Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This technology company is headquartered in Friedrichshafen, Germany. ZF offers product and software solutions for established vehicle manufacturers and newly emerging transport and mobility service providers. ZF has been working with a supply chain solutions provider called SupplyOn since 2001. The ZF supply chain is complex.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 30, 2022

Having the right transportation technology can improve everything from route efficiency to supply chain sustainability. Think about your company, your sector and the level of supply chain digitization you already have in place. You will want to consider your potential transportation technology provider’s track record.

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2020

Each of these events was completely devastating to the company concerned. Contributed heavily to company closure. Every company today runs on data – the key to using your data is choosing the right metrics for visibility into your supply chain. Service Excellence companies make their primary focus the customer experience.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. As companies grappled with growing and achieving global scale, the organizations became larger. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. As companies grappled with growing and achieving global scale, the organizations became larger. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

I consider her the best in the biz for transportation management consulting. At the time, we were both deployed as consultants for Manugistics to help a manufacturing company to implement end-to-end planning. Ellen’s was to design and execute the transportation planning logic. Manugistics is now owned by JDA.).

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Supply Chain Insights

JANUARY 18, 2018

The untethered exuberance reminds me of the race for Y2K, the futile experimentation with trading exchanges in 2001, or the race for e-commerce. Supply chain excellence definitions evolve as companies explore the Art of the Possible. Companies will test-and-learn and fail forward. It feels a bit like tulip mania. Digital Mania.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Dan has been in the logistics industry since 2001 when he began working the preload shift for UPS. He is also the driving force behind the Broker-Carrier Summit, a semiannual event focused on creating closer cooperation between freight brokers and trucking companies.

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o9 Solutions

JUNE 21, 2021

Both companies have experienced consultants in the supply chain planning area and the delivery team is expected to grow more than threefold to accommodate the high demand in China. o9 and vTradEx will continue to invest and help Chinese companies accelerate their digital transformation process. About vTradEx.

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o9 Solutions

OCTOBER 16, 2020

“We are excited to team up with vTradEx as a key channel partner in China to introduce the :o9 platform to the market and help Chinese companies digitize their planning and operations processes. China is one of the largest economies with many companies who can benefit from :o9 solutions.

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

US Army uses the “Transporter” container, developed four years earlier for removals, for Korean War supply movements. McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. First intermodal cargo transportation (containers are stacked on deck). Containerization is driving technology in other transport modes.

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Freightos

APRIL 12, 2016

NASA awarded the company a commercial orbital transportation services contract in 2006, to design and demonstrate a launch system to resupply cargo to the ISS. And check out their company’s mission statement : “to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.”.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. The Early Days: 1956-1960s.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Companies talk about customer-centric supply chains, but most leaders are more comfortable in the world of supply than demand. While there is much hype on DDMRP and the use of orders as a proxy for demand, companies need to remember that orders carry latency: they are out-of-step with market purchase behavior. It does not.

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 27, 2015

An artist and a cartoonist for the magazine, Strothmann envisioned the future of transportation in 2001: Flying buses and trams, sky stations, and private zeppelins instead of cars. We may not have met Strothman’s vision for public transport in 2001, but what if we had? Sky-high challenges on the horizon.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It was designed with linearity in mind: a singular focus on minimizing transport costs through building high-capacity, point-to-point distribution infrastructure. Transformation was a great process to move a company forward five years ago. ” Second, climate change is having an impact. Yet cooperation will be key.”

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 2, 2017

Building carrier partners and establishing an extensive qualified carrier list will ensure your company has the assets it needs during capacity constraints. With more than 100,000 North American truckload carriers, you can secure truckload capacity by first identifying credible carriers that share the same values as your company.

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

For over a century, we have seen increasing automation in supply chain, especially in manufacturing and the pace has quickened in the past decade with robotization in production, warehousing, and transport. System Complexity The interconnectivity of elements within a system as well as between a system and its environment (Chan, 2001).

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USC Consulting Group

MAY 16, 2023

Back then, we were Universal Scheduling Company, communicating with clients over mimeograph and analyzing their schedules. Over the years, we expanded into other industries like mining & metals, food & beverage, life sciences, transportation & logistics and more. Our reach opened up to serve companies all around the globe.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

And, according to a Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study, 54% of companies with above one billion in revenues are now considering reshoring. And, some companies just instinctively followed the corporate crowd toward outsourcing. Transportation and freight costs are reduced. Motivations and Stats on the State of Reshoring in 2015.

