Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Harvard Business Review recently published an article, “ To Build Resilience, CEOs Need to Become Supply-Chain Experts ”. In this article, we wanted to discuss one aspect of supply chain that is often not given enough attention – building strategic relationships and shared value with direct spend suppliers.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 25, 2024

In a March 2010 article in The Atlantic titled “Cyber Warriors,” James Fallows writes,”[Cyber] attacks — not just from China but from Russia and elsewhere — on America’s electronic networks cost millions of dollars and could in the extreme cause the collapse of financial life, the halt of most manufacturing systems, and the (..)

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The location of SKU’s in the pick-face or slotting is important here as well, (See the “Slotting” article above). Here are a few: Batch Picking: Picking multiple orders at the same time, grouping similar items together to reduce travel time and increase efficiency. Carton Live Storage), creating picking zones and process design.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 15, 2021

Today’s article is from Lucas Systems and highlights the benefits of machine learning in the warehouse. This article provides an introduction to machine learning for warehouse managers. ELS-based systems are programmed to calculate expected work completion times for a given task or group of tasks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

This group now includes luxury brands globally, offering enhanced utility, transparency, and traceability. Luxury Goods & Anti-Counterfeiting: NFT-Based Tokenization & Zero-Knowledge Proofs The luxury sector has adopted blockchain to fight counterfeiting.In Quantum-safe cryptographic primitives (e.g., Whats Next?

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This research, in conjunction with ARC’s research on the warehouse management systems ( WMS ), warehouse automation , and warehouse consulting specialists markets, provides ARC Advisory Group with a breadth and depth of warehouse technology market knowledge and insights that rivals any research organization worldwide.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This article is from Descartes Systems Group and looks at how companies can reduce lead times with real-time data. In this article, we’ll focus on how you can operationally utilize estimated time of discharge (ETD) to improve lead times and enable better planning all along the supply chain. To read the full article, click HERE.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 25, 2022

As reported in a recent CNBC article, “Diesel prices are contributing to inflationary headwinds due to the fuel’s vital role in the American and global economy. As if transportation and logistics executives didn’t already have enough challenges to deal with, high fuel prices have been added to their plate.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 27, 2023

Today’s article comes from Eric Mcpherson at Open Sky Group and looks at a WMS budget and preparing for implementation. To read the full article, click HERE. Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Choice ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide supply chain insights and advice.

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The Lean Thinker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

If you want to get more of a feel for the work and working conditions, check out the photos in this Daily Mirror article: [link] ). In practice, though, these systems tend to isolate people from one another, or into small single task groups in much the same way as happened in the coal mine. The Mechanistic View. But I digress.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 28, 2022

This article is from Alfred Hille at Descartes, and looks at supply chain resilience during waves of disruption. To read the full article, click HERE. Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Choice ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide supply chain insights and advice.

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TransAudit

MARCH 25, 2025

This article explores the key drivers of reshoring, the rise of regionalized freight networks, evolving market trends, and how companies can optimize logistics strategies in this new landscape. For logistics professionals, understanding how these changes impact freight networks is critical to staying ahead.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2023

I provided a glimpse of the study content in an article in October that lists the top 20 warehouse automation suppliers , based on ARC’s estimates of 2021 revenues. Together, these two articles provide a substantial quantitative and qualitative overview of the global warehouse automation market. Plans for the 2.8

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2025

Over the past 20 years, Nari has held VP and Director of Product Management, Research and Marketing roles at Aberdeen Group, River Logic, Steelwedge and E2open. He has published numerous thought leadership articles, whitepapers, blogs and delivered dozens of webinars during his career.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

ARC Advisory Group engaged in an informative discussion with Derek Gittoes, VP Supply Chain Management Product Strategy at Oracle , as part of ARC’s Digital Supply Chain Forum. Derek recently authored an article on Logistics Viewpoints describing recent advancements in logistics predictability through the application of machine learning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2023

This article is from Open Sky Group and offers tips for removing wasted time in your operations. To read the full article, click HERE. Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Choice ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide supply chain insights and advice.

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 19, 2024

Most likely, the carriers in this group that have exited the market are those that rushed in when freight and rates were plentiful, and now are finding more normalized rates combined with high overhead to be unsustainable. As shown in Figure 1.2, Stay Up To dAte Looking for a more frequent update?

