February, 2017

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The “First Five” Industrial Manufacturing Trends of 2017

GlobalTranz

Where and how manufacturers make products for Americans will change in 2017. Current industrial manufacturing trends show the new administration is pushing for reshoring among the nation’s biggest manufacturers, and new technologies are revolutionizing how companies respond to growing skepticism and scrutiny by the public and government oversight as well.

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Announcing the Freightos International Freight Index

Freightos

Announcing the Freightos International Freight Index. By Noam Fraenkel, VP Data and Analytics, Freightos. Today, Freightos is giving away statistical analysis of some 300 million international freight market data points, launching the Freightos International Freight Index (FIFI). And we’re doing it for free. Here’s Why. As the VP of Data and Analytics at Freightos, I find freight data incredibly exciting.

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3 Compelling Reasons to Start Using Prescriptive Analytics

AIMMS

If you’ve read up on the latest topics in the field of data analysis, then you’ve probably encountered the term Prescriptive Analytics. Prescriptive Analytics is a type of Advanced Analytics that results in a recommended action. Unlike Descriptive (focused on reporting with basic trend or pattern recognition) or Predictive Analytics (focused on predicting the future with forecasting techniques), Prescriptive Analytics uses techniques like machine learning and mathematical modeling to help you im

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Play It Safe: Supply Chain Security for High Value Consumer Electronics

Insight Into Action

Each shipment of consumer electronics could hold goods worth millions even billions: their loss undermining the market and badly bruising your bottom line. However, the costs of cargo theft go beyond the simple loss of product, with interruptions to the supply chain, supporting customer services, criminal investigations, and increased insurance all draining potential profit.

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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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NAFTA, Tariffs, and a Border Adjustment Tax: Alphabet Soup or a Real Concern?

CH Robinson Logistics

Trade policy—it’s a topic that has moved front and center over the past months with the changing administration in the United States. We’re hearing lots of questions from shippers, contract carriers, and employees about what changes might be on the horizon for global trade and how to consider what might be next. Let’s dig in and discuss some of the top trade related issues.

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Industrial Computing | 5 Things Computers Hate About Your Manufacturing Floor

GlobalTranz

It’s estimated that manufacturing facilities worldwid e use at least one computer as part of their operation. However, manufacturers tend to have a love-hate relationship with computer systems. Your manufacturing floor might have some gripes with computers, but here are 5 thing s computers hate about your manufacturing floor … . Despite their obvious value to your manufacturing floor, computers alone don’t do well in a manufacturing setting – ‘alone’ meaning ‘without any form of protection to e

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Become a procurement tool-savvy professional in 3 steps

Transporeon

It’s usually obvious when you’re using the wrong tool. Everything becomes more difficult and takes more time. Sometimes costs go up too. With the wrong wrench, it’ll take much longer to fix that leak under the kitchen sink. With the wrong hex key, you’ll get hugely frustrated and may give up on assembling your new flat-packed furniture. So then why do logistics professionals go on using the wrong procurement tool?

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3 Compelling Reasons to Start Using Prescriptive Analytics

AIMMS

If you’ve read up on the latest topics in the field of data analysis, then you’ve probably encountered the term Prescriptive Analytics. Prescriptive Analytics is a type of Advanced Analytics that results in a recommended action. Unlike Descriptive (focused on reporting with basic trend or pattern recognition) or Predictive Analytics (focused on predicting the future with forecasting techniques), Prescriptive Analytics uses techniques like machine learning and mathematical modeling to help you im

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The Best Ways to Maintain your Apparel Business’ Client Relationships

Apparel Logistics

When it comes to third-party logistics (3PL), having a great relationship between the 3PL company and the client is essential to the success of both. Here at The Apparel Logistics Group, we pride ourselves in building and maintaining client relationships. In the end, it comes down to having clear communication. Understand the Ins and Outs of Each Other's Businesses.

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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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New Jersey Food Processors Association 2017 Annual Meeting

Mazars Ledger

SEMINARS | Food & Beverage | Manufacturing & Distribution February 27, 2017 | Princeton, NJ Learn more about this event.… The post New Jersey Food Processors Association 2017 Annual Meeting appeared first on Insights Center - Mazars - United States.

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Logistics PR Opportunities: Avoid “Pay for Play” Ploys

Logistics Marketing Advisors

The email may start out something like this: “XYZ Logistics has been identified as an innovative logistics provider that we would like to feature in an upcoming issue of INDUSTRY WORLD (I made up this name) – a magazine aimed at CEOs and senior operations executives…”. The email is typically sent to the CEO of.

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The Top 6 Trends in Logistics Impacting Shippers in 2017

GlobalTranz

The election is over, but the race is just starting for logistics providers. Although rate volatility is expected to stabilize in 2017, organizations must do more with fewer resources to survive. From Amazon to hyper-local retailers, 2017 will be a year of intense scrutiny and pressure on logistics providers. Fortunately, your organization can get ahead of the learning curve by knowing what trends in logistics to watch for this year.

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Reduce freight costs with spot sourcing

Transporeon

Networking can help reduce freight costs and optimize processes for both shippers and transportation providers. “Collaborative commerce” is particularly worthwhile in the field of logistics. Spot sourcing can reduce freight costs by up to 10 percent Successful enterprise-wide solutions create efficiencies within the workflows they were designed to accommodate.

