Locus

JULY 5, 2023

Why Fleet Management Matters for Shippers In the complex sphere of supply chain management, fleet resources remain indispensable and irreplaceable. Shippers tasked with overseeing their fleets, be they captive or outsourced, to ensure the successful completion of deliveries. How can one achieve this optimization?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

The ongoing impact of the pandemic brings greater challenges and obstacles with increased consumer demand, limited resources, shipping congestion, and labor shortages. Automation, cargo tracking, robotics, and remote fleet management are all examples of how IoT can be used to harness organizational data and gain insights into key processes.

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Locus

JUNE 27, 2023

Transportation networks form the vital nerve center for every delivery-focused organization. Even the industry’s titans, who boast sizable in-house fleets, often find themselves outsourcing orders to third-party carriers due to overwhelming volumes and the absence of logistical infrastructure in specific areas and countries.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

By doing so, we enable our customers to do what they do best – produce, sell or move goods – allowing them the time they need to work not only with their drivers and carrier network, but also their warehouse labor and in-store resources, ensuring higher quality products and service for their customers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

Their time frame was short and resources limited. Supply chain design can help you find answers to a wide range of questions, but most companies begin their journey with one question: “Which distribution centers should I assign to which customers?” Think about these relocations! First comes the data and how well we understand it.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 14, 2021

Most shippers do not have the luxury of launching their own fulfillment fleet to offset the rising prices and shrinking available capacity of carriers as Amazon has done. Could adding distribution centers or modifying a retail footprint reduce costs and delivery times? Fulfillment best practices treat the symptoms.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Transportation services include : Small Package, Air Cargo, Ocean, Less Than Truckload, Truckload, Fleet Acquisition, Equipment / Drivers, Dedicated Contract Carriage, Intermodal, Final Mile, Rail. Logistics services add value through planning, while transportation services add value by executing those plans.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 10, 2022

From stocking up your fridge with the week’s groceries to purchasing the latest smartphone, the consumer has now been placed at the center of the supply chain as they pull the complete gamut of products to where they reside. Feature Article by Nishith Rastogi, Founder and CEO at Locus.

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PINC

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

A valuable supply chain asset, the physical area “outside of the four walls” of the typical warehouse or distribution center (DC) is becoming a focal point for companies that are realizing the value of their yards. Who Should be Using a YMS? Users with a high volume of supplier and customer shipments.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2022

Do I have the resources to meet their needs? Supported by best-in-class optimization engines that exceed human cognition, they consider every possible response to the disruption, weigh trade-offs and multiple priorities, and — often autonomously — execute the right strategic response across warehouses, fleets and other logistics assets.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

And we’re really all about putting our resources where we can get the highest return,” she said. In early April, employees at an Amazon warehouse on New York’s Staten Island made history by becoming the first Amazon warehouse to vote to join a union (JFK8 fulfillment center). Apparently that ratio is not acceptable.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Through Amazon’s Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) program, sellers can store their products in Amazon’s fulfillment centers, where Amazon takes care of the picking, packing, and shipping. With a wide array of products stored in its fulfillment centers, Amazon can consolidate orders and optimize its inventory management systems.

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Locus

JANUARY 8, 2024

In the dance of modern commerce, visibility in retail logistics is the spotlight that can guide your business to center stage. Enhance Efficiency with Strategic Cross-Fleet Utilization Efficient use of transportation assets is a cornerstone of cost-effective logistics.

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Locus

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Reducing shipment return time is also a big priority for customer experience as it ends up requiring extra routes, and resources dedicated specifically to returns and exchanges. We’ve also helped MaxAb ramp up last mile operations via automated dispatch resulting in optimal costs, effective fleet utilization, and higher SLA adherence.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 9, 2018

Sustainability is a part of Dassault Systèmes’ corporate DNA, being at the center of its mission to harmonize product, nature and life. Company resources and internal mentors also have to be present to guide participants, and lastly, value must be drawn not just from the end results, but the competition process itself.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Here are some excerpts from the press release: M33 Integrated’s Greensboro, NC operations center and Greenville, SC technology center will become the Transplace Southeastern Center of Excellence, and will operate as part of the company’s Transportation Management business, which is led by President Frank McGuigan.

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QAD

APRIL 18, 2024

Its slightly revised trajectory still sets a daunting challenge for OEMs, which are estimated to require approximately a 9% pure BEV fleet by 2026, a steep climb from the roughly 3% achieved by the Detroit Big Three (D3) in 2023. This initiative aims to bolster U.S. and European automotive sectors in the face of China’s aggressive BEV push.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

We addressed the four most important variables in enhancing operational planning and process synchronization for warehousing and distribution center operations. Goods are transported either by private fleet or use of contracted carriers.

