Talking Logistics

MAY 25, 2017

Addressing this problem is at the heart of Manhattan Associates’ Active Solutions, which the company introduced a couple of weeks ago at its Momentum 2017 conference. Adapting to change faster is not only important for retailers and other customers; it’s also important for Manhattan Associates and its peers in the software industry.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2017

A notable exception is MercuryGate (a Talking Logistics sponsor), which was founded 17 years ago and recently held its annual user conference in Las Vegas. The theme of this year’s conference was ‘The Future of Delivery,” which I love because it raises a lot of questions and possibilities (see my recent post on the topic).

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Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2024

If you’ve worked in the LTL industry for any bit of time, then you know that it’s always changing. The industry hadn’t felt the void of such a large company since Consolidated Freightways closed 20 years prior. It was nearly impossible for the industry to ignore it. Yes, sometimes that means it gets a bit more complicated.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Last November, executives from all segments of the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) ecosystem got together at the inaugural Leadership Roundtable meeting organized by Command Alkon (a Talking Logistics sponsor) to discuss a couple of simple questions: Are there opportunities to elevate the performance of the HBM industry?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Last month, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry. For example, I learned that there’s a difference between cement and concrete, even though many people use the terms interchangeably.

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 12, 2025

For example, numerous ports are still severely congested today. During the TPM25 conference that MTS Logistics attended last week, carriers were very clear that they will reinstate the Red Sea route only if they are 100% sure of vessels safe passage. Gulf exporters that are shipping pretty much anywhere that goes via transshipment.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

AUGUST 1, 2021

An example of a liner service may be as below – CMA CGM’s South China Sea Service between Asia and West Coast of North America. Conference Line. When speaking of Liner shipping, I have also received questions as to what is a Conference Line. Conference Lines were an important historic feature of ocean liner transport.

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Trinity Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Let’s face it, not many industries have had the spotlight thrown at them quite like transportation! We make use of trusted sources such as Freightwaves , Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA), and many other relationships throughout the industry. Participating in Organizations and Conferences. Daily News Update.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

When it comes to supply chain design, we’re at another inflection point in the industry. As an example, a heavy equipment manufacturer used SupplyChainPlanning.com to create a collaborative planning app with its dealers. What would this “next generation solution” be?

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

One of the companies she holds up as a positive example of a big company addressing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues is Walmart. A few years ago, for example, my oldest child explained to me that Walmart was a malignant force. Rebecca Henerson’s formula for fixing capitalism was a business best seller.

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MTS Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2023

The record set was “A perfect example of the future” “ Ellen is an excellent example of the future for electric transportation. On her return from the conference, Ellen had covered 50 nautical miles (92 kilometers) on a single charge. Ellen may be making her way to the record books.

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AIMMS

APRIL 20, 2015

This was my first INFORMS Business Analytics conference and I was not sure what to expect. There were many interesting sessions that I was looking forward to attending to help me get up to speed on the industry. There were many interesting sessions that I was looking forward to attending to help me get up to speed on the industry.

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Trinity Logistics

MAY 17, 2024

They dive deeper into understanding a customer’s pain points and challenges while keeping an eye out for industry trends. Examples of this can include access to industry research, subscriptions to relevant publications, or budgeting for educational conferences. This way, growth will be fostered organically.

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Trinity Logistics

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

A few weeks ago, Trinity held our 2019 Agent Conference in Orlando. The purpose of our Agent Conference is to celebrate, educate, and energize Trinity Agents. Having that type of gratitude shown was another example of how Trinity’s Agents are part of the Trinity Family. It was humbling to see. It was humbling to see.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The interview occurred during athe FourKites Visibility 2023 user conference on September 7th in Chicago. And at last week’s FourKites Visibility user conference, the tech pioneer reported investment in a different form of artificial intelligence, Generative AI. I attended my first Visibility conference in 2020.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 3, 2024

Examining Market Dynamics and the Role of Flexibility When discussing with vendors on why mobile robotics are essential in warehouses, labor shortages continue to stand out as a critical issue in the industry and are a major factor driving the growth of mobile robotics. Technology: The Next Differentiator? You may find it here.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2024

The announcement came on May 15th at the company’s annual user conference, Momentum. This allows for “the industry’s first unified business planning platform that enables bi-directional collaboration between supply chain planning and execution systems.” This puts their SCP on the same microservices platform as their other solutions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 18, 2022

We were also joined by over 1,500 people from around the world who attended the conference virtually. The theme for the conference was “Ready. The unique thing about these macro-disruptions was that they were felt by every industry, company, and geography at the exact same time. These were breakthroughs that changed everything.

