Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

Logistics providers face escalating pressures to meet high-speed delivery expectations and manage unpredictable market dynamics. 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.

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WorkWave

DECEMBER 2, 2024

To address these issues, companies are adopting innovative strategies, including dynamic route optimization, real-time tracking, and even leveraging emerging technologies like drones and blockchain. Timely and efficient last-mile deliveries are critical for meeting customer expectations. Electric and Alternative Fuel Vehicles 2.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

When one thinks of supply chain software vendors, the name InterSystems may not spring to mind. They offer software systems and technology for complex integration, rapid application development, and advanced analytics and sell those solutions to companies that need to accelerate optimized business outcomes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 15, 2025

From balancing cost-efficiency with ethical sourcing to enhancing transparency and integrating corporate social responsibility (CSR), businesses face mounting pressure to align their operations with sustainability, technology, and energy practices. The energy sector provides a compelling example of CSR-driven compliance.

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The Lean Thinker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Lately the term “socio-technical system has been starting to show up more and I thought this would be an opportunity to weigh in on what I think it means. People who try to describe the meaning tend to describe a system “that integrates the social and technical aspects” or words like that. The Long Wall Method.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

Manhattan joins a select group of supply chain software suppliers generating over $1 billion in annual revenue. Manhattan Associates is a leader in two markets, warehouse management systems and omnichannel systems. Manhattan has been on a journey to get all their products on their microservices cloud-native Active Platform.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2024

From autonomous vehicles to predictive analytics and advanced tracking, AI technologies are reshaping how goods are moved, monitored, and managed across the globe. Machine learning algorithms, growing more sophisticated, will continue to refine forecasting and optimization models, allowing logistics firms to respond quickly to market shifts.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 2, 2023

Ryan is the Director of Marketing at Lean Solutions Group which offers a nearshore/offshore model to establish remote satellite offices in Latin America and the Philippines, allowing businesses to build mission-critical teams in just 3-5 weeks to meet customer expectations and accomplish more.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Insights on the consolidation of the freight brokerage industry and the role of advanced technologies. Key Takeaways: Growing in a Hyper Competitive Market Emphasizing the importance of branding and marketing in the highly competitive logistics industry for sustainable growth.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The logistics and supply chain industry is a critical component of global trade, responsible for moving goods and materials efficiently to meet consumer and business demands. Retrofitting existing infrastructure with energy-efficient technologies further enhances sustainability efforts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 12, 2025

Even digital advancements, like Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, only partially solve these challenges because they still need centralized oversight and reconciliation. Smart contracts are software programs that self-execute and are stored on a blockchain. Smart contracts offer a new approach.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

I have designed power systems and communication systems. I was involved in their software development programs for frameworks. I still think it is the melting pot of the world and an amazing hub for technology. They look at the US as the enabling area where they see new technology and start to migrate.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This offers industries a way to meet growing demands for transparency and accountability, especially from regulators and consumers. Additionally, the cost of implementing and maintaining blockchain systems can be prohibitive for smaller companies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 17, 2024

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024, companies including Hyundai, Nikola , and Bosch presented their most recent fuel cells and hydrogen technology innovations, indicating a potential comeback for this environmentally friendly energy choice. This collaboration is enabled by seamless integration through the digital twin platform.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

The Importance of Time and Technology By gathering and analysing the data weve listed above, or as much of it as possible, you will gain credible intelligence to inform decisions about your distribution network design. This approach can reduce the capital costs involved in your network setup.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2024

These challenges necessitate extensive configuration within Advanced Planning Systems (APS) test environments to assess their impacts. APS are complex, live production environments requiring extensive configuration to accurately model a business’s operational reality.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2024

Manhattan Associates, a leading supplier of supply chain and omnichannel management software solutions, recently had a major product release that will shake up the supply chain planning market. This puts their SCP on the same microservices platform as their other solutions. Is this just standard PR hype?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2024

Pirelli’s Business Model and Supply Chain Pirelli (PIRC.MI) is a consumer tire company headquartered in Milan, Italy. Pirelli designs a specific tire for a particular model, and even a specific version of the model, for one luxury brand. The digital department includes IT, big data analytics, AI, and the digitization program.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2024

There are many multi-faceted management decisions and operational plans that need to be made by RTOs (Regional Transmission Operators), ISOs (Independent System Operators), regulators, and utilities of all sizes. There are many opportunities and risks for suppliers of hardware, software, and services to the electric power industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 23, 2024

Without sufficient data, AI models can’t uncover meaningful patterns, make accurate predictions, or provide valuable insights for informed decision-making in complex and dynamic environments. At the same time, feeding your AI models too much data can also be a problem. Data is the lifeblood of AI in the supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 10, 2024

For companies with any complexity surrounding products, channels, or customers, no IBP process can be considered robust without employing SCP tools. Supply Planning Supply planning systems create models that allow a company to understand capacity and other constraints it has in producing goods or fulfilling orders.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 27, 2024

The goal is to minimize total operating costs and meet customer service expectations. ” Today, consumers can access various tools to select suppliers and retailers that offer the best prices, superior services, and delivery options tailored to their lifestyles.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2024

When forecasting seasonal products, automatic classification and lifecycle modeling address different types of demand patterns by product. AI models can help generate different forecast scenarios for normal temperatures and extreme hot and cold cases.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 17, 2024

Jeff Erwin, VP of manufacturing at G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers , has been helping to accelerate the digital transformation while aligning with the company’s goals and mission to improve its operational efficiency and meet customer requirements and regulatory compliance challenges by tracking and measuring performance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

This year, nearly 40,000 attendees comprising 6,200 brands from all over the world headed to the Javits Center to see what new solutions and innovations software and hardware suppliers had in store for 2024 and beyond. Throughout the conference I met with several software and hardware providers to get a glimpse into what they were showcasing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 1, 2024

In this scenario, by adopting an adaptive supply chain, the retailer uses real-time data analytics to identify emerging trends and collaborate closely with suppliers to quickly adjust production and inventory levels to meet customer demand. Where do companies start their journey towards Adaptive Supply Chains?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 15, 2024

Today’s supply chains are fraught with uncertainties across demand and supply yet are tasked with adding incremental value to their organizations while also meeting commercial, working capital and sustainability goals. This balancing act is a challenge even in the best of times.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2024

A probabilistic approach to planning would be better, but our supply chain tools have not supported this approach well. John Galt is using a Markov Decision Process to quantify the value of supply chain processes and power a more comprehensive model of real-world supply chain probabilities in their Atlas Planning Platform.

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