Freightos

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Black Friday Logistics: Brought To You By Ocean Freight. By Zvi Schreiber, CEO of Freightos. @zschreiber. What’s working for ocean freight (and what isn’t). Ocean freight has had a complicated year so far. Beyond speed, one of air freight’s primary advantages over ocean has always been reliability. But improved data forecasting and more predictable supply chains have become a boon for ocean freight, leading to an increase in ocean shipments at the expense of their more expensiv

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Supply chain leaders are enthralled with the idea of using big data, but they tend to fail to understand how to disseminate big data in their organization properly. True, they may know how to roll out big data in a single warehouse, or they may have heard their competitors used branded systems for implementing this new technology. However, the fundamental problem remains.

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Gartner’s Hype Cycle for CSCOs is a valuable read for current and potential Supply Chain leaders. It brings together a long list of trends, enabling technologies, business frameworks and competencies that should be in your consideration set. The big theme of course, is the digitization of the supply chain and the implications it will have on business performance.

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Kane is Able

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Shippers often work under the assumption that the way they ship freight (and the associated costs) are pretty much fixed and can’t change. But just because “it’s always been done this way” doesn’t mean you shouldn’t challenge the status quo. At Kane Is Able, we’ve identified a ton of ways to reduce freight costs, with changes you can begin implementing today.

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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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InstaVans

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

A focused outlook on the Indian logistics industry & the fundamental approach towards a smarter ecosystem. With the onset of demonetization of currency, the Indian logistics landscape has been shaken up. This is due to the fact that hard cash is difficult to come by, and many transportation companies rely heavily on liquid cash transactions. In retrospect, this may trigger a positive outcome.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

This Freight Calculator Brought To You By Transparency. By Zvi Schreiber, CEO of Freightos. Today, Freightos has some incredibly exciting news. We’ve launched the world’s first door-to-door international freight estimator , powered by live global market rates. This is another important step in the Freightos mission to make global trade frictionless.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Computer-controlled systems are at the core of most 21 st Century manufacturing operations, fact! Improving manufacturing productivity hinges on keeping those computers fully operational. That’s why protecting computers is the ‘Golden Ticket’ to better p roductivity on the manufacturing floor… . " Improving manufacturing productivity hinges on keeping those computers fully operational".

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Gartner’s Hype Cycle for CSCOs is a valuable read for current and potential Supply Chain leaders. It brings together a long list of trends, enabling technologies, business frameworks and competencies that should be in your consideration set. The big theme of course, is the digitization of the supply chain and the implications it will have on business performance.

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Parade

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Business is a lot like the weather: unpredictable. We can forecast as much as we'd like, but we're never 100% certain about how the sky might change. Your supply chain is no exception. Even if we have contracts and consistent revenue, what happens when a surprise load lands in our laps? What happens when all trucks are booked? How many times do we let real business opportunities slide because we lack the capacity?

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Cost Reduction

3PL Insights

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

For subscription box companies and other eCommerce sellers, managing your inventory can be one of the biggest challenges — but it’s also one of the most important to overcome. Properly structuring and managing your inventory means being able to forecast sales, prevent overselling, and get products to your customers efficiently. And if this process is neglected, it can lead to incorrectly listing what’s available on your site and therefore not being able to fulfil orders, which can severely damag

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3PL Links

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

While many retailers are better versed in meeting in-store customer needs, experts argue that they have many challenges when it comes to handling digital operations, more specifically with regards to warehousing. This trend is particularly troublesome during the winter holidays season when the company’s distribution centre is handling 2 to 5 times the typical workload.

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10xLogistics

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

During holidays I really like to spend time with a good book and this Thanksgiving was no different. I am reading (and re-reading) Clayton Christensen's book: How Will You Measure Your Life ? This book is a fantastic read and it uses models of operation to help guide you in both your personal and professional life. I may call on this in future postings but today I want to discuss his chapter on selecting talent called: The Schools of Experience.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

There is nothing quite like the ease of ordering things online. The holidays are around the corner, and millions of Americans will turn to their phones, computers and tablets to get the gifts they need. Unfortunately, millions more will still go to brick-and-mortar stores to find those special items, and the push toward online and omnichannel ordering will continue grow, which is why it is increasingly important to invest in eCommerce Warehousing.

