Freightquote

JANUARY 24, 2019

Learn more about the freight shipping trends expected to impact the industry through 2019.

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Freight Trends Industry 68

Bringg

JANUARY 24, 2019

Automating your delivery operations chain is critical if you want to meet the new status quo for customer experience while maintaining profitability. Here’s why. Recently, we wrote about the ways in which rising customer demands are redefining last mile delivery across multiple industries. Shoppers today are demanding an unprecedented level of control over when, where, and how they purchase and receive goods and services.

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Automation Optimization Software Modeling Software Logistics Network Optimization Software 83

Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 22, 2019

For inbound automotive supply chains, returnable packaging just makes sense. No carmaker wants to spend money on wood, paper and cardboard again and again, only to have to fork out straight away for costly waste disposal. Far better to pay once for a robust, reusable container that provides better protection for parts and can, ideally, hold them all the way from supplier to lineside.

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Waste Reduction Cost Reduction Price Reduction Supply Chain Design Software 47

The Lean Thinker

JANUARY 25, 2019

In this video clip, author and speaker Simon Sinek articulately explains why the things that matter most aren’t measurable, nor can they be created over the short term. Watch the video, then I’d like to extend his thought process into continuous improvement. The idea of doing the little things consistently over time is a powerful one that we often overlook in our hurry to show a spectacular result this week.

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Fleet Owner

JANUARY 23, 2019

Family-owned fleets, second-generation drivers and engineers share the secrets of their success.

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Trucking 162

Kuebix

JANUARY 24, 2019

Being a truck driver is an underappreciated profession. There are nasty stereotypes and the general public often show a lack of respect to truckers when they’re on the road. Driving a truck is often considered to be a “last resort” profession, even for a culture built proudly on the backs of blue collar workers. This […]. The post 5 Reasons Being a Trucker Should Earn More Respect appeared first on Kuebix.

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Trucking Blog 139

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

JANUARY 22, 2019

Any way you look at it, Amazon’s fulfillment arm, Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA), has an enormous warehousing footprint. It currently operates about 128 fulfillment centers in the U.S. alone – and that doesn’t even factor in Amazon’s many Prime Now hubs, Whole Food grocery DCs, delivery stations, and other distribution locations. For Amazon sellers, using FBA simplifies things by handing over all fulfillment and customer service requirements to Amazon.

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Fleet Owner

JANUARY 22, 2019

Fleet technology is evolving faster than ever. To avoid being left in the dust, it’s important to implement new tools designed to help you succeed.

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Tips Tools 155

AIMMS

JANUARY 24, 2019

Tata Steel is one of the world’s largest steel producers. In fact, it’s very likely that Tata Steel plays a role in your life today, by providing raw material for the car you drive, the house you live in and the roads you drive through. The company was established in India as Asia’s first integrated private steel company in 1907. Today, the steel manufacturing leader has an ambitious digital transformation agenda and is leveraging AIMMS technology to optimize operations in its home country.

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Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Software Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software 116

Speaker: Ethan Woolley, Director at Kharon

This webinar will explore how companies can proactively address compliance risks–rather than reactively responding to–UFLPA enforcement actions. Ethan Woolley will provide insights into the latest CBP enforcement trends, entity list updates, and industries under increased scrutiny, with a look at potential shifts under the Trump administration. Ethan will also explore how predictive data and strategic due diligence can help organizations stay ahead of regulatory challenges and strengthen complia

Supply Chains

Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2019

It’s a good idea to be ready for when the government shutdown ends.

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Government 113

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

JANUARY 22, 2019

Any way you look at it, Amazon’s fulfillment arm, Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA), has an enormous warehousing footprint. It currently operates about 128 fulfillment centers in the U.S. alone – and that doesn’t even factor in Amazon’s many Prime Now hubs, Whole Food grocery DCs, delivery stations, and other distribution locations. For Amazon sellers, using FBA simplifies things by handing over all fulfillment and customer service requirements to Amazon.

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Warehousing Distribution Operations Ordering 120

Fleet Owner

JANUARY 25, 2019

Safety is too often portrayed only as preventing mistakes and responding to problems. Key to successful defensive actions, though, is planning and preparation.

