The Lean Thinker
JANUARY 21, 2018
One of the main reasons to attend KataCon is to learn from others. While many conferences are an audience listening to keynote presentations, KataCon is more of an annual get-together of a community. Whether you are considering attending for the first time (please do!), or a veteran “Kata Geek,” it is an opportunity to learn how people are applying the core principles of mutual learning to their challenges and problems.
DC Velocity
JANUARY 25, 2018
Congressional opponents may not object if measure tucked into otherwise-favorable infrastructure bill, attorney says.
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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment
JANUARY 23, 2018
Good news for Ecommerce fulfillment: It doesn’t always require a dense distribution center network to reach most U.S. customers quickly. In fact, if you operate a single warehouse in the middle of the country, you can usually get deliveries to them in 3 days or less (on average) – without having to charge a premium. The question, however, is whether this standard is good enough to retain customers, protect your profit margin and grow your business?
Material Handling and Logistics
JANUARY 22, 2018
Imagine moving cargo across continents as smoothly as computers process data. It may seem impossible today, but the physical Internet could be embedded into freight supply chains by 2050. Today, the physical Internet is an amorphous construct, with its scope and limits undefined. If its full potential is ever realized, then it will have the power to transform the movement of goods and people.
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.
Fleet Owner
JANUARY 23, 2018
A lot of analysis and interpretation of the changes made last year to the tax code remains to be conducted. Yet on balance good things are spooling up for trucking.
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Stord
JANUARY 22, 2018
Whether you are a small business owner or a corporate logistics manager, it’s crucial to stay attuned to the most innovative ways to optimize your distribution network. Individually-owned businesses can operate with great autonomy and fast reaction times. It’s imperative for corporations to achieve the same capacity to react to market demands by improving their distribution efficiencies.
Material Handling and Logistics
JANUARY 25, 2018
81% of manufacturers believe their revenue will increase in 2018. 2018 is looking good according to a recent survey of manufacturers. The 2018 Leading Edge Alliance (LEA) National Manufacturing Outlook Survey found that manufacturers have a more positive outlook about the economy for 2018 than in 2017. Some of the reasons include the growing U.S. and global economies, rising energy and commodity prices, and improved business and consumer confidence support this positive outlook.
Fleet Owner
JANUARY 22, 2018
We’re a couple of weeks into the New Year and it seems like a good time to reflect on what I see as some of the key issues facing the trucking industry this year as it applies to fuel efficiency. Vehicle electrification: That’s a big one.
DC Velocity
JANUARY 25, 2018
Keeping people safe has been the focus of Scott Bicksler's career, first in the U.S. Army and now with a national temporary staffing agency.
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Supply Chain and Logistics
JANUARY 25, 2018
This is a quite interesting article on the distribution of economic development in the US.
Material Handling and Logistics
JANUARY 23, 2018
Seldat Technology Services has introduced WMS360, a modular warehouse management system designed to provide increased visibility, integration and top-to-bottom control of end-to-end warehouse operations at any scale across multiple industries.
Fleet Owner
JANUARY 23, 2018
Lately, when the topic of supply chain challenges comes up, the terms Amazon-effect, last mile delivery and blockchain are often tossed around. Those things certainly have the potential to cause disruption in the supply chain.
DC Velocity
JANUARY 26, 2018
Company to spend $1.5 billion to upgrade Indianapolis over seven years; will put $1.5 billion into pension plan, boost employee compensation.
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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.
Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 24, 2018
It is a well-known fact that e-commerce is growing rapidly around the globe, and this is causing a significant shift in the retail landscape. It’s changing fulfillment paths and requiring retailers, distributors, logistics services providers, and manufacturers to expand and reconfigure their fulfillment operations. These changes are in turn driving growth in sales of warehouse automation systems.
Material Handling and Logistics
JANUARY 22, 2018
Manhattan Associates Inc. has introduced Customer Engagement, a solution that gives gives retailers the ability to personalize shopping experiences by incorporating social media conversations.
Fleet Owner
JANUARY 25, 2018
Ram Trucks hit all the high points — horsepower, torque, towing, payload and so on — in its launch of the 2019 Ram 1500 pickup at the North American International Auto Show.
DC Velocity
JANUARY 25, 2018
Five-level stack nightmare captures honor for third year in row.
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
Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 22, 2018
An organization has put created a Hall of Fame for Logistics. Some of the names are what you would expect, some make sense but are unexpected, and there are names that should not be there and glaring omissions. The post The Logistics Hall of Fame appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.
Bringg
JANUARY 23, 2018
JD.com, the Chinese online retailer is raising $2 billion to fund its warehousing and delivery unit – a move that will bring its strategy closer to Alibaba, that country’s leading e-commerce platform. While in the west all eyes are on Amazon, the giants of the east are also making significant moves to build the infrastructure required to create exceptional delivery logistics systems that cater to their local market, but will also have a huge impact on the global e-commerce landscape.
Fleet Owner
JANUARY 25, 2018
Verizon Communications Inc. announced that it has acquired Movildata Internacional, a Murcia, Spain-based provider of commercial fleet management solutions, in a strategic move that boosts Verizon Telematics' market position in Europe.
DC Velocity
JANUARY 24, 2018
Millions of online returns have "no fault found" attached to product, RLA says.
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.
Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 23, 2018
Vague item descriptions. Wrong addresses. Potential customs traps that can cost companies time and money when moving international shipments. Even with advanced technology that has come a long way in digitizing customs procedures, risks still remain in today’s global trade environment if electronic declarations aren’t filled out completely, accurately, and plausibly.
AIMMS
JANUARY 25, 2018
AIMMS has been active in the supply chain space for over 28 years. We’ve seen the evolution of the industry and its ongoing transformation , and have embarked on a transformation ourselves. The skills of the past are no longer sufficient to meet the demands of today’s complex, fast- moving digital environment , or prepare for the future.
Fleet Owner
JANUARY 22, 2018
Isuzu Commercial Truck of America broke two sales records in last year, making 2017 its new benchmark. The first of those records is retail sales.
DC Velocity
JANUARY 24, 2018
Strong activity last year to continue through 2018, firm says.
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Material Handling and Logistics
JANUARY 22, 2018
Mondelez is helping to redce deforestation rates in Ghana, which supplies about 20% of the world's cocoa. In an effort to reduce emissions in its cocoa supply chain across Ghana, on January 17 Mondel?z International signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Forestry Commission of Ghana, Ghana Cocoa Board and United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
GlobalTranz
JANUARY 26, 2018
No one wants to think about lost warehouse inventory, and it can be organizationally frustrating to determine the best process to find, research, and rectify inventory discrepancies. One of the primary reasons a company implements a warehouse management system (WMS) is to know the exact location of their inventory; if the inventory is not there, one might think it is easy to just write that inventory off the books.
Fleet Owner
JANUARY 25, 2018
American Transportation Research Institute releases annual list of that ranks the 100 worst bottlenecks for trucks on U.S. highways.
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