BlueYonder

MARCH 16, 2018

This week: A hot freight market has spurred hiring by trucking companies; Nordstrom invests in personalization technology; Walmart expands its grocery delivery service; growth in e-commerce increases demand for fast payments; and some employees say Union Pacific’s use of drones in railyards raises questions about safety. Walmart Inc.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 16, 2018

This week: A hot freight market has spurred hiring by trucking companies; Nordstrom invests in personalization technology; Walmart expands its grocery delivery service; growth in e-commerce increases demand for fast payments; and some employees say Union Pacific’s use of drones in railyards raises questions about safety. Walmart Inc.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 19, 2015

Cloud Logistics Offers New Innovations in Second Upgrade of 2015. commercial drones within a year (Reuters). As reported in the Wall Street Journal this week: [Amazon] is developing a mobile application that would, in some cases, pay ordinary people, rather than carriers such as United Parcel Service Inc., WSJ – sub.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 6, 2016

That’s why I wanted to share our gratitude with you—our customers, contract carriers, suppliers, and growers—for letting us transform your supply chain into a competitive advantage. Supply Chain Excellence Supplier of the Year. Customer Service Team of the Year. 2015 Dry Brokerage Provider of the Year.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

2018 capacity crisis delivered record carrier profits. Trucking companies enjoyed a boom year as revenues and operating profits scaled new heights, while bankruptcies were at an all-time low. Rates soared to highs unseen since deregulation, and the carriers’ coffers reaped the market’s rewards.

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Intelligent Audit

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Even the largest and most prominent retailers, such as Home Depot, Walmart, and Amazon, struggle with costs related to reverse logistics. the year prior. . In partnerships with carriers and warehouse operators, FloorFound contracts to pick up large returns (like furniture) and transports them to a warehouse for inspection.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

Walmart Explores Mexico’s Supply Chain. Over the last several months, Walmart— the world's largest retailer— has slowly been increasing the share of products it imports through Mexico, a move that many other retailers have been reluctant to make for decades. Mexico’s $5 Billion Port Facelift. Mexico’s $5 Billion Port Facelift.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

We salute the year’s top advancements in supply chain technology and processes. After a year full of more scandals, indictments, political contentiousness, workplace violence, school shootings and natural disasters, maybe it’s time we all took a collective breath and focused on some of the positives that came out of 2018. Media Type.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 16, 2017

Modern supply chains are evolving beyond anyone’s expectations due to increased use of cloud-computing technologies, wearables and advanced data analysis. A common theme of the 2016 predictions was growth and scalability, so let’s look at how companies are using these technologies as we prepare for the innovations of 2017.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Now, ten years later, executives in the companies I interviewed for the first book came to me saying two things are changing: the dangers are higher and the risks are more pronounced—but at the same time, we’re getting better at planning and responding. Welcome to the second installment of Supply Chain Spotlight, Elementum’s interview series.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2022

I interviewed Simon Hartley, the cofounder of Wumdrop. Wumdrop is a successful last mile logistics company in South Africa. What I took away from this conversation is the perseverance and the hubris, the need for flexibility and luck, and even the heartache and the joy, that are involved in creating a successful business. A guy called Roy Brawley.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

But there are other regulations that will certainly impact the transportation industry in the coming years, such as Electronic Logging Devices and Minimum Carrier Insurance Requirements. Many carriers have seen a decrease in productivity per driver, and drivers, more importantly, have seen a decrease in take home pay because of this.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2015

August 2015 North American Freight Numbers. Well, the post I wrote earlier this week about Walmart and its approach to supplier relationship management struck a nerve — it has received close to 109,000 views, 460 likes, and 263 comments on LinkedIn! The Cubs finally made it to the World Series. UPS Releases 3Q15 Results.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 13, 2015

DECEMBER 2015. OUR TAKE A tonic for the (following) Carriers & Cargo section. Freight and logistics trends that rate in the news. We summarize key monthly trends in six sections. Prefer to find news yourself? Check out our roundup of nearly 100 digital logistics/supply chain sources. Other continents will follow.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Walmart Canada brings ‘click and collect’ online grocery service to Toronto (Financial Post ). Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal signed, but years of negotiations still to come ( Reuters ). Turnover Rate at Large Truckload Carriers Jumps in Third Quarter ( ATA ). The phone rang this morning at 6:00 am.

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 25, 2019

The battle between carriers is heating up again. In recent years, that focus on experience has extended to shipping. Competition from other carriers offering the same service, such as FedEx, has also forced UPS to speed up its move to Sunday deliveries. UPS has now joined in and will be doing the same. Amazon’s Impact.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2024

At MODEX this year, 33 exhibitors had the word “robot” or “robotics” in their title, and almost all the large material handling vendors and systems integrators that don’t include that word in their title were also displaying bots. As Steve Banker wrote earlier this week, robots are everywhere. m/s, equivalent to about 7.4 Intel wins $19.5

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The company launched a partnership with Walmart in October 2018, which includes a specialty store page on Walmart’s website, increasing online visibility. The company launched a partnership with Walmart in October 2018, which includes a specialty store page on Walmart’s website, increasing online visibility.

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Cathy Roberson

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Diversification is one of the best defenses to mitigate supply chain risks – ports, suppliers, carriers, and customers - as retailers add business-to-business (B2B) to their focus to smooth out bumpy business-to-consumer (B2C) revenue. Thanks for reading Rethinking supply chains!

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 7, 2014

Is Walmart’s WAVE Concept Truck The Fuel-Efficient Future Of Semis? Proposed DOT FY 2015 budget draws mixed reactions from industry stakeholders ( Logistics Management ). million, up 19 percent from the previous year. Services revenues comprised 91 percent of total revenues for the year. Yahoo Autos ).

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Does paying higher rates to truckload carriers yield better on time performance? The researchers used 27 months (2013–Q1 2015) of tender and shipment records for dry van truckload shipments from TMC, a division of C.H. The dataset included tender information from 40 shippers and 963 carriers, with more than 1.7

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. Source: Evan, Flikr. “I But I was right with some of my other predictions, especially my prediction that we would see a rise in cyber attacks in 2017, with supply chain and logistics operations becoming new targets.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 26, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic made it abundantly clear that effective supply chain management is crucial to the success of a business. Moreover, it’s vital to the health of the global economy. What that looks like, however, isn’t necessarily the same across the board.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 27, 2016

As you begin to prepare for the coming year, FLEXE has identified 20 logistics trends that can be expected in 2017: 1. As you begin to prepare for the coming year, FLEXE has identified 20 logistics trends that can be expected in 2017: 1. If you live in the middle, you’re a commodity player who will get eaten alive.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2019

Will blockchain have the same fate as RFID in supply chain management? Meaning, will its hype far exceed what it will ever accomplish in the industry? It appears, however, that this “next new shiny thing” has lost a bit of its blinding sparkle, including among investors.

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