Talking Logistics

JUNE 7, 2013

We’re quickly approaching the midpoint of the year, which means it’s time to start planning for 2014 — at least that’s what I heard at my sister’s surprise birthday party last weekend, where some of her co-workers in finance were talking about getting started with 2014 budgets. Cass Freight Index Report for May 2013.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Mullin challenged International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien to a fight on the spot after the senator read aloud O’Brien’s tweets calling him out as a “clown” and a “fraud,” and offering to settle things “any time, any place.” Mullin suggested that this was both “a time and a place” and threw down the challenge.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 19, 2013

In the meantime… SAP Announces First Quarter 2013 Results. In the meantime… SAP Announces First Quarter 2013 Results. US rail operators divided over LNG future ( Financial Times ). US rail operators divided over LNG future ( Financial Times ). We’ll learn more in the hours and days ahead.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Warehouse and distribution centre (DC) design is a fascinating and absorbing topic, but alas, is often misunderstood. Regrettably, few people fully understand the discipline of warehouse design and because of this, literally thousands of facilities are underperforming. Determine the Objective of the Facility. Why Does This Matter?

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Schools are closed, the roads are empty, and we’re all just waiting for the blizzard to arrive. Cass Freight Index Report – January 2013. percent from Q4 2011; “net revenue grew at a lower rate than gross revenue, primarily due to slower growth in warehousing volumes at current accounts, and tighter margins on new business.”

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2013

NAFTA Trade in September 2013 than in September 2012. XPO Logistics Agrees to Acquire NLM. Freight Shipments Fell 0.7% in October from September. Three of Five Modes Carried More U.S. Retail Imports Expected To Be Up 1.8 Percent For December, 2.3 Percent For The Year. The reader was confused by what exactly Home Depot was focusing on.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

I have no idea what it means, or what I was thinking at the time, but if I went through the trouble of saving the note, it must be important, right? Tesla moves ahead from Google in race to build self-driving cars ( Financial Times ). “Half the countries in the world have an even number of chickens.” FedEx Corp.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

My first impression at that time was the mental image it provoked – a delivery truck pulling up to my house and placing a package that I hadn’t ordered on my front door, but ultimately decided to keep. But a disadvantage compared to physical stores was the wait time between ordering and receipt of merchandise.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Each leaf acted alone, unaware of time and place, like me in the quiet house, watching leaves fall from the trees. And HighJump Software announced a new partner in the Middle East, Dubai-based Norq Solutions that provides mobility solutions for warehouse management, field service, retail, and other industries.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I wrote many reports on airport floors in those days–electrical plugs were just too scarce.) (I wrote many reports on airport floors in those days–electrical plugs were just too scarce.) At the time, I was fascinated how the most mature teams bucked the system. Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008.

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FLEXE

MARCH 21, 2017

We wanted to know how pricing and usage of on-demand warehousing trended in 2016. Meeting market demands and staying competitive requires real-time visibility into every area of the business and solutions that make it easier to adapt to change. On-demand warehousing is no different. Here are the numbers. The Results Are In.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 22, 2022

A good example would be the Rana Plaza Tragedy of 2013. At such a time, NFTs will prove their worth. With the ability to know the real-time movement of the product due to its tokenization system, a company can easily find out the owner of the asset by quick scans and running reports. Application of NFTs in the Supply Chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

And in the most emotional finish of the day, Henry Richard finished the race nine years after his brother, Martin, died during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. Richard crossed the finish line at 2:52 pm, which was almost the exact time the bombs went off. And what a race it was. A truly inspiring Marathon Monday as always.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The approach of “ Just in time ” and “ supply chain management ” focused on optimizing efficiency and reducing waste. But at that time, the reduction of waste was mainly due to economic reasons, not environmental.This was because waste means greater economic loss. Bhattacharjee, 2015).

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 29, 2021

This includes trucking capacity concerns, port congestion , and warehouse staff. In a blog post, Amazon said a combination of planes, trucks, ships, and delivery vans, along with staffed-up warehouses, has put it in a good position to “get customers what they want, when they want it, wherever they are this holiday season.”

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In logistics and supply chain management, however, transport and warehousing are the most significant sharing processes thanks to a welter of economic benefits for all parties—and the trend is accelerating despite the dampening effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why Businesses, Large and Small, Think it’s Fair to Share.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Bowman laments, “Multiple stages of the global supply chain, including manufacturing, distribution, warehousing and trucking, are suffering from a severe shortage of qualified workers.” More workers are retiring, and there are just not enough members from the newer generations interested in the industry.”[5]

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

The internet giant may have started off in a garage, focusing on indexing the world’s information, but Google has since become famous for other experiments it runs, from automated cars to i nternet routers on weather balloons. But first, some background. Mobile is on the rise – tablet, smartphone or other. This represented about 24.4%

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Talking Logistics

MAY 17, 2017

Simply put, for 80% of the shipment time, the trailer is idling at a facility. Forgotten in transshipment – and lost on the balance sheet – is the time and money surrendered as trailers and drivers sit idly by. Here are four ways the digital yard helps companies save time, money, and effort: 1.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2018

I just have to figure out what to do during the other half of the day. Sticker Snafu Has Millions in Imports Stuck in Argentina’s Warehouses (Bloomberg). Back in 2013, I wrote the following under the banner of “Siri Comes to Enterprise Apps”: Instead of manually executing tasks with a mouse or touch screen, why not speak them?

