Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2022

As you’ll know, if you follow our blog regularly, Logistics Bureau does a great deal of work related to supply chain strategy development and alignment. As a result, and as we’ve mentioned in several previously published articles, we’ve discovered that many companies lack a defined and documented supply chain strategy.

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Logistics in War

MAY 2, 2024

By David Beaumont On 17 April 2024, Defence’s Integrated Investment Plan was published as a companion to Australia’s National Defence Strategy. [1] It is a time for collaboration as a Defence logistics community, one with a new sense of agency in what could become a historic period of investment.

Resource Reduction 116

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 23, 2025

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced a plan to phase out eight petroleum-based synthetic food dyes from the U.S. Each reformulation may involve regulatory submissions, quality assurance reviews, and potential consumer communication strategies.

Manufacturing Procurement 68

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WorkWave

MAY 5, 2025

By centralizing pest management data and leveraging actionable insights from real-time analytics, businesses can optimize strategies and enhance operational efficiency. Reliable documentation is crucial as it not only reduces liability risks but also strengthens your reputation with clients and regulators.

Optimization Software 81

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

The law requires importers to provide clear and convincing evidence of a forced-labor-free supply chain and tasks the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force with devising enforcement strategies. This has created opportunities for new entrants offering supply chain collaborative network applications to address these issues.

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Turvo

MAY 19, 2020

The right freight brokerage strategy is continuously changing to reflect the latest advancements in technologies, service, and brand value. Unfortunately, disparate systems remain, threatening to undermine efficiency, visibility, and collaboration. Unfortunately, RPA is not yet fully ready for deployment on all platforms.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 21, 2017

At the next Logistics Bureau Free Executive Breakfast (which will take place in August), I’ll be discussing the alignment of supply chain and business strategy along with eight other important levers for supply chain performance improvement. The Failing Kmart Business Strategy. The first Kmart store opened way back in 1962.

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Turvo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

To answer that question, let’s take an in-depth view of how clear, concise communications play into the collaborative logistics conversation. Clear Communications Enable Collaboration A business needs a solid communication channel that works inside and outside a business’s four walls. Think about it.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JUNE 7, 2018

The report, A SAVVY Guide to the Digital Supply Chain , outlines several emerging trends at top companies and provides a framework for evaluating technologies and creating a digital supply chain strategy.

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3PL Links

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Solution: Invest in collaborative platforms that allow real-time communication and data sharing among all logistics stakeholders. These systems can automate documentation and provide alerts when regulations change, ensuring that your business stays compliant. These issues can slow down the entire supply chain and create confusion.

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Dedola Global Logistics

MAY 1, 2025

Let’s dive into the trends shaping your import strategy in 2025. The Strategy: Diversify suppliers, explore nearshoring or friendshoring, and conduct risk assessments to build flexibility. Strategies like micro-warehousing and low-emission final-mile delivery are becoming standard.

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Blue Grace Logistics

AUGUST 3, 2021

Communication and equality are the central axes of the process of transforming a supplier into a valuable business partner for the strategy, success, and growth of a company. Establishing a collaborative relationship, rather than one in which the buyer takes a dominant role, will help to strengthen positioning in the market.

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Turvo

JUNE 3, 2020

As explained by Rick Brumett of Industry Week , these factors contribute to a growing sense of unrest, and then, beyond the planning and strategies around what happens in the supply chain from sourcing to delivery, there is always the risk of cybersecurity in the digital supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 9, 2024

DPPs provide a streamlined, digital way to document a product’s lifecycle, making it easier to ensure compliance and improve transparency. Let’s explore how DPPs are impacting regulatory compliance, preparing for future rules, and encouraging industry collaboration. For example, businesses in the U.S.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The addition of these two major global shipping leaders marks a crucial milestone for the industry, which until now has too often relied on paper-based trade and manual document handling that lead to increased costs and reduced business continuity. An industry-wide collaboration like this is truly unprecedented.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 9, 2020

Thermo King and BPW announced today the collaboration of both companies to develop a new economical and ecological refrigerated trailer solution. The company is documenting its progress in line with the benchmarks of the UN Global Compact – a global initiative for responsible corporate governance that it has supported since 2016.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 13, 2024

The document gives business strategies based upon technical solutions. More different plants could collaborate and produce components or intermediates, which would be integrated and processed to end products in a coordinated value chain operating in a make-to-order scenario.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 23, 2019

Blockchain creates a distributed electronic ledger, allowing those involved in the supply chain to view, share and update critical documents. VW and Minespider are using the pilot project as the first step into a broader collaboration and a planned expansion of the blockchain to monitor other raw material supply chains.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 2, 2014

We wanted to bring you some quick strategies and tips that can help your holiday shipping woes or at any time of the year where you experience an increase in shipping volumes. Core carrier programs and carrier negotiations that once played a fundamental role in shippers’ cost reduction strategies no longer are sufficient.

