completed in minutes. Let me break down what you really need to consider.

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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2021

On Monday, nonprofit association Women in Trucking (WIT) announced its annual Top Companies for Women to Work For in Transportation. Transportation companies are judged and voted on by fellow Women in Trucking members in areas including corporate cultures, compensation, benefits, professional development and career advancements.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 15, 2021

Worldwide Express and GlobalTranz announced a merger Friday that will create the fourth-largest US truck freight brokerage , with a combined service offering spanning US domestic supply chains from parcel and less-than-truckload (LTL) to full truckload freight. . “We View the full article by William B. Doubling Down on Disruption

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