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Preparing Corporate Transportation Fleets for Economic Turbulence

Food Logistics

With the right plan in place and the right asset management partner, you’ll find better flexibility to make agile business decisions that benefit your employees, customers and the environment.

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Beyond Control Tower: How Cognitive Command Centers Are Revolutionizing Supply Chains

Talking Logistics

For more than two decades companies have been striving to improve their supply chain awareness and management through supply chain visibility applications. But companies must take action based on that visibility in order to realize its true value, which is why many companies have deployed supply chain control towers. Today, as new technologies and capabilities.

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Securing the Pickleball Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Pickelball is the fastest growing sport in the US. Franklin Sports needed to protect sales in this category by improving their pickleball supply chain. Franklin Sports, founded in 1946, is a third-generation business employing over 150 workers and doing roughly $200 million in business. The company, headquartered in Stoughton Massachusetts, is now headed by Adam Franklin.

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Artificial Intelligence Will be Big in Supply Chain Management, Report Predicts

Supply Chain Brain

AI-enabled supply chains are 67% more effective than their non-AI counterparts, thanks to reduced risks and lower overall costs, market analysis shows.

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7 Leadership Themes for Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders in 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders are presented with their fair share of challenges, with a host of tools and strategies to resolve them. That said, what’s the best path forward to leverage this year’s trends? In this recap of a recent GEP-WBR webinar, 7 Leadership Themes for Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders in 2024, GEP’s Pramod Sethumadhavan explores seven vital leadership trends that will help guide procurement and supply chain decision-makers.

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China-Russia vs. US-EU: How global shipping is slowly splitting in two

Supply Chain and Logistics

This article is useful for understanding how the global shipping trades are behaving now. Apparently many operators of ships are willing to participate in trade with the Russia and China bloc.

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Female trucker surveys show divide on pay and cab design

Commercial Carrier Journal

Industry leaders agree on safety and respect as top issues among surveyed female truck drivers but disagree on pay and cab design.

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FedEx Overhaul Contemplates a Future With No Drivers on Payroll

Supply Chain Brain

The decision to break from Smith’s approach was cheered by analysts, who raised their stock-price targets or recommendations, even as they warned of challenges.

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Female trucker surveys divide proponents on pay and cab design

Commercial Carrier Journal

Industry leaders agree on safety and respect as top issues among surveyed female truck drivers but disagree on pay and cab design.

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Most Supply Chains Are Not Ready for Due Diligence Compliance

Supply Chain Brain

Simply dumping a non-compliant supplier is probably the most disruptive option, and also in many ways the least good one. Better, in most cases, to deepen the relationship and offer genuine solutions.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Transportation Industry

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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Pilot Company names new executives

Commercial Carrier Journal

Berkshire Hathaway purchased 38.6% of Pilot Flying J in October 2017 and became majority owners of Pilot Company Jan. 31 this year.

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SleepDog® Mattress: Making Truck Driving More Comfortable

Women in Trucking

SleepDog® Mattress is the first Women In Trucking Member Approved Provider and the most recommended truck and RV mattress in the commercial vehicle industry. Designed for life on the road, SleepDog® mattresses are constructed with the highest quality American-made materials to provide your best rest, wherever your travels take you. Just ask our friend, owner and operator Vanita (pictured above), who has been sleeping on our most popular mattress since 2022!

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How tech prevents a trucking graveyard

Commercial Carrier Journal

There are hardly any metrics a truck produces that aren’t available in real time now with the right technology.

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Shortages at U.S. West Coast Ports are Redirecting Shipments to East Coast

MTS Logistics

There has been a lot of discussion about U.S. West Coast ports losing market share to U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports. The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were partially closed at the end of last week due to worker shortages. There was not enough labor on Thursday and Friday. The union released a statement stating the reasons why. On Thursday, the union had a monthly meeting and Friday, employees stayed home to observe the religious holiday.

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Next-Gen Procurement: Transforming Processes with the Power of Generative AI

Generative AI goes beyond just automating tasks and providing real-time answers. Did you know that implementing generative AI reduces sourcing cycle times and allows for faster decision-making across procurement operations? In this whitepaper — Next-Gen Procurement: Transforming Processes With the Power of Generative AI — experts reveal how the strategic application of generative AI within procurement processes is paving the way for groundbreaking improvements.

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FRA Seeks Re-evaluation of ‘Train Makeup’

Supply Chain Brain

The FRA said an analysis revealed several common themes among recent crashes, including that each one had 125 cars or more, and an empty car was the first to derail in all cases.

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Five things you need to do before the market turns

FreightWaves SONAR

The freight market is continuing to drive to the bottom, here are five things you need to do before we get there.The freight market is continuing to drive to the bottom, here are five things you need to do before we get there. The post Five things you need to do before the market turns appeared first on SONAR.

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Locher Evers International Acquired by EFL Global

Supply Chain Brain

The deal will allow EFL Global to expand its reach within the Canadian market while strengthening the company’s ability to provide customers with end-to-end logistics solutions.

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Freight Shipping Services

Ship Monk

Wouldn’t it be great if the same fulfillment company that handled your ecommerce fulfillment and/or B2B retail fulfillment, also coordinated your inbound and outbound inventory freight? That way, everybody who needs to know, would be “in the know” about where your inventory is at all times — and you could quit your job as the referee between manufacturers, distribution centers, retailers and multiple shipping agents.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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IDC Reports Steep Drop in Global Shipments of Traditional PCs During Q1 2023

Supply Chain Brain

IDC said COVID-driven PC shipping demands are coming to an end, caused by weak global demands, excess inventory, and a worsening macroeconomic climate.

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Tanker Unloads Russian Crude in Ghana After Six-Week Wait

Supply Chain Brain

Clearance was given after claims that the cargo was from Kazakhstan, but data intelligence firms Vortexa and Kpler showed it originated from Russia.

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Sea-Air Freight Service from Asia to Africa Launched by Aero Africa

Supply Chain Brain

Aero Africa is launching a new sea-air transport product that will provide transportation from Asia to 70 different African destinations.

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Watch: Balancing New and Legacy Technology in the Warehouse

Supply Chain Brain

A technology refresh, while yielding big benefits to the warehouse, can also be highly disruptive to day-to-day operations.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?