Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

When it comes to warehouse network design, there was a time when the top question for the people managing warehouse location searches was “Would I like to visit this location?” But those days are long gone says Jeff Haushalter of leading supply chain design and engineering firm, Chicago Consulting. These days warehouse network design decisions are data-driven and carefully and continuously analyzed.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Courtney Folk and Joe Lynch discuss the Renewal Logistics story. Courtney is the Co-Founder and CEO of Renewal Logistics , a full-service apparel fulfillment company that is the largest independent apparel restoration company in the US. About Courtney Folk Courtney Folk is the Co-Founder and CEO of Renewal Logistics, a full service apparel fulfillment company that is the largest independent apparel restoration company in the US.

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Logistics Network Optimization Software eCommerce Logistics 3PL 370

Supply Chain and Logistics

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Xeneta has developed a new index to describe the CO2 emissions by major container shipping companies on specific trade lanes. The index names Hamburg Sud as a hero and Evergreen as a villain currently.

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Logistics 130

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Last month I wrote about my return to the NRF Big Show. As a quick recap, a crowd of nearly 37,000 people flocked to the Javits Center in New York City to see what new solutions and innovations software suppliers had in store for 2023 and beyond. This year, the recurring theme was all about customer empowerment and how this leads to a positive customer experience.

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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.

Automation

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Amware Fulfillment’s CEO, Harry Drajpuch, was a recent guest on the Digital Supply Chain Podcast hosted by Tom Raftery, former global VP and Innovation Evangelist at SAP. Harry and Tom chatted about a range of topics, but mainly automated order fulfillment. Here are a few tidbits from Harry's interview to whet your appetite for listening to the full episode.

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Food Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

This year's winners lead from within, integrating themselves into the day-to-day tasks of their employees to fully understand the opportunities, pitfalls and options for improvement.

Supply Chain Software 148

Supply Chain Software Supply Chains 148

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Supply Chain Resilience Depends Upon End-to-End Visibility Service companies, where one firm takes over a set of duties that used to be done in-house, is quite common. Companies are outsourcing all sorts of things – call centers, janitorial services, accounting, IT services, and the list goes on. In the supply chain world, contract logistics – where a third-party logistics (3PL) firm runs and manages warehouses on behalf of their clients, is a $200 billion plus market.

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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

There’s a reason why home improvement contractors don’t hand you an estimate at your first meeting. Without knowing anything about your home – how it’s constructed, the plumbing, the electrical and your desired renovations – a generic pricing list is useless. It’s similar with fulfillment services. Your company, its products and its customers are all unique.

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Ordering Construction Meeting Production 295

The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Brian Gibala and Joe Lynch discuss 5 things your carrier wants. Brian serves as Vice President of Sales at LTI Trucking Services , an asset-based truckload carrier and 3PL specializing in temperature-controlled contract service. About Brian Gibala Brian Gibala is the VP of Sales at LTI Trucking Services, an asset-based truckload carrier and 3PL specializing in temperature-controlled contract service.

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Logistics Network Optimization Software Price Reduction Temperature 3PL 323

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Cost Reduction

Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The traditional lines between software vendors and 3PLs, and between the front-end of e-commerce and the back-end, are all starting to blur and dissolve. I wrote that back in August 2016 in “The Convergence Of Logistics And Commerce (And Social Networking Too).” The post was in response to news at the time that Symphony Commerce. Read more The post The Ongoing Convergence of Logistics and Commerce appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Logistics Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Supply chains worldwide will continue to be caught between politics, economics and ecology in the future. Whether there will be more regionalization or nearshoring remains to be seen. The question will linger: Who will win and who will lose in this increasingly tense competition?

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Food Logistics

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

3PL providers know that much of the extra spending in transportation comes from driver detention, which is often a self-inflicted wound that costs everyone in the end. Your new year goal can be cutting down on this cost.

Cost Reduction 158

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Recent events have elevated supply chain to a top priority for CEOs across the globe. The Conference Board ( conference-board.org ), a well-known, global business membership organization, conducted its C-SUITE OUTLOOK survey in the fall of 2021. Its survey results showed supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and rising inflation to be 3 of the 5 high impact external factors on the minds of CEOs.

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Advertiser: GEP

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.

Supply Chain Software

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As one of the leading nutrition companies in the US, NeoLife, has seen its popularity soar as more Americans seek to adopt happier and healthier lives. The direct sales company’s growth has challenged its operations team to scale direct sales fulfillment capabilities to keep up.

