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The Top 5 Reasons You Need a Transportation Sourcing Solution

Talking Logistics

If you are buying widgets, there are many ways to make your purchase, from going to a retail location, ordering online or using a standard procurement software tool that allows you to order lots of widgets and receive them over a specified period of time. Here are the top five reasons you need a transportation sourcing solution: 1.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 8-12, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Here are some details from the press release: The newly acquired intermodal operations, with locations in Jacksonville, FL, Cincinnati, OH, Memphis, TN, Chicago, IL and Dallas, TX, will operate as part of Transplace’s intermodal division – Celtic Intermodal, which is led by President Doug Punzel.

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Google Glass 2.0 Highlights Accelerating Move to Augmented Reality in the Supply Chain

RFgen

When Alphabet shut the project down, it was still quietly working on Google Glass Enterprise Edition, a more focused variant of the technology that is proving valuable for manufacturers and similar organizations. “We knew the value of wearable technology when we first put it on the floor,” Gulick told the news source.

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Google Glass 2.0 Highlights Accelerating Move to Augmented Reality in the Supply Chain

RFgen

When Alphabet shut the project down, it was still quietly working on Google Glass Enterprise Edition, a more focused variant of the technology that is proving valuable for manufacturers and similar organizations. “We knew the value of wearable technology when we first put it on the floor,” Gulick told the news source.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 26 – March 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

Cybersecurity has emerged as a key area of concern in Japan, where government critics say responses to hacking threats have been hampered by a fractured approach: an attack on a hitherto obscure supplier was enough to bring one of the world’s mightiest manufacturers to a domestic standstill. The new pool, to be known as SACP 3.0,

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Cargo and Container Shipping Basics

The Logistics of Logistics

Vehicle shipping is how car manufacturers deliver their cars across the ocean. From an economic sense, this is an ideal move for a company shipping regularly, that is not interested in going to the expense of purchasing its own ship. Andrew Lazaunikas is a guest contributor affiliated with Trailer Bridge, a Jacksonville, Fla.,

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

Kinaxis

Going up the coast in Jacksonville, FL, there is a huge port that receives the second-most automobiles in the US along with all types of cargo. This powerful feature lets a supplier or manufacturer see what would happen if the ports all closed, or the delivery mechanisms could not embark.