Amware Logistics and Fulfillment
JANUARY 31, 2023
If you run a warehouse or fulfillment operation, you’re locked in the battle for workers. There’s no way around it today. If you want to attract and keep people, you have to offer the best pay and wages. Everyone in logistics knows that. It’s only about the money. Or is it?
Amware Logistics and Fulfillment
JANUARY 24, 2023
What’s at the heart of the customer experience for online buyers? Order fulfillment. All those things that happen after the click – accurately picked and carefully packaged orders, on-time delivery, customer service, returns processing.
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The Logistics of Logistics
JANUARY 27, 2023
Nicole Glenn and Joe Lynch discuss building a company a network. Nicole is the Founder & CEO at Candor Expedite , a critical expedite service provider as well as a white-glove B2B company. About Nicole Glenn Nicole Glenn founded Candor Expedite in 2017 after more than two decades in the transportation brokerage business, with a vision to build the smartest and most efficient freight business that delivers on its client’s promises.
The Logistics of Logistics
JANUARY 30, 2023
Eddie Misicka and Joe Lynch discuss building wolrd class tech for final mile. Eddie is the Vice President of Product Development at OneRail an Orlando-based last mile transportation visibility solution providing shippers with Amazon-level dependability and speed. About Eddie Misicka Eddie Misicka is the Vice President of Product Development at OneRail.
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.
Amware Logistics and Fulfillment
JANUARY 5, 2023
Amware Fulfillment welcomed many new associates this past year, dozens from the same manufacturing plant in Wilmington, MA. Here's our interview with one of those warehouse associates, Rob Ott.
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Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 4, 2023
ARC Advisory Group’s Global Warehouse Automation Research study is now complete and available for purchase. The research process includes an analysis of large amounts of information and interviews with executives from numerous warehouse automation providers; and concludes with the publication of ARC’s research study. I provided a glimpse of the study content in an article in October that lists the top 20 warehouse automation suppliers , based on ARC’s estimates of 2021 revenues.
Talking Logistics
JANUARY 18, 2023
We all know the saying: the more things change, the more they stay the same. Every December for the past four years, we have asked members of our Indago supply chain research community — who are all supply chain and logistics professionals from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies — “What is the likelihood of the. Read more. The post Supply Chain And Logistics: What Will Stay The Same In 2023?
Food Logistics
JANUARY 2, 2023
As demand continues to rise into 2023, competition and costs will be top trends in food delivery, putting pressure on food delivery providers to be more efficient with delivery.
Logistics Management
JANUARY 31, 2023
With a 1.8-cent increase, the national average came in at $4.622 per gallon, following an 8.0-cent increase, to $4.604, for the week of January 23. That was preceded by a 2.5-cent decline, to $4.524, for the week of January 16.
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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment
JANUARY 17, 2023
To be successful, B2C order fulfillment operations need to be responsive and efficient to drive profitability and to keep customers happy and coming back. But for logistics leaders, it’s not always clear what improvement initiatives should take priority. A recent Amware eBook, The 7 Deadly Sins of B2C Fulfillment , identifies top fulfillment mistakes made by B2C brands, along with the profit-driving action steps that can fix them.
Overdrive Online
JANUARY 9, 2023
The long-term return on a person’s honest investment in volunteering far outweighs what may appear at first a week of lost income opportunity. Meet an example of purpose beyond the truck in owner-operator Jay Hosty and his wife, Katt.
Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 2, 2023
Passenger searches for her luggage inside the Southwest terminal at Los Angeles International Airport. In all, Southwest has canceled about 15,700 flights since winter weather began disrupting air travel on December 22, far more than other airlines. A week after severe winter weather wreaked havoc on holiday air travel across the United States, other major carriers were back up and running.
Talking Logistics
JANUARY 23, 2023
In a 2015 LinkedIn post, Meg Whitman, the former CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, said that “Every company is a technology company.” I agree with Ms. Whitman, especially with how she’s defined it — that across every industry, IT strategy is now business strategy, and that speed of execution will define winners and losers. This. Read more The post Technology’s Role in Transforming the Logistics Industry appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.
