September, 2015

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The iPhone 6s Freight Shipping Costs

Freightos

Yesterday Freightos announced a private beta version of its online instant freight quote marketplace. At the same time, Apple tried to steal the show by showcasing its new products at the Hey Siri event. So obviously, being freight rate nerds, we got to wondering: How much would the logistics of shipping the iPhone 6s from China to the U.S. cost Apple?

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[INFOGRAPHIC] 9 Progressive Information Technology Movements Moving Manufacturing into Industry 4.0

GlobalTranz

This is a summary post of the 9 pillars of technological advance report from Boston Consulting Group. You will also find a great infographic underneath that shows what manufacturing CEOs have on their mind this year when it comes to bringing all of these pillars together to use in manufacturing processes. 9 Progressive Information Technology Movements Moving Manufacturing into Industry 4.0.

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Papyrus embraces new planning process with Pharos, a central supply chain control tower application

AIMMS

Papyrus, a leading European paper wholesaler, started using AIMMS in May 2014 to implement radical changes in its supply chain network and re-envision its forecasting, replenishment & supplier management workflow. The company’s supply chain supports more than 68,000 customers in 20 countries from warehouses and cross-dock platforms strategically located across Europe.

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UNT Center for Logistics Education & Research Annual Logistics Scholarship Breakfast

Apparel Logistics

On Friday October 23 UNT’s Center for Logistics Education & Research will hold the annual Logistics Scholarship Breakfast hosted by Southwest Airlines to help support UNT Logistics student scholarships. Joe Bongiovanni, Senior Vice President of The Apparel Logistics Group (TALG), is a member of the Logistics Center Advisory Board and TALG is honored to purchase a table at the event so that students may attend.

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Rethinking warehouse work culture: Can automation create better workplaces?

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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CSCMP Annual Conference. Where you Need to Be

10xLogistics

I have been in this industry coming on 30 years now and being part of it has been core to my enjoyment of the work. I cannot think of anything more rewarding than being part of the logistics and supply chain industry. And, the biggest portion of this enjoyment is developing and maintaining great relationships with the great people of this industry. Some are industry legends, some are people who grew up in the industry with me and are now in key leadership positions and some, probably most, are t

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Freight Rates News October 2015

Freightos

Since we live and breath freight, we constantly come across information that’s critical for our customers – logistic providers, shippers and carriers. And as freight innovators ourselves, we love seeing more innovation. So we’ve decided to share. Here’s our pick of last month’s news, especially where they plug into broader trends.

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Supply Chain Big Data: Why Supply Chain Leaders Are Using Big Data Analytics

GlobalTranz

Supply chain industry leaders have access to more information today than ever before in history. Thanks to data gathering programs, supply chain software , and data entry applications, this represents a mountain of data, which has the potential to provide ground-breaking insight into how to improve business-model efficiency. As a result, business leaders can reap a significant return on investment by thoroughly analyzing this data.

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Papyrus embraces new planning process with Pharos, a central supply chain control tower application

AIMMS

Papyrus, a leading European paper wholesaler, started using AIMMS in May 2014 to implement radical changes in its supply chain network and re-envision its forecasting, replenishment & supplier management workflow. The company’s supply chain supports more than 68,000 customers in 20 countries from warehouses and cross-dock platforms strategically located across Europe.

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What is Your Customer Service Missing?

Apparel Logistics

Customer service is a valuable link between you and your customers. They count on you to respond to customer questions, answer inventory queries, place accurate orders, and resolve issues as they emerge. Do these things with a smile on your face, and you can have a customer for life. Effective customer service tends to build trust and can turn a one-off transaction into a long-term relationship.

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Load Optimization: A Sustainable Way To Reduce Transportation Costs

Discover strategies to optimize load building and achieve significant transportation cost savings. Plus, learn how load optimization can help reduce CO 2 emissions and align with climate regulations and consumer expectations. Finally, discover best practices for sustainable load optimization.

