The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 30, 2022

Selecting a Supply Chain Technology Provider is Harder than it Seems. The logistics industry globally is more competitive, volatile, uncertain and interconnected than ever. Having the right transportation technology can improve everything from route efficiency to supply chain sustainability.

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Supply Chain Opz

MAY 25, 2013

Origin of Logistics & Supply Chain Revealed! What do we know about "Logistics" and "Supply Chain" to date? According to Lummas et al 2001 , the word "Logistics" in English appeared in the article as early as in 1898. 2) Origin of "Logistics". 3) Origin of "Supply Chain".

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Adexa

AUGUST 17, 2023

The joint solution addresses supply chain business processes from network optimization to supply chain planning, factory scheduling, warehouse management, and transportation management, including last mile delivery. This is a whole new level of supply chain operations.”

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 27, 2022

and is transforming the $800 billion transportation and logistics industry with its digital freight marketplace platform. Transforming the $800 billion trucking industry, Emerge empowers meaningful logistics relationships through its award-winning Freight Procurement Platform. Hunt Transport, Inc. and Penske Logistics.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Supply chain processes are not immune to this trend. EY analysts Edmund Wong and Glenn Steinberg ( @GlennSteinberg ), ask, “Are you running an analog supply chain for a digital economy?”[1] They explain, “The global supply chain is a creation from the past, ill-suited to today’s fast-changing world.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

I consider her the best in the biz for transportation management consulting. My goal was to implement demand and supply planning. Ellen’s was to design and execute the transportation planning logic. Together, we sat on the bed and tried to map the process flows from supply planning. I celebrated a supply chain IPO.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 15, 2015

All this talk about Cuba, however, sparked a question for me this week: Where does Cuba rank in logistics? The answer, according to the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI) , is near the bottom of the list. Back in 2001, my friend and logistics expert Art Van Bodegraven traveled to Cuba as part of a logistics delegation.

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MIT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The Zaragoza Logistics Center, Zaragoza, Spain, is based in PLAZA, Europe’s largest logistics park, and both organizations benefit from the relationship. This post will be published in the fall 2013 issue of MIT CTL’s online newsletter Supply Chain Frontiers. Mutual benefits. Subscribe to Frontiers here.

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods by giving customers more visibility and greater confidence to accurately predict delivery times. As this new global economic system grew, a corresponding supply chain—complex, powerful, virtually unquestioned—became its structural support system.

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o9 Solutions

JUNE 21, 2021

Shanghai, 21 June 2021 – o9 Solutions, a premier AI-driven integrated planning and operations solution provider for the enterprise, and vTradEx, the leading brand of intelligent, mobile internet and hybrid cloud solutions in supply chain execution, have successfully jointly entered the Chinese market. About vTradEx.

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o9 Solutions

OCTOBER 16, 2020

This partnership will see vTradEx, the leading brand of intelligent, mobile internet and hybrid cloud solutions in supply chain execution, as o9’s official reseller in China. Operating successfully in today’s complex supply chain networks requires a new mindset. Our strategic partnership with o9 was an organic fit.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Supply chain innovation is slowly simmering in the face of radical disruption. The supply chain visionary wants novel and new. As a result, supply chain leaders continuously ask me to unravel market confusion. As a result, supply chain leaders continuously ask me to unravel market confusion.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 2, 2017

Rather, it’s about winning the ongoing competition between shippers and third party logistics (3PLs) providers to secure those assets in order to maintain supply chain velocity. Integrate Logistics and S&OP Functions. Here are the top five ways to protect capacity – even during capacity crunch: 1.

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KEPLER Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Responding to the ever-changing expectations of consumers in a highly competitive digital economic environment involves having a solid, agile, and cost-effective Supply Chain. After all, companies need to minimize and monitor the most harmful supply chain management practices. The importance of a robust supply chain.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. It has radically transformed supply chains, fundamentally changed domestic and international economies across the world, and changed societies in the process – all the while driving trillions dollars in annual trade.

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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. Adidas running out of sneakers as supply chain lags behind demand. Forward Air expands last mile service with FSA Logistics acquisition.

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Freightos

APRIL 12, 2016

We’re huge fans of innovation in the logistics space. 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. Progress M1-3 which followed soon after, was the first ship to carry supplies. Space Delivery As Science Fact.

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Freightos

AUGUST 28, 2018

Modes of transportation and communication evolved, culminating today in instant-gratification last-mile/last-touch, in a world of one-hour delivery and online bookings. On that basis, most of the transportation industry in the United States was deregulated in the 1970s and 1980s. Freight has not been impervious. On the Cusp of Change.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2017

In supply chain, the complexity can be far greater. Business continuity management seeks to keep a supply chain working in the event of a problem. The need for business continuity permeates all parts of a supply chain. The first step is to find out what could interrupt your supply chain operations.

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Vanguard Software

JULY 20, 2021

And before that, in 2001, Nike also had a demand planning blunder that led to a $100 million loss in sales. These examples show how imperative a proper process for demand planning and supply planning is to an organization’s overall health and profitability. Connections Between Demand Planning and Supply Planning.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action ” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer. This was my first foray into the world of supply.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Those changes, along with high costs of transporting materials and finished goods to and from overseas locations, make the value of reshoring likely to become a compelling financial reality for many manufacturers. Transportation and freight costs are reduced. Supply chain risks are reduced. Causes of Off-shore Migration.

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

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. billion freight transportation and logistics services company headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Among distribution centers with three or more buildings, 28% had six or more