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. Such providers understand domestic transportation issues, and can plan to develop long-term solutions to complex local distribution challenges. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list.

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

So when I asked Cathy Roberson, a senior analyst at Transport Intelligence and a tech-enthusiast who is vox supplychainus on Twitter at cmroberson06 , I was not surprised when she sent me back an analysis that seems to match up perfectly with some of Google’s recent projects: Google Glasses, Android and 3D printing.

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Supply Chain Movement

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Date: 28 – 30 April 2014. Entering its eighth year, Multimodal has grown to become the UK and Ireland’s premier freight transport and logistics event. Exhibitors at Multimodal represent every logistics sector – road, rail, aviation, maritime, warehousing, storage services. In 2014, more than 7,000 high-calibre visitors attended.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017 : exoskeletons, autonomous forklifts, flying warehouses, last-mile delivery, and more. Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2014 : hybrid DCs, 3-D prototypes, location-based inventory system, and more.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Diversity of sources (carriers + vendors + customers). And it must integrate with a myriad of internal and external systems such as transportation management, warehouse management, order management, ERP, weather and traffic systems and many more. trillion terabytes of new data every day.). Data integrity.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Ikea is a good example as it has sourced close to 50 percent of its wood from sustainable foresters and hundred percent of its cotton from farms that meet better cotton standards (Ikea, n.d.). Cardwell, 2014). 2014, July 30). Patagonia produces their wetsuits from natural rubber and parkas which are made from plastic bottles.

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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. Forecasts are compared to inventory levels to ensure warehouses have enough, but not too much, inventory to meet demand.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Rising oil prices will also have a cascading impact on supply chains in areas such as higher line-haul trucking rates and other transportation costs. Already, oil prices have reached their highest levels since 2014 and are expected to continue to rise. Consider holding safety stocks where applicable to prevent breaks in production.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2017

And here’s to hoping that 2018 results in even more significant advancements in the state of warehousing and transportation technology. Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2014 : hybrid DCs, 3-D prototypes, location-based inventory system, and more. Content Summary: Exoskeletons Help Take a Load Off for Warehouse Workers.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2022

West Coast ports and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) formally begin this week, prior to the July 1 deadline to the current labor contract. Labor contract talks among the Pacific Maritime Association , representing a multitude of U.S. Both parties accused the other regarding the slowdowns as well as the economic impacts.

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

Potential Sources of Disruption. Transport network disruption. Identifying sources of risk and developing a plan are only part of the story. What alternative plants/factories/sources of supply do they have at their disposal? Unplanned IT or telecommunications outage. Cyberattack and data breach. Loss of talent/skills.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Now, moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon won a patent for an on-demand clothing manufacturing warehouse (Recode). Oracle Warehouse Management Cloud Update Helps Businesses Scale Logistics to Meet Multi-Channel Demand. Source: Amazon patent. along comes Haven TMS.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 25, 2024

Managing yard and warehouse operations has long been one of the thornier aspects of transportation logistics. Yards are a choke point between transportation and warehousing — and wherever you have choke points, you have a higher risk of inefficiencies that drive up labor costs, detention fees and delivery commitments.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

Founded in 2014, this Boston based robotics technology firm leverages capabilities that are described as mimicking human hand-eye coordination, leveraging machine-learning to a vision system on a gripper and allowing mechanical fingers to bend and twist around objects to perform piece-picking tasks.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 1, 2015

New Capabilities from JDA Create Transportation Resiliency – Enabling Shippers to Balance Service and Cost Pressures. Latest Versions of SAP® Transportation Management, SAP Extended Warehouse Management and SAP Event Management Now Available. Uber Is Quietly Testing A Massive Merchant Delivery Program (TechCrunch).

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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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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JULY 30, 2015

.   Currently, Amazon’s outbound supply chain is comprised of fulfillment centers, sortation centers, and warehouses that specifically serve Prime Now customers.   In recent years, Amazon has been spreading its warehouse facilities more evenly across high density regions of the US.

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

With Oracle on 31 October 2014. With EveryAngle on 19 November 2014. 30 | Innovations in warehousing. For warehousing a new era is dawning. 12 Questions about Multimodal Transportation Management. Loser of last quarter: Philips. Our supply-chain future: fair sharing – column. 14 | Consulting Subway Map 2015.

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

Potential Sources of Disruption. Transport network disruption. Identifying sources of risk and developing a plan are only part of the story. What alternative plants/factories/sources of supply do they have at their disposal? Unplanned IT or telecommunications outage. Cyberattack and data breach. Loss of talent/skills.

