The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 13, 2021

He has spent more than 20,000 hours providing consulting, training, and facilitation for large and small groups for hundreds of organizations internationally on a wide range of topics. MetaExperts are talent operational excellence (OpEx) hands-on-deck, training, and get-it-done partners. About MetaOps and MetaExperts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2025

Warehouse Optimization: Testing Without Touching The Carhartt Example: Carhartt adopted a digital twin strategy in partnership with IBM Turbonomic to model application performance and warehouse workflows. Train for adoption: Make the model part of your frontline teams daily playbook.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

What Celanese has accomplished is the single best example ARC is aware of employing agentic AI and copilots at scale. Agentic AI involves creating a system of interacting agents, each trained on a specific task or dataset. The occurrence of any of these events disrupts the global supply chain and can deeply impact profitability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2024

12,000 SAP customers and partners attended the event, and another 15,000 watched remotely. I might tell Alexa, for example, “Play the station Smooth Jazz!” Most of the new in-context GenAI solutions have been pre-trained on 200,000 pages of SAP’s training and technical documents. In contrast, Joule is Business AI.

SAP 131

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IoT World Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

million train journeys every day. IoT World is North America’s largest IoT event where strategists, technologists and implementers connect, putting IoT, AI, 5G and edge into action across industry verticals. Just building additional train tracks won’t address the problem in full. “Of Book your ticket now. ].

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The toilet paper shortage was one of the COVID era events that taught people what the term “supply chain management” meant. In warehouses, for example, one solution is labor management. Multinationals knew that events could occur that could cost them tens, or hundreds of millions of dollars.

Supply Chain Software 138

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 27, 2024

MTS Logistics today announced our 14th Annual Bike Tour with MTS for Autism, the largest biking event in shipping and logistics, taking place Saturday, June 8, 2024. Now in its 14th year, this annual charity bike event raised over $100,000 for autism acceptance last year. This programs directly impact young adults on the spectrum.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2025

One of the key approaches to simulating warehouse operations is based on employing discrete event simulation (DES) techniques and tools. Typically, modeling is done by highly trained engineers with an industrial engineering background. For example, these virtual pickers work in zones and dont go outside those zones.

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Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 22, 2024

The conference is seen as the founding event of AI. 2000s Big Data Offers AI Advancements Up until now, AI was limited by the amount and quality of data it could train and test with Machine Learning. Machine Learning had more information to train on, increasing its capability to learn complex patterns and make accurate predictions.

Modeling Software 118

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Single people mark the occasion by spoiling and treating themselves to gifts and presents, but it wasn’t until Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba chose the date to offer heavily discounted merchandise on its platform for 24 hours, starting at midnight on the 11th November, 2009, that Singles’ Day became a major commercial event.

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Now, That's Logistics

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Unfortunately, there’s yet one more disruptive event to get through before that can happen: Chinese New Year. For example, East-West came up with this rule to help account for CNY delays: For orders normally received in March, take 50% of the volume and receive it in January. Receive the other 50% of that volume in February.

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WorkWave

JULY 29, 2019

You also need to hire and provide training for cleaning staff while concentrating on growing your business and meeting quality standards. Here are seven tips for training new maids and house cleaning employees. Cover Basic Training With Strategic Team Scheduling. Concentrate on Soft Skills.

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TransAudit

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

As Josh Dritz, VP of Operations Technology and Automation at Messen Medical Surgical, pointed out, Geopolitical factors, extreme weather events, labor issues, and pandemics are just a few of the challenges that constantly threaten supply chains. Ensure ongoing training to adapt to new technologies and processes.

Supply Chain Software 59

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Material Handling and Logistics

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

For example, when shipping produce, it is essential to keep the product at a certain temperature throughout the supply chain, so by installing sensors on the container of fruit or vegetables, both the seller and buyer can ensure the load maintains a proper temperature while in transit. Along the Rail. The Last Mile.

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Trinity Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2024

Foundational Model This is where the training/learning takes place, where you’re teaching the AI how to look at things and look at input. Large Language Model (LLM) This model is trained on vast amounts of text, can interpret what you’re asking of it, and can put a response in words that you can understand.

Supply Chain Software 127

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Locus

JANUARY 22, 2025

AI systems analyze historical trends, seasonal fluctuations, economic indicators, and even local events to predict delivery volumes with high precision. Real-World Example By integrating AI-driven predictive analytics, UniUni helped Shein shorten North American delivery times from 10-14 days to 4-5 days.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Can you give me a concrete example of how your risk management solution detected a threat and came to the rescue? For example, to build that plant, the company would need to work with a construction company or companies. Steve: You had engaged in extensive training but mentioned that more needed to be done. Any final thoughts?

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2025

For example, signs that a company is moving in the right direction, talent-wise, might include: The deployment of staff in new roles, absent the traditional supply-chain-centric titles and instead, hybridizing across data-science and logistics skill sets.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2024

Employee Training and Awareness The human element cannot be overlooked in securing automated systems. Furthermore, fostering a culture of security through employee training and awareness is indispensable. Exploring network security measures, such as establishing dedicated WiFi networks for robotics systems, is crucial.

