Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 15, 2023

This technology is coming to a supply chain near you, and the sooner you understand it and get comfortable with it, the better positioned you will be when hits the industry in full force. A transportation manager comes in to start the day. You’ve probably already encountered it in a retail setting. Even writing code.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

Richard crossed the finish line at 2:52 pm, which was almost the exact time the bombs went off. Supply chain cyberattacks jumped 51% in 2021. The Covid pandemic continues to slow down global economies and supply chains. And what a race it was. A truly inspiring Marathon Monday as always.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

This also introduces a whole new issue to supply chain and the manufacturing process–protection of intellectual property (IP), in the form of the digital files being sent to 3D printers. Just as important as the prototype itself, is the thought and research behind the design. Retail is changing for sure.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 14, 2017

One of my supply chain predictions for 2016 was that there would be a lot less air shipped in boxes, trailers, and containers in the year ahead. The bottom line is that shipping small items in large boxes just got a lot more expensive. Here are two examples that I experienced last week, courtesy of Amazon and AAA.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

It is also my go-to example when I try to explain supply chain and logistics to my kids. “Do Why doesn’t the ice cream melt when it gets transported from the factory? Does one truck deliver to multiple stores or just one?”. Do you ever wonder how all of these foods and products got here,” I ask them. “How

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Talking Logistics

MAY 20, 2016

Although I’ve been to London before, this was my first time experiencing something no visitor to the city should miss: getting stuck in traffic on the M25. Although I’ve been to London before, this was my first time experiencing something no visitor to the city should miss: getting stuck in traffic on the M25.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 15, 2017

Diesel rail is twice that of steamships, and the impact from trucks, while a fraction of air, is three times rail. . LTL gets even trickier according to a report by the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. . communities that receive their goods exclusively by truck. Waste resulting from damage in transit. . 1% of US GDP.

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