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Dedola Global Logistics

APRIL 30, 2025

Let's dive into the trends shaping your import strategy in 2025. The Strategy: Diversify suppliers, explore nearshoring or friendshoring, and conduct risk assessments to build flexibility. Strategies like micro-warehousing and low-emission final-mile delivery are becoming standard. Imports from China (2024) $450 billion U.S.

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Parade

MARCH 3, 2021

This post was written in collaboration with , OpenEnvoy , a leading automated invoice reconciliation tool. Simple invoice & document setup (e.g. This post is part of a , series of posts that aims to shed light on the many new and innovative freight tech solutions that empower freight brokers to transform digitally.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 30, 2022

Further to that, only 18% of businesses invested in technologies to improve external collaboration with suppliers. Organizations should increase visibility and information sharing through collaborative technologies like ERP to optimize procurement within the supply chain for improved business processes and decision-making.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MAY 2, 2024

Carriers may seek to offset any potential productivity losses resulting from increased inspections and compliance efforts by adjusting their pricing strategies. Prepare Documentation and Records: Organize and prepare all necessary documentation and records well in advance of DOT Blitz Week.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 30, 2022

Further to that, only 18% of businesses invested in technologies to improve external collaboration with suppliers. Organizations should increase visibility and information sharing through collaborative technologies like ERP to optimize procurement within the supply chain for improved business processes and decision-making.

Manufacturing Procurement 98

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In this blog, Camcode discusses how collaboration provides supply chain disruption to impact the future of logistics management. One of the key factors in digital supply chain disruption is enhanced collaboration. Thanks to asset tracking, cross-departmental collaboration is often completely automated.

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ECW

JANUARY 8, 2025

Actionable Tip: Prepare all documentation well in advance. Collaborate with logistics providers offering comprehensive cold storage and transportation solutions. Actionable Tip: Incorporate sustainability goals into your supply chain strategy. Actionable Tip: Use Baltimore for shipping temperature-sensitive goods.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 20, 2025

As youll know, if you follow our blog regularly, Logistics Bureau does a great deal of work related to supply chain strategy development and alignment. As a result, weve discovered that many companies lack a defined and documented supply chain strategy. A company without a supply chain strategy is at a competitive disadvantage.

Inventory Reduction 40

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Shipping and Freight Resource

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

2020 threw at us a potent concoction of virulent market conditions including a pandemic, skyrocketing freight rates, reduced availability of space and equipment on container ships, unprecedented demand and port congestions along with the usual documentation and visibility issues that we have been facing for years.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

Build the next generation of supply chain solutions, today The year ahead represents nothing less than a golden opportunity to accelerate the creation of automated, interconnected and collaborative global supply chains that span transportation, warehouses, stores, trucks and more. Reduced working capital.

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WorkWave

OCTOBER 30, 2020

These findings are crucial to create the correct recommendations and identify the most appropriate rodent control strategies and changes needed to ensure no further damage. However, they cannot do it alone; choosing a course of action and executing the required steps is a collaborative effort and calls for commitment from a number of parties.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2024

Delays at the border The delays at the border caused by Brexit have been well documented over the past few years and in turn have helped cause numerous issues for all industries, however, the food industry has potentially suffered the most due to lack of warehousing facilities and a short shelf life making the process seemingly impossible.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 11, 2018

Whether it’s to reduce transportation costs, centralize their transportation management, or deliver better service to customers, both parties identify a desired outcome and work collaboratively to deliver on those promises. OGSM can help to: Ensure that all goals, strategies, and measures directly connect to the overall objective.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 13, 2017

Fortunately, today’s logistics technology has the power to execute a winning inbound freight strategy and maintain compliance in the following ways. Using Logistics Technology to Execute a Winning Inbound Freight Strategy & Have Compliant Vendors. It’s a win-win for your company and your customers.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

So three months after an executive meeting on June 23rd , an updated strategy was released, tracking a radical shift into a slimmer Maersk, focused on providing end-to-end logistics services. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping. Integration capabilities being developed in collaboration with others. Acquisitions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 16, 2025

The company’s acquisition of Fungible, a company that develops data processing units (DPUs) optimized for AI workloads, is another key aspect of its edge AI hardware strategy. Chief AI Officers (CAIOs) are becoming more prominent, driving the vision and strategy for AI implementation within organizations.

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Turvo

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Collaboration with these systems provides excellent advantages to freight brokers, partners, and all involved in the process. Integrated, Digital Document Management. Integrating a freight broker TMS empowers logistic organizations with digital document sharing and a visual timeline of activities.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 1, 2015

Lean systems have provided a formidable operating strategy for leaders determined to achieve and maintain optimal operational systems and customer satisfaction levels. Inventory records, product specs, shipping documents contain errors. There are multiple good models for lean manufacturing operations.

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