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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. Most of this spend is targeted at the redefinition of warehouse management to make eCommerce a reality.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

more near-shoring and larger, less frequent shipments to minimize transportation costs). How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? The Rebirth of Transportation Marketplaces (UberCARGO, Cargomatic, and Freight Friend).

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 28, 2024

The UAW has fallen short in two prior votes to organize the Chattanooga facility — in 2014 and 2019, both times by narrow margins. Additionally reported was at the end of 2023, upwards of 10,000 BYD cars were parked in warehouses across Europe and the certificates that authorized sale within the EU are set to expire in a short time.

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RFgen

JULY 24, 2019

Companies that transport dairy have to keep it cold and make sure customers receive a fresh supply on a regular basis. Nation’s Restaurant News said major chains look for more sustainable food product sources as consumers begin to favor companies that offer eco-friendly merchandise available through supply chain transparency.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Logistics Managers, Manufacturing Directors and other Supply Chain leaders often rose from the shop floor, from front-line warehousing and transportation positions. We first wrote about this topic in 2014 – if you can believe it – and unfortunately, in the intervening years, not too much has changed.

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RFgen

JULY 24, 2019

Companies that transport dairy have to keep it cold and make sure customers receive a fresh supply on a regular basis. Nation’s Restaurant News said major chains look for more sustainable food product sources as consumers begin to favor companies that offer eco-friendly merchandise available through supply chain transparency.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Logistics and Transportation Managers at manufacturers will have reports at their fingertips on how to continue to reduce transportation costs, a heavy portion of the expense budget, by leaning on data to continually improve. Between 2010 and 2014, the average robot sales increase was at 17% per year (CAGR).

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). Amazon Inside P&G Warehouses: A Case of “What’s In It for We”. For related commentary, see Insights from Ryder Innovate 2014. Big Data and Analytics for Oil and Gas Transportation. as of this morning — a lower price than 5 years ago!

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

It’s hard to imagine that Cargill began as a grain storage warehouse in Iowa, USA, in 1865. Today it operates in 67 countries with 143,000 employees and has 76 business units on six platforms that cover animal feed, food production, energy and transportation, financial services and pharmaceuticals.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79 % of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. In 2014, a survey by Tompkins Consortium delivered a shocking revelation. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers. Now for those statistics I mentioned.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 24, 2015

From the person who sources the original wood from a tree to the company that delivers the finished desk to the store: they all need to effectively fit under the supply chain management umbrella. On December 16, 2014, the President signed the Revitalize American Manufacturing Act, into law. We have included the infographic below.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

On the supply side, in 2014, I remember that DHL was talking about resilience where everyone was wondering what that really meant and how to set up the risk management globally. I think it’s more that the idea of sourcing and how to buffer certain inventory will be definitely more localized. There was a big peak.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

December 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Transportation Department pushes tough oil train standards – sources (Reuters). million, respectively, for the full year 2014. Rand McNally Releases Game-Changing “TND™ Tablet” for Professional Drivers. million and $8.2

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Editor’s Note: Cerasis is a 3PL focused on transportation management. Distributors will inbound to a manufacturer the inventory needed and transportation management, especially inbound freight management, efficiency is paramount to an effective vendor managed inventory model. VMI is all about collaboration.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

For example, Hoyoung Pak, head of the transportation practice at Uptake, writes about companies “swimming in data”[2] and Deloitte analysts John Ferraioli ( @Ferraioli ) and Rick Burke discuss companies “drowning in data, but starving for insights.”[3] The growing ocean of data. Register by clicking on this link.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Typical manufacturing products made in Belgium include engineering and metal products, automobile assemblies, transportation equipment, scientific and precision instruments, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, textiles, glass, petroleum and food and beverages. Belgium’s transportation and communication pathways are robust. percent, France 9.5

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Vanguard Software

APRIL 22, 2021

Supply chain sustainability is defined as embedding environmental, social, or corporate governance considerations as raw materials are sourced, converted into products, and delivered to the market. A great example would be when the hospitality industry initiated towel reuse programs back in 2014 and the subsequent savings on water and energy.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 29, 2022

Parcel transportation and logistics services provider FedEx and freight-tracking software company FourKites Inc. Founded in 2014 and based in Chicago, FourKites is working with more than 1,000 businesses in helping to track shipments from manufacturing facilities, warehouses and retail sites.

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