Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

We normally do our Talking Logistics episodes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but we have one today at 12 ET with Alaster Love from Transplace, where we are going to discuss “ Big Data and Analytics in Oil and Gas Transportation.” September 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Cass Freight Index Report – October 2014.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

As reported last month by Jennifer Smith in the Wall Street Journal , “A growing number of retailers are relying on suppliers to ship online orders directly to customers, a strategy they hope will help them compete with e-commerce rivals without spending more on inventory. Instead, merchandise ships directly from the supplier’s warehouse.”.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 16, 2014

enVista’s Transportation Solutions Practice Attains Record Revenue in First Quarter 2014. March 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). March 2014 freight shipments were up three percent from March 2013. Transplace and Celtic Expand Intermodal Services in Mexico. Echo Global Logistics, Inc. Be Sociable, Share!

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

According to a July 2014 supply chain research study from Accenture focused on Big Data and supply chain risk management, most organizations have high hopes for using big data analytics in their supply chain but many have had challenges in deploying it. There is more to supply chain visibility than a complex set of KPIs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2023

Step 1: Unlock the full value of your data. As companies deployed new technology systems and solutions, data wound up getting siloed. Warehouse management systems didn’t share data with the transportation management systems, which in turn didn’t share data with the yard management systems.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Quintiq (@Quintiq) September 10, 2014. Making sense of big data and supply chain complexity. Moving on to mathematical advantages, our COO Arjen Heeres spoke of making sense of big data in his keynote: Big Calculations: The key to solving the efficiency puzzle. Why is big data only half of the value equation?

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

FedEx to Increase Shipping Rates. The cloud solution enables users to access the system from any browser anywhere in the world, to store and recover data in the cloud and to collaborate with all trading partners across the supply chain. DHL opens new life sciences and healthcare competence center at Leipzig airport.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

As 2013 comes to a close, here are some of my thoughts regarding the supply chain trends we are likely to see emerge in 2014. This will also involve negotiating with government agencies to negotiate data streams that will meet their requirements. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

Just last year many were chartering their own cargo ships to get all these goods to their destinations.) By integrating order data, load information across modes, yard shipments and the like, internal departments can turn to a single source of the truth and more accurately manage various aspects of the lifecycle.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Here’s what Dennis Cooke, President of Global Fleet Management Solutions, said in the press release: “With this portal, customers gain quick access to data that can help them make smarter decisions based on their fleets’ unique performance and needs. Customers want to see odometer entries for their vehicles. Be Sociable, Share!

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Talking Logistics

JULY 18, 2014

The “new” HighJump Software (after its announced merger with Accellos last week) didn’t waste any time making another move, this time acquiring Atlas Products International, “a United Kingdom-based provider of SaaS-based business-to-business (B2B) EDI integration, secure data transfer, and e-invoicing solutions.” drug enforcement officials.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

And so we have to keep pushing on several fronts: Filling the various “data gaps” around the world. Starting with real-time transportation visibility data, not all markets are alike. Data on ocean shipments, for example, is generally available across the globe, due primarily to greater standardization in ocean shipping.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

The company launched their platform in 2014. Data is stored just like you might sketch ideas on a whiteboard. Those insights are driven from data connections across the vast amounts of data these companies have access to. This January the company reported that its annual recurring revenue grew at over 84% year-over-year.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

by Dr. Madhav Durbha Supply chain risks in the spotlight: Effects of Hanjin Shipping filing bankruptcy protection. A few days ago, the world’s seventh largest container shipping company by volume, Hanjin Shipping, filed for bankruptcy protection. Any such event will cause congestion in the ports.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 6, 2014

As you prepare to head out to The Big Show at NRF, I thought it would be good to take a quick look back at the issues that shaped retail in 2013, what trends I see impacting retail in 2014, and what sessions at NRF might give you a leg up in tackling these issues. 2014: The Year of Transformation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

When FedEx, UPS, US Postal Service packages should be shipped for upcoming holiday season. According to Lee Klaskow, senior freight transportation and logistics analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, “the survey data shows what has likely become the tightest trucking market in a generation and looks poised to keep supporting spot rates into 2022.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. The solution was too black box.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Since 2014, the shipping industry has suffered numerous setbacks. Unlike the all-time highs of 2014, 2017 will reveal an industry on the cusp of restoring order and LTL rates to acceptable, reasonable levels. Too Much Inventory Will Make Restoring Shipping Profits Difficult. Shipping LTL Rates Will Improve.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Okay, turning the corner, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon offers free shipping on all orders for the holidays (CNN). Data Science In Walmart Supply Chain Technology (Medium). Shipping Rates to Increase for FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight Services.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Are you wondering what the hot trends will be for retail in 2014? SCN: You’ve just published your predictions for retail in 2014. What we will see in 2014 is that more retailers will use WiFi in the store, and the promotions and the outreach to consumers will become much more specific to the consumer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

