Trans Global Auto Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2021

Ocean freight remains the most cost-effective way to move large amounts of property and goods around the world for private individuals, businesses, and governments alike. Professional ocean freight services help ease international shipping, ensure efficient transport, and are a useful resource in controlling logistics costs. As an ocean freight forwarder and non-vessel owning common carrier (NVOCC), Trans Global Logistics is positioned to help our clients move their property worldwide, whether t

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Freight Sourcing Strategies Manufacturing Procurement Freight forwarding 98

Talking Logistics

JANUARY 20, 2021

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt of a research report published yesterday, “Trust the Network: The Way Forward in Achieving Transportation Desired Outcomes.” The research, based on a survey of over 300 transportation professionals conducted by Adelante SCM and commissioned by Transporeon, explores several questions: How much room for improvement do you believe still.

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Transportation Survey Networks Logistics 148

SIPMM Professional Publications

JANUARY 18, 2021

Reverse Logistics is a money-burning business. A weak reverse logistics process brings the worst to the company. In recent years, many businesses have started to venture into this field when they realized its potential of helping them achieve business sustainability. Indeed, a good reverse logistics design can have cost-saving, sales-increasing, and gain a competitive advantage. […].

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Reverse logistics Material Savings Purchasing Skills Logistics 109

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

JANUARY 21, 2021

We’ve all heard the expression, “What you don’t know can’t hurt you.”. We also know that it’s dead wrong, because when it comes to key functions like picking, packing, and shipping, your pockets of ignorance could wind up costing you big. That’s why it pays to know as much as you can about the ins and outs of eCommerce order fulfillment.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2021

Many organizations faced the most disruptive year in their history as they dealt with the consequences of the pandemic. Large swings in supply and demand for different product categories and changes in distribution patterns left logistics managers grappling with the biggest challenge of their careers. Challenges that were made all the more difficult by one of the most basic yet complex questions in logistics, “How long will it take to get there?

Inventory Reduction 214

Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Cost Reduction Logistics Network Optimization Software 214

SIPMM Professional Publications

JANUARY 18, 2021

In the early 2010s, machine-to-machine innovation, or M2M technology, has matured with the advancement of communications, such as RFID, Wi-Fi, and cellular network. Sensors could be deployed to allow communications between different mechanization parts to support operations decisions. The advancement and integration of communications and machines facilitate M2M system to gain better control over hardware […].

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Logistics Network Optimization Software RFID Logistics Purchasing 158

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

JANUARY 19, 2021

It’s no secret that parcel shipping represents the largest part of eCommerce and direct selling companies’ fulfillment cost, possibly as much as 75%. And thanks to parcel carriers annual rate increases, that price tag is getting higher all the time.

Cost Reduction 177

Cost Reduction Price Reduction eBook eCommerce 177

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2021

Polly Mitchell-Guthrie, the VIce President of Industry Outreach at Kinaxis. Do you want visibility or transparency? Polly Mitchell-Guthrie, posed that provocative question to supply chain professionals on her LinkedIn feed. Ms. Mitchell-Guthrie is the VP of Industry Outreach and Thought Leadership at Kinaxis. Kinaxis is a top supplier of supply chain planning software.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Software Optimization Software 176

Talking Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2021

One of the few good things about the Covid-19 pandemic is that it has forced companies to carefully evaluate all aspects of their supply chain processes and capabilities. One area that may have been overlooked in the past is compliance screening. What is compliance screening? Why has it become more important during the pandemic? What. Read more Taking a Fresh Look at Compliance Screening.

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AIMMS

JANUARY 20, 2021

Inventory management has always been challenging. How much should we hold? How much is too much? How much is too little? The supply chain shocks of 2020 brought this challenge into focus. Too often, inventory is viewed from an aggregate position, likely driven by finance, who are concerned about working capital implications. This aggregate view, however, can hide a multitude of sins when it comes to the health of our inventory mix – do I have the right quantities of each item at each stock holdi

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Inventory Optimization AIMMS Exercises 143

Logistics Management

JANUARY 19, 2021

Higher rates, tight capacity, and a lack of empty container availability are major factors the current state of the global ocean container market.

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Capacity Availability 137

Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 20, 2021

COVID-19 was a wakeup call for procurement teams who failed to invest in the tools and resources necessary to protect their supply chains.

