Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Consider a planner in Brazil working with the previous lead time prediction example, who has forgotten how to update the parameters. Sometimes hilarious examples of its “hallucinations” illustrate its failure to understand ( My Dinners with GPT-4 by Justin Smith-Ruiu is one of my favorites).

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Locus

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A prime example is how governments in the Middle East have begun to rethink food security targets after the disruptions to their food supply chains. For example: poor quality, high costs, high lead time, supplier communication. For example: high or low product demand, excess inventory holding, product distribution.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

One of the trends I’ve been writing and talking about is how the clockspeeds of every industry are accelerating and how companies are having a hard time realigning their processes, organizational structures, and technology platforms to keep up with this rapid pace of change.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 17, 2022

We’re talking responsible consumption and production, for example, transition to renewable energy, ethical labor and trade, the manufacturing and retail impacts on life on land and underwater, just being sustainable and meaningfully contributing to the communities where we operate. Sustainable Supply Chain in Action: An Example.

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Bringg

AUGUST 4, 2020

Over the last 30 years, I have seen dozens of technology trends predicted as the Next Big Thing, and then disappear into the abyss of innovation. Now more than ever, the challenge for logistics leaders is to capitalize on the right technology trends at the right time, to measurably improve their efficiency or revenues.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 6, 2019

Our 2018 study tells us a greater percentage of Above Average Performers have “High Confidence” in inventory accuracy across all supply chain nodes compared to Average & Below Performers. That said, as we further evaluate the data we find even Above Average Performers have significant room for improvement.

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Now, That's Logistics

MARCH 12, 2018

At the same time, there is an acquisitions trend among competitors, with only four or five major companies expected to still be in the market by 2020. Blocks of information are distributed and accessed by several hub points, called “nodes”, that support a network. 3D Printing. Self-driving Vehicles.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 21, 2018

Here are a few examples: Maersk and IBM to Form Joint Venture Applying Blockchain to Improve Global Trade and Digitize Supply Chains. In a research brief about blockchain , CB Insights also highlights scalability as an issue: Nodes holding copies of the blockchain receive constant updates. These nodes are distributed around the world.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Transportation costs—driven by increases in all modes and nodes—reached $1.39 The major ocean liners saw combined global operating profits of $215 billion in 2022, but the trend has lost steam, and 2023 profits are projected at $43 billion, an 80% year-over-year decrease. trillion in 2022, representing 9.1% of the national GDP.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 17, 2019

What factors are driving this trend? The ability to connect the dots between the nodes in that ecosystem is the next step forward in visibility. Over the past few years there have been many advancements in freight visibility technology, particularly in trucking. Which terminals are giving me the fastest throughput?

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Penske Move Ahead

JUNE 20, 2023

Transportation costs—driven by increases in all modes and nodes—reached $1.39 Major ocean liners saw combined global operating profits of $215 billion in 2022, but the trend has lost steam, and 2023 profits are projected at $43 billion, an 80% year-over-year decrease. trillion in 2022, representing 9.1% of the national GDP.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2022

And secondly, is it wise to build ever more distribution centres, vital nodes in the economy of the nation, on increasingly vulnerable, if attractively flat, flood plains? There may be unplanned events such as, a fire in the warehouse or perhaps a major product recall. Then there are planned peak requirements.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 3, 2021

With all that in mind, I thought I’d share some examples of the highs and lows of online and in-store retail that enterprises have endured between late 2019 and early 2021, and highlight some of the most notable changes in the retail supply chain arena during that period. The Dark Store Trend. Just-in-Time Just Doesn’t Work.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 6, 2017

Factors like global trade and a customization trend in manufacturing have altered the “straight shot” supply chain forever. What would happen if something catastrophic happened to that node? Times Have Changed For Supply Chains. Is there a point where multiple supply channels pass through a single location in your chain?

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Logistics in War

OCTOBER 16, 2017

For example, the US Army’s Multi-Domain Battle White Paper states, ‘adversaries will also exploit perceived U.S. weaknesses such as time and distance for force deployment and vulnerable logistics nodes and command and control networks.’ [6] 9] Smaller aircraft, such as C-130s and helicopters, follow the same trend.

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The Logistics Academy

JANUARY 23, 2017

– as they move between supply chain nodes. Assigning or verifying certifications or certain properties of physical products; for example determining if a food product is organic or fair trade. Tracking purchase orders, change orders, receipts, shipment notifications, or other trade-related documents.

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The company currently uses two traditional time-series forecasting methods, Holt-Winter’s and Damped trend , to generate monthly product demand forecasts. It is loosely based on the architecture of the human brain and comprises thousands or even millions of densely interconnected processing nodes. Traditional Solution Drawbacks.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

We never want to take for granted that although this subject is one of the hottest trends looking to transform the world the way the internet did that everyone understands what is the Hyperconnected Era of “The Internet of Things.” What is an Example of Internet of Things? ” But first, let’s back up a bit.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 12, 2018

No longer restricted to holding inventory meant for their end users, for example, retailers are procuring goods from multiple global sources and often turning to their suppliers to drop ship orders to their customers. For example, Deutsche Post AG’s DHL is testing “swarming” robots at one of its facilities, and Quiet Logistics Inc.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2018

At Ford, for example, Bong points to the use of a sophisticated forecasting, monitoring and action tool that the company started using several years ago, which maps and monitors every node in the supply chain. The use of hail nets to cover storage areas has become a more common practice in some locations, for example.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 13, 2023

For example, if we want to control the inventory, we would have three tables, one for the products (with all the information related to them), another for the stocks (with information about inputs and outputs about a determined product) and a third one in charge of relating a product with its stocks.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 3, 2018

WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Before we get into blockchain’s potential entry points into the supply chain ecosystem, let’s take a look at the two current trends in SCM *(Supply Chain Management): Dynamism SCM has evolved to become a huge, global ecosystem.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2019

This week, for example, Elemica (a Talking Logistics sponsor) announced “the completion of a successful blockchain pilot project between leading global chemical manufacturers as part of an innovation initiative testing new technologies that will redefine B2B processes and support digital transformation.”

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PINC

JULY 20, 2020

Developed by Kearney, CSCMP, and a team of industry leaders, the annual report covers the macroeconomic factors affecting logistics, insights from industry leaders, discussion of important trends, detailed analysis of each major logistics sector, and a strategic assessment of the industry. is no exception,” Kearney points out.

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