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

As a result of the December 2012 merger of JDA Software and RedPrairie, RedShift, the RedPrairie user conference, has merged with JDA FocusConnect 2013 to offer attendees an opportunity to see how the two companies’ solution portfolios have integrated to create an unprecedented powerhouse in supply chain planning and execution.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 30, 2023

But is that a real possibility, or are the predictions of supply chain mayhem just so much panic and hot air? Other reports say that people are sickening quickly and in enormous numbers, leaving factories short-staffed at the worst possible time—Chinese New Year. An End is in Sight, But Will it Be Too Late?

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2013

I raised those questions in my keynote presentation last month at the Accellos Visions User Group 2013 conference. Time to Rethink Supply Chain Risk Management. The goal is to incorporate risk in the decision-making process at all levels of the supply chain, just like cost is today.

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Locus Robotics

JULY 5, 2019

Is deploying warehouse robotics to automate piece picking for fulfillment operations at an inflection point? Using warehouse robotics to improve today’s fulfillment industry is not at a simple inflection point. I just returned from a trip to Europe where I met with the executive team from one of the country’s largest retailers.

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ModusLink Corporation

MARCH 9, 2022

Macy’s reported that it experienced 2-3% inventory inaccuracy per month which is 24% annually but by implementing RFID solutions it minimized out-of-stock situations, provides real-time merchandise location data and allows to track their inventory throughout the retail supply chain (Bianchi, 2017).

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Just like the automotive technician, if a forklift driver is presented with an exception in putting product away, it’s probably easier to complete the task and not deal with the exception. In both cases you are depending on a highly trained worker, following a well-structured repetitive set of tasks, flawlessly every time.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2015

According to reports on 3DPrint.com and the Wall Street Journal , Amazon filed for a patent in Novmeber 2013 titled, “Providing Services Related to Item Delivery via 3D Manufacturing On Demand.” An electronic marketplace may also face the challenge of time delays related to the process of finding the selected item among a large inventory.

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Lucas

JULY 11, 2018

The reality is that robots and people will be working side-by-side in warehouses for years to come. As robots find their place in the DC, warehouse operators will face new challenges in coordinating and optimizing the work of humans and their robotic coworkers. Warehouse and DC jobs in the U.S. Warehouse and DC jobs in the U.S.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 23, 2023

List of Top 10 Supply Chain Analytics Books 1) Supply Chain Metrics that Matter (Wiley Corporate F&A) 1st Edition This book offers an in-depth guide to understanding the link between corporate financials and supply chain maturity, evaluating the progress of over a hundred companies from 2006-2013.

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Repl Group

OCTOBER 2, 2018

From forecasting and ordering to warehouse and supply chain. on the previous year – economic uncertainty saw retail sales increase by just 1.9% on the previous year – economic uncertainty saw retail sales increase by just 1.9% The lowest annual growth since 2013. Preparation is key. The Impact of Online.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

” It adds: “We believe a business should strive for not just the lowest prices, but the lowest true cost for all. restaurant industry made in 2013. However, one thing that should come to mind is the prowess of the retail giant’s supply chain excellence. ” Walmart states early on.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 1, 2016

So, I’ll just point you to my past April 1 posts in case you missed them the first time: 2015: Netflix Developing Original Series About Logistics Called “D is for Drones”. 2013: Amazon Ups the Ante, Delivers Goods to Customers Before They Order Them. E-Commerce Boom Roils Trucking Industry (WSJ – sub.

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The Network Effect

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

While companies may focus on transforming the customer-facing experience, they are constantly challenged on the back end to optimize inventory management and their supply chains, thereby enabling real-time, enterprise-wide insight into inventory, as well as a flexible supply chain that supports dynamic inventory movement across channels.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2022

In 2013, I was working in a media company in Cape Town. I took these breaks just to get my 10 minutes out of the office as often as I could. But just as people are always dying, they are always getting born. Did we appreciate that at the time? I interviewed Simon Hartley, the cofounder of Wumdrop. We were nobodies.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 23, 2016

It doesn’t matter if you are a retailer, manufacturer or logistics service provider, or if you have the latest and greatest warehouse management system. Just to reiterate, you may have the best warehouse staff on the planet, but if they are following manual repetitive tasks, errors will unfortunately occur. Why not 100%?

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Such a transformation will take time, effort, and, of course, money. Talk to any supply chain professional and they will tell you these are trying times. It took years of wandering for the supply chain to end up in the morass in which it currently finds itself. Rise of the Agile Supply Chain. Those are inputs, not outputs.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Keys to Success in Warehouse Management/Order Fulfillment! That can mean low wages and demanding quotas for warehouse workers, as employers scramble to turn a profit. To us, that doesn’t just mean that we strive for error-free work from the pickers and packers on the warehouse floor (we do). Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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