Now, That's Logistics
AUGUST 30, 2018
As global supply chains extend outward and become increasingly intertwined, keeping up with evolving customer expectations isn’t getting any easier. Here are four ways to do it. Additional languages available. With Amazon’s Prime program alone shipping 5 billion items worldwide last year, the logistics and transportation industry is in unprecedented growth mode right now.
Supply Chain and Logistics
AUGUST 28, 2018
My colleagues Chris Clott, Rob Cannizzaro and I just published a paper in the Journal of Shipping and Trade.
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Talking Logistics
AUGUST 29, 2018
Not having adequate visibility to your shipments, orders, or products is an ongoing challenge for many companies. You may have very good visibility in some areas of your supply chain, but have poor visibility or blind spots in other areas such as transportation. How do you go about identifying and closing those visibility gaps? How are new technology capabilities helping in this effort?
Material Handling and Logistics
AUGUST 31, 2018
The solutions to supply chain problems boil down to the right combination of three factors—technology, data and processes. In the supply chain, problems are often overcomplicated. It’s true that the major issues in the supply chain—which were confirmed through MH&L ’s workforce survey process and published in an earlier article —are nuanced. However, manufacturers, 3PLs and others in the supply chain often get lost in the details.
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.
DC Velocity
AUGUST 31, 2018
California prototype visits Ruan Transport Corp. in Iowa as clients await production launch in 2019.
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Fleet Owner
AUGUST 29, 2018
Blockchain tech has the power to ease the strain of the truck driver shortage and reward drivers for their hard work.
Material Handling and Logistics
AUGUST 31, 2018
The market for transportation management systems could double over the next five years, fueled by shippers' need to reduce costs and monitoring time.
DC Velocity
AUGUST 27, 2018
Firm cites rising demand for hauling perishable cargo between Pacific Northwest and destinations in Midwest, Texas, and East Coast.
Amware Logistics and Fulfillment
AUGUST 28, 2018
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Fleet Owner
AUGUST 27, 2018
In our ongoing breakdown of the U.S. trucking industry by statistics and data is this revealing segment examining the equipment fleets are using to get the job done.
Material Handling and Logistics
AUGUST 27, 2018
Risk nightmares can occur if you're not prepared for an environmental emergency. Disasters can happen in the blink of an eye. Whether natural, environmental or just some freak accident, how your business responds to these occurrences can be the difference between successful risk mitigation and risk nightmares. Unfortunately, for many organizations, natural disasters are often overlooked, pushed aside from the more every day, common workplace incidents.
DC Velocity
AUGUST 30, 2018
Digitally focused startups believe there is much low-hanging fruit in traditional brokerage operations. But the fruit picking has taken an unexpected turn.
Talking Logistics
AUGUST 30, 2018
Finding the right warehouse is arguably one of the most important decisions your company will make. It has the potential to be not only be a powerful, industry-leading storage and shipping center, but also the literal hub of your logistics — including returns, reshipments, and other nuanced supply chain tasks. It needs the ability to grow with your ambitions without demanding too much of your bottom line, and there are a lot of configuration and feature choices to weigh before signing on t
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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.
Fleet Owner
AUGUST 27, 2018
“Employee engagement is the emotional commitment an employee has to the organization and its values, vision and missions, resulting in the increased use of discretionary effort.
Material Handling and Logistics
AUGUST 28, 2018
ELD enforcement focuses attention on the need for greater flexibility.
DC Velocity
AUGUST 31, 2018
Collaborative robot provider also announces funding by private equity firm, plans for additional acquisitions.
Shipchain
AUGUST 29, 2018
People cannot improve on what they do not understand or know. This statement applies to shippers as well. While this comparison is most commonly associated with benchmarking, it is also part of the reason why more people in the shipping industry are turning to blockchain for supply chain management (SCM). Blockchain SCM is poised to create links between all existing supply chains, even competitors, which allows supply chain networks to function more efficiently and with greater transparency.
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
Fleet Owner
AUGUST 30, 2018
New study examines the extent of fleet telematics use and what transportation businesses are doing to bring on and try to keep the best drivers.
Material Handling and Logistics
AUGUST 29, 2018
Combilift has launched a new high-capacity powered pallet truck, the Combi-PPT, which includes an optional operator’s platform enabling stand-on or walk behind operation.
DC Velocity
AUGUST 30, 2018
Former Honeywell Intelligrated exec to lead Singapore firm's expansion to Atlanta, Boston.
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 29, 2018
Maersk confirmed last week that is intends to sail the containership Venta Maersk through the Northeast Passage from the Far East to St. Petersburg. The route runs along the Russian Arctic through what the Russians call the Northern Sea Route. This will be the first container ship to traverse the passage, although COSCO has sent LNG tankers through the route a number of times over the last couple years.
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.
Fleet Owner
AUGUST 28, 2018
Nikola Motor Co. announced it will unveil its pre-production hydrogen electric truck in April. The company said during the April 16-18 event in Phoenix dubbed “Nikola World,” it will also show a 2.
Talking Logistics
AUGUST 28, 2018
No doubt about it: this trucking environment is sending plenty of truckload budgets into the red. What can shippers do to navigate this market? Take your cue from the latest findings of MIT researchers. Using data from TMC, a division of C.H. Robinson , the researchers examined the best practices that separate Leaders from Laggards in getting better truckload rates and performance.
DC Velocity
AUGUST 30, 2018
The opioid crisis is challenging companies looking for temporary workers. Here are some tips to manage hiring during the holiday surge.
Logistics in War
AUGUST 28, 2018
By David Beaumont. This article follows-up last week’s post on logistics in deterrence. . The nature and characteristics of strategic competition has been given new life in recent months. Theorists, writers, military professionals and many others are looking for indicators of strategic activity, some obvious and some not so conspicuous. One of the more abstract ideas prevalent in this discussion is the concept of national power.
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Fleet Owner
AUGUST 28, 2018
It used to be that we would wait a week or two to get what we ordered. Now we want it in a day or two and some recent studies have shown that people are willing to pay a small premium to get goods the same day they order them.
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 30, 2018
Walmart that was pursuing RFID as an evolutionary step to manage inventory throughout the entire supply chain. However, the interest subsided until the 2010’s, when RFID technology was reignited by the fervor of Industrie 4.0 and the rise of IIoT in manufacturing. . The post RFID Enables Industrie 4.0 appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.
DC Velocity
AUGUST 30, 2018
Many fleets use tech for regulatory compliance, but fail to analyze the metrics, says Teletrac Navman.
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