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WorkWave

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Augmented and virtual reality can help train new employees as well as help diagnose maintenance problems. For instance, instead of taking new employees on the job to train, businesses can use virtual reality (VR) to put trainees in real-life scenarios without the associated risks. Examples of Automation in Skilled Trades.

Buyer Training 105

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2021

That’s a massive problem for SMEs, for example, that last year might have been paying $4,000 to $5,000 (USD) to ship a 40-foot container from Asia to North America, and now face rates of $20,000 and above. To Hire or to Train, That is the Question. Challenge #3: The Complexities of Compliance.

Freight 98

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 23, 2022

These events have highlighted the importance of sustainable, resilient, transparent, and legally compliant supply chains. This includes labor relations, employee training and education, reputational issues, and how a business fosters positive relationships within the broader community including suppliers and customers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2024

Given that we are in the age of AI/ML, I often think of how the small deli where I worked was a perfect training ground for applying AI/ML in fresh supply chain planning. Another example of data normalization is accounting for lost sales due to stockouts or waste of perishable products due to overstocking of inventory.

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Kanban Logistics

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This lot control allows 3PLs to quickly identify batches of items in the event of a recall. To make sure actual recall events run smoothly and efficiently, many leading 3PLs leave nothing to chance. Are the 3PL’s associates adequately trained? Items that have common characteristics important to the manufacturer (e.g.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 22, 2021

Such an event has constrained the meat supply chain more than ever, sparking fears of massive food shortages, and it comes mere weeks after the other major cyberattack to strike the US—halting the operation of the Colonial Pipeline. Any one of these events can create a domino effect to capacity challenges and delays.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Or, an ERP system is implemented but the organization fails to train its own people or hire sufficiently qualified people to operate the system. Another example is where a major customer suddenly demands a change in the way its orders are handled. To prevent application erosion, invest in a formal training program for new users.

ERP 105

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WorkWave

MAY 1, 2025

How is your data being used to train models? For example, every time you download data from a secure cloud system to your local computersay, as a CSV fileyou’re potentially increasing your security risk. Train everyone in the organization on Phishing and Smishing attacks. What controls exist around that data?

Security 52

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 19, 2015

Study.com's Best Freight Broker Training Programs List. It's important to note that the programs in this list are designed to provide high level training in logistics. There are other programs which are designed to train you in the basics of how to operate a more basic trucking-focused freight brokerage.

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WorkWave

JUNE 27, 2024

For example, a major retail chain reported significant logistical challenges due to driver shortages during the peak holiday season. Strategies for Mitigating Driver Shortages & Retention Partnerships with Training Schools Forming partnerships with truck driving schools can help create a steady pipeline of new drivers.

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LandLink

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

It can identify when specific events occur which require human intervention. An example is a typical commercial bus route. It is through this repetitive experience that AI will eventually be able to maximize the efficiency of the route by anticipating daily events along the route based upon historical data.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 30, 2015

Millennials have witnessed countless layoffs, periods of market instability, offshoring of manufacturing entities , and other significant events in their lives. Unfortunately, these events lead to one common issue: millennials do not view the manufacturing industry as previous generations did.

Ordering 108

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 5, 2023

If you can’t see any apparent opportunities, ask yourself if it’s possible to create some, for example, by splitting the workload into shifts , enabling your vehicles to operate around the clock and reducing the time they spend parked up. You could look for a training organisation that offers train-to-train courses.

Cost Reduction 91

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Logistics in War

AUGUST 18, 2019

Part Two offered examples where militaries get it right, and a number of examples where events did not transpire as well as they might. In the Australian example, this ratio has featured in every review of Defence undertaken in the forty years since the ADF was formed.

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Log-hub

JANUARY 8, 2025

From new tech breakthroughs to changing customer expectations and unexpected global events, businesses need to stay flexible and ready to adapt. Training your team to handle new technologies will give you a competitive edge. This could mean basic training in data analysis or advanced courses in AI applications. What can you do?

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UL EHS- Sustainability

MARCH 2, 2020

Assignment-based training functionality According to 21 CFR 211.25(a), a), the purpose of training is to develop the knowledge and skill of personnel so they can perform their jobs correctly. The administrator can easily build a list of up to five selected events that meet specific criteria such as user ID, last name, first name, etc.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 15, 2022

The essence of an industrial data scientist is domain expertise, combined with a robust toolchain or set of packaged programming tools to solve challenging industrial problems, such as predicting future conditions or events using industrial data and AI. How Industrial AI Is Being Used to Resolve Challenges.

Data 127

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MTS Logistics

AUGUST 19, 2020

The celebrated Seabiscuit, for example, rode the rails from his California home to the East Coast, frequently stopping to meet well-wishers along the way. The possibility of shipping a horse overnight via jet has left a profound impact on the racing and eventing industry.

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