GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Today's post continues our ongoing series on staying a strategic shipper. We first did an overview of the 10 areas of strategy a shipper must know in order to stay competitive. We then are taking each of those 10 strategic areas and going a bit deeper. Our first post focused on distressed shipments. Today we will talk about the flow of strategy as pertains to inventory flow and driving warehouse efficiency.

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Norm Jerome, a longtime AIMMS customer. It was great to learn about how AIMMS is used in the BP Petrochemical businesses and how it has been adopted by more and more end-users across the business. Here is a summary of that interview. Hi Norm, Tell me a little about your background. My formal training was in Chemical Engineering with emphasis on Process Control, and for the first 10 years of my career I worked as a Process Control Engineer, initially a

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Wouldn’t it be amazing if someone could cut through the hype and summarize the key freight and logistics trends every month? Thought you’d never ask. That’s exactly what Freightos has been doing. We’ve split the trends into the sections on the right. If you prefer to find the news yourself, head over to our free roundup of nearly 100 digital logistics and supply chain news sources.

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Apparel Logistics

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

E-commerce reached a momentous milestone in 2014 when e-retail sales surpassed $300 billion in the United States for the first time. Web sales finished out 2014 at $304.91 billion, which represents a 15.4-percent growth rate over $264.28 billion in sales in 2013, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. That marks the fifth year in a row that e-commerce has grown by 15 percent or more.

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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.

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Logistics Portal

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Deutsche Post DHL Abandons IT Restructuring Program Recent report in the JOC

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

If you are a regular reader of the Cerasis blog, you know our goal is to educate and inform those in the manufacturing, supply chain, distribution, logistics, and transportation space with best practices, trends, and industry news so that we can create a community of people. This community would not exist if it were not for manufacturing being the core of the other industries. .

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

How the right production schedule enables fast, profitable decision making at Nampak. Precise means being exact, accurate and careful about details. The difference between good and great. As we discussed in our recent Supply Chain webinar, this is not an easy task if you have a lot of fluctuating demand and uncertainty in your production process. During the webinar, Paul Coombe (Supply Chain Director at Nampak Glass) shared his insights on making the best possible use of your production faciliti

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

At their first Thanksgiving meal in 1621, pilgrims and local tribes members dived into a turkey and pumpkin pie, caught a football game and woke up early the next day to catch some Black Friday sales. Well, no! Not even the turkey and pumpkin pie part. In fact, Thanksgiving Day wasn’t even regularly celebrated until 140 years later. When even traditions change, it’s safe to assume that everything else can change too.

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Apparel Logistics

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The international business climate grows more complex each year. Modern businesses are more global than ever before, and greater globalization means additional trade-related risks. Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs) and Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) certifications are two tools with which The Apparel Logistics Group (TALG) can help you minimize the risks and costs of doing business internationally.

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3PL Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Human Trafficking in the Trucking Industry If the trucking industry were to suddenly vanish into thin air, the economy would undoubtedly collapse. That is how vital the industry has become. Truckers transport about 70%... The post Human Trafficking in the Trucking Industry appeared first on 3PL Insights - Warehousing, Transportation, and Logistics.

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Mazars Ledger

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

This article was originally published in Progressive Grocer. Click here to read the article. Distribution networks that service the grocery… The post Improving Grocery Distribution Through Collaborative Supplier Shipping appeared first on Insights Center - Mazars - United States.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Automated material handling systems reduce—and sometimes eliminate—the need for human intervention in industrial tasks. Plain and simple. When “touches”—human intervention—are reduced, costs are significantly impacted. These costs are often hidden, but once removed drop directly to bottom line profitability. It’s for this reason that increasing numbers of industrial organizations are electing to automate as a means to minimize manufacturing costs by reducing human involvement.

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Source: Oliver Wight. Optimization is a form of advanced analytics that helps you solve complex decision problems that involve conflicting objectives and constraints, enabling you to make the best use of your business’ limited resources. When applied to S&OP and IBP, modeling and optimization enable you to balance out scenarios and perform what-if analyses so you can analyze how these different scenarios will affect your inventory and/or cost.

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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.

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PINC

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

We are proud to have sophisticated customers such as East Cost Warehouse as a using PINC's Advanced Yard Management System. This location supports many tenants, with multiple warehouses and lots. You can read their press release here. The image below provides a glimpse into the Port Elizabeth operation showing more than 1,100 trailer parking locations.

