Parade

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

A carrier sales rep’s daily routine at a freight brokerage is taxing–-a continuous grind of calling, communicating through any means possible, selling load opportunities, and driving continuous value for carrier partners. While multitasking is synonymous with the responsibilities of a carrier sales rep, this can impact productivity. A study by Meyer, Evans, and Rubinstein reveals that switching focus can impact productivity by as much as 40%.

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Optimal Sourcing Automation Optimization Software Data 60

Logistics in War

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

By David Beaumont. One of the fundamental questions to answer when preparing a military for war is ‘are the capabilities on hand prepared for X?’ As mentioned in Limping to war: preparedness and its paradoxes , Dr Thomas Galvin of the US Army War College proposes this question with the routine of military life in mind; the generating of forces, individual and collective training, assessing capabilities through preparedness management systems and conducting the frequent remedial acti

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Modeling Software Scenario Planning Military Exercises 48

MercuryGate

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The post Transportation Optimization For Everyone appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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Optimization Software Optimization Transportation Capacity 45

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In late January, 2019, the United States Postal Service (USPS) rolled out some of the largest rate increases in its history. Some increases, like the 10% jump in the price of a First-class stamp, pertain primarily to individuals. But others, like the move to zone-based pricing for First-class Package Services, have major implications for eTailers that sell and ship lightweight items.

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Packaging Transportation 149

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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Material Handling and Logistics

MARCH 1, 2019

As the capability matures, it opens up entirely new ways of doing business that can increase operational agility, improve the quality and speed of decision making, and enhance the customer experience.

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Operations 165

Kuebix

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Continuous improvement programs are important for reducing waste within your transportation processes – and overall business environment. With rising freight rates, lack of capacity, and the driver shortage, transportation operations must create strategies to eliminate waste, while lowering costs and boosting efficiencies. Continuous improvement is defined as “a method for identifying opportunities for streamlining work […].

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Waste Reduction Cost Reduction Transportation Waste 121

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

If you import, there’s a lot to like about The Port of New York and New Jersey. With numerous terminals, impressive rail connections and billions of dollars’ worth of recent improvements , it’s the country’s third-busiest port – and getting busier every day. In fact, according to a late January announcement, it recently surpassed the annual 7 million TEU mark for the first time in its history.

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Material Handling and Logistics

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Companies must be constantly ready to adapt their supply chains to reflect changing market conditions and customer demands.

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Supply Chains Logistics 166

Fleet Owner

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Senate and House introduced the DRIVE-Safe Act, giving drivers under the age of 21 a faster path to interstate trucking.

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Kuebix

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Right now in the industry there are approximately 10 orders to ship for every available truck. Conversely, there’s a large portion of private fleets that are running their assets with a significant amount of empty backhaul miles. At Kuebix, we don’t think it makes sense for there to be a capacity crisis at the same […]. The post A Win-Win for Fleet Owners and Shippers appeared first on Kuebix.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Last summer, I wrote an article about the future of electric trucks. Notably, I outlined that the industry was ready to transition to zero-emission trucks and that a number of major manufacturers including Tesla, Daimler, Thor, and Toyota had unveiled electric class-8 trucks while UPS, FedEx and DHL had unveiled electric class-6 parcel trucks. But now the big question is whether the industry is ready for autonomous trucks.

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Trucking Article Industry Logistics 109

Material Handling and Logistics

MARCH 1, 2019

Offering career paths and international experiences will keep younger employees moving at the pace they desire and will hopefully lead to retention.

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Fleet Owner

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

First there were trucks, then trucks got computers—followed by lots more computers, sensors, and processors of various kinds. The potential to measure, connect, improve, and protect fleet operations exploded. But achieving real gains from all the data could take prohibitive time and effort. Here to help fleets kill the busywork and guesswork is ever-sharper artificial intelligence.