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Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 22, 2024

In 1956 , “Artificial Intelligence” was officially coined by John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, Nathaniel Rochester, and Claude Shannon at the Dartmouth Conference. The conference is seen as the founding event of AI. These systems proved that AI could be used and beneficial in businesses and industries.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2024

This is the only supply chain software company that the industry analyst firm ARC Advisory Group knows where AI Vision is core to the solution. For example, if you want to train a computer vision system to recognize a dog’s image, you will start by using humans to look at tens of thousands of images of animals.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In the course of updating our annual research on the supply chain planning market , I talked to executives across the industry. Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes. In process industries the supply chain models used for optimization are much more complex than those used in other industries.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

That is a huge success story for the air cargo industry and as promised it has brought significant efficiencies. 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.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

As you read this, I will be flying home from project44’s Transform conference where I moderated a panel discussion on real-time freight visibility and I recorded several video interviews with project44 customers and partners. Ok, so did everybody else who attended the conference, but it was cool nonetheless.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

AUGUST 30, 2020

Example : A service that calls the South African ports of Durban, Cape Town and Ngqura on a fixed weekly schedule carrying cargo to the UK/NWC ports of London Gateway, Antwerp, Hamburg, Le Havre and Rotterdam. Conference Lines were an important historic feature of ocean liner transport. Similarities in Liner and Tramp services.

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Trinity Logistics

MARCH 22, 2023

A few weeks ago, we held our first educational and virtual Agent Conference of 2023. This conference focused on winning sales and growing strong customer relationships as a Freight Broker Agent. I work with this industry often, and I noticed you’re in a similar industry. Use Google Images when selling into industries.

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Women in Trucking

MAY 25, 2020

Conference & Expo. Men as Allies in the Real World Fortunately, more and more men in the transportation industry are recognizing the value of greater gender representation and showing interest in increasing diversity in the workplace. who addressed the topic in her presentation at the 2019 Accelerate! Learn More

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

spoke on best practices on supply chain risk management at ARC Advisory Group’s Digital Transformation in Industry conference. Autoliv is the world’s largest safety system supplier in automotive industry. Autoliv is the largest supplier of safety systems to the automotive industry. Soon we will do more training.

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MTS Logistics

AUGUST 7, 2024

This year, I attended the TPM conference, where I listened to details during the presentations where the new alliance is aiming for 90% schedule reliability. This is compared to the industry average of less than 60%. The push for 90% is quite ambitious. However, it does not mean 100% control over everything.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2023

Raja Hammoud, EVP of Products at Coupa, speaking on the main stage at Coupa Inspire Coupa recently completed its Inspire conference. The supply chain design solution, for example, continues to grow in depth and usability. Coupa’s Take on Platform Fatigue The top executives at Coupa had a private briefing for industry analysts.

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Trans Global Auto Logistics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In the short term, stakeholders in the tradeshow industry find it impractical to schedule events that take months to plan in an environment of spikes and dips in COVID cases, and shifting local regulations make business as usual too risky. Online Trade Conferences & Auto Events.

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Carter Logistics

JULY 29, 2020

Covid-19 has changed not only our industry, but every industry across the globe. Since most individuals are working from home, or a mix of office and home, I let the customer set the preference for the meeting medium (video chats, conference calls, etc.). How are you staying relevant and in touch with current customers?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2024

Scale drives profitability,” Turner told a group of industry analysts on April 22 nd , the day before the Coupa Inspire user conference began. The goal is for the company to go from $1 billion in annual recurring revenue today to an ARR of $2 billion in the next three years, but to do so in a more profitable manner.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 19, 2021

On Monday, March 8th, a vice president of supply chain for a large retail chain – a chain with over 5,000 stores – spoke at Körber’s supply chain conference Elevate. Preferred methods involve having their industrial engineers minutely examine processes and standardize on the safest and most productive way to do those tasks.

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WorkWave

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Reputation and Industry. Spend some time asking other business owners or other colleagues in the same industry what agency they utilize and what their experience has been. When speaking with someone within your industry about their agency, ask if their current agency understands how your industry operates, bills, etc.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

If a company short ships TVs, they are fined more than if they short ship soup, for example. Cumulatively, the lack of delivery compliance costs has been estimated to cost consumer goods industry over a billion dollars per year. But for many retailers, the fines are well in excess of $1 million per year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2024

Matt Hoffman, Vice President of Product and Industry Solutions, at John Galt Solutions One-number plans are bad plans. A one-number forecast, for example, looks across the range of demand that might emerge in a period and decides to create a forecast that is mid-way between the most and the least demand that is apt to emerge.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

For example, processes will be different from picking to receiving to reporting. As an early evangelist for voice technology, he has participated in dozens of industry-first implementations of voice and other technologies in industries spanning food and beverage, retail, healthcare, industrial supply, and manufacturing.

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