Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Container-ship logjams off US ports finally easing as imports fall. Retailers help decarbonize ocean shipping. A semitruck equipped with Kodiak’s autonomous driving system is making daily delivery runs from an IKEA warehouse near Houston to a store close to Dallas, roughly 300 miles away. IKEA test autonomous trucks in Texas.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2022

The deliveries will take place as part of a pilot that’s being conducted by Waymo and JB Hunt Transport Services to test out self-driving trucks along certain shipping routes in Texas. The second Prime Day could be a big jump start to the holiday season as it was in 2020, when Amazon pushed Prime Day because of the Covid pandemic.

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SupplyOn

JULY 10, 2018

But generally speaking, not even the shipping agent transporting the production material to the nearest port has this information. The focus is not just on time but on quality, too This data is crucial for the material planner to be able to act flexibly and adapt production planning to potential changes early on.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

And they can be used to track the quality and certifications of upstream suppliers including fair labor practices, work-site health and safety compliance and environmental compliance to help maintain the reputation of the brand. Consumers want low cost, high quality delivery at home and now they won’t accept delays or cancellations, either.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

“Warehouse robots are becoming more prevalent as service level demands get tighter… ” …and increase to meet these service levels, like same day shipping. Or can they pick individual items, package and ship? The overall management and quality control should be done by humans, but robots can do lower-end work.

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6 River Systems

JULY 3, 2020

For instance, conveyor systems are bulky and fixed in place, so warehouses with conveyor systems often must design the warehouse layout around this infrastructure while allocating adequate space for other warehouse functions, such as sortation and packaging and shipping. Plan for the flow from production to packaging to shipping.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 27, 2016

This mechanism must be driven not simply by external impacts, such as floods in Houston or explosions in Tianjin. Customers change the quantity they ship inside of lead times set by the supply base, and the quantities double. There is a quality problem in production and the schedule falls behind while the problem is resolved.

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