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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.
Food Logistics
JANUARY 17, 2023
How will these trends affect the truckload rate outlook for 2023? Here’s a closer look at what’s happening now in the sector and how freight market conditions might evolve in the year ahead.
Logistics Management
JANUARY 5, 2023
With worldwide shortages and supply chain disruptions, companies have changed how they source and manufacture parts and finished products. The Reshoring Institute studied and compared global labor rates around the world—and what follows are the high-level results of a study comparing labor rates in 13 different countries.
Freightos
JANUARY 26, 2023
As of this morning, Freightos is a public company trading on Nasdaq with the ticker CRGO , taking the next step in our journey to make global trade more efficient with the world’s global freight booking and payment platform. Congratulations to our team and our investors on this exciting milestone. Not many startups ever get to become public companies.
Truck News
JANUARY 12, 2023
Most people are aware of the dangers of drinking and driving but don’t realize that drowsy driving can be just as fatal — and likely happens more often than we think. Like alcohol, fatigue slows reaction time, decreases awareness, impairs judgment, and increases the risk of a crash. If you’ve ever been tired and driven […].
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
Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 18, 2023
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to speak with Chad Collins, CEO of Körber Supply Chain Software. Chad and I discussed the widespread labor constraints impacting warehouse operations across North America and Europe. I told Chad that I believe warehouse labor constraints will continue for extended time, and that warehouses must actively manage with this in mind.
Talking Logistics
JANUARY 9, 2023
By now, you’ve probably read all about Southwest Airlines’ operations meltdown during the holidays. While bad weather played a part, so did another factor that is getting a lot of attention now: technical debt. In a New York Times opinion piece, Zeynep Tufekci, a professor at Columbia University, describes the problem as follows: This problem. Read more.
Food Logistics
JANUARY 24, 2023
A bi-weekly blog where managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant asks industry experts about various topics developing in the supply chain field. Today's talks about new compliance and regulations in freight.
Logistics Management
JANUARY 9, 2023
Our annual gathering of freight transportation industry analysts reveals some common themes, largely around the notion that rates are not likely to increase much—if at all—in some modes and will continue declining in others. Does this mean things are stabilizing?
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.
Commercial Carrier Journal
JANUARY 15, 2023
The days of bump-and-run tests should be a thing of the past as sensors, geofencing and crowdsourcing technologies combine to prevent large trucks from low-clearance strikes.
Overdrive Online
JANUARY 30, 2023
Two big pileups shut down I-80 in Wyoming just hours after the highway reopened from another storm-induced traffic incident. The episode serves as a reminder to us all: Just because the highway is open doesn't mean it's safe.
Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 11, 2023
In early November, my colleague Steve Banker wrote an article looking at the top supply chain trends for 2023 and beyond. Unlike some of the other trends articles we have covered at Logistics Viewpoints, which take a deeper dive into technology and application specific trends, this article looked at the top trends executives need to be paying attention to before their strategic planning meetings commence.
Talking Logistics
JANUARY 17, 2023
It’s now cliché to say that sustainability is on the minds and budgets of executives. In a way, it has always been there, especially regarding logistics. All other things being equal, less fuel consumption and fewer miles driven result in lower costs. Reducing transportation costs, shaving off shipping time, and generally using transportation equipment more.
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
Food Logistics
JANUARY 6, 2023
Transitioning much of the burden from manual processes to automated tools enables companies to pivot and adjust to the broader economy's known and new impacts.
Logistics Management
JANUARY 5, 2023
AMR deployments have been gaining ground to address labor availability issues. Fleets often start small in pilots and add robots over time, but how do you get to a better system? Success factors include proper solution scoping, RaaS options, integration platforms, and may involve software to orchestrate multiple AMR fleets.
Truck News
JANUARY 16, 2023
Hi. My name is David, and I love ELDs. I feel much better now that I got that out in the open. What’s interesting is that there are many drivers these days who don’t know why the ELD mandate is a big deal. They have never known a trucking job without the tattletale units in […].
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