Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 15, 2024

Companies can also test-drive their supply chains by introducing the uncertainty of events that are difficult, if not impossible, to predict with accuracy. These events can range from minor supply disruption or canceled shipments to significant black swan events. suppliers impact your ability to deliver.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2023

Digitalization of documents, as well as blockchain-based solutions for many responsibilities and functions, is one of the main boosters of that disruption. The main concept behind these digital services is the possibility of managing all the necessary documents and data with multiple parties in one single platform. Digital Logistics.

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WorkWave

APRIL 30, 2025

For example, these systems could identify the optimal crew size and equipment needed based on facility characteristics, event schedules and surface types. Commercial Cleaning Predictive analytics may improve square footage efficiency by analyzing cleaning times across different property types and conditions.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2024

Since the historic referendum in June 2016 Brexit has been a seismic event, reshaping the landscape of the UK’s logistics and transport sector. Currently, the majority of transport companies offer shippers varying levels of visibility, for example, tracking and monitoring messages through existing technology infrastructure.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 16, 2025

OpenAI’s “12 Days of OpenAI” event showcased its continued efforts to enhance its competitive position in the AI market. Key announcements from the event include: Introduction of ChatGPT Pro : This broadened the usage of frontier AI. For example, OpenAI has received $11.3 billion in funding.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2021

That’s a massive problem for SMEs, for example, that last year might have been paying $4,000 to $5,000 (USD) to ship a 40-foot container from Asia to North America, and now face rates of $20,000 and above. Documentation fees. A Multitude of Cost Components. Export fees. Challenge #3: The Complexities of Compliance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 2, 2021

This was an online event. Now special instructions for drivers, for example on where to drop empty trailers, can be digitally generated ahead of time. Weisenberger said the project team looked at some of the documentation steps and asked ‘why?’ Earlier this summer, FourKites held a Carrier Visibility Summit. What made Ms.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2021

Supply chain collaboration networks, which provide wide ranging visibility to events occurring upstream and downstream in supply chains, can help companies be more agile. A warehouse worker that receives an advanced ship notice (ASN), for example, can use that information to make sure a dock door is ready to receive an inbound truck.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

This transparency reduces the risk of errors, fraud, or delays that could be caused by data silos or physical documents. Traditional freight processes can take time and be quite bureaucratic, with multiple documents like BOLs , customs forms, and invoices. Each handling event from loading to customs clearance, warehousing, etc.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Consider a planner in Brazil working with the previous lead time prediction example, who has forgotten how to update the parameters. Sometimes hilarious examples of its “hallucinations” illustrate its failure to understand ( My Dinners with GPT-4 by Justin Smith-Ruiu is one of my favorites).

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 18, 2018

Considering we have had spreadsheets, PDF documents, and other electronic representations of the supply chain for years, what makes a “digitized” supply chain different? Ty cites an example of an alert that a container ship is two hours from port. Another area where automation adds significant value is in global trade documentation.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 27, 2015

Furthermore, advanced forms of digital tracking and document generation by customer service departments enable a telephone call to serve as this written notification. For example, if a transportation management services provider decides to extend this timeframe beyond the NMFTA® ruling, the consumer may follow the carrier specified policy.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 8, 2022

Playing it safe in the event of a fault: The LCAM 308 IP camera from Leuze monitors hidden areas on stacker cranes and conveyor lines. This allows operators of logistics centres to trace back events reliably and rectify faults quickly and efficiently. This enables events to be easily traced back. Harsh environments.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 3, 2018

In other words, stakeholders in a supply chain can react quickly to event information and automate their responses. Outcomes: less waste in time, energy, and money; preparedness for unexpected events (resistance to disruption in the chain); ability to identify issues quicker and with more accuracy; streamlined recalls.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 5, 2018

For example, a black swan event may include both the physical damage and ongoing disruption caused by a hurricane and subsequent bottlenecks, so shippers that know how to isolate the causes of poor visibility and areas that are likely to contribute to worsening of black swan events can effectively reduce their chances of coming to fruition.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 25, 2018

This invite-only event brought together supply chain and IT executives from a cross section of companies, along with several executives from IBM, including Jeanette Barlow, Vice President of IBM Supply Chain Solutions, and Ron Castro, Chief Supply Chain Officer at IBM. Take EDI, for example. IBM Watson Supply Chain Summit.

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Globalior

AUGUST 24, 2020

For example, in consignment sales the title cannot transfer at the time of delivery. For example, in consignment sales the title cannot transfer at the time of delivery. However, this is not always the case. The post Incoterms: When does title pass? appeared first on Globalior.

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Logistics Manager

MAY 19, 2020

Users want to be informed proactively and as early as possible if there are discrepancies in their documentation. Push notifications inform users about rejected eDGDs (electronic dangerous goods declarations), for example, and other current events. We can meet this requirement perfectly with the INFr8 mobile solution.”