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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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Shipchain

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

According to EFT’s Supply Chain Hot Trends to Watch for in 2019 , one of the most significant trends that we should be paying attention to this year is automation. Industry players have already begun experimenting with technologies like robotics and artificial intelligence. Drones are already delivering packages , and self-driving vehicles are being produced and tested as we speak.

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Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Automation Trends 109

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The term "digital" has become all the rage. Parcel software, particularly the Public Cloud solutions, has been digital for decades. Parcel software provides label compliance, enables intelligent procurement, provides analytics and visibility to improve the shipping process, and allows for bills to be audited to insure the shipper has not been overcharged.

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Material Handling and Logistics

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The FedEx SameDay Bot is an autonomous delivery device designed to help retailers make same-day and last-mile deliveries to their customers.

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Fleet Owner

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Detecting problems on trucks well before they occur can be especially important for fleets, since even after knowing there's a problem, some may take weeks or longer to plan and perform the service to get it fixed.

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Trucking 122

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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Logistics Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The rapid growth of e-commerce is driving deep changes in our industry, from tightening up trucking capacity to elevating the importance of final-mile delivery processes. To respond, supply chain managers now need to leverage diverse systems, thereby making processes more efficient.

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Supply Chains Capacity Efficiency Trucking 98

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Kraft Heinz Company’s stock plummeted last week despite having one of the most efficient supply chains in their industry. The shares dropped as much as 28 percent one day after writing down the value of some of the Kraft and Oscar Mayer brands and other assets by $15.4 billion. The company's portfolio is filled with food products like Oscar Mayer hot dogs and Kraft macaroni and cheese that are perceived to be less healthy by consumers seeking fresher, less processed alternatives.

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Material Handling and Logistics

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

A circular supply chain capability leveraging blockchain, digital identity and payments technologies is introduced.

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Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Digital 134

Fleet Owner

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The American Petroleum Institute (API) recently issued a bulletin stressing the importance of only using certified diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) for the diesel-powered vehicles that require the fluid.

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Trucking 107

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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Logistics in War

MARCH 1, 2019

By Rebecca Marlow. Through the Logistics in War and over the past two years Dave Beaumont has been challenging logisticians to think and write about their profession. It is important to our profession that we have a robust discussion and challenge perceptions and conceptions there may be about our trade. Earlier this year he challenged all logisticians to write, which had me ponder, ‘why don’t we?

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Military Training Groups Presentation 101

Stord

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Atlanta (GA)-- STORD , pioneers of networked distribution, next-generation warehousing and distribution for modern shippers, today announced a major update to their inventory visibility and order management platform, making it the fastest, most scalable, and most secure version of the application to date. STORD’s innovative platform gives shippers a central hub to manage warehousing and distribution with modern tools to manage product flow, including inventory tracking across third-party logisti

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Optimization Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Inventory Procurement Solutions 78

Material Handling and Logistics

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Data is the competitive differentiator, says Dr. Yossi Sheffi. " Companies that are using current technology which includes artificial intelligence, machine learning, and sensor networks, will jump way ahead of those who don’t.

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Fleet Owner

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Coaching legend Jimmy Johnson made a career out of finding the best talent to make up his best football teams. Can trucking learn a lesson to help with its talent crunch?

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Trucking 108

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Logistics Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

E-commerce and logistics companies claimed a larger share of the 100 largest industrial-and-logistics leases signed in 2018 than they did a year earlier, underscoring the growing influence of those companies on U.S. warehouse construction, according to a new report from CBRE.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Shipping tech integration is the future. It brings together disparate systems, connects IoT-enabled sensors to tracking platforms, and gives shippers more visibility into their operations. This will allow shippers to reduce freight spend, gain control over logistics, and offer better customer service. However, shippers must first understand the shipping technology trends affecting the industry and.read More.

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Material Handling and Logistics

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The DRIVE-Safe Act expands the trucking candidate pool and updates safety training.

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Trucking Training 128