Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2023

billion Denbury deal boosts energy transition plans On the lighter side… Truck stuck in Smugglers’ Notch, again, and Vermont plans to take action The Amazon Prime Day event, stretching across July 11 and 12, was Amazon’s largest ever Prime Day, according to Amazon. port strike Exxon’s $4.9

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

When it comes to the constrain-based models, Mr. Gottemukkala continued, it’s not just about modeling the factories and the distribution centers. For example, for a yogurt company, decision of where to ship a short lifecycle product coming out of a factory is done daily because “demand can shift in very short time frames.”

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

In addition, some factories near the airport and conference will be closed August 20th to September 7th; exports from the area are likely to ramp up to account for the factory closures. Although factories don’t shut down in the same way as during Chinese New Year, carriers are likely to have limited staff. Golden Week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

And the reasons spanned from a global chip shortage, to embargoes, to factory fires, to natural disasters. Buying organizations use this technology to monitor and analyze supplier risk events in real-time. I don’t need to know about Tier 2 events for my market suppliers. Of course it would! I have 1000s of them.

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MTS Logistics

JUNE 9, 2021

In January 2021, there was a very important event that escaped the attention of the world. China is making calculations of sending the goods produced in its factories to Europe via the Arctic instead of the Suez Canal. And of course, there are veins of precious metals and minerals.

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Logistics in War

MAY 31, 2020

This unforeseen event revealed societal ‘unreadiness’ to severe events, just as it prompted questions about how and for what the ADF was prepared for. As nations closed for business, shut their factories and prevented all travel, the vulnerability of modern-day prosperity – at least from a Western perspective – was revealed.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

To accomplish this, 10,000 supply chain associates worked with 450 global vendors who operate over 600 factories. A regional supply chain does not mean supply chain operations are not impacted by global events. VF is having conversations with fabric manufacturers to encourage them to produce more fabric in factories outside of Asia.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 14, 2015

However, over the course of several months, this slight change in pressure could cause permanent damage to the machine, or it may cause additional problems for other aspects of the manufacturing process. For example, a subtle change in hydraulic pressure may still permit the machine to operate. The supply chain will adore the IoT.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The work is also better because even for handpicked food, workers can work at a station, like in a factory, rather than doing stoop labor.To And of course, Oracle with their investments in Cloud computing, Internet of Things technology, and artificial intelligence can be used to minimize inputs while increasing productivity.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Then, by tracking committed quantities versus actual orders placed, the brand can work closely with its suppliers and factories to accurately determine usage and the need for further material orders. However, a technology solution that only provides visibility without a means to right the course isn’t enough to ensure reliability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 24, 2022

In May, I attended the Kinaxis Kinexions event in San Diego, CA. As Covid spread, so too did factory closures. In normal times there is no benefit, but companies need to stay the course even when demand and supply are equal. One of the biggest issues was the labor shortage during Covid.

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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. That is every machine, factory, DC, mode of transportation, supplier, product, material, etc. Artificial intelligence can also be used in supply and factory planning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2021

At AGCO when there is an allocation of supply decision to be taken, there is just one person communicating with a particular supplier and telling them how the tight supply will be allocated among the AGCO factories. The 2017 hurricane season,” Mr. Herzog said, “was a big event on our journey.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

They wanted to stop me because I and my teammate Ralph were off course. We turned our bikes around, coasted down the hill, and got back on course. More Factories Crop Up Closer to Customers (WSJ – sub. It turns out they didn’t want to high-five me for cycling up a 3-mile hill. We had missed a turn 3 miles back.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2022

Seven technicians maintain and repair machinery at the company’s factory in Alfreton, Derbyshire – which recently took delivery of its tenth injection-moulding machine – while four employees in the toolroom produce and service tools to meet production requirements. “We One of the apprentices at Georg Utz Ltd is Shaun Batty’s son, Finley.

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ShipLilly

JANUARY 4, 2021

When it comes to international production and shipping volumes, specific events tend to trigger an upsurge in demand including Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Hanukkah, and Christmas, which all occur in a small time frame and create a peak season for shipping and operations. When is the Lunar New Year 2021? The Impact on Your Supply Chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 2, 2022

TORC and Daimler Truck held an event for journalists last week at a TORC facility in Albuquerque. The event provided their perspective on these questions. These trucks would travel relatively short distances from a factory or warehouse and drop the trailer at the terminal. Autonomous trucks, of course, don’t stop to rest.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 2, 2018

Employees and factory managers need to be equipped with the knowledge and skills that will ensure humane working conditions and fair wages at the point of production. “If Many factories routinely employ illegal techniques to prevent unionization, in violation of local laws. The approach is “pragmatic and careful,” Nordström stresses.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 16, 2016

Some items sell faster during particular seasons or events. Preventive Maintenance in the Factory. In other cases, this application of predictive analytics in manufacturing could be used to identify equipment manufacturer defects in machines, saving the factory money and stress in the course of conducting business.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