If you’re Home Depot, you reserve an entire ship for your own exclusive use. We’ve seen firsthand the many positive effects of collaboration based on real-time transportation visibility data, as partners and even competitors — working off of one source of the truth — find efficiencies that benefit multiple partners.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 23, 2017

UPS Establishes New Peak Shipping Charge. By the way, what ever happened to HDS , the startup quietly launched in 2014 by Webvan’s founder Louis Border that promised to “offer competitive prices, fresher foods and unlimited selection, as well as free delivery?” (See See my April 2014 post “ Webvan 2.0: I wonder what’s next.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2021

Pure Storage, a public company headquartered in Mountain View California in the US, manufactures flash-based storage for data centers. Pure Storage operates the hardware with proprietary deduplication and compression software to improve the amount of data that can be stored on each drive. The company expects high growth to continue.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Oil prices jumped, with Brent rising above $105 a barrel for the first time since 2014, after Russia’s attack on Ukraine exacerbated concerns about disruptions to global energy supply. FourKites , a provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions, has a big data set around transportation. Brent Rises Above $100.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

When we do these types of analysis, we look back at the data as far as we can reach (Y chart data is available only back to 2006 in a reliable form) and then we look at the period of 2006-2014 and the more recent period of 2011-2014. Traditional supply chains ship cases, pallets and trucks; but not the EACH.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

finally fall into place, “Self-driving tractors will use data to plant the right seed in the right place, and give each plant exactly the right amount of fertilizer, cutting down on energy, pollution and waste.” It also plunges stick-in-the-mud farmers into an unfamiliar world of ‘big data’ and privacy battles.”[3]

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Sendle levels the playing field for small businesses by offering simple, reliable, and affordable shipping across North America, with no hidden fees, subscriptions, or warehousing required. The company was founded in Australia in 2014 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia; Seattle, Washington; and Toronto, Canada. The Greenscreens.ai

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. In my own defense, things kind of took off after 2014. The energy crisis in China and the European conflict are bringing additional chaos in the form of production shutdowns, raw material shortages and blocked shipping lanes.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Computerized Shipping and Tracking. With the aid of modern technologies and web-based software, like a transportation management system (TMS), you can simplify the supply process and dramatically reduce shipping errors. Big Data Will Envelope and Empower all Other Supply Chain Technology Applications.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

Riding a rising five-year trend, retail juggernaut Walmart® grossed $476 billion in the fiscal year that ended in January 2014, up from $408 billion in fiscal 2010, according to The Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch. The data is shared with suppliers who know when to ship more products. The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2014.”

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Target Lowers Free Shipping Minimum to $25 for Online Orders. enVista Announces Record Revenue for 2014. December 2014 North American Freight Numbers. December 2014 North American Freight Numbers : U.S.-NAFTA ATA Truck Tonnage Index Jumped 1.2% in January.

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But as soon as orders are placed, it’s up to you to figure out how to fulfill orders accurately and quickly to get them shipped. The entire process involves starting with Shopify inventory management and storing, then picking and packing items accurately, and shipping Shopify orders. When we first got started, we were dropshipping.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 25, 2022

”[5] He writes, “IoRT is a concept in which intelligent technology can monitor and manipulate the events happening around them by fusing their sensor data and making use of local conditions to decide on a particular course of action of how to behave or control objects in the physical world. in 2014 to just 4 cents in 2019.”[6].

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

The folks at BI Intelligence published a report this week, and they estimate that about $100 million of merchandise will be ordered via same-day delivery in 2014, generating about $20 million in shipping fees (the analysis covers just 20 U.S. By 2018, they predict that $4.03 Source: [link].

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 6, 2015

The 2014 UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper™ Study cites speed of delivery as the fourth most important factor when comparing retailers (after selection, product information and reputation). But wait – dig deeper into the data and you will find the caveats. 2 2014 UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper™ Study. Here’s how it works.

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QAD

APRIL 11, 2023

With the right software, businesses can protect against data loss, keep lines of communication open and use actionable insights from real-time data to make smart decisions about their organization’s next steps. The company has been a QAD customer since the 1990s and moved its ERP operations from on-premise to the cloud in 2014.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 1, 2016

So with all of that said, the most popular freight blog posts written in 2016 and that have received the most views so far echo what we saw with the previous blog posts: trends and changes in the industry we all must be aware of in order to maximize our shipping practices. 13 Small Package Shipping or Parcel Shipping Best Practices.

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