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Shipsy

MAY 28, 2021

It can enhance the last-mile delivery operations by minimizing dependency on human resources and bringing perfection in the jobs. Hybrid fleet model. Companies are expected to adopt a hybrid fleet model to manage last-mile operations efficiently. Urban fulfillment centers.

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PINC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Bates kicked off the webinar by talking about the new and pending regulations of interest to cold chain shippers, with an emphasis on California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) proposed regulations for TRUs. He also discussed future fleet technologies (e.g.,

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Locus

MAY 4, 2022

Often, you have an extensive network of distribution centers and a large fleet of trucks. The first is when a retail outlet places an order through their enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, which you then slot in your upcoming routes: The pre-sales approach. There are two ways in which you go about this.

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Delivery as a service (DaaS) is a service-oriented logistics business model in which businesses can gain access to on-demand deliveries without the need to hire and manage their own fleet. Some service providers have their own fleet of drivers to complete local deliveries. The growing need for delivery as a service.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Although the topic was centered on data — the type of data trading partners are currently sharing; its timeliness, accuracy, and completeness; and how it’s shared — the conversation was really about how to enable more efficient and effective collaboration across the HBM ecosystem. Why the increased attention and demand?

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Locus

MAY 9, 2023

During driver time-off or holidays, the system seamlessly accommodates ad hoc orders and assigns them to the available resources, ensuring no orders are left unassigned, even during peak seasons. Automated Carrier Selection: Many retailers outsource deliveries instead of captive fleets.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2017

They have created software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms that can effectively replace existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) technologies with intuitive, adaptable and smart technologies. For example, smart technologies can be leveraged to reduce wait times and delays for fleet drivers.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Logistics is well recognized as one of companies’ single biggest cost centers, but it’s also a key contributor to every organization’s environmental scorecard. When we think about sustainability at Uber Freight, the goal is to eventually move to a zero emissions vehicle fleet, but the technology is not there yet.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 14, 2018

Dispatchers need to be able to expertly work within the confines of an existing resource fleet while coping with rising demands. While a dispatcher’s first instinct may be to extend traditional resource limits to alleviate the bottlenecks, this is not the most sustainable nor typically the most efficient decision.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 17, 2021

Capacity planning is one such essential aspect which often involves managing several complex orders to balance resource utilization, inventory and stock levels, demand and supply synchronization, all of this to finally align the overall operating capacity and maintain optimal throughput.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The biggest benefit of cloud technology and cloud-based commerce networks is that they allow organizations to leverage large pools of IT resources without the need to build and maintain data center infrastructure. Robotics enabled with AI and ML augment the work of humans in warehouses and distribution centers.

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Locus

MAY 16, 2023

It has been helping enterprises to effortlessly scale last-mile deliveries and transform them from being a cost center to a revenue generator. Its capacity-led time slot booking helps companies to make the best use of the fleet and serve the customers at their preferred time slots. But there is a fix here!

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Locus

JUNE 23, 2023

Walmart has opened a new high-tech fulfillment center of 2.2 This McCordsville fulfillment center is the largest fulfillment center of Walmart and will enable them to fulfill more orders quickly. Also, this new fulfillment center and Walmart’s existing fulfillment centers will allow them to reach 95% of the US population.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 8, 2017

In addition, the same technology can be overlaid with augmented reality to give repair technicians and individuals greater resource access when making repairs, checking order contents and fulfilling orders. Additive manufacturing will gradually move products from warehouses and distribution centers to be closer to end-users.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 21, 2016

For example, the location of distribution centers impacts the distance between warehouse and consumer. Therefore, traditional warehouse and distribution center models are being abandoned in favor of smaller, localized regional centers to handle specific markets. Existing fleets are also stretched to the breaking point.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Although rate volatility is expected to stabilize in 2017, organizations must do more with fewer resources to survive. Meanwhile, Brazil, Russia and India will become major suppliers as companies access the remaining untapped resources of the world. The election is over, but the race is just starting for logistics providers.

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Locus

OCTOBER 5, 2021

This is because 3PL providers have better resources in terms of manpower, technology etc. If companies want to handle on-demand deliveries with their in-house resources, they might have to make large investments. Positioning fulfillment centers and inventory. to handle on-demand deliveries consistently.

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Freightos

AUGUST 29, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * More Resources Home August 29, 2023 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market.

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Locus

JUNE 30, 2023

Manual carrier management: When captive fleets reach their limit, shippers often resort to legacy systems to select and manage carriers rather than leveraging intelligent solutions. Many operators, however, overlook tracking, deeming it a cost center, and continue to use rudimentary methods like emails and SMS for customer updates.

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