Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 24, 2022

The increased investments were attributed to supply chain disruptions such as raw material shortages, delays at ports, labor shortages, lack of warehousing space, and tight capacity across all modes of transportation. The reverse logistics segment of the supply chain has gained attention because of the growth in e-commerce.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

With peak shipping season just around the corner, the logistics industry is looking forward to a smoother supply chain than previous years have provided. Looks for Savings in Freight Broker Contracts. After Eighty Years of Business, Family-Owned Colonial Freight Systems Announces Shut Down. Cash-Strapped U.P.S.

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Hospitals overpaying by $25 billion on their supply chains according to report. In a study conducted by Navigant, it was found that hospitals could reduce their supply chain costs by an average of 17.7%. The most efficient hospitals in the study were data driven and shared supply chain info cross departmentally.

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Shipchain

OCTOBER 25, 2019

We’ve been busy fine-tuning our platform, nailing our pitch, bringing on new customers, demoing for clients, and speaking at and attending different freight and logistics conferences. ShipChain airs its first webinar, The State of Technology in Food Supply Chains 2019: Produce. What We’ve Been Up To.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2016

The Hyperloop and drones headlined this week’s supply chain and logistics news, so let’s go straight to it: Hyperloop One Accelerates Toward Future With High-Speed Test (WSJ – sub. March 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). UPS-backed Rwandan blood deliveries show drones’ promise, hurdles (Reuters).

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. These will all end up at the discount chain Ollie’s, where they’ll sell for maybe half of what a new one costs,” said Adamson.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In a previous Blue Yonder blog post , we defined some of the advanced technologies that are impacting the logistics industry today and provided an overview of how they’re improving companies’ cost and service outcomes. Increasingly, companies see advanced technology as a means to measure and improve sustainability.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Many transportation and logistics software companies were launched in the late 1990s and early 2000s, during the height of the dotcom era, but very few of them survive today — they either went bankrupt or were acquired by others. The results are similar to how shippers and logistics service providers view their relationships.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2016

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Trucking Stocks Tumble on Downgrade, Pricing Outlook (WSJ- sub. Descartes Showcases Logistics Technology Platform Innovations at Global User and Partner Conference. MercuryGate Launches Global, Omni-modal Freight Procurement Solution.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2017

I’m heading back home today from the MercuryGate Velocity 2017 user conference in Las Vegas. There are countless possibilities, especially when you consider emerging technologies and delivery models like drones, driverless trucks, hyperloop, and the Uber-ization of freight. In my sleepy haze, I had no idea what to think.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Amazon in the news: Amazon cloud computing unit rolls out supply chain application. Tech companies begin rerouting critical chip supplies to trucks. The application, called AWS Supply Chain, was introduced at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Walmart to add 20,000 supply chain employees. Speaking of the holiday season, Walmart is planning to add 20,000 supply chain employees ahead of the anticipated holiday rush. The average wage for a supply chain associate is $20.37 billion in 2020. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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