Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 19, 2024

The apparel industry is a prime example. Businesses, of course, seek to maximize profits. He identified eight “compelling needs” that advertisers promise products will fulfill – a sense of power, emotional security, reassurance of worth, ego gratification, creative outlets, love objects, roots, and immortality.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

Video surveillance of logistics properties is about security – and a great deal more besides. He offers a vision of security throughout the supply chain enabled by cloud surveillance. It sounds good – but can he give an example of how it might work? Here’s a great example.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 30, 2015

For example, the Cerasis Rater, our mutli -carrier rating TMS , allows our shippers to choose which carrier is best for their specific shipment from one portal and then create the bill-of-lading along with other features. Top carriers will have dedicated classroom space, a well thought-out training course, and experienced instructors.

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MTS Logistics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This new regulation requires customs brokers to have the necessary training needed to facilitate compliant trade in the modern operating environment and will allow customs brokers to act as an additional layer of security to prevent illegal goods from entering into U.S.

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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. The processing units in an oil refinery, for example, operate at high temperature and high pressure.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The parts that provide the personalization – a sun roof on a car versus a standard roof, for example – often do not need to be made at scale. Of course, it is not just speed of printing that matters but cost. Of course, it is easier for venture capitalists to see potential when there are customer proof points.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 6, 2022

Transportation is, of course, a major source of green house emissions. For example, Oracle is using average emission from a 5-ton truck, or a bulk tanker. For example, if they buy a component for their hardware products in Thailand, they have an estimate for the logistics emissions associated with the component.

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Forto

APRIL 25, 2020

This has many advantages, both for us and our customers: It is cost-effective, environmentally friendly and offers the highest possible security. Of course, this applies not only to the internal distribution of tasks. Our work is completely cloud-based thanks to GoogleCloud. How can logistics companies master them?

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Forto

APRIL 9, 2020

This has many advantages, both for us and our customers: It is cost-effective, environmentally friendly and offers the highest possible security. Of course, this applies not only to the internal distribution of tasks. Our work is completely cloud-based thanks to GoogleCloud. How can logistics companies master them?

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IoT World Today

MAY 21, 2020

Supply chains will survive COVID-19, of course, but not without interim pain and structural change. To reduce costs and shipping delays, and to optimize inventory, manufacturers like his need to know precisely when, for example, to manufacture boxes that its retailer customer will use to ship the products it sells.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 11, 2019

You’ll find some of those quick-career-launching jobs below, along with an overview of the qualifications that will help you secure them. The following examples bear some exploration to see if they might be for you. Supply Chain Analyst. Geeks are people who love something so much that all the details matter.”.

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EazyStock

DECEMBER 17, 2019

One notable example is Amazon, who uses AI to track customers’ purchasing habits and to use that information to make recommendations for other products. One example is using machine learning in the aftermarket industry where, with the help of sensors on machines, it can detect patterns and determine in advance when a part will break.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Of course, that all depends on seeing the activities that are occurring, benchmarking current carrier operations and continuously improving. Failure to use data and apply it accordingly within the fleet will lead to problems securing loads, offering competitive freight rates , and keeping drivers in trucks.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 10, 2022

For example, you can optimise for cost, profit, or service, but not for all of them. While your company can always make wilful decisions about service levels and, therefore, about the levels of inventory required to secure them, another critical barrier to optimal inventory, poor forecasting , is less straightforward to address.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 14, 2022

Of course, the pandemic then hit global shores, not to mention the ripple effects of global trade wars. In response, Malaysia has opted to stock up on chicken as part of measures to secure domestic supplies and control rising food prices. Singapore, for example, relies on Malaysia for one-third of its total poultry supply.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The original intent may have been for shippers to secure capacity at agreed-upon rates and for carriers to ensure they have enough volumes to keep their trucks loaded and moving. For example, carriers can learn how they compare against others bidding for specific lanes and make informed decisions.

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MTS Logistics

MAY 27, 2022

For example, recently Target was forced to write down the value of excess inventory that’s stuck in warehouses. Many of these large retailers have big wallets and volume, so in the future they will get the return on their investments by taking steps to secure capacity with carriers. Furthermore, T.J. Let’s not forget U.S.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 4, 2021

Ocean freight managers will be able to easily calculate expenses vs profits to secure the best loads. . Regardless, the right use of freight calculators to quote, compare, plan and decide on the best course of action is the sure-fire way to keep your business moving forward.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

When you can barely see beyond the bow of the ship, when extreme wind and waves threaten to throw you off course – or worse, sink you – it’s understandable that long-term thinking can get chucked overboard like so much extra ballast. Can I secure a dedicated ship to see me through near-term shortages?