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Trucking 120

Logistics Management

JANUARY 24, 2019

While DSV acknowledged that a combination of DSV and Panalpina would create a leading global transport and logistics company with significant growth opportunities and potential for value creation, adding that a combination presents a unique opportunity for both companies and their respective stakeholders including shareholders, employees, customers and suppliers, it now appears that the chances of a deal coming to fruition are less than likely.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 25, 2019

To qualify for these jobs drivers are required to have 30 months of experience over the past three years and a good safety record.

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Logistics in War

JANUARY 23, 2019

Preparedness and its paradoxes. By David Beaumont. ‘Over time we lost strategic agility. Our units became hollow. Our ability to operate away from the Australian support base degraded dangerously. Our capacity to generate, sustain and rotate forces eroded. The tremendous efforts of all of the Australian Defence Force in East Timor concealed these deficiencies in the Army’s capabilities.

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Military Resource Reduction Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Planning Software 97

Fleet Owner

JANUARY 25, 2019

Companies making investments in inventory systems to maximize accuracy, employing set delivery routes that run multiple times a day, including late at night.

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Inventory 113

Logistics Management

JANUARY 21, 2019

Mixed economic signals are proving to be somewhat of a Rorschach Test for shippers trying to gauge freight demand levels heading into the strongest part of the 2019 freight season.

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Industry Trucking Freight 97

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 22, 2019

"Leadership on environmental issues, shown by a recent ranking of companies based on environmental policies, goes "hand in hand with being a successful and profitable business,” says CDP which curates the list. As leaders gather at the of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos for a week of high-level discussions on the future of the global economy, the CDP group released its annual rankings of the top green businesses.

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Material Savings Manufacturing Procurement Purchasing Skills Cost Reduction 107

Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 21, 2019

State-of-the-art technology for managing global supply chains is beginning to percolate down to the individuals who need it most: small farmers in developing economies.

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Supply Chain Software Supply Chains 94

Fleet Owner

JANUARY 23, 2019

While no one is on record indicating that a recession is in the offing, some economists are starting to see some warning signs of an economic slowdown.

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Logistics Management

JANUARY 23, 2019

For those that still think Amazon does not directly compete with the parcel duopoly of FedEx and UPS, a report in The Wall Street Journal today drives home the point that it may be time to reconsider that notion. The reason, according to the report, is that a new seven-days a week delivery network being introduced by the global e-commerce bellwether, aims to take customers from FedEx and UPS by zooming in on fuel surcharges and extra fees, which increase home delivery costs.

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Networks 92

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2019

A new safety vest from Amazon allows robots to detect warehouse workers from farther away and change its route to avoid them.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 23, 2019

Freight management is crucial for companies around the globe. Effective freight management reduces delays for consumers, helps companies offer Amazonesque shipping benefits and much more. Shippers that wish to succeed in 2019 need to know the top trucking and freight management trends for 2019 and how they will affect shipping practices, global trade, last-mile , and even drivers.

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Resource Reduction Trends Expense Reduction Cost Reduction 83

Fleet Owner

JANUARY 24, 2019

Many fleets are looking to their parts suppliers and manufacturers for help developing just the right part tracking and ordering schedules for their operations.

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Inventory Reduction Inventory Ordering Operations 107

Logistics Management

JANUARY 25, 2019

Rail carloads, at 258,833, headed up 7.4%, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 284,278, increased 6.5%.

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Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

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Vendor Strategies

LoGo

JANUARY 23, 2019

Investing in the development of well-thought logistics processes is key to set your company apart from the others. In such a competitive marketplace, if you go the extra mile to provide exceptional logistics services, it’s possible to increase brand loyalty and set your company as an authority in your field of expertise. But of course, doing […].

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Strategy Logistics Network Optimization Software Logistics Course 82

Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 23, 2019

Manufacturing companies are hoping to continue their revenue growth in 2019 by focusing on three key areas.

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Fleet Owner

JANUARY 24, 2019

Beyond training, rewarding people for good habits is an effective way to ensure safety compliance.

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Compliance Training 103