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Apparel Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Think about what you would find more impressive: an employee in a uniform with a logo merely printed or a uniform with the company logo and employee's name embroidered on it. Custom embroidery makes a strong first impression, signifying permanence, respectability, and sophistication. Embroidery is a simple, affordable way to enhance your brand by presenting it in the best light possible.

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Logistics Portal

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Largest Shipping Ports in the U.S. Top 10 U.S. Container Ports Logistics Inbound Magazine has published the list of Top 10 U.S. Container Ports.

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Mazars Ledger

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

WHY BUY-SELL PLANNING CAN’T WAIT All Industries David Weinstock | Financial Advisor and Principal Mazars Wealth Advisors LLC, a subsidiary… The post Why Buy-Sell Planning Can’t Wait appeared first on Insights Center - Mazars - United States.

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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

GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

We continue our ongoing strategic shipping series by covering how to use technology to provide better logistics visibility. Interestingly enough, many shippers are still using manual methods, like excel, email, and phone calls to keep track of their transportation budget. However, simply applying a little bit of technology in transportation, such as a transportation management system rich with the ability to automate and have visibility into shipments and shipping activity, can aid in creating a

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Optimized production scheduling enables fast, profitable decision making at Nampak. Precise means being exact, accurate and careful about details. The difference between good and great. As we discussed in our recent Supply Chain webinar, this is not an easy task if you have a lot of fluctuating demand and uncertainty in your production process. During the webinar, Paul Coombe (Supply Chain Director at Nampak Glass) shared his insights on making the best possible use of your production facilities

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PINC

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

We are proud to have sophisticated customers such as East Cost Warehouse as a using PINC's Advanced Yard Management System. This location supports many tenants, with multiple warehouses and lots. You can read their press release here. The image below provides a glimpse into the Port Elizabeth operation showing more than 1,100 trailer parking locations.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Supply chain planning is the core need for any retail brand in the today's world. In order to gain better visibility of their own Supply Chain, companies have started investing a lot into planning solutions. The driving point for such investments is to gain accurate visibility of material flow across the entire supply chain. Many solution vendors exist to address these kinds of solutions including SAP, Oracle or JDA.

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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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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Shippers are a part of the overall shipping process. No shipper, or even Cerasis as a transportation management 3PL, can ship freight without trucks. We rely on our hunreds of carrier partners to safely get our shippers' freight from their docks to their customers. It is vital that the industry is aware of the trucking industry safety tech that can aid in decreasing the amount of freight damages, but more importantly decrease the amount of human damages.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

When’s the last time you tested your network? If you’re like most people, you’ve neglected it for far too long. Are you a target for hackers? We are all now familiar with the concept of the Internet of Things and if you take the manufacturing industry, for example, many manufacturers are now widely operating in an increasingly connected environment and making the most of the Industrial Internet of Things.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

We continue our series on strategic shipping by going into detail of the 10 main areas that shippers can turn to in order to have a strategic logistics and transportation management mindset. Today we will go into detail on using the available data created in the processing of shipments within transportation management and other related logistics management for continuous improvement. . 6 Benefits of Using the Right Data in Logistics & Transportation Management for Continuous Improvement.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

While logistics had remained the same for decades, the rise of modern civilization has transformed the industry. Small shipping companies have grown into larger third-party logistics providers , and warehouse management has become more focused on efficiency and accuracy instead of quantity of shipments. Transportation costs make up 60 percent of overall logistics expenses for all shippers and 3PLs.

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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

GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

We continue our ongoing 11 part series on strategic logistics management to include information on both warehousing and transportation management. We started the series with an overview of the 10 areas that allow you to have a competitive advantage if you have a strategic logistics mindset. We will go into more detail with each post in the series. We've already covered the following, listed below, for you to easily catch up on: 6 Strategic and Proactive Tips to Stay Ahead of Distressed Shipments

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Editor's Note: This is a blog post about the state of the freight brokering business in 2015. Cerasis is a freight broker and holds a $250,000 TIA Broker Bond. We bring this information to the community so that both shippers and those in the industry understand the state of the industry. Many shippers have been burned by freight brokers who work on behalf of the shipper for transportation procurement, accounting services , freight claims management , and more.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Today we continue our long series and look at teaching shippers how to remain strategic when it comes to logistics and their transportation management program. This is the 7th post in this series that first started by giving an overview of the 10 areas shippers can turn to stay strategic. We then are going in depth on each of the 10 listed. The first 5 were as follows: 6 Strategic and Proactive Tips to Stay Ahead of Distressed Shipments.

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