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 27, 2017

For example, liquids could spill. For example, a broken bottle of ethanol could become a fire hazard and damage other items on the same pallet. Of course, additional factors, such as not placing heavy or overweight items atop fragile packages, are also needed to ensure freight damage does not occur. The Big Picture.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2021

Leveraging different models of thinking, representing key metrics using data aggregation, exposing real anomalies, and recommending a course of action based on operating models will make businesses smarter. The rise of autonomous technologies. Oracle Warehouse Management does this!

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Professionals from procurement, compliance, logistics, sustainability, information-security and several other internal stakeholder all use the solution for different reasons. Can you give me a concrete example of how your risk management solution detected a threat and came to the rescue? Soon we will do more training.

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Conger

MAY 28, 2021

An example of a forklift certification card. Evaluation typically consists of obstacle courses, picking up sample loads, and in general, seeing how the operator trainee handles driving, turning, and reversing. Online courses. In-person courses. Online Courses. In-Person Courses. Training date.

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Logistics in War

APRIL 6, 2019

In this article, Nicholas Parker examines fuel security and potential impacts on a 5 th Generation Air Force. Australia currently enjoys what it thinks to be a high degree of liquid fuel security. In support of the seminar, The Central Blue and Logistics in War will be publishing a series of articles. d.

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Forto

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Major calendar events are – quite literally – casting their shadows ahead for the supply chain: Golden Week in China, Black Friday and Cyber Monday on November 26 and 29, and of course Christmas holidays and also Chinese New Year are already just a few logistics steps away. Finding a way to the new normal with Forto.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

COVID of course taught companies the need for agility. Descartes provides multi-tenant, cloud-based solutions focused on improving the productivity, performance, and security of logistics-intensive businesses. But even in more normal times, a supply plan usually can’t be fully executed. Stuff happens.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MARCH 5, 2020

At the tip of the iceberg, for example, there are weekly reports of unitised fires on board ships, and historic average experience of a major ship fire every 60 days has been challenged in 2019. As a result, TT Club commissioned Exis Technologies to develop e-learning training courses for the transport industry; CTUpack e-learning ?.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2021

STILL is supporting the City of Hamburg’s vaccination campaign by providing extensive premises and the necessary infrastructure for two open vaccination days organised by the social security authorities at the STILL Arena in Billbrook. Taking responsibility is a matter of course for the Hamburg-based intralogistics company.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

For example, this year, Chinese New Year occurred later in the season than usual, so we started planning with customers in mid-January, not mid-December, as we do in some years. As the recent cyber-attack on Maersk showed, security risks exist for all of us. This is a week-long celebration in China.

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Morai Logistics

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

As important as forecasting is, it’s agility that’s gained greater attention over the course of this year. While the pandemic hasn’t radically changed that, it has once again highlighted the value (specifically, transparency and security) of the technology. Agility is More Important Than Ever.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

For example, does location A offer more benefits than location B. In this example, location A is located outside of shopping center with few restaurants. In addition, the cost of storing data digitally is cheaper than storing physical copies of information, especially when considering climate control, security and accessibility.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2021

This is 27% above the Q1-Q3 2020 total and puts the UK industrial & logistics sector on course for a record year, as the unprecedented levels of occupier demand looks set to ensure that the industry will beat the 51.6m Food manufacturing and indoor farming are examples of other occupiers taking space recently. million sq ft.

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MTS Logistics

JULY 21, 2021

Of course, this process will not be like the “old normal” in many companies. For example, the marketing team may be off-site while your sales crew shows up at the office every morning. With new cybersecurity systems, employees can work on a network as secure as the office when they are out of the office.

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Ship Monk

JULY 9, 2021

We’re talking, of course, about eCommerce packaging. Cardboard boxes, for example, are an ubiquitous shipping staple, and for good reason! Fragile items tend to be a bit finicky, usually needing to be in a secure, confined space that doesn’t let them run the risk of breaking or getting tangled by bouncing around too much.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2019

Of course, it would be possible to write an entire book on this particular subject, so for the sake of keeping this article relatively brief, I’ll stick to a short explanation of crucial factors to consider when planning a warehouse network (even if it is a network of one). It can go further than this, of course.

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Conger

JUNE 26, 2024

Factors That Affect Certification Time The time it takes to get your forklift certification depends on things like: Where do you take your forklift training course. For example, if you’re getting certified through your employer, they may be able to dedicate more time to your training. Deliver engaging classroom presentations.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Of course, it is helpful to have some statistics on hand to validate the statement above. 2) According to a 2012 report into corporate insolvencies by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, 44% of businesses in Australia failed because of poor strategic management. If you want business success (and who doesn’t?),

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