Bringg

MAY 24, 2018

Earlier this month, Louis Vuitton invited Bringg to participate in a 2-day hackathon hosted at their Europa warehouse. As the world’s biggest luxury retail brand, their customers expect the best service with no compromise. The challenge at hand was to improve and develop the Louis Vuitton delivery standard, providing customers with groundbreaking and exceptional services – extending the brand’s world-class luxury customer experience.

Operations 81

Operations Supply Chain Design Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chains 81

Airfreight Logistics

MAY 15, 2018

The role that dedicated freighters play in the air cargo market is one that fulfills a vital niche. While the lower belly-hold space of passenger airplanes serves a purpose, freighters enable palletized lower hold space which is extremely important for forwarders who are a principal driver of air cargo. Beyond just enabling palletized shipments, freighters are flexible and allow oversized cargo to be transported.

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Cargo Tips Transportation Modeling Software 49

Jayem Logistics

MAY 2, 2018

Basic things people should know on Block Chain Technology: It is a relationship between consumers and suppliers without third person intervening. We can’t change data once it is posted. Each transaction is called as block and it is known by each and every person in that network. After this transaction will enter in to network chain. Each and every transaction details are stored by block chain.

Supply Chain Planning Software 59

Supply Chain Planning Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software 59

DC Velocity

MAY 25, 2018

Storage solutions that maximize space don't just improve operations in the warehouse and distribution center. They can help you put more money to the bottom line too.

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Material Savings Distribution Operations Materials Handling 192

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

Cyzerg

MAY 7, 2018

Shipping is the final warehouse process, and one of the most important ones, for that matter. While customer experience greatly depends on the shipping process, the process itself depends on the previous processes to varied extent. How efficiently the goods are picked, greatly depends on the put-away process while delivering them in good condition depends on the packing process.

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Optimization Operations Packing Blog 224

Fleet Owner

MAY 21, 2018

One of the benefits of VR is that it allows a person to make mistakes without consequences. Driver training is one place where VR might be useful. Another is technician training.

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Training 135

Now, That's Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

An inside look at the current state of FCL vs. LCL ocean freight and how to make the best choice for your shipment. Much like over-the-road carriers that offer both truckload and less-than-truckload options, ocean shipping falls into two primary categories: Full Container Loads (FCL) and Less-than-Container Loads (LCL). With FCL, all of the goods in one container are owned by a single shipper, regardless of the total container volume that’s actually used.

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Picking Cost Reduction Price Reduction Expense Reduction 109

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 8, 2018

This article describes the five most common fallacies surrounding supply chain management. Some of these are fallacies that have been around a long time and never seem to go away. Others are more recent in origin. The post The Most Common Supply Chain Fallacies appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Supply Chains Article Logistics 108

DC Velocity

MAY 9, 2018

The 15h annual warehouse and DC metrics study shows many companies are trying to make the business case to invest in new supply chain technologies, such as robotics, the Internet of Things, or blockchain.

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Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Technology Study Supply Chains 198

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Cost Reduction

Cyzerg

MAY 22, 2018

Managing a warehouse isn’t a piece of pie. It takes meticulous planning, execution, and monitoring to stay on the right track. However, notwithstanding the good intention, there are some common warehouse management mistakes that we, as managers, end up committing without ever realizing that we are.

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Efficiency 219

Material Handling and Logistics

MAY 2, 2018

The biggest roadblocks are cultural attitudes which hinder digital transformation, as logistics professionals’ core aptitude has historically been around concrete and physical objects such as packages and vehicles.

Digital 128

Digital Supply Chains Packaging Logistics 128

Fleet Owner

MAY 22, 2018

We’ve pulled together advice on what can help make those roadside checks go as quickly and smoothly as possible, both for the driver and the officer or official performing the inspection. It’s best for all parties involved when these inspections are as expeditious and uneventful as possible.

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Tips 134

Food Logistics

MAY 10, 2018

In order to remain competitive and meet the demands of consumers, many food retailers are joining forces with 3PLs to make their supply chain as efficient as possible.

Supply Chains 101

Supply Chains Meeting Ordering Efficiency 101

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

Logistics Management

MAY 9, 2018

It’s an election year and Congress is counting the days until members can get out of town and try and get re-elected. But that hasn’t stopped thousands of Teamsters union retirees from lobbying Congress to solve the looming fiscal crisis regarding their multiemployer pensions.

