Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Predictive analytics tools enabled by AI are helping organizations optimize inventory management, reduce downtime, and improve demand forecasting. Studies from Harvard Business Review suggest that 70% of M&A deals fail due to cultural misalignment, emphasizing the importance of proactive integration efforts.

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Camelot 3PL Software

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Order Fulfillment Group (TOFG) specializes in providing fulfillment services to business-to-business and business-to-consumer clients ranging in size from Fortune 1000 corporations to small enterprises. The Order Fulfillment Group. Challenge: Replace an Outdated Legacy Warehouse Management System. One adjustment involved packaging.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 25, 2022

As a pioneer in warehouse technology and the development of solutions that empower warehouse workers, Lucas Systems recently commissioned a research study and developed the first Voice of the Warehouse Worker Insights. Workers also resoundingly feel that investing in tech is investing in the company’s workforce (88%). Reduce mental stress.

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WorkWave

MARCH 4, 2025

One of the most powerful yet underutilized tools for achieving this is decile data analytics. By ranking prospects and customers into ten groups, from least likely to buy to most likely, green industry businesses can pinpoint high-value clients, optimize marketing campaigns and allocate resources more efficiently.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Relationships are critical to the overall success of end-to-end supply chains, and the 2025 Annual Third-Party Logistics Study found that 89% of shipper respondents said their relationships are successful, a decrease from 95% in the previous study. Respondents also view AI as a tool to automate repetitive mundane tasks to free up work.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 7, 2021

View the Full Case Study. Acting as a hive-mind, the group of six can review market trends individually, discuss the potential impacts, and make the most effective decisions. We needed a way to understand true market positioning, and existing market tools don’t have the detail or precision that SONAR provides. Peter Lovell.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The 2024 Third-Party Logistics Study found that 95% of shipper respondents agreed that their relationships are successful and 99% of 3PL respondents agreed that their relationships are successful. The study, which was released Oct. Overall, those relationships are working.

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The Lean Thinker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The study I am citing here was commissioned to determine why. In practice, though, these systems tend to isolate people from one another, or into small single task groups in much the same way as happened in the coal mine. Productivity plummeted. The Mechanistic View. The Mechanistic Paradigm at Work. They do nothing. On the Shop Floor.

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Freightos

MARCH 4, 2020

Using digital tools to help deliver great customer experience. . Robinson all rolled out new digital tools in 2019. This year’s Freightos mystery shopper study looked to answer these questions. . What does the oldest company on the top ten global technology companies have to do with freight? DB Schenker, Hapag-Lloyd and C.

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GoShip Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Instead of sending multiple small shipments throughout the week, try to group orders together into larger, more efficient loads. A study on freight efficiency found that optimized packaging can lower overall shipping costs by up to 20%. Leverage Technology for Smarter Shipping Decisions Smart shipping decisions come from smart tools.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

The following five mini case studies explore a few high-profile companies that have managed to sustain their supply chain cost-reduction efforts and keep expenses under control. The Path to Cost Reduction: As in a number of the studies we’ve explored here, technology played a large part in solving Sunsweet’s problems. plants to four.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 28, 2021

For this reason, the Alpega Group , the leading logistics software company offering modular solutions to cover all transportation needs, backed by 35 years of experience in the market, conducted a macro-survey where more than 1.200 logistics and transport companies across Europe participated through its freight exchanges, Teleroute and Wtransnet.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2022

Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, the Utz Group believes that – in addition to its technological innovation and local service – it is the company’s culture of focusing on people and fostering a sense of community that drives its success. Utz recently held a group-wide conference (pictured) to mark its 75-year milestone.

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Trimble

JANUARY 12, 2023

Since 1938, Iplex has been the leading provider of Australian water industry services, expertise, and innovation and today, as part of the Fletcher group of industrial businesses, its innovative solutions support local water authorities, rural and urban agriculture, and infrastructure projects across the country. The Solution.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2019

The Sloan School of Management at MIT, gathered together a group of experts for their take on what 2019 will look like. And most studies show that by allowing automation to do the repetitive, low-valued-added task, people are able to move toward innovation and problem-solving. Human Capital Management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 4, 2022

In spite of investment in effective tools, I regularly hear from supply chain leaders express frustration that their teams don’t “trust the box.” Professors Robert Fildes and Paul Goodwin have spent a significant amount of their eminent careers studying the adoption of forecasting tools, which they describe in a recent case study.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 11, 2024

Sure, we can talk endlessly about our warehouse automation and cool robotics , outstanding service , or award-winning warehouse management system , but that’s not nearly as believable as our case studies and customer testimonials. Humans have a powerful need to fit in with whatever group they’ve joined. Low-cut jeans come to mind.)

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Her supply chain experience includes specialist roles at AMR Research, Clorox, Gartner Group, Kraft, and Procter & Gamble. And the opening chapter in the book is an actual case study about a team meeting I attended where they would have the inventory “target of the month”. Why are these types of tools important?