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Just as you would have done when selecting your ERP , it’s recommended to develop a Request for Proposal (RFP), or at a minimum, a requirements document about the functionality you need, and what your goals are for this application. How much functionality do you really need? How closely aligned is your ISV with your ERP vendor?

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Logistics Manager

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The final vehicles arrived in Riyadh on 20th November, just days before the event. Cosdel hired two temporary staff to assist with the documentation, one of whom has since been hired on as a full-time employee.” Credit is rightly due to General Manager Sara Rider and our export coordinator Raleigh Gutierrez.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

But we can’t document the ROI or other benefits at this point. The theory is that as more and more devices throughout the supply chain and manufacturing process become part of the ‘Internet of Things,’ they will produce an incredibly rich data stream that will send signals in real-time to trigger a wide variety of events.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 6, 2017

If existing scenarios and events have triggered an assessment of your supply chain flow, you’re operating with a reactive design. If on the other hand, you’re considering events that aren’t in the process of happening right now, you’re proactive instead. Times Have Changed For Supply Chains.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Degradation occurs when a balanced status of systems, business processes and people organization is disturbed by some event and then over time the unused potential degrades to a new level where all three dimensions are in balance again. Another example is where a major customer suddenly demands a change in the way its orders are handled.

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UL EHS- Sustainability

MARCH 2, 2020

Qualification is the formal process of assessing and documenting the ability of personnel to perform job tasks correctly and consistently in accordance with prescribed requirements. The administrator can easily build a list of up to five selected events that meet specific criteria such as user ID, last name, first name, etc.

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Kanban Logistics

JUNE 16, 2022

As stewards of your precious products, your logistics provider should ask the important questions and take the important action steps before an emergency event. Preventing supply chain disruption begins with careful planning as soon as a major weather event is forecasted. In this article, we’ll examine how Kanban does just that.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Many-to-many can also refer to many participants in a network accessing many, many sources of event data critical to supply chain operations through a public cloud network. For example, when one company orders from a supplier in Asia to be delivered by a certain ocean carrier, the lead time is 24 days.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

And a FourKites survey of 350+ supply chain leaders tells us that the past few years of supply chain disruptions — including COVID-19, market volatility, global political conflict, material shortages and extreme weather events — drove 73% of respondents to begin investing in supply chain visibility, with 46% planning to invest more in 2023.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

If the responsible party does not accept liability , should damage or another event occur that could result in the filing of a claim. The use of terms for defining FOB should be established within the freight invoice , bill of lading or other appropriate documentation. What Do the Add-On Terms Really Mean?

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 7, 2023

2) A need for variants of products that are more suitable for online ordering and shipping than those suited for in-store sales (leak-proof packaging, for example). Compile and document comprehensive contingency plans covering as many types of disruption as the team can anticipate.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

But we can’t document the ROI or other benefits at this point. The theory is that as more and more devices throughout the supply chain and manufacturing process become part of the ‘Internet of Things,’ they will produce an incredibly rich data stream that will send signals in real-time to trigger a wide variety of events.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 9, 2021

The solution integrates advanced document management capabilities, robust collaboration features and support for bookings, with superior end-to-end real-time tracking. FourKites , a market leader in real-time supply chain visibility, announced its acquisition of Haven, Inc.,

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 21, 2017

For example, everyone knows that sales will peak around the holidays, but analytics can identify peaks that happen when you think you are in a lull. In addition, how much are these events or incidents costing your company overall? For example, you can fill out, email, print or even email-to-fax bills of lading within the TMS.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

For example, in effort to combat the scourge of some 6,000 weekly emails and phone calls about shipment changes, Maersk simply added on a $50 fee for manual changes in order to encourage digital bookings. For example, in a recent email, Maersk clarified that fixed upfront rates could only be consumed through the Spot API.

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Trinity Logistics

JUNE 3, 2021

Some examples of these are: U.S. 21 CFR 211.150 Provides guidance on the written procedures for managing expirations and a reliable system for identifying the distribution of drug samples in the event of a recall. If your cold chain is worldwide, it can be more complicated as there is no one entity to regulate on a global scale.

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Forto

AUGUST 17, 2021

Because in the event of a claim, inappropriate use of the clause can jeopardize the insurance coverage. Unlike the Bill of Lading , the Air Waybill is not a security, but a pure transport document. Other accompanying shipping documents may include commercial invoices, import licenses, or consular invoices. Air Waybill.

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Logistics in War

AUGUST 18, 2019

Part Two offered examples where militaries get it right, and a number of examples where events did not transpire as well as they might. In the Australian example, this ratio has featured in every review of Defence undertaken in the forty years since the ADF was formed.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

You need to make sure that this document (as well as any other necessary documentation, such as a commercial invoice for cross-border shipments) is printed and ready for the driver at the time of pickup. The more effort the carriers staff has to put into managing your shipment, the higher the chances of mistakes.

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