The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 17, 2022

In his last role at Bluelinx, Jeff was the General Manager of Metal Products Business Unit which generated $250M in revenue sourcing products from 17 different countries serving 18,000 SKUs to national, regional and local building products retailers. About OneRail.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Here are a couple of Sourcing Customer Stories, to bring you up to speed with Ivalua’s expertise: Ivalua will be represented at the event by our North American Marketing Director, Ty Levine! The post ProcureCon Indirect – East, 25th – 27th March 2019, Florida appeared first on Ivalua.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 2, 2024

Humble at Deerfield Beach, Florida-based company CheckRobot Inc., This trend has represented significant financial loss for retailers, with average annual loss from this source alone exceeding $102,000 for a typical grocery store with 12 self-checkout lanes.”[3] with NCR Corporation having the largest market share.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

As product flows rapidly shifted and hard baked assumptions about lead times and sourcing locations were put to test, users across many organizations bypassed their planning systems and turned to excel sheets, internal data science teams or non-traditional supply chain vendors who could deliver AI based solutions at a faster turn.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 16, 2023

Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2023 has wrapped up its 3-day event in Orlando, Florida. This AI-driven forecasting method incorporates data from a broader range of sources to generate a range of probable forecast outcomes and calculate the likelihood of each.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 15, 2018

Florida led the way again last week, with outbound rates in Lakeland and Miami up 15% and 8% respectively. It wasn’t just Florida though: Asparagus crops helped boost volumes in Michigan, and the lane from Grand Rapids to Madison, WI , rose 43 cents to $3.15/mile. HOT MARKETS. Lakeland to Atlanta surged 58¢ to $2.96/mile.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

The purpose of data aggregation is, on one hand, to minimize the number of records you’ll be working with and, on the other hand, to reflect critical business patterns: order prioritization, customer segmentation, sourcing logic. If we have 1,000 customers in reality, we might use only ten customers in the model when we aggregate data.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Innovating to Uncover New Sources of Revenue in the Public Sector. Step 1: Use eProcurement Systems as a Potential Source of Revenue. Thinking of procurement as a new source of revenue is certainly counterintuitive, but it fits the bill of thinking differently. 11 state central procurement offices have other sources of funding.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The key to this lies with sourcing. Before diving further, let us define what sourcing is. Sourcing is the practice of finding and selecting suppliers for a range of services (e.g., Traditional sourcing practices tend to be highly manual and are fraught with latencies and inefficiencies. Digitalizing sourcing (i.e.,

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Adexa

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

An example would be a tornado in Florida. Using Uncertainty to Have Superior Plans and Faster Response Every time a system performs the planning function, there are many sources of information that can be used to evaluate the risk of the plan, depending on the objectives of the management.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Currently, Hurricane Irma is monitored north of Cuba, where mandatory evacuations were ordered, and is forecast to hit Florida. Fuel shortages were already reported in Florida and analysts estimate that the Irma’s cost could hit $125 billion should it make landfall in Miami. Several businesses in Florida, including banks , were closed.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2022

Retailers have been used to long lead times over the last two decades, especially for the categories they source from Asia. in chemical engineering from the University of Florida and his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras. He received his Ph.D.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 14, 2022

For example, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently declared, “At the end of the day, we are not going to let this state be overrun by woke ideology. Florida is the state where woke goes to die.”[4]. .”[3] As a result, politicians on the right have decried the woke movement. We will fight the woke in the businesses.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 11, 2017

Besides Texas—Toyota’s new North American headquarters—other states on the companies’ shortlist are Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina, WSJ reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the potential investment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Decisions such as what should be the order minimums and multiples, what should be the replenishment frequency to my downstream locations, what should be the splits between different sources available, and how they should be prioritized, are all the types of policies that need increasingly frequent revision. He received his Ph.D.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

we’d watch places like Houston, San Francisco, and New York City — not to mention the entire state of Florida — slowly disappear into the sea.” East notes, “Sustainability analytics requires a lot of data from many different sources. South America would say goodbye to cities like Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires.

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Supply Chain Insights

APRIL 8, 2015

According to Dr. Richard Florida, one of our keynote speakers at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit, my description fits about 30% of us in the workforce. According to Dr. Florida, thirty percent of the population is forecasted to be in a few cities. Dr. Florida will share insights on the future work systems.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

The electronic validation program made its debut at Port Everglades in Florida to exporters needing to ship used vehicles from South Florida to destinations throughout the Caribbean, Central America and beyond. Supply Chain Innovators of 2013 : paperless food chain, VLMs, cold chain fleet management, and more. Warehouse Automation.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 23, 2021

The digitalized coinage was exceedingly accessible at the very first instance of its invention as the first-ever transaction utilizing bitcoin as a payment method was of 10000 bitcoin units as a guy from Florida purchased two pizzas. Connect Payment Method !