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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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Apparel Logistics

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

As more people head online to shop for everything from groceries to gadgets to clothing, consumer demand for fast shipping is rising. Fully 80 percent of shoppers want same-day shipping , whereas 61 percent want to receive their products within one to three hours of ordering, according to "The State of Shipping in Commerce 2016," released by shipping software firm Temando.

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Ottawa Logistics

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

As a new company with a major retails client with sea container importing requirements and the need for warehousing that is site licensed for medical devices, Hawktree knew they needed a competent and scaleable third party to handle logistics while they focused on sales. So Hawktree turned to Ottawa Logistics to provide quality and value to their logistics and fulfillment.

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Transporeon

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Handmade goods may have a place in fashion or in arts and crafts, but in business, the less manual work the better. There is no benefit to artisanal “handcrafted” shipment execution, as we see in this comparison between manual and automated methods of assigning freight: Something valuable that has taken a lot of time, effort and dedication to make by hand can be synonymous with “expensive.

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The Logistics Academy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

When shipping lithium batteries , which are classified as Dangerous Goods, maintaining compliance can be tricky. This infographic provides an overview of the regulations governing the movement of these increasingly common energy cells. Source: LabelMaster. Related Training: Handling of Lithium Batteries by Air. The post Infographic | Shipping Lithium Batteries appeared first on The Logistics Academy.

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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

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10xLogistics

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

It may not be a complete "Happy Thanksgiving" for people who manage 3d party transportation. After some very large decreases in the last few months, the CASS Transportation index decreased again in October. The transportation index dropped 1.4% in October. While this is better than the drop of 2.8% in August and 3.5% in September, it still shows that there is over capacity in the transportation industry.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is by Carl Turner. Carl is a freelance business writer who loves to share his knowledge of the entrepreneurial world. Today, Carl writes about his 5 tips for success Warehouse and Distribution center management. Every day, new warehousing and wholesale supplier businesses are opening their doors, and plenty more are on their way out because they can’t keep up in a competitive economy.

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Apparel Logistics

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Free shipping, once a coveted find, has become a standard feature in the minds of today's shoppers. Retail behemoths like Amazon make it seem easy, but free shipping is never really free. This perk comes with a price tag, and small retailers need to get creative in order to afford it. The Real Cost of Free Shipping. Purportedly "free" shipping is only free to the consumer, and even then shoppers are often paying a premium for the perk.

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Logistics Portal

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Tips For Ocean Container Freight Contract Negotiations Ocean freight tendering is complicated with little standardization, but there are ways shippers can succeed and not view it as such an onerous

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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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PINC

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Logistics Viewpoints just published an article that I wrote called " You can't really count on cyle counting ". After talking to several organizations, i learned that 100% off them deal with an inventory reconciliation problem. Please feel free to add to the conversation or let me know what you think.

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The Logistics Academy

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The world’s largest retailers are planning to not only grow into the world’s biggest logistics companies, but to completely revolutionize the industry. Both Amazon and Alibaba have recently made significant investments to their supply chain capabilities and in the not distant future they will soon handle more shipments than most specialist delivery postal and courier companies.

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10xLogistics

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

For anyone who runs a warehouse and has Amazon "come to town" you know, at a very micro level, about the "Amazon Effect". The entire labor and transportation capacity situation in your town changes in an instant. However, it is bigger than that from a nationwide perspective and I had the privilege of listening to a very insightful presentation given by Eric Johnson (Twtr: @AmShipEric), research director and IT editor at American Shipper at the Jacksonville CSCMP roundtable event in October.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

The era of paper-based systems and physically monitoring the supply chain is ending. In place of long paper trails and maintenance schedules, machines with the capacity to communicate their needs and issues via the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) are becoming an essential component of effective processes. You have probably heard about the IoT in the famous GE commercials, such as the “Talking Train and Car,” as depicted on Engineering.com, but you might not have thought about how your organi

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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

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Mazars Ledger

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

NJBIZ FOODBIZ NJ Food & Beverage. The post NJBiz FoodBizNJ appeared first on Insights Center - Mazars - United States.

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DC Velocity Reverse Logistics

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

To date, there are over 500,000 registered drones in the U.S., and there are over 20,000 registered commercial operators of drones. The FAA advises that over 3,300 people signed up to take the aeronautical knowledge test, which is one of the new requirements to operate a drone in the U.S.

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PINC

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Team work or risky situation? (Kids, please don't try this at home.).

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