Sat.Jul 04, 2020 - Fri.Jul 10, 2020

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Lean on a 3PL to avoid warehouse staffing challenges

Kanban Logistics

For many shippers and manufacturers, warehouse staffing has long been a major supply chain challenge. This challenge has been complicated even further by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it may also be a challenge that you no longer need to deal with. In this article, we’ll examine 4 labor-related benefits that come with entrusting your warehousing operations to a third-party logistics provider (3PL).

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How Corona has Changed Shopping Behaviour

Forto

As a result of the corona pandemic, consumers are increasingly shopping online and want to continue to do so. Retailers who do not set up an online offering now won’t be able to compete in the future. Competition in e-commerce is becoming tougher, so new ways of marketing are necessary. The Covid 19 pandemic has completely disrupted the retail trade.

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What are non tariff barriers?

Globalior

Non tariff barrier definition A non tariff barrier is used to control and restrict specific cross border trade activities without the imposition of import duty. Trade activities affected by non tariff barriers can include import and export of goods, trade in services and investments. Countries can employ various non tariff barriers such as : Sanctions Embargoes Bans Quotas Licensing controls Regulatory requirements What are a few non tariff barrier examples to illustrate the above?

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How Does the Shipping of Automotive Parts Work?

GoShip Blog

Whether you are a car owner, a seller or buyer of equipment, or an auto business owner, you know that shipping in this industry can be tough. Automotive parts are items of different size, shape, weight, and cost. They require very careful handling. That’s why shipping automotive parts can be troublesome. Finding the right shipping solution and a taking some useful tips can help you create a successful shipping process.

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How to Prepare for Proposed New Tariffs in 2025

The global trade landscape is shifting. If President Trump’s proposed tariffs come into effect, they will impact your logistics in significant ways. Our free guide provides essential insights for consumer brands and manufacturers. It is crucial to understand what these challenges mean for your logistics operations, and more importantly, how to prepare.

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Disruption: COVID-19 vs. Regular Supply Chain Disturbances

Morai Logistics

Supply chains are experiencing significant disruption as a result of COVID-19, but how does this disruption compare with others? . If these last few months have shown anything, it’s that COVID-19 has not been a regular disruption for supply chains. Supply chains, even very well prepared ones, are going to face impediments every once in a while.

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The Ongoing Convergence of 3PL and TMS Business Models

Talking Logistics

What is a third-party logistics provider (3PL)? What is a transportation management system (TMS)? For more than 20 years, I’ve been exploring those questions, and over the years, the answers have continued to evolve. As I wrote last year in “Putting Community In TMS: Enabling The Network Effect In Transportation Management,” and in a follow-up. Read more The Ongoing Convergence of 3PL and TMS Business Models.

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What Are Omnichannel Reverse Logistics?

GlobalTranz

In the omnichannel world, keeping track of the various forms of logistics is complicated at best. Omnichannel implies a need for seamless shopping experience across online and physical interactions, and that functionality must transcend all devices, browsers, and other options for shopping. The complexity continues to grow, and as customers grow more accustomed to e-commerce.read More.

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What Does FreightWaves Do with Dooner

The Logistics of Logistics

What Does FreightWaves Do with Dooner. Tim Dooner and Joe Lynch discuss the topic, What does FreightWaves do. FreightWaves is a freight industry leader in data and analytics, logistics industry news and commentary. As one of FreightWaves’ leading voices, Dooner shares his interesting and spirited insights on FreightWaves, podcasting, careers and content marketing.

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7 Reasons to Use a Los Angeles Warehouse for West Coast Fulfillment

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Mention the term “West Coast fulfillment” and the name Los Angeles won’t be far behind – and understandably so. Now the country’s second-largest city, it features an outstanding combination of eCommerce advantages, not to mention some close-to-perfect weather.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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What to Keep in Mind When Managing a Chemical Supply Chain

Kuebix

The chemical industry faces a unique set of challenges regarding safety in their logistics operations. The transportation of chemicals requires next-level care and expertise as it deals with sensitive and potentially dangerous materials. Errors in shipping chemicals that are hazardous can have serious consequences. While logistics operations are typically intricate by default, shippers and manufacturers […].

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ShipChain Selected as a Finalist for the 13th Annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards

Shipchain

ShipChain is honored to have been selected as a finalist for the 13th Annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards in the Operations and Supply Chain category. According to the press release put out by Ventana Research , “this award is for a technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in the technologies that support the operations or service/supply chain.”.

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Investing in Warehouse Automation? Who Isn’t.

Logistics Viewpoints

Warehouse automation is becoming an increasingly desirable option for fufifllment operations. And investments in these technologies are top of mind for today's logistics executives.Our research indicates that both well-established technologies and emerging technologies are currently being considered to varying degrees. More specifically, practitioners.

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Why Cargo Monitoring Is Critical in a Time of Crisis and Beyond

Supply Chain Brain

As businesses reel from COVID-19, cargo thieves and cybercriminals are exploiting the chaos.

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic

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SCN Summit’s Supply Chain Threats Presentations Now On-Demand

Food Logistics

From widespread pandemics to Mother Nature to everything in between, these industry experts detail how companies can protect their supply chains from the unknown—and the unpredictable.

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Small business truckers could land a larger voice on FMCSA’s regs advisory committee

Overdrive Online

"I think that small truckers are currently under-represented on MCSAC," says a current member. "A one- to five-truck fleet guy or gal would make a great addition to the board." Language in House version of a highway bill may pave the way toward that.

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Medtronic’s Digital Twin Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

Medtronic MDT has been engaged in a digital transformation. This includes building out a digital twin of their end-to-end supply chain to make it easier for people to make better and faster supply chain decisions. The company has built a data lake to feed LLamasoft’s Supply Chain Analytics Platform, llama.ai, to create their supply chain digital twin.

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DOE Selects Projects to Accelerate Adoption of Biofuels

NGT News

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected seven projects – totaling $1.94 million – to conduct research and development to accelerate the adoption of performance-advantaged biofuel blendstocks. These fuels are derived from renewable feedstocks, and can deliver exceptional efficiency with low emissions. The seven projects will leverage National Laboratory capabilities as part of the […].

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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The impact of COVID-19 on logistics is never far from top of mind

Logistics Management

While things are strange, confusing, uncertain, difficult, challenging, or whatever you want to call it, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic remains top of mind, when it comes to assessing how things are going, as they relate to moving freight and supply chain and logistics operations.

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SCN Summit -- Navigating Business Amid COVID-19

Food Logistics

Find out how the supply chain and logistics industry navigates business and operations during a global pandemic in our next Supply Chain Network (SCN) Summit series, scheduled for July 28.

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Trucking innovations range from the crude to the sophisticated

Truck News

Old-timers and students of trucking in the trenches will know about ‘prairie cruise control’ but newbies and those who hail from foreign parts likely won’t. It’s an interesting one, a simple if somewhat dangerous example of ingenuity of a sort that could be seen all over the place 40 years ago. At the wheel or […].

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Chesapeake Utilities, CleanBay Renewables Partner to Produce RNG

NGT News

Chesapeake Utilities Corp. has entered a new partnership with CleanBay Renewables Inc., an enviro-tech company focused on the production of sustainable renewable natural gas (RNG), which will generate greenhouse gas credits associated with vehicular usage, and provide Chesapeake Utilities the opportunity to bring additional RNG to its Delmarva operations.

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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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How Tech Manufacturers Can Manage Price Sensitivity Amid Disruption

Supply Chain Brain

Technology companies are entering a new phase of demand planning as the pandemic evolves.

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Rolling the 14: How to pull off the new split-sleeper under the hours of service come September

Overdrive Online

We're firing up T. Dills Trucking again for a run between Midwest and Mid-South and back again, to illustrate the way the FMCSA's revised hours rule is expected to work come September 29, 2020. Also: How to execute a one-time three-hour pause with split cycle.

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2020 State of Logistics: Third Party Logistics (3PL)

Logistics Management

Third Party Logistics providers turn to more automation post-pandemic.

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BYD Delivers Three K7M Battery-Electric Buses to TransIT

NGT News

BYD has delivered three U.S.-built battery-electric K7M buses to Transit Services (TransIT) of Frederick County, Md. The narrow streets of Frederick are a perfect fit for BYD’s zero-emission 30-foot K7M battery-electric buses. Already, TransIT drivers prefer the BYD buses to navigate the tree-lined byways of Frederick. “We are very happy to have Frederick County TransIT […].

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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Why the U.S. Can’t Break China’s Monopoly on Rare Earth Metals

Supply Chain Brain

The global pandemic has exposed the utter dependence of the U.S. and the world on China for critical equipment and raw materials.

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Time is but a vapor — make the most of it

Overdrive Online

Clifford Petersen on the tragic passing of his wife, Nancy, with a word for his fellow drivers: "Take full advantage of the time you have at home with those you love. Never fail to express that love, for it is a choice we make, and one that never fails when we make it.".

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31st Annual State of Logistics: Resilience put to the test

Logistics Management

As we roll through 2020, logistics managers are fending off COVID-19 worries and adapting to the new realities. However, a new report warns against single-sourced supply chains and cites the need for more flexibility in adjustments to economic upheavals.

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