August, 2018

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4 Ways to Create an Efficient Transportation Budget in 2019

Carter Logistics

Blog Topics. The Shared Milkrun Mexico & Border Logistics. 4 Ways to Create an Efficient Transportation Budget in 2019. What will the price of oil be during the rest of 2019? This is just one factor that presents a challenge when planning future transportation budgets. The complex factors impacting your transportation budget may fluctuate unexpectedly, at times even from day to day.

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From Washington to your warehouse

DC Velocity

Here's how the federal government's actions on trade and tax law will affect forklift makers and their customers. There will be winners and losers.

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Logistics Simplified: Three Keys to Solving Your Supply Chain Problems

Material Handling and Logistics

The solutions to supply chain problems boil down to the right combination of three factors—technology, data and processes. In the supply chain, problems are often overcomplicated. It’s true that the major issues in the supply chain—which were confirmed through MH&L ’s workforce survey process and published in an earlier article —are nuanced. However, manufacturers, 3PLs and others in the supply chain often get lost in the details.

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Trucking by the Numbers 2018: Trucking and freight snapshot

Fleet Owner

By using data on tonnage and other freight trends across various industry segments, motor car­riers and shippers can more effectively plan for the scarcity of trucks and adjust their operations to remain competitive.

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Rethinking warehouse work culture: Can automation create better workplaces?

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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Is logistics the ultimate conventional deterrent?

Logistics in War

By David Beaumont. The Royal Australian Air Force, now armed with the fifth-generation fighter and other impressive air capabilities guided by a wholesale transformation strategy – Plan Jericho, has recently debated the need for a joint strike capability. This debate is being litigated through the Williams Foundation who are running a seminar on the topic during August 2018. . ‘The Central Blue’ – the Foundation’s online forum – has kindly published my contrib

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Carter Express Opens a New Crossdock in Mexico that Brings Higher Accuracy and Lower Cost in Handling Mexico Freight

Carter Logistics

Blog Topics. The Shared Milkrun Mexico & Border Logistics. Carter Express Opens a New Crossdock in Mexico that Brings Higher Accuracy and Lower Cost in Handling Mexico Freight. We are very pleased to announce the opening of our new crossdock in Queretaro, Mexico in August 2018. Operated by Carter personnel, including an additional 11 new employees, operating 24 hours a day and six days a week, this new 28,000 sq. ft.

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Striking the right balance

DC Velocity

Retailers need more sophisticated technology to manage inventory in an omnichannel world. Tools that improve visibility and flexibility are at the top of the list.

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Inventory Management Key in Digital Transformation of Brick and Mortar Retail

Material Handling and Logistics

“In order to remain competitive with e-commerce retailers and other brick and mortar rivals, physical stores will soon be adopting IoT and AI-enabled inventory tools as the standard, rather than the exception.

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LGBT truckers share tales from the road

Fleet Owner

All truckers are familiar with the meditative din of the road, but for the LGBT community, the siren song of the highways can be especially luring. But LGBT truckers face discrimination from their peers, shippers and at stops along the road.

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Load Optimization: A Sustainable Way To Reduce Transportation Costs

Discover strategies to optimize load building and achieve significant transportation cost savings. Plus, learn how load optimization can help reduce CO 2 emissions and align with climate regulations and consumer expectations. Finally, discover best practices for sustainable load optimization.

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Kroger Driverless Grocery Deliveries are Here

Bringg

Kroger is at the forefront of improving the grocery shopping and delivery experience. While change has been occurring, especially after Amazon acquired Whole Foods, it hasn’t been fast. This is giving grocery leaders like Kroger a chance to catch up and innovate. Kroger’s partnership with Ocado Group could transform the customer experience in the retail grocery business.

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Decision-forcing cases for logistics: practicing logisticians to overcome ‘wicked problems’

Logistics in War

By Bruce Gudmundsson. Ed. note: on occasion, LIW examines the art of training and educating logisticians. LIW is privileged to have Dr Bruce Gudmundson, USMC University, discuss a teaching method very relevant to training leaders in ways to overcome ‘wicked problems’ in war. A link to his site can be found here. A military logistician is a study in contrasts.

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Items You Should Never Pack In A Cargo Shipping Container

Trans Global Auto Logistics

Items You Should Never Pack In A Cargo Shipping Container. If you’re planning an international move, a shipping container can be your best friend. Loading up a container is often the best way to get all of your belongings overseas. Not only can shipping containers hold a lot, but they also can keep your items safe during transit. However, you can’t simply throw everything you own into a shipping container and be on your way.

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Start me up: Opportunity charging or fast charging?

DC Velocity

Both methods are designed to get DC equipment up and running faster—and keep it running longer—than with conventional charging. So which is best for your operation?

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Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations

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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Consumers Demand Supply Chain Accountability Down to the Last Straw

Material Handling and Logistics

Is your business at risk due to unethical supply chain practices? The board at Monster Energy Drink had a decision to make. They were staring at a petition, signed by 21,000 consumers, who said that if they knew that the company used products that were produced by slave labor, they would all be drinking Red Bull from now on. “Poor supply chain practices are a business risk, not just a sustainability one, and companies need to understand the business case for doing the right thing,” says Andrew B

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Easing America's truck driver shortage through blockchain

Fleet Owner

Blockchain tech has the power to ease the strain of the truck driver shortage and reward drivers for their hard work.

