The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Bill Thayer and Joe Lynch discuss channel free logistics. Bill is the Founder and CEO, of Fillogic a l ogistics-as-a-service platform for retail that converts underutilized space at retail centers into tech-enabled, micro distribution hubs. About Bill Thayer Bill Thayer is the Founder and CEO, of Fillogic a logistics-as-a-service platform for retail that converts underutilized space at retail centers into tech-enabled, micro distribution hubs.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

You’ve probably heard the phrase “Too much of a good thing,” which the Grammarist defines as “an excessive amount that becomes overwhelming or harmful, rather than helpful or pleasurable.” The phrase popped into my head the other night as I helped myself to another serving of ice cream. In case you’re wondering, you can’t have. Read more The post Can You Have Too Much Supply Chain Visibility?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It’s human nature to want to start a new year with new goals—the ever-present new year’s resolutions. Typically, we make it at least one month into the new year before we have to revise our plans. However, it’s only early February 2024, and we already have several major disruptions impacting supply chains. As Alan Amling at the University of Tennessee put it, “2024 is riddled with uncertainty.

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Commercial Carrier Journal

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Volvo changed everything with its all-new VNL.

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Heico Sandee, CEO of Smart Robotics, explores how automation redefines warehouse culture. By shifting repetitive tasks to skill-based roles, automation improves safety, fosters collaboration, and makes warehousing more appealing to today’s workforce.

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Overdrive Online

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Join Overdrive and ATBS for the annual Partners in Business seminar at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville on March 22 at 2:45 p.m., this year with emphasis on pulling through the tough freight markets.

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Overdrive Online

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Volvo changed everything with its all-new VNL.

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NGT News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has completed its latest renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in Marshall County, Iowa. The Marshall Ridge Dairy project is expected to produce 1.7 million gallons of low carbon-intensity RNG annually. The three-digester facility in State Center, Iowa, is now producing pipeline-quality RNG and injecting it into the national grid.

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Food Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The 2024 Manifest Las Vegas event proved again to be a space where big ideas prosper in big ways.

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Commercial Carrier Journal

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

KAG will also acquire 36 tractors, 91 trailers, two terminals with two maintenance bays, warehouse space and transloading capabilities.

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Truck News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Ontario government’s announcement to move forward with building Highway 413, a new 400-series highway and transit corridor across Halton, Peel and York regions, was highly welcomed by the Ontario […]

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Food Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant asks industry experts about various topics developing in the supply chain field. The 2024 Manifest Las Vegas event proved again to be a space where big ideas prosper in big ways.

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MTS Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Before I begin comparing hybrid and office work, my initial idea was to write about the decrease in the customer service levels of our suppliers, especially the experiences we have had as a team in the last year. While there could be multiple reasons for this decline, I noticed that my focus was on hybrid working models. Especially in the post-Covid era, many articles have been written comparing hybrid, remote, and office work models, discussing their advantages and disadvantages.

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Food Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Despite inflation, holiday spending in 2023 outpaced the year before, and the annual growth of spending continues, but the rate of growth is slowing and returning to pre-pandemic levels, according to new data from ITS Logistics.

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As early as next year, procurement and supply chain operations will begin to adopt AI agents, often called “agentic AI,” to work alongside employees to make and execute decisions with precision across procurement and even the most complex global supply chains. Unlike LLM-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, these AI agents do not require prompts from humans.

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Truck News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

I’m connected on LinkedIn with some great carriers and brokers, and lately have been spending time reading the comments on many posts.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The company said that these updates to Oracle Transportation Management and Oracle Global Trade Management will help customers increase visibility, reduce costs and automate regulatory compliances.

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Truck News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Is the tide turning on the trucking industry’s acceptance of gig workers? South of the border, the U.S.

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Compactor Management Company

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The recycling symbol is a famous logo with three arrows forming a loop. It’s known worldwide as a recycling sign. This recycling symbol was made on the first Earth Day in 1970 by Gary Anderson , who was a 23-year-old student working for the Container Corporation of America at the time. Interestingly, this recycling sign is not owned by anyone; it belongs to everyone.

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Speaker: Eric Berdinis, Ran Sun, & Chris Chmielewski

Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. If you’re frustrated with the complex and manual processes for obtaining bids for your contract and spot freight, you’re not alone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs. Join this exclusive webinar with experts from Uber Freight to learn how the latest digital tools and automation can transform your freight procurement strategy by strea

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In Part 1 , we covered three key areas of enterprise security that have the greatest risk potential — the diverse IT environment, the threat landscape, and human error. There are some specific threat areas that manufacturers need to manage. They also need to know how to protect their ERP systems which are critical for a business to run effectively. Threats in the manufacturing environment The adoption of smart manufacturing, while being critical for many companies who want to stay competitive, a

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Retail return fraud has grown rampant in recent years, stealing retailers’ hard-earned profits, damaging brands’ reputations, and burdening honest consumers with higher prices.

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NGT News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Phoenix Motor Inc., a provider of heavy-duty transit buses and electrification solutions for medium-duty vehicles, recently delivered an all-electric, zero-emission Z400 shuttle bus to the city of Grand Terrace, California. The electric service vehicle is built on a Ford E-450 chassis powered by Phoenix Motorcars and will serve the city and its community.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said that the U.S. is currently updating its laws, including a 150-year-old mining regulation, to ensure the “sustainable and efficient” extraction of critical minerals.

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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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NGT News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Bollinger Motors Inc., a commercial electric vehicle manufacturer, has named LaFontaine Automotive Group as its first authorized dealer, with two locations in Michigan: Lansing and Farmington Hills. The Bollinger B4 Chassis Cab is a new, all-electric Class 4 commercial truck designed from the ground up with extensive fleet and upfitter input. Bollinger’s chassis design protects […] The post Bollinger Motors Authorizes First Commercial EV Dealer appeared first on NGT News.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The federal government asked about shortages of generic drugs and whether groups that purchase quantities in bulk are contributing to the problem.

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NGT News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

HEULIEZ, the urban bus brand of Iveco Group, has been selected by Régie des Transports Métropolitains (RTM, the public transport operator of Marseille, France) to supply 200 electric buses. This contract is valued at 125 million euros. This order marks a major step forward in the large-scale electrification of Marseille’s public transport network.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Getting a thoroughly broad view of supply chain operations gives a supply chain professional a career boost because it makes him or her more useful to the company.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Different people have different ideas about what “closing the loop” means. For some, it’s about reaching fitness goals with a smartwatch or finishing a craft project like crocheting. But in sustainability, it’s a big deal. It’s like reaching the highest standard, creating a system that keeps going without end. But it’s not easy to achieve unless you have all the right inputs.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Uber and Lyft drivers are holding daylong strikes in Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Miami, Orlando, Austin, Newark and several other cities.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Award-winning decorating merchant Dulux Decorator Centre has today announced its partnership with last-mile, on-demand delivery network Gophr, to expand its new Rapid, sub-2-hour, delivery service on paint, tools and accessories for its customers across the UK. Dulux Decorator Centre operates in over 230 stores across the UK and online. It introduced its Rapid delivery offering in November 2022, and recently won a British Coatings Federation award for Customer Service.

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