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Trucking 95

DC Velocity

MAY 9, 2018

Forklift manufacturers will once again head to Washington, D.C., to educate customers, policymakers, and government officials about the safe use of forklifts and the importance of proper operator training.

Training 169

Training Government Operations Trucking 169

Brighter Logistics

MAY 24, 2018

Before we even start giving any type of answer to whether or not logistics companies should hire freight brokers, we should explain what a freight broker even does. For someone who is familiar with the subject, the best advice for hiring a freight broker is to check out third-party logistics companies before doing anything else. … Continue reading "Should Logistics Companies Hire Freight Brokers?".

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Freight Logistics Blog 94

Material Handling and Logistics

MAY 18, 2018

Supply chain executives should take no comfort in being categorized as a support function. They need to ensure that their supply chain function ensures the sustained growth of their organizations. It turns out that many chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) are not leveraging their C-suite counterparts to help reinvent the supply chain function and transform it into an engine of new growth models and customer experiences, according to new research from Accenture.

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design Supply Chains 124

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

Fleet Owner

MAY 22, 2018

Legendary basketball coach John Wooden began each season by teaching his players how to tie their shoes. No, there was not some arcane “secret of the shoestrings” which led Wooden’s UCLA squads to ten national championships.

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How To 132

Stord

MAY 3, 2018

May 4, 2018 The speed and reliability of your distribution network is essential to your company’s success. But for most companies, logistics and transportation are, at best, a supporting line of business and, at worst, a distraction. For many businesses, their supply chain grew organically along with the growth of the business and isn't built to scale, especially for ecommerce.

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Inventory Reduction Optimization Software 78

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 31, 2018

In the United States, 250,000 manufacturing plants and warehouses support the activities of 4 million retail stores and e-commerce websites – and all of these operations carry inventory. But in the warehouses, less than 10 percent are using automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) to manage and move their inventories. That means the vast majority are still using racks and other storage solutions that require a lot of floor space (read: high real estate costs) […].

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Inventory Automation Operations Logistics 84

DC Velocity

MAY 11, 2018

Initiative aimed at filling void for LTL shippers with loads eligible for pallet breakdown and migration to parcel.

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Transportation 194

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

Logistics Management

MAY 10, 2018

Earlier this month, LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman caught up with Greg Gantt president and CEO of national less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) at the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council (NASSTRAC) conference in Orlando, Fla. Gantt provided Berman with insight into various industry-related topics.

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Conference Groups Freight Transportation 89

Material Handling and Logistics

MAY 14, 2018

“The erratic up-and-down year-over-year trend lines suggest that these automakers either don’t have a comprehensive supplier relations program in place, or their programs are poorly executed, and it’s costing them hundreds of millions of dollars because suppliers contribute about 60% to an automaker’s gross profits,” said John Henke, president of Planning Perspectives.

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Purchasing Skills Price Reduction Manufacturing Procurement Cost Reduction 110

Fleet Owner

MAY 30, 2018

Drivers share stories of being promised a truck driving job only to be bused to an unfamiliar city, where they are left to fend for themselves.

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Industry Trucking 140

AIMMS

MAY 22, 2018

In a world full of turmoil, change has become the new normal. New import tariffs being introduced across the globe, extreme weather events, Brexit… The list goes on and on. What can Supply Chain leaders do to mitigate the risks that these disruptions bring to the Supply Chain? Businesses are constantly reminded that they need to be more agile and resilient in order to survive.

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Software 86

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

Kane is Able

MAY 10, 2018

In our new “Dispatches From the Road” feature, the KANE blog will periodically publish interviews with our drivers – the men and women who live and breathe the transportation topics we often write about. In our first segment, we interview KANE driver Don Brobst.

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Blog Transportation Trucking 77

DC Velocity

MAY 4, 2018

These new products are designed to enhance the safety of forklift operators and pedestrians wherever lift trucks are in use.

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Production Trucking Operations 183

Logistics Management

MAY 31, 2018

The investment comes in the form of roughly $90 million, which, XPO said, will go towards 770 new tractors over the course of the remainder of 2018, during which time the units will be integrated into the XPO LTL fleet. These tractors will both replace, and add to, the existing fleet, with the current total number of tractors now at approximately 8,000 in North America, according to XPO.

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Networks Course Logistics 84