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Is the Future of Electric Trucks Now?

Logistics Viewpoints

Electric trucks have been in the news a lot lately, especially as Tesla has made multiple announcements regarding the highly anticipated release of its Class 8 semi-truck. However, the state of Tesla’s supply chain, along with the skepticism regarding the design of the truck, had the public wondering if it would actually come to fruition. But Tesla is clearly not the only company working to get an electric truck to the market.

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Nearly a quarter of Europe’s biggest retailers offer next-day delivery, industry quickly shifting to same-day delivery as standard

Bringg

New research form Internet Retailing shows that the number of Top 500 European retailers offering next-day delivery rose by 50% last year. This means that 24% of the Top 500 retailers in the EEA now offer next-day deliveries. The UK remains significantly ahead, with 45% of retailers surveyed currently offering the service, but France and the Netherlands are also making significant progress as both saw the figure rise from 6 to 16%.

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Freight Procurement Simplified: Bids from Hours to Minutes

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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A digital supply chain for the chemical industry

Transporeon

The world is abuzz about the digitalization of everything from operations to logistics, and many industry analysts and thought leaders are weighing in on the significant impact that visibility, greater innovation and faster time to market can have on an industry—which are all gains that can be traced back to an increasingly digital supply chain. The digital supply chain is predicted to have an especially significant impact on many areas of the chemical industry, leading to optimized business pro

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Curse of the Internet: E-commerce creates new challenges for customs

DC Velocity

Agencies are struggling to process a surging tide of time-sensitive e-commerce shipments while keeping tabs on security and regulatory compliance.

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Ten Steps to Managing Inbound Freight: A Coordinated Dance between Shippers and Suppliers

Material Handling and Logistics

Learn how to gain better visibility over your end-to-end supply chain. There is a profound difference between inbound and outbound logistics—inbound deals with the delivery of raw materials or goods coming into a business while outbound logistics refers to goods going out. Inbound logistics operations involve a relationship between suppliers and a business, while outbound relates to the business, its products and its end customers.

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If drivers had a blank check to spec their interiors

Fleet Owner

"If you had your choice of two jobs where the pay was almost identical, but one working environment was a lot nicer, where are you gonna go?

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

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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More than a TMS: Optimizing with Visibility-Driven Workflows

Logistics Viewpoints

When we think about visibility and tracking in our daily lives, our consumer mindset probably turns on and we think of online ordering. We’re concerned with questions like, “Where’s my stuff?” or “What time can I expect my order to be delivered?” In a B2C environment, visibility is about tracking. But in B2B, it’s so much more. Visibility covers the technology and tools you use for supply chain management.

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Dark Kitchens: Deceptive Experience or Genius Strategy?

Bringg

With the food delivery industry booming, the kitchens inside restaurant branches are not always ready to handle the influx of orders. What’s more, the restaurants themselves may not be located in strategic spots that enable drivers to avoid traffic and deliver their orders as fast as possible. And finally, restaurants often have to pay for premium real estate in order to lure customers in, but they can’t afford to increase their kitchen space in order to handle deliveries.

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Finding a Warehouse in Today’s High-Demand Market

Talking Logistics

Finding the right warehouse is arguably one of the most important decisions your company will make. It has the potential to be not only be a powerful, industry-leading storage and shipping center, but also the literal hub of your logistics — including returns, reshipments, and other nuanced supply chain tasks. It needs the ability to grow with your ambitions without demanding too much of your bottom line, and there are a lot of configuration and feature choices to weigh before signing on t

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Little Rhody's small-mindedness

DC Velocity

Rhode Island's new truck-only highway toll scheme has thrust the habitual failed thinking of the smallest state's leaders into the national spotlight.

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How To Set Up Innovation So That It Aligns With And Enables Corporate Strategy

Speaker: Paul Heller

Most innovation work proceeds independently from company strategy. As a result, the products that arrive in the market are not well aligned with the company’s goals. This challenge is particularly significant in organizations with transformation-oriented strategies, where innovation must directly support growth, scalability, and strategic pivots. In this session, we will discuss why innovation in large companies is so often not aligned with the company’s strategy and what innovation leaders, pro

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Logistics Industry Sees Good Times Ahead

Material Handling and Logistics

Over the next three months, 70% of the logistics and transportation managers, surveyed in July by TCompanies, said the U.S. economy will continue to thrive. And because of that, revenue and profitability are expected to increase as well.

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Trucking by the Numbers 2018: The equipment fleets use

Fleet Owner

In our ongoing breakdown of the U.S. trucking industry by statistics and data is this revealing segment examining the equipment fleets are using to get the job done.

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Blockchain and Trucking: A Match Made on the Road

Shipchain

The inception of blockchain technology for use in logistics and supply chain management represents one of the most significant innovations in the industry. Blockchain is a technology that stores incorruptible blocks of information; in logistics and supply chain management, it has the potential to eliminate inaccuracies and hold all supply chain entities accountable.