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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. This idea has been carried further into Australian military and policy discussion.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2019

The Sloan School of Management at MIT, gathered together a group of experts for their take on what 2019 will look like. For the complete list see the article by Tom Relihan and Meredith Somers. One of the biggest sources of financial uncertainty in 2019 will be international tariff policy and its impact on product demand.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 7, 2021

At the beginning of 2021, ARC Advisory Group, in partnership with DC Velocity magazine, anticipated factors such as a subsequent surge when we crafted our survey of warehouse practitioners. ARC Advisory Group’s prior research with DC Velocity indicated that the value proposition of warehouse automation continues to improve.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

ARC Advisory Group/Logistics Viewpoints is conducting a survey to determine the perceptions, priorities, and strategic initiatives of today’s supply chain and logistics executives. Subsequently, the Board conducted a special C-Suite Outlook midyear survey asking executives “ What steps are you taking in response to the war in Ukraine ?”

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This article explores two such ways modern digital tools can elevate the performance of 3PLs on the way to creating stickier customers. Smital Naik, Director of Client Services at Open Sky Group brings over 15 years of experience as a general management professional in the supply chain industry. But can technology do more?

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Shipping and Freight Resource

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Based on this, there seems to be a natural and immediate view that these lines fit the definition of cartel “ A cartel is a group of independent market participants who collude with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the market. I have reproduced the thought provoking article below.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

According to a survey by ARC Advisory Group, only 10% of industrial companies are ready to apply artificial intelligence/machine learning. He also spoke at the ARC forum in 2023, and this article is based on that presentation as well. Knowledge Graphs are emerging as an important tool for building advanced AI capabilities.

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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).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 27, 2023

Today’s article comes from Open Sky Group and helps to decipher some myths around buying a WMS. In this article, we are going to dispel a few myths that are rife in the WMS buying process: WMS Buying Myth 1 – All WMS software is created equal. Click HERE to read the full article; click HERE for part 2.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 23, 2023

At that time, Steve also authored an article titled 20 Things to Know about WMS System Integrators. It is a great article and I recommend checking it out. Although the scope of my research is slightly different, I believe Steve’s article still captures the market’s dynamics today.

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The Lean Thinker

AUGUST 15, 2018

Needless to say, the guy didn’t have a lot of credibility with the group, as this was pretty normal behavior. example may have been a somewhat extreme case, a recent HBR article by Julia Milner and Trenton Milner titled Managers Think They’re Good at Coaching. What Is Coaching? While my (real life!) Learning to Coach.

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Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 15, 2024

from the New York Fed Consumer Credit Panel shows the rise in consumer delinquency particularly in those groups that utilize more than half of their available credit line. Stay Up To dAte Looking for a more frequent update?

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3PL Links

DECEMBER 24, 2024

In this article, we will discuss some of the main types of logistics warehouses, as well as their advantages and disadvantages. Luego, the products are grouped according to their final destinations and loaded onto trucks or delivery vehicles to send them directly to customers. Need for adequate infrastructure and technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

In early November, my colleague Steve Banker wrote an article looking at the top supply chain trends for 2023 and beyond. ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. One of my predictions within that article is that inflation will hinder supply chain resiliency efforts.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 20, 2023

“When the market is not going well, you have to go back to basics,” said Ryan Mann , marketing manager for Dallas-based freight brokerage and business-to-business transportation company Leans Solutions Group. READ THE FULL ARTICLE Getting people to think about diversity is more than ethnicity,” she said.

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ShipLilly

OCTOBER 12, 2022

This article untangles the benefits of freight forwarding. Freight forwarding is a service within the shipping industry that helps people, groups, and businesses organize or arrange their imports and exports. Overall, this article has highlighted the challenges of shipping that require the expertise and support of a freight forwarder.

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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

The company modeled scenarios and performed simulations in AIMMS Network Design Navigator with all their products grouped together. Here scenarios can also play a critical role, as we will explore in upcoming articles. The y needed to assess if closing some of their distribution centers made sense from a cost stance. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2021

ARC Advisory Group and DC Velocity magazine have closed our joint survey on the changes logistics operations have experienced in the upheaval of the Covid-19 operating environment in 2020; and the expectations these same executives have about their operating environment in 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 1, 2024

This article explores how adaptive supply chains can help businesses thrive. Over the past 20 years, Nari has held VP and Director of Product Management, Research and Marketing roles at various companies such as E2open, i2 Technologies and Aberdeen Group. Traditional, linear supply chains struggle to adapt.

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