The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Over his 30+ year career in the supply chain, Richard has worked with manufacturers around the world in operations, supply chain, and lean strategy roles to develop systems that can manage complex supply chains on a global scale. Richard previously founded and led Factory Logic, Inc. acquired by SAP).

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3PL Links

JANUARY 8, 2025

Image source: iStocks | The Ultimate Guide to Fleet Management: Strategies to Control and Optimize Your Processes Investing in a fleet management system results in an improvement in internal processes, which directly reflects the quality of the service provided to the end customer. How does a fleet management system work?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2022

Logistics strategy as an enabler of new business models. They promoted logistics to the level of core process and enabler of new business models and now view a thought-through logistics strategy as an opportunity to stand out by offering a better service level to their customers, such as same-day delivery. Automation as key for growth.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For senior leaders, understanding and integrating the three pillars of sustainability—environmental, social, and economic—into supply chain strategies is essential. These pillars provide a comprehensive framework to align operational goals with broader corporate and societal objectives, fostering resilience, innovation, and long-term value.

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MTS Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Supply chain and logistics operations have become central to differentiated customer experience strategies. When required, our personalized service program can include the adaptation of our standard operating procedure to clients’ internal, proprietary systems.

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Dedola Global Logistics

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

companies but global operations​. Diversified Port Strategies : DGL identifies and utilizes alternative port options to keep your cargo moving. By building flexibility into our logistics strategies, we can redirect shipments to less-affected ports, minimizing delays.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 30, 2025

Warehouse managers and executives face constant pressure to meet rising customer expectations while maintaining cost efficiency and operational excellence. While traditional WMS platforms have served as the backbone of warehouse operations for years, their static nature can limit your ability to stay agile and competitive.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

Logistics warehouses that prioritize flexibility, operational efficiency, and throughput will be able to secure long-term growth, meet client demands, and stay ahead of evolving industry trends. It allows operations to remain competitive even in unpredictable market conditions and supports a variety of business models and client needs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

Below are some transportation strategies for success for suppliers of TMS, TES, and MTS. Coronavirus has changed the outlook for direct-to-consumer commerce, and a TMS is now a critical component of this strategy. Transportation strategies come in all shapes and sizes. Look to the Cloud. Improve Pricing Flexibility.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2024

There must be efficient strategies deployed to reduce the spread of pests and different stakeholders must contribute in some way. The emerald ash borer, a devastating wood-boring insect found in China and eastern Asia, is an example of a pest that is expensive to eradicate. According to U.S. economy more than $1 billion annually.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Treating suppliers as essential partners in the field of direct spend management—almost like customers—can be a key component of a successful company strategy. Supply Chain Knowledge and Risk Mitigation: Suppliers have a direct impact on direct spend with raw material and transportation costs as two big drivers of operating margins.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2025

Supply chain practitioners seeking the best way to speed decision intelligence, unify supply chain data, and increase operational efficiency can benefit from a supply chain data gateway. Automates Data Operations Managing data operations can require a lot of human capital and operational costs.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 9, 2024

Since joining Trimble, Williams has led product development and strategy for Trimble’s award-winning dynamic freight procurement solution, Engage Lane. Explore Trimble’s strategies for improving productivity by addressing the fragmented nature of the transportation industry.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 25, 2022

Ecommerce carriers [recent market entrants]: Covers a range of operating models, examples include Pandion, X Delivery, AirTerra, Veho, The FrontDoor Collective. Ecommerce Shipping Strategy – build a competitive edge in shipping by delivering the right solution, at the right cost.

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WorkWave

JANUARY 21, 2025

Service sectors like commercial cleaning, physical security, pest control, lawn care and landscaping operate at the intersection of labor, compliance and financial policymaking them especially sensitive to shifts in federal priorities. This deduction may be of particular value for owner-operated businesses.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Space freight is becoming more accessible, offering a new dimension for logistics operations. A nuanced understanding of these elements is critical for informed decision-making, thus let’s examine current costs, challenges, and potential strategies and offer a realistic perspective on the possibilities of space freight logistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This acquisition aligns with LG’s strategy to strengthen its presence in the robotics sector, a key growth area for the company. This innovation facilitates seamless automation across a range of operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2024

Infor’s CEO, Kevin Samuelson Infor’s strategy for differentiating their business from competitors like SAP and Oracle rests on a truly differentiated approach to ensuring that their customers get ongoing value from the business applications they purchase. For example, Google Maps app is a public cloud application.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Both are advancing through operational trials led by companies like Amazon, UPS, Alphabet’s Wing, Tesla, and TuSimple. However, each technology serves different purposes within logistics, and the question remains: Which will ultimately shape the industry’s operational structure?

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2025

Supply chain practitioners seeking the best way to speed decision intelligence, unify supply chain data, and increase operational efficiency can benefit from a supply chain data gateway. Automates Data Operations Managing data operations can require a lot of human capital and operational costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

For stakeholders navigating this environment, understanding key industry drivers, challenges, and future trends is critical for crafting effective strategies. Companies are proactively acquiring electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, battery storage providers, and related infrastructure firms to embed sustainability into their operations.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 16, 2025

Just as your body needs multiple defense mechanisms to fight off illness, your supply chain needs various strategies to handle disruptions, whether they’re local supplier issues or global crises. Common examples of Supply Chain Disruptions So what are the main reasons that you need to consider supply chain resiliency in the first place?

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2025

An efficient supply chain strategy is one that takes every aspect of your supply chain into account, from inventory management and warehouse design to freight tendering and transport optimisation. For your supply chain operations to run smoothly, there are some things you need to consider. What is Supply Chain Efficiency?

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WorkWave

APRIL 30, 2025

On top of that, there are often persistent misconceptions about what it takes to collect, manage and take action on effective data strategy. Thats why were debunking the most common myths about data that might be holding your operation back from digging deeper. But having data isn’t the same as having useful insights.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 31, 2024

This eBook provides customer examples, actionable strategies and highlights real-world benefits such as improved inventory turnover and reduced production costs. Explore this exclusive resource and gather ideas on transforming your supply chain into a model of sustainability and innovation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2025

The prevailing strategy was to produce goods in low-cost countries and distribute them globally, optimizing for economies of scale. These events highlighted the urgent need for diversification and risk mitigation strategies across global supply networks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 17, 2025

For example, the Artificial Intelligence category continues to attract attention as AI technologies become more integrated into planning and execution. In The Dual Disruption: Trade Tensions and the AI Revolution , we examine how geopolitical uncertainty and AI innovation are converging to reshape supply chain strategy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2025

Digital twins are emerging as digital transformation accelerators for supply chain and logistics organizations seeking enterprise-level visibility, real-time scenario modeling, and operational agility under disruption. These are not static dashboards or simple visualizationstheyre living, data-rich models of real-world operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2025

Reducing cost was the primary objective, and most operational decisionsfrom sourcing to fulfillmentreflected that mindset. Resilience is the ability to respond to disruption while maintaining core operations, and more companies are shifting their strategies accordingly. This kind of signal detection gives operators a head start.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Supply chain network design (SCND) is a powerful tool for improving business operations. That strategy can lead to thousands of scenarios, and still no number of scenarios will answer all questions. Another strategy is to dedicate resources and build the best algorithm for demand forecasting. But it has gaps.

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Logistics in War

MAY 2, 2024

By David Beaumont On 17 April 2024, Defence’s Integrated Investment Plan was published as a companion to Australia’s National Defence Strategy. [1] There are, of course, many other examples where assumptions had led to risks being accepted in advance of war, and preparedness failures occurred as a result.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 1, 2025

Innovation Pillars: Diagnose: primarily powered by Infor Process Mining, this capability helps organizations gain visibility into business processes, uncover non-conforming variants, identify critical bottlenecks, and optimize operations based on data. The strategy strongly focused on enabling customer success and accelerating innovation.

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3PL Links

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Image source: Pexels | Top 5 Benefits of Outsourcing Logistics to a 3PL Provider In today’s fast-paced and increasingly competitive market, businesses are continually seeking ways to streamline operations, reduce costs, and enhance customer satisfaction. Scalability and Flexibility As your business grows, so do your logistics needs.

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3PL Links

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Here are seven proven strategies every supply chain manager should explore to streamline operations, boost efficiency, and drive profitability. Example: Retail giant Zara uses real-time data from its stores to adjust inventory dynamically. Cost Saving Tips for Every Supply Chain Manager 1.

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WorkWave

MARCH 27, 2025

Why Modern Data Warehouses Are No Longer Optional A centralized data warehouse is becoming an essential solution for businesses looking to scale efficiently and optimize operations. A well-implemented enterprise data warehouse allows for the integration of multiple disparate sources across different operational systems.

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Log-hub

JANUARY 8, 2025

Thats why its more important than ever to focus on strategies that work and make them part of your plan moving forward. Lets explore the key strategies that can keep your business ahead of the competition in 2025. Embrace AI and Automation for Smarter Operations AI and automation are no longer optional, theyre essential.

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WorkWave

MARCH 4, 2025

For example , let’s consider a dataset of 100 lawn measurements in a given town. This strategy empowers organizations to make informed decisions that improve marketing efforts, maximize profitability and enhance operational efficiencies. Heres another example.

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