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MIT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 24, 2013

In 2001 the government of Aragón in northern Spain realized that its economy had become overly reliant on a small group of industries, notably auto manufacturing. This exchange of resources can yield significant cost and service benefits for companies in the cluster. Fast forward to 2013, and the strategy’s success is plainly visible.

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 18, 2020

According to the company, the recession will be deep and far-reaching “with Covid-19 spreading in Europe and the US after hitting Asia, the disruptions and dislocations in the economy and markets will trigger a [year over year] contraction in global growth in [the first half of 2020].”. Projections of Economic Impact of CoronaVirus.

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Supply Chain Opz

MAY 25, 2013

According to Lummas et al 2001 , the word "Logistics" in English appeared in the article as early as in 1898. Muller explained in a very comprehensive manner about how "movement" of each type of soldiers should be done which included marching, transportation, wheeling, advancing, formation, transport of heavy guns, how to cross the river etc.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

A very simplified definition for Fleet management software is the software utilized by companies or organizations to help manage and operate a fleet of vehicles. Fleet sizes and travel vary from company to company so that specific needs may differ from another fleet’s needs.

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Freightera

MARCH 10, 2023

Introducing our partner, Motherload Transport, and their General Manager, John Bennett Motherload Transportation is a small Vancouver Island freight brokerage with over 20 years of history, unique character, and many accomplishments. The company was founded by Sharon-Anne Tallieu and her daughters, Erin and Jackie in 2001.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 14, 2016

Manufacturers can see what’s going on, review how workers’ responsibilities could be changed, and determine if the changes would save the manufacturer money, a key point in a 2001 publication on virtual reality. Training Protocols.

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Our LTL company has regained its footing,” Stotlar continued. the parent company of Con-way Freight. “I He joined Con-way Freight in August 2008 from sister company Menlo Worldwide Logistics. Before joining Menlo in 2001, he held logistics and operations management positions with Delphi Automotive Systems and Penske Logistics.

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Freight Plus

MARCH 20, 2019

On Monday, Convenant Transportation became one of the first carriers to show the results of a depressed freight market as their first quarter earnings failed to meet expectations. The company has seen per tractor YoY revenues drop by 4.8%. Carrier earnings begin to feel impact of softening trucking freight market.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 10, 2018

Unfilled Jobs Stacking Up in Transportation, Other Sectors. The Wall Street Journal reports that t he number of unfilled jobs in the transportation, retail and business-services sectors is growing , as workers become scarce in a fast-growing economy. Labor Dept. On average, there were 6.7 percent last month. Already dealing with U.S.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 10, 2018

Unfilled Jobs Stacking Up in Transportation, Other Sectors. The Wall Street Journal reports that t he number of unfilled jobs in the transportation, retail and business-services sectors is growing , as workers become scarce in a fast-growing economy. Labor Dept. On average, there were 6.7 percent last month. Already dealing with U.S.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

We dug that company out of terrible financial difficulty after the “internet bubble” burst in 2001. As it worked out, I had colleagues from 4 of my companies at the recognition event. It’s exciting to solve a consumer goods need with something that worked for a chemical company. It was fun!

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

As an analyst, when technology providers acquire and divest companies, I get invited to pre-announcement conferences. In the period of 2002-present, the company acquired/aggregated many applications. At this size, there were few possible suitors for the company. SAP and several other companies passed on the opportunity.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 15, 2015

speed, simplicity and predictability of formalities) by border control agencies, including customs; Quality of trade and transport related infrastructure (e.g., transport operators, customs brokers); Ability to track and trace consignments; Timeliness of shipments in reaching destination within the scheduled or expected delivery time.

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KEPLER Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2019

After all, companies need to minimize and monitor the most harmful supply chain management practices. This can only be achieved by addressing the elimination of the worst practices in the organization, processes, and digital resources of the company. Exhaust-data analyses (OTD, pallet volume, transport, suppliers, returns, etc.)

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Precoro

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Tasked with acquiring the high-quality goods at the right time to meet company needs. Procurement is a set of processes related to acquiring goods and services to satisfy a company’s needs. Thus, it enables procurement and helps ensure the availability of necessary goods and services for a company. Procurement. Tired of reading?

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

This marked the 34th consecutive quarter of positive net absorption, the longest streak since 2001. Vacancy rates in key transportation hubs and seaport cities were even lower,” according to a report from JOC.com. Companies with high-performing supply chains benefit from higher revenue growth. “As U.S. ” 14.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

Transport optimisation considerations dictate that warehousing is used at the end-point of a transport system to amass enough products for a full load for the subsequent transport system. Less passenger traffic and reduced congestion means flexibility for TNT in scheduling onward transport, whether by air or road.

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