The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Key Takeaways: Retail Non-Compliance Costs In the podcast interview, Tony and Joe discussed: Retail non-compliance definition. Experienced team: Over 45 years in the industry, ensuring a knowledgeable and efficient operation. Retail non-compliance costs including financial penalties, damaged relationships, and lost business.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Robert Cadena is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lean Staffing Solutions, which provides operational, marketing, sales, and technology services to the logistics and transportation industry. The definitions are confusing because the space is so dynamic and ever-changing. these companies tend to invest in technology.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

The peak season definition is a continued evolution of the seasons in transportation. The survey detailed by DC Velocity further found that up to “51% of industry professionals expect 2022 peak season to be worse than 2021, while 26% say it will be “less chaotic,” and 22% expect about the same level of “chaos” as last year.” .

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 10, 2025

Britain and France have imposed tariffs on each other as early as the 17th century to only be exacerbated throughout Europes industrial revolution. The port industry in Portugal definitely benefitted from, at first, no trade between the two powers, and then they kept benefiting when heavy tariffs resumed between Britain and France.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Logistics is a confusing term that many people new to the industry have trouble with, not being entirely sure what it covers and what it doesn’t. Well, as Logistics Bureau has decades of experience in the industry, we’re in a pretty good position to give you a definition of what logistics really is.

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The Lean Thinker

MARCH 23, 2023

Background TWI stands for Training Within Industry, a program developed during WWII by the U.S. During the war there was huge growth and turnover within the industrial base as production shifted from civilian products (locomotives, for example) to wartime production (tanks). But to me , this is the very definition of compliance.

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The Lean Thinker

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Do your manufacturing supervisors have the basic industrial engineering skills? If improvement only happens as an event, then it is, by definition, not “continuous.” Are they qualified to do so? If yes, do those improvement activities tier up through line management toward the higher-level goals of the company?

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Logistics in War

MARCH 11, 2025

National fuel supplies , prioritised sovereign defence industries and national manufacturing capacity , economic resilience in an era of globalisation. The ADF, its partners in academic, industry and government, are at a point where the discussion has to get to the specifics of the problem. Whos to say these scenarios will be unique?

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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. Let’s start with a definition: any device that can perceive its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of success at some goal is engaged in some form of artificial intelligence (AI).

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Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 22, 2024

Definitely no to the last one!) These systems proved that AI could be used and beneficial in businesses and industries. We’re also beginning to see AI across industries, from healthcare and finance to autonomous vehicles. What is the history of AI? When did it start? What exactly is AI? Is it just ChatGPT?

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Another powerful use of KPIs is in the benchmarking of your companys performance against that of your competitors and industry peers. Depending on your industry youll certainly want to be aiming for above 95% here. With KPIs, less is definitely more. Can you imagine if you had to try and keep an eye on 20 different instruments?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2024

The company continued to grow during COVID even as the industry shrank. The workforce definitely is not as available and as plentiful as it used to be. This public company (OSE:AUTO) headquartered in Norway achieved revenues of nearly $650 million in less than 20 years.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 11, 2023

Extensible Logical Supply Chain Model – a logical supply chain data model that is not limited by rigid definitions but is based on industry best practices that can be extended to accommodate unique business requirements.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

GEP and the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Supply Chain Resource Cooperative surveyed supply chain, procurement and IT professionals across a range of industries to gain insight into their priorities and strategies regarding supply chain resilience and optimization. Alex Zhong, Director Product Marketing at GEP.

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The Lean Thinker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The work also met every definition of “difficult, dirty and dangerous.” In the late 1940s the industrial engineers turned this craft production system into a factory system with the tasks divided between three shifts. ” The system was not without its problems, however. This all changed shortly after WWII.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2023

Coupa’s Take on Platform Fatigue The top executives at Coupa had a private briefing for industry analysts. Coupa meets this definition. These customers, she said, were unhappy with the usability of the current solutions in the market. There was an interesting discussion of whether the word “platform” has any relevance anymore.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

The research is not definitive. Packaging economics and the ability of industry to generate safe alternative solutions at scale come into play. Do they contribute to miscarriages? Damage to lungs? Inflammation? We can’t simply ban all plastic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The verdict would have been “definitely nailed it” if we were counting all of the “ML-washing” going on in the supply chain and logistics technology market. As Executive Vice President, Solutions and Services, Chris Jones is primarily responsible for Descartes industry consulting and implementation services for Descartes’ solutions.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The logistics industry has changed over the last decade, with outsourcing emerging as a cornerstone of a modern supply chain strategy. Many companies use outsourcing to meet their product demand, even if they don’t use it for their entire supply chain operation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

While the concept isn’t new, its application to supply chain is emerging, albeit without clear definition yet. Polly Mitchell-Guthrie is the VP of Industry Outreach and Thought Leadership at Kinaxis , the leader in empowering people to make confident supply chain decisions. Digital transformation is no longer optional.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2024

On the other hand, a number of pundits still consider logistics outsourcing to be an emerging industry, with estimates that as much as 50 percent of such outsourcing ventures fail to meet expectations. Does the logistics sector lead or lag other industry sectors in moving towards strategic advantage?

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 1, 2025

In the supply chain sector, just like any industry, we have a multitude of terms that are commonly used.So, I decided to create this list to help you decipher any supply-chain-related terms that you come across for the first time. An example would be parts for a discontinued car model in the automotive industry.

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