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

by Andrew Dunbar Last week I attended the IBF Business Planning, Forecasting & S&OP: Best Practices Conference in Orlando, Florida. If you’re involved in your company’s sales & operations planning processes and you haven’t heard of the IBF, stop reading now and go check them out here !

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Resilinc

JUNE 7, 2022

Indeed, as this blog was being finalized, the National Hurricane Center gave a storm hitting South Florida a high chance of becoming tropical storm Alex. The World Meteorological Organization has queued up these and 16 other names to identify the tropical storms and hurricanes that are forecast to hit the U.S.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

For example, Florida power companies began staging vehicles and equipment in strategic locations well in advance of the arrival of Irma. Supply chain thought leaders began thinking about Irma long before the pictures surfaced. This was a strong example to help convince customers and residents they should prepare, as well.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

Intelligent procurement technology provider JAGGAER announced the finalization of a partnership with TealBook , a tech provider that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to gather, predict and refine supplier data and to provide companies with additional product sourcing options. Global Health Exchange Acquires Syft.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Half-a-decade ago, Professor Richard Florida wrote, “When we think of the city of the future, we might think about flying cars and scenes from ‘Star Trek’ or ‘The Jetsons.’ On the other hand, Florida uses the term “rule” to mean that AI controls systems to make them more effective and efficient.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

At Red Stag, for example, we can add inserts and personalized marketing materials to your customers orders, or help you source uniquely branded boxes and even tissue paper with your company’s logo. Bob is based in Pensacola, so he has sales tax nexus in Florida. To explain it, let’s go back to Bob in Florida.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Today, retired and tan, Maddy calls me from time-to-time from Florida. There is no technology solution that stretches across industries to automate the processes of source, make and deliver. Ethical Sourcing. These are all issues in ethical sourcing initiatives. None had the answer. We talk about cooking or the weather.

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 29, 2013

Logistics is a leading source of carbon. Ocean Spray, CSX (the rail operator), and fruit shipping companies partnered in order to enable Ocean Spray to ship more products intermodally from its New Jersey distribution center to the company’s Florida facility.

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Arena Solutions

AUGUST 23, 2022

This interdependency makes the sourcing of substitute parts more challenging when confronted with ongoing shortages. Lori: I’ve taken up running as part of my morning workout regimen, and I enjoy relaxing at the beach during my weekend visits to Florida. Shelly: What activities do you enjoy in your spare time?

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Freightos

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Riding this wave were droves of Chinese or Indian manufacturers that can now tap into digital platforms to source, import and sell directly to SMBs or consumers online. Two Retail Paths Diverged In The Forest… Alibaba and Amazon are at the heart of the new digital sourcing and retail, both with very different methods.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2023

The roadmap includes five key areas: Sourcing ingredients: which involves using regenerative agricultural methods such as working with farmers to reduce their dependency on conventional agrichemicals and transitioning toward 100% deforestation-free ingredients. The Florida bill was signed into law on Wednesday by Gov.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Upwards of 4,000 UAW workers at Volvo’s Mack truck manufacturing facilities in Florida, Maryland and Pennsylvania went on strike after rejecting a tentative five year contract agreement that included a reported 19 percent wage increase. Hence are the likely sensitivities to the Ford negotiations.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

with more than 75 locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina , and South Carolina. The newly reconstituted pool will offer more than 45,000 new and refurbished chassis to truckers, beneficial cargo owners, ocean carriers and other users. will reportedly be one of the largest fully interoperable chassis pools in the U.S.,

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 23, 2015

A massive El Niño occurred in 1997-1998, unleashing record rains in California, deadly tornados in Florida, and a brutal drought in Indonesia, thus landing the term firmly on the radar (no pun intended) of millions of people around the globe.

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RFgen

JULY 24, 2017

Peggy Gulick, the director of business process improvement for the Jacksonville, Florida, branch of AGCO, a company implementing AR glasses, told Wired that any initial difficulties presented by transitioning to AR were overcome by massive productivity gains.

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RFgen

JULY 24, 2017

Peggy Gulick, the director of business process improvement for the Jacksonville, Florida, branch of AGCO, a company implementing AR glasses, told Wired that any initial difficulties presented by transitioning to AR were overcome by massive productivity gains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

tractor fleet and sourcing 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, according to the press release. British supermarkets source peppers exclusively from Spain during the winter months. terawatt-hours of solar electricity annually — with the greatest potential in California, Florida, Illinois, Texas and Georgia, per the report.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The Southeast, especially Atlanta , is also the main source of relief supplies — including plywood, ice, and bottled water — headed for Florida in advance of Hurricane Irma. Stockton, CA , showed the least price movement among major freight markets last week, and outbound volumes there were off by 14%.

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