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I’m a Humanitarian Air Transport Officer – Here Is What I Do and Why

World Food Programme Logistics

WFP/Pascal Vuillet. I manage UNHAS, WFP’s humanitarian air service, in Ethiopia. which currently hosts the highest number of refugees in Africa. We provide air transport services in the country, enabling aid workers to reach people in need, who would be otherwise difficult to reach by land due to vast distances, limited infrastructure and insecurity.

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Sourcing Products and the Benefits of First Sale Customs Valuation

Mazars Ledger

Each year companies create new and exciting fashion designs which must be transformed into product that can be shipped and… The post Sourcing Products and the Benefits of First Sale Customs Valuation appeared first on Insights Center - Mazars - United States.

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How to Change the Freight Industry

Freightos

By Zvi Schreiber, CEO of Freightos . Today I’m proud to announce that Freightos is releasing a private beta version of an online freight marketplace — an Expedia for freight shipping — and that we have closed a Series B round of $14 million dollars to power global growth. Freightos is almost 4 years old. As we announce our B financing today and approach a team size of 100, it feels like we’re transitioning from start-up to growth stage — a good time to reflect briefly.

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Made In USA Sweepstakes: Logistics Company & Documentary Filmmaker Join Forces to Spread Manufacturing Awareness

GlobalTranz

A couple of weeks ago we interviewed Josh Miller , who is the Creator/Producer of the Documentary Film " Made in the USA: The 30 Day Journey " with the tagline and aspiration of "We'll restore The American Dream together!", in a blog post ahead of his visit to Made in USA manufacturer, UCAN Zippers USA. Since Cerasis supports manufacturing in general, and due to the fact our company was "Made in the USA" and that we service companies who ship freight in North America, we were drawn to this docu

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Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations

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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Product Seasonality

3PL Insights

Product Seasonality by Todd Shattuck, Transportation Operations Manager, Evans Distribution Systems Forecasting prepares an organization for the future customer demands and potential lead times of raw material. This information gained from forecasting prepares... The post Product Seasonality appeared first on 3PL Insights - Warehousing, Transportation, and Logistics.

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Defining a 3PL: What are the Qualifications?

Apparel Logistics

As technology becomes increasingly ubiquitous, and location almost a non-issue, especially in the developed world, logistics can make sure your products get to where they need to be, on-time and intact. Many companies do not have expertise in this area or enough manpower to coordinate and fulfill these deliveries, so they outsource logistics. Sometimes, they hire a third-party logistics (or 3PL) operator , and other times they only use a distributor.

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Cosco’s Megaships, Lithium Ion Battery Regulations – TWIGL

Dedola Global Logistics

Cosco Orders $1.5 Billion in Megaships – China-based Cosco Holdings Co. announced plans this week to order 11 megaships capable of carrying 19,000 TEUs each. The vessels will be used in the Asia-Europe trade and reduce shipping cost by roughly 25% compared to smaller boats. Read more from the WSJ IATA Lobbies Governments for Lithium Battery Oversight – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Portable Rechargeable Battery Association (PRBA) have joined forces to lobby go

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The Food Safety Modernization Act – The Future is Now

Mazars Ledger

This article was originally published by Progressive Grocer on September 25, 2015. Click here to view original article. When Congress passed… The post The Food Safety Modernization Act – The Future is Now appeared first on Insights Center - Mazars - United States.

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Freight Procurement Simplified: Bids from Hours to Minutes

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

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Top 4 Challenges You Need to Master for International Shipping

CLX Logistics

By Raimond Van Kampen, Vice President of International Logistics, CLX Logistics. As increased globalization and mobile workforces continue to create opportunities for international business, it is more important than ever to realize the need for seamless global trade. Of course, international shipping is a complex service with countless moving parts, including regulations, security, capacity and legal considerations – all which can lead to a reliable and cost-effective shipment when tended to p

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Technology’s Ever-increasing Role in Supply Chain Functions

GlobalTranz

For decades, the realm of transportation management , warehouse management, and order fulfillment remained set in near-prehistoric hands of isolated silos, inefficient processes, and limited accessibility. However, technology has risen to dramatically alter the execution of supply chain functions. Technology poses the greatest opportunity for small- and medium-sized businesses to take advantage of innovative tools to ensure end-to-end tracking, visibility , and processing of products.