As the supply chain continues to grow in complexity and regulation, the opportunities for problems and other events to impact operations negatively will consequently grow. Essentially, real-time collaboration puts the entire supply chain in a position to respond to a given risk or event. Focus on Resilience. Flexible Response Plan.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 30, 2020

According to the World Economic Forum , the disruption to primary supply caused by the Coronavirus pandemic has seen many global manufacturing OEMs scrambling to find secondary or tertiary suppliers, as well as moving some core business functions back to their own factories. 3) Shorten Your Supply Chain—Source Locally. 4) Create Redundancy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 27, 2023

The company announced that it is expanding its associate-to-driver program so that any Walmart worker at 439 store locations nationwide can become a truck driver after completing a 12-week course.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Highway and transportation closures, and mandatory 14-day quarantines for people returning home from strongly affected areas, mean that even in places no longer shut down, the return to normal at factories and ports will be slow. . And during the coronavirus crisis, that share has reached a record of 17% of shipper interest.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2016

He will even train it to recognize his friends at the door and of course, make sure he is able to know what is going on with his new daughter, Max, at anytime of the day. and Smart Factories all powered by the Internet of Things will make running a supply chain as easy as pushing buttons (of course this all means it was set up correctly!).

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

We have about 40 machines in the factory. ” The first information and reports about SmartMONITOR excited Flestic so much that they spontaneously attended an information event organised by the wholesaler itsme. .” In addition, these are of course transmitted to the SmartMONITOR software.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 14, 2019

These contingency provisions have been put in place to best mitigate the risk of disruption to production operations at the Swindon factory,” a company spokesperson said. “To This will minimise the risk of “any possible short-term parts supply disruption in the event of a no-deal Brexit”, the German OEM said.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MAY 6, 2020

A prototype GrainATM has already been built and is being tested in a factory setting. The prototype GrainATM being tested in a factory in India. WFP’s PRISM project, which assesses the risk and forecasts the impact of major climate events like droughts and floods on vulnerable communities.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2021

Helping customers in the event of faults or shutdowns of existing systems is no problem for BEUMER Group – even from a distance. BEUMER Group was flexible and set the course for “remote commissioning” – commissioning from a distance. “A broadband Internet connection is, of course, required,” says Teichrib.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 4, 2016

For some manufacturers, having factories and operations in foreign countries is beneficial to foreign customers, but having factories in the US is also beneficial to US customers. Of course, there are other factors affecting the American push towards reshoring and nearshoring. Can Everything Go Through Reshoring or Nearshoring?

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 14, 2024

Click here for the original test report, IFOY Innovation Check and pictures SAFELOG, mobile transport robots in the Mercedes Factory 46 – Integrated Customer Solution of the Year The IFOY Award 2024 in the “Integrated Customer Solution” category goes to SAFELOG for its use in the Mercedes Factory 46. The logistics partner is LTG.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 7, 2023

More than 50% of the clothes, particularly the high fashion items are made in Zara’s own factories in Spain, most of them close to the headquarters. The design, the buying, the model creation, the samples and the commercial look are all handled in-house.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 28, 2016

These super-intelligent machines are already taking over factory workers, stock traders, data processors, even news reporters. Gelernter observes that the mind operates in different ways through the course of each day. The biggest event in human history. It could be the last event unless we learn how to avoid the risks.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2021

Craig Summers, UK Managing Director of Manhattan Associates , reflects on Manhattan Associates’ annual virtual event, Momentum Connect and its biggest takeaway. decades we have had robots in factories?and?warehouses,?but?now by the events of the past?18 be on course for?a Professor of?human-robot We are certainly at a?very

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GlobalTranz

MAY 23, 2017

Or a video shot on the factory floor using a mobile phone or a produced training class about an innovative technology. Sit down with your customer facing people like service folks, marketing team members, and of course, salespeople. announce an event. Photo gallery. A post could be two sentences or a 5,000-word essay.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 24, 2019

“For example, AI can enhance risk mitigation by analysing large sets of data, continuously identifying evolving patterns, and predicting disruptive events along with potential resolutions.”. Advanced Analytics. Blockchain in Supply Chain.

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FLS Transport

AUGUST 20, 2020

No one in their right mind could have accurately predicted that a global pandemic would be the black swan event to disrupt the freight market in 2020. Of course, the boost in consumer spending hasn’t been distributed evenly across industries… but it has been in favor of the industries that require freight. in May to 52.5%

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Automotive Logistics

JULY 13, 2018

Of course, Volvo is not alone in these kinds of ambitions. Software provider Llamasoft’s approach involves the creation of a ‘digital twin’, a software model representing suppliers, factories, distribution networks, inventory flows and transport. You can do all kinds of scenario analysis and ‘what-ifs?’

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