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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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CLX Logistics Donates $2,500 to Smile Train in Holiday Initiative

CLX Logistics

CLX Logistics is pleased to announce that Smile Train, an international children’s charity that provides corrective surgery for children with cleft lips and palates, was selected to receive its $2,500 donation. The contribution comes after the Company’s holiday-initiative that engaged community members to vote for a receiving organization. Nominated non-profits included Smile Train, Doctors Without Borders, Wounded Warriors, Penn State IFC/Panehlleneic Dance Marathon, Kencrest and Rafiki K

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Data Prep: Why Your Apparel Business Needs It

Apparel Logistics

Apparel third-party logistics (3PL) providers need clear and comprehensive data for smooth operations. Without it, 3PL providers can't provide the consistent service their apparel clients rely on. That's why data prep is so important for any apparel firm using a 3PL provider. Understanding Data Prep. Data prep, short for data preparation, is the multi-phase process of collecting, synthesizing, assembling, and organizing data for analysis.

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The Future Is Now: GPS, Drones, and Automated Manufacturing

PINC

The Future Is Now: GPS, Drones, and Automated Manufacturing It's no longer something that may happen in the future. It's happening now. It's happening fast. It's happening right here in the Bay Area.

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Supply Chain & Logistics Education: Ask the Professors

The Logistics Academy

Faculty members from some of the leading logistics education programs share their thoughts on how higher education is preparing tomorrow’s professionals for the challenges ahead. Q: What are the latest trends in logistics education, and how does your program address them? Gerard Burke, Georgia Southern University: A continuing trend is the challenge to attract students to pursue a career often perceived as humdrum.

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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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Sustainable Logistics: Quantifying Sustainability Measures of Your Logistics

GlobalTranz

Calculating the carbon footprint of a company’s comprehensive logistics framework is tremendously complex. WorldShipping.org cites data from The Network for Transit and the Environment that shows that measured by grams/kg/km air freight as the largest carbon footprint impact and steamships as the lowest. Diesel rail is twice that of steamships, and the impact from trucks, while a fraction of air, is three times rail.

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Optimizing the Last Mile with automated logistics

Transporeon

Many shippers are working on optimizing internal logistics processes—tendering, freight rate management, order placement, time management and reporting—so that all runs smoothly thanks to automated, fully integrated workflows. But what happens after the truck leaves the yard? There is often a lot of manual work involved in optimizing last mile delivery that opens up further potential for shippers, which can result in lower costs and better customer service outcomes.

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Key WMS Technology and Benefits

3PL Insights

At Evans Distribution Systems, we utilize technology in our warehousing services to ensure that your stock is managed in the most efficient, effective way possible. Especially if your business is e-commerce, having a well-monitored and secure inventory is what will allow you to operate at your best. But what are the individual benefits of some of the tech used when operating a Warehouse Management System for your business?

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Reducing Freight Strategies for your Apparel Business Intelligently

Apparel Logistics

Freight costs are some of the most significant expenses that all apparel brands incur. Accordingly, it makes sense to analyze shipping fees when you're tightening your clothing business budget. Consider the following strategies to reduce your freight costs without compromising the customer service for which you're known. Negotiate Lower Freight Rates.

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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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Ocean Freight Benchmarking in the Annual Request for Proposal RFP Process

Logistics Portal

Ocean Freight Benchmarking in the Annual Request for Proposal (RFP) Process There is more chatter about ocean freight benchmarking and its use in negotiation tactics for the Annual

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Matt McLelland discusses drones at SCM World Live Americas

PINC

This picture was sent to us by one of our customers, Matt McLelland, Kenco's Innovation Research manager. Matt is an expert in the subject and presented a session titled " Drones in the Supply Chain – Everything you Need to Know " to over 350 C-level executives during the SCM World Live Americas Conference last week. SCM World is a cross-industry learning community, powered by the world’s most influential supply chain practitioners.

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Trends In Manufacturing: 5 Tangible Technologies are Shaping the Future of Manufacturing Now

GlobalTranz

Continuous improvement is part of the game in manufacturing. Factories are finding new ways to change how products are made, reflecting an increased need for shorter product life cycles. Among the new trends in manufacturing improving the industry, additive manufacturing and cloud-based systems will push manufacturing forward in 2017. In fact, rapid design and lightning-fast prototyping, reports Mark Dohnalek of Manufacturing Business Technology magazine , will allow manufacturers to design and

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Selecting a partner for dock scheduling systems

Transporeon

Criteria for selecting a dock scheduling partner include the features and distribution of the system, along with the vendor’s international and project management experience. When selecting a vendor, consider several aspects before implementation. In addition to the features of the system, it is important to research what your carriers and shippers are utilizing.

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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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Who is Mazars?

Mazars Ledger

WHO IS MAZARS? All Industries Mazars USA LLP We are pleased to announce an exciting development for… The post Who is Mazars? appeared first on Insights Center - Mazars - United States.

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Pallet Shipping 101: How to Pack, Palletize & Prepare Your Freight for Shipping

Freightera

We never say it enough: Carriers’ job is to move your freight from A to B, not to prepare it for shipment. So package your freight as well as possible. Package your products and pallet for strength : Your products can be damaged on the inside of each box, on the pallet, and from other pallets. So protect it from the inside out. Use quality packaging materials.

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Meeting the Needs of Shippers’ Global Supply Chains

CH Robinson Logistics

Meeting the Needs of Shippers’ Global Supply Chains | Transportfolio. I’ve worked in the logistics industry for over 20 years. Lately I’ve been thinking about how C.H. Robinson has had a front row seat to more changes and challenges in international trade than most people can comprehend. We’ve seen the emergence of new markets, the impact of an increasingly connected globe, and the progress brought by a barrage of technological advances.