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How will Future Maintenance be?

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Tomorrow's enterprise would want to limit their efforts, energies and expertise to the areas of their core competency rather than dwelling on non-core areas. When we look at asset intensive organizations, most of these firms would want to stick to their area of expertise i.e. manufacturing/producing products of value. So, these organizations can spend their resources and energies in innovating and manufacturing products and leave the supporting areas to the experts in those areas like how IT imp

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4 Steps for Improving Supply Chain Management

Apparel Logistics

Competitive advantage is elusive for many companies. They struggle to identify the core competencies that can make them successful and work to find ways to use things at which they are really good to turn a profit. On top of that, many companies have difficulties coordinating what they do best with their supply chain partners, leading to overlaps and inefficiencies that can sink their bottom line.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

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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[WHITE PAPER] Yes, Robotics are Coming, But People Still Power Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

In a previous guest blog, The Rodon Group along with Rethink Robotics wrote, titled " Can Robots + Humans = The Ideal Workforce in Manufacturing? ": Robots such as Baxter can also help companies save money and increase productivity. At Rodon , robotics and automation have given us a competitive edge, especially against overseas manufacturers. A robot such as Baxter can work 24/7, has no need for benefits or breaks and can be taught a task within minutes.

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Q&A: American Manufacturer, UCan Zippers, Shows Pride, Quality, and Commitment to American Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

Last week we featured an interview with Josh Miller, documentary filmmaker of "Made in the USA: The 30 Day Journey." In that interview we mentioned that he would visit Made In USA Zipper manufacturer, UCan Zippers to film a video documenting the company's commitment to American Manufacturing for nearly 30 years. Below you will read our interview with UCan Zippers' Malan Lai, Managing Partner, General Manager, and the son of the founder of UCan Zippers, Paul Lai. .

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What is DFMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly) Analyses And How Can It Reduce Supply Chain Costs?

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: First of all, you may ask yourself, "Why is a 3PL who helps manufacturers with transportation management efficiency be talking about manufacturing efficiency?" Well, I am glad you asked! The reason, is that we don't only want to provide content about transportation management, although we do right a lot about that, but we also want to give our customers and potential customers, who are primarily manufacturers, other ways they might gain efficiency.

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9 Benefits of Effective Reverse Logistics Process & 5 Advantages of Partnering with a 3PL

GlobalTranz

While conventional logistics optimizes the flow of goods from producer to consumer, reverse logistics manages the processes for inverting that flow to deal with returned parts , materials and products from the consumer back to the producer. Most often, this includes warranty recovery, value recovery, repair, redistribution, product recalls, used parts and replacement materials for refurbishment, service or product contract returns, and end-of-life recycling.

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How To Set Up Innovation So That It Aligns With And Enables Corporate Strategy

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

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[WHITE PAPER] E-Commerce Logistics: The Rise Of Multi-Channel Supply Chains

GlobalTranz

Luckily, today's manufacturers and distributors now have LTL E-Commerce logistics solutions that they can rely on. The key is the very thing that has driven the rise of online shopping – better technology. Today, Cerasis is a leader in Less Than Truckload (LTL) shipping and freight management and utilizes powerful technology and apps to help create a better way to manage E-Commerce shipping solutions.

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[INFOGRAPHIC & VIDEO] A 2D Explainer of Rapid Prototyping & Additive Manufacturing in 3D Printing

GlobalTranz

Today we bring you a great infographic and video about 3D Printing. View both the video and inforgraphic below. from our friends over at Shapeways. Founded in 2007, Shapeways is led by folks who've spent most of their careers in startups, and combine serious technical chops with an inspiring vision of what the world could be. We’re bringing together a passionate, dynamic team of game changers.

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5 Areas & 3 Tactics to Create an Effective End to End Supply Chain Presence

GlobalTranz

The ability to optimally integrate all areas of the supply chain is key to meeting customer and shareholder needs. A strategy that encompasses all allows decision-makers the visibility to see concerns early on and respond promptly. This builds a leaner, faster process while also increasing profit. Do you find the idea a bit unwieldy and difficult to implement?