Operations 295

Operations 295

The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Chris Jolly and Joe Lynch discuss heavy hauling with the Freight Coach. Chris is the CEO and Founder of The Freight Coach Logistics, a full-service brokerage that specializes in heavy haul trucking. About Chris Jolly Chris Jolly is the founder of The Freight Coach and the host of Coffee w/#TheFreightCoach podcast. Chris has over 14 years of experience in transportation with the bulk of his experience in freight brokerage.

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Freight Logistics Network Optimization Software Training Transportation 317

Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

What is supply chain innovation? In a 2013 white paper, the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics defined supply chain innovation as “the combining and application of a mix of inventions, existing processes, and technologies in a new way that achieves a desirable change in cost, quality, cash and/or service.” A lot has changed over. Read more The post The State of Supply Chain and Logistics Innovation appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Logistics Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

As the glue that holds supply chains together, software continues to play a vital role in the smooth running of these critical global networks.

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Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Trends Networks 152

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

Optimal Sourcing

Food Logistics

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This award recognizes leading third-party logistics and cold storage providers in the cold food and beverage industry. Submissions close March 27.

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3PL Logistics Industry 4PL 148

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How 3PLs Can Gain Visibility and a Competitive Advantage Offering Automated Billing and a Self-Service Interactive Customer Portal It’s hard to imagine a third-party logistics (3PL) business today operating without some form of a warehouse management system ( WMS ) connecting the digital dots. Technology’s place in supply chain operations is well established and much appreciated, as it helps improve accuracy, visibility, and efficiency from orders coming in and shipments moving out.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Negotiating Skills 141

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Today we have rovers mining Mars, robots assisting heart surgery and AI writing poetry. But can and will automation technology be there for you when you really need it during a spike of online purchases or a period of order volatility?

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Phillip Akhzar and Joe Lynch discuss why packaging matters. Phillip is the Founder and CEO of Arka , a tech enabled packaging platform that provides custom and unbranded eco-friendly packaging to SMBs at competitive prices. About Phillip Akhzar Phillip Akhzar is the Founder and CEO of Arka, a tech enabled packaging platform that provides custom and unbranded eco-friendly packaging to SMBs at competitive prices.

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Packaging Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Software Inventory Reduction 299

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.

Cost Reduction

Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In December 2013, the Wall Street Journal reported that Home Depot planed to spend “at least $300 million on supply chain, technology and online improvements in the fiscal year that begins in February [2014], including building new fulfillment centers and overhauling its warehouse technology systems” to enable same-day shipping and delivery of orders.

Supply Chain Software 158

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Logistics Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, for January, at 117.1 (2015=100), saw a 0.7% gain, from December to January, following a 1% December gain, to 116.2, over November.

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Trucking 144

Food Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Ken Johnson, CEO of Leonard’s Express and one of the winners of Food Logistics’ 2023 Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award, explains the importance of transparency along the supply chain and how data helps.

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Supply Chains Data Logistics Trucking 148

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

There are a handful of insightful reports I look forward to every year. The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report is one of them. This year’s report is based on interviews with over 1,200 experts across academia, business, government, the international community and civil society. “’Global risk’” is defined as the possibility of the occurrence of an event or condition which, if it occurs, would negatively impact a significant proportion of global GDP, population or natural resources.

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Government Scenario Planning Events Supply Chains 140

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

Strategy

NGT News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A new study from research firm Information Trends has found that 56,000 hydrogen fuel cell passenger vehicles had been sold worldwide by the end of 2022, with 30,000 of that total having sold in the past two years. The leading market, the company says, is South Korea. More than half of all fuel cell vehicle […] The post Light-Duty Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles: Where’s the Traction?

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Shannon Breen and Joe Lynch discuss the FreightVana story. Shannon is Co-CEO & Founder of FreightVana , a digital logistics partner powered by technology and built on a foundation of trust and transparency About Shannon Breen Shannon Breen is the Co-CEO & Founder at FreightVana, a digital logistics partner powered by technology and built on a foundation of trust and transparency.

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Logistics Network Optimization Software Construction Supply Chain Software Digital 271

Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Building Blocks Are Evolving The modern supply chain has always been a mixture of Makers, Movers, and Sellers. These functions are the basic building blocks of our modern supply chain. Makers produce goods to be sold. This may mean taking raw materials, possibly combining them with other ingredients, even adding assembled components, and building.

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