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Inside the Shipper Mind with Jim Bierfeldt

The Logistics of Logistics

LMA’s approach recognizes that logistics services today are BOUGHT, not sold. Marketing tactics that interrupt and annoy busy logistics executives get ignored. Logistics Marketing Advisors is a boutique marketing and public relations agency specializing in the logistics and transportation industry.

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Logistics Unleashed: Unveiling the Most Pivotal Events that Shaped its Development

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

In this captivating article, we delve into the annals of history to explore the most important events that paved the way for the extraordinary development of logistics as we know it today. The Silk Road: A Transcontinental Tapestry The ancient Silk Road, spanning from China to Europe, laid the foundation for global trade and logistics.

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Five Hidden Skills that Military Veterans Bring to Logistics

Material Handling and Logistics

Businesses can easily miss the total value a veteran brings to the fields of logistics, warehousing and maintenance because of the perceived disparity between their military skill sets and how the business operates. An almost unknown skill set that most military veterans possess is the ability to instruct and to teach.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

I want to say a special thank you to Steve Banker and Conrad Hanf who I have worked closely with for the last 10+ years on Logistics Viewpoints as well as countless research projects, surveys, and events. I’d also like to thank Clint Reiser, Mike Guilfoyle, and Andy Chatha.

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How To Reposition Inventory to Better Respond To Natural Disasters

Camelot 3PL Software

Whether fire, flood, or hurricane, natural disasters can plunge communities, businesses, and supply chains into chaos. It may be impossible to ensure your business or organization is entirely natural disaster-proof. But it is possible to reposition inventory to better respond to such events.

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How Big Data And Analytics Are Transforming Supply Chain Management

The Logistics Academy

In 2013 the Journal of Business Logistics published a white paper calling for “crucial” research into the possible applications of Big Data within supply chain management. Since then, significant steps have been taken, and it now appears many of the concepts are being embraced wholeheartedly.

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Gartner Releases Report on How to Secure Supply Chains Amidst the Coronavirus Outbreak

Logistics Manager

The consequences of a pandemic event are hard to predict,” says Koray Köse, Senior Director Analyst, Gartner. Sourcing: Travel may be restricted to certain areas, limiting the ability to discover, qualify and certify new business or programs and to transact business. ?

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