Supply Chain Software 137

Supply Chain Software Efficiency Networks Procurement 137

Shipsta

JANUARY 18, 2021

As different as supply chains can be, so very different are the measures for supply chain optimization. This article gives a brief overview of various goals and factors that are crucial for optimization.

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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.

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Kuebix

JANUARY 22, 2021

Logistics industry innovators are always looking to create solutions that will cut costs and improve operational efficiencies. One application of technology that’s becoming increasingly popular within supply chains is drones. While drones are commonly applied in warehouses to help with inventory management, their purpose is starting to extend further down the supply chain to final […].

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Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction 121

Logistics Management

JANUARY 19, 2021

Coming off of 2020, which saw myriad ebbs and flows related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 is expected to point in the direction of economic improvement, for both the manufacturing and services sectors, according to the new edition of the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) Semiannual Economic Forecast, which was issued today.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 20, 2021

Melinda McLaughlin, vice president and general head of research with Prologis, paints a picture of warehouse demand in the U.S., now and over the next five years.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2021

In this article, Logistics Bureau’s Mal Walker, who has spent decades exploring all aspects of warehousing, offers some valuable tips on warehouse design and operation. Over the years, Mal has come to appreciate that there is real science behind distribution centre design , operation, and flow management. He has delved deeply into it and identified ten principles for optimising warehouse performance.

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design Operations Supply Chain Planning Software 118

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

Optimal Sourcing

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 20, 2021

Merchandise fulfillment variability has been on the rise for a number of years, due in large part to the growth of e-commerce. But all bets were off in 2020 as variability went off the charts. As you can see from the two included images charting the quarterly change in US e-commerce sales (year over year) and quarterly change in US GDP (quarter to quarter), variability in the recent quarters has been well outside the range of one standard deviation in each direction (light blue range) of the mea

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Ordering Survey Trends Warehousing 116

Logistics Management

JANUARY 20, 2021

Taking a major step to expand its last-mile home delivery capabilities, Concord, NC-based Cardinal Logistics Management Corporation, a provider of freight transportation and logistics services, announced today it has acquired Stoughton, Mass.-based last-mile delivery specialist NRX Logistics.

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Logistics Network Optimization Software Logistics Operations Freight 124

Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 18, 2021

In the battle between the U.S. and European Union over subsidies for aircraft manufacturers, wine producers and importers have become collateral damage.

Industry 126

Industry 126

Overdrive Online

JANUARY 21, 2021

The health issues these truckers continue to experience are common for COVID patients, such as dry cough, fatigue and headaches.

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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

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Cost Reduction

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 19, 2021

BENCHMARKING is recognized as one of the best ways of improving business performance. In this episode, you will understand why you should benchmark your supply chain and how you should do it effectively. Watch this: Related articles on this topic have appeared throughout our websites, why not check them out? Robobyrne: How to Benchmark Your Supply Chain.

Supply Chains 115

Supply Chains Article Distribution Groups 115

Supply Chain and Logistics

JANUARY 21, 2021

A nice article from Jan Hoffman of the IAME. Clearly it’s important to measure the costs, and how to do it is a big problem, given the fractionated international transport market.

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How To Transportation Article Supply Chains 113

Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 19, 2021

A key U.K. government customs system has been overwhelmed within weeks of Brexit and threatens to trigger more disruption as freight traffic rebounds.

Government 124

Government Freight 124

Logistics Management

JANUARY 20, 2021

The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index for December—at 120 (2015=100)—rose 7.4%, from November to December, following a 3.2% gain, from October to November.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2021

No question – logistics challenges have increased since the rise of e-commerce and the number of products on the market started to multiply. For this reason, supply chain solutions have become an integral part of business strategies to cope with these ever-increasing complexities. However, there is the difficult question of which technology to implement to make better use of your warehouse.

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Supply Chain and Logistics

JANUARY 21, 2021

One way to improve throughput is to offer performance rewards to the players. The Port of LA will reward Terminal Operators for each fast turn around of a truck. It is an interesting attempt to help truckers out.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 20, 2021

Near-sighted planning, supply-chain complexities and a tradition of keeping inventories low caused the semiconductor shortage that is now forcing carmakers to idle production lines and straining their relationship with chip manufacturers.

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