Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 26, 2014
'Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, a time for family, friends, and turkey. Lots of turkey. Just how much turkey? According to the National Turkey Federation, over 730 million pounds of turkey will be consumed in the United States during Thanksgiving. Given that the average weight of a Thanksgiving turkey is 16 pounds, that is about 45 million […].
3PL Insights
NOVEMBER 25, 2014
'Winter Drayage: Impacts and Challenges by Matt Magpantay, Evans Distribution Systems Drayage has the ability to incapacitate any logistics company through unforeseen expenses and delays. Transportation consultant, Tioga Group, estimates that drayage delays... The post Winter Drayage: Impacts and Challenges appeared first on 3PL Insights - Warehousing, Transportation, and Logistics.
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Apparel Logistics
NOVEMBER 24, 2014
By outsourcing accounting , your company can see many great advantages. Here are a few of the most important benefits to outsourcing your company’s accounting.
Mazars Ledger
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG WITH TALENT attraction and retention continue to be the key challenges facing the U.S. water industry, according… The post Key Challenges for the U.S. Water Industry appeared first on Insights Center - Mazars - United States.
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Infosys Supply Chain Management
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
'Posted by Abhay Dhall, Associate Consultant (Manufacturing Vertical), Infosys Limited In my previous blog , I spoke about the need for companies to create a value stream map for their processes in order measure, control & improve their processes. To preach is one thing but to perform is something else. Is it as easy to execute as being said? A simple way of ensuring that a process is adding real value is to ask the internal customer of each process to provide feedback and recommendations to
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Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
'I’d been interacting with Mark Kuta, who works for Oracle in the Value Chain Planning group, and he sent me a book he wrote called Think Like a CEO. The book seems to be directed at sales people; the subtitle is “Sell to Any Company in Any Industry… Better and Faster than a Harvard MBA.” […].
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
'When I speak with new customers, many of them tell me how in the past they viewed supply chain design as an optimization project that was completed every three to five years, often by third-party firms. Now these large, multi-national businesses are bringing supply chain design in-house and adopting it as a core business process. […].
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
'Supply chain management is a critical function at any business that involves production, distribution, or inventory management. But being a critical function does not make it strategic in the traditional Michael Porter definition of providing a unique, valuable and sustainable competitive advantage. So, how can the supply chain management function elevate itself to that of […].
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
'The perfect order metric (POM) is one of the most critical metrics in fulfillment. The Warehouse Education and Research Council’s (WERC) definition of the perfect order metric is that a perfect order is delivered: Complete; On time; Damage free; And, with the correct documentation and invoicing. This is tough to achieve a very high POM […].
Speaker: Ethan Woolley, Director at Kharon
This webinar will explore how companies can proactively address compliance risks–rather than reactively responding to–UFLPA enforcement actions. Ethan Woolley will provide insights into the latest CBP enforcement trends, entity list updates, and industries under increased scrutiny, with a look at potential shifts under the Trump administration. Ethan will also explore how predictive data and strategic due diligence can help organizations stay ahead of regulatory challenges and strengthen complia
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
'My colleagues and I publish a blog each Friday outlining the week’s logistics news. Included in these posts are updates to logistics industry economic indicators. These indicators are of interest to industry practitioners because they provide a timely snapshot of the market’s performance. From this feedback, executives can update their views and assumptions about the […].
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 13, 2014
'The need for track and trace capabilities in industries such as food and beverage, manufacturing or automotive industries is obvious: the threat of contamination or recalls impacts public safety, and the responses to those events are highly regulated. Organizations need to know what goes into their products and their location at all times. But increasingly, […].
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 24, 2014
'When companies make the decision to outsource warehousing to a third party logistics company (3PL) because they are not happy with their own capabilities, they tend to demand more of the 3PL then they would demand of themselves. I talked to an IT executive at a well-known 3PL active in providing warehousing services about this. […].
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'In last Thursday’s Wall Street Journal there was a front page article titled U.S. Boom Can Stand Further Fall in Oil Prices. “Oil prices would need to fall at least another $20 a barrel to choke off the U.S. energy boom, industry experts say, though some smaller American producers would face serious problems from a […].
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Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
'Last year’s holiday shopping season could be described as “rough.” An estimated two million packages were delivered late, which really doesn’t make for a happy customer. The reasons were two-fold. First, there was a huge jump in last minute orders that shippers were simply unprepared for, and therefore were unable to get out on time. […].
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
'In the movie Memento, the main character, Leonard Shelby, relies on tattoos and Polaroid pictures to retrace his past after amnesia wipes out his memory. He needs these details to faithfully reconstruct recent events and resolve the crime that upended his life. While you don’t need tattoos to track pharmaceutical shipments, the passage of House […].
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 11, 2014
'Google was in the news today. Google has signed a 60-year lease for part of a historic Navy air base, where it plans to renovate three massive hangars and use them for projects involving robotics as well as aviation and space exploration. Starting in 2013, Google acquired several companies that produce robots or supporting technologies […].
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
'The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecast on Wednesday that diesel fuel prices, which averaged $3.92/gal in 2013, are projected to fall to an average of $3.82/gal in 2014 and $3.38/gal in 2015. Unlike most commodities, transportation contracts often have built-in fuel cost indexing, called fuel surcharges, to cover increases and decreases in fuel costs.
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Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 25, 2014
'As shippers and service providers move beyond the now outmoded concept of the “supply chain” (which never really matched the complex realities of surface transportation within North America), they are finding that traditional boundaries between asset and non-asset-based providers are quickly disappearing. Next generation technology solutions are enabling virtually every supply network participant to broaden […].
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 21, 2014
'Thanksgiving is just a week away, which means the countdown is on for Black Friday (and pre-Black Friday deals). Just how big will this year’s turnout be? The National Retail Federation (NRF) expects 140 million holiday shoppers to take advantage of Thanksgiving weekend deals in stores and online. To put that in perspective, that represents […].
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
'For many years, “fall back” was a good thing. I could go to the bed at my normal time on Saturday night and enjoy an extra hour of sleep. Sure, it meant that the cold of winter was coming and that it would be dark by 4:30, but for one glorious day, I got to […].
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 14, 2014
'So…This morning Boston received its first snowfall of the season. The overzealous news reporters are already in action “traffic delays, polar vortex, stay tuned for (15 minute interval) updates!” The picture on the left is the snow on my property this morning. I had to rush outside to capture that little dusting of snow before […].
Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja
Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever
Apparel Logistics
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
Every warehouse is faced with its own unique safety challenges; however, there are general rules and principles that, if followed, can create an accident and injury-free work environment. Here are three ways to increase overall employee safety and efficiency within your warehouse.
Apparel Logistics
NOVEMBER 13, 2014
Big Data isn’t the norm in logistics, but it is certainly gaining ground. Here are the most important things you should know about Big Data.
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