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 12, 2021

Maybe it’s because the tools are out there to do it now, but I’d like to highlight other approaches that are less time-consuming and resource-hungry. We did it all on spreadsheets in the early days because there were no specialist tools around. Now there are great tools, such as Supply Chain Guru and others. Specialist Tools.

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Material Handling and Logistics

MAY 14, 2018

Five of the six major automakers manufacturing and selling vehicles in North America fell in their annual supplier relations rankings, according to the results of the 18th annual North American Automotive OEM - Supplier Working Relations Index Study conducted by Planning Perspectives, Inc. Ford is fourth (363).

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

In a previous guest blog, The Rodon Group along with Rethink Robotics wrote, titled " Can Robots + Humans = The Ideal Workforce in Manufacturing? ": Robots such as Baxter can also help companies save money and increase productivity. Excerpt from Tooling U-SME’s white paper, “People Power: Human Capital Drives Manufacturing Competitiveness.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 11, 2023

My colleague Clint Reiser has completed a study on warehouse management system (WMS) boutiques. We are teaming up to bring you the coolest supply chain boutiques, listed alphabetically, that we identified through those studies. Open Sky Group is perhaps best known for being Blue Yonder’s largest dedicated WMS partner.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

Knowledge Graphs are emerging as an important tool for building advanced AI capabilities. According to a survey by ARC Advisory Group, only 10% of industrial companies are ready to apply artificial intelligence/machine learning. ARC has been actively studying industrial AI for over two years.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 15, 2021

Despite the pandemic, it was a good year for the supply chain group at Körber (Körber rhymes with Gerber, the baby food company). This group had record revenues. I did a study on the WMS system integrator market last year. The Gold Bond Group is an Israeli logistics service provider.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 20, 2023

Expanding Business In A Slow Economy Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® News Press Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - June 20, 2023 Logistics Firms Forced to Adjust Post-COVID Dan Ronan, Sr. When we realized a downturn was coming, we repositioned our company,” he said. “We

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

A McKinsey study found that 90% of supply chain leaders expected to transform their planning systems. of supply chain professionals found that their number one wish to increase work satisfaction is better, integrated tools. In a recent interview , Senge points to a study of HP, a company well-known for its technological.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Editor's Note: In honor of Mfg Day 2016, we feature two of our friends from The Rodon Group and Manufacturing Stories in a celebration of what already makes America great. At The Rodon Group , we have put a great deal of effort into getting the word out about STEM education and the long-term careers this industry provides. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 15, 2022

Research from ARC Advisory Group in 2021 on the Convergence of AI and IoT (AIoT) report and The State of AI Research by research specialist Vanson Bourne accurately describe the current state of AI in the process industries. The Current State of Industrial AI in the Process Industries.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

Ferguson provides plumbing and heating products to 9 specialist customer groups – over a million customers – in the US and Canada. The company uses a network design tool from Coupa. This is an important analysis tool for maintaining a well-run supply chain. Ferguson does 20 to 30 studies a year using this tool.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Brandt Group, the Franco-Algerian home appliances manufacturer, has optimised the supply of washing machines, cutting costs and excess stock by up to a third after implementing supply chain software from FuturMaster. The post Case Study: Demand Management Efficiency for Brandt Group appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2021

I am wrapping up my Transportation Management Systems market study which looks at the total size of the market, the forecasted growth through 2025, and the leading suppliers across a number of categories including industry, region, and customer size. The study includes a holistic view of the TMS outlook.

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Envase Technologies

DECEMBER 14, 2022

From there, Allen explained how Envase uses a combination of acquisitions and technology development to assemble a collection of service lines such as Compcare Services, DrayMaster, GTG Technology Group, Infosite, Profit Tools, SecurSpace and Tailwind Transportation Software. We created Envase TMS for them.”. Well said, Sarah!

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2022

Companies must also offer a healthy workplace which listens to their workforce and offers modern tools that keep workers happy in addition to being productive. In fact, a study by LinkedIn found that 70% of employees would not work at a leading company if it meant they had to tolerate a bad workplace culture.

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WorkWave

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Not all businesses are created equal, of course, and WorkWave wanted to understand, specifically, how those sorts of technologies are improving business processes and customer experience among a specific group–HVAC Service Providers. Fortunately, WorkWave has the tools to help support those efforts.

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AIMMS

JULY 9, 2015

A recent report by the ACE European Group identifies supply chains as of the biggest sources of concern for European businesses today. On the other hand, there is a rising need for smarter and more flexible tools as well as more staff with analytical capabilities. The challenges: demand, staffing and technology.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

This “item” can be a product, a system, a process, a procedure, a plan, a machine, equipment, tool, a service or a method of working. Reverse Marketing : Suppliers are invited to join your Value Analysis group as they are the experts in the field for the item/commodity you are analyzing. Then we select the item to be studied.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2022

A press release from October of 2021 stated that solutions sold by the Group over the course of one year result in the avoidance of around 1,300 million tons of CO2 emissions over those product’s lifespan. These avoided CO2 emissions from their products, they argue, are around 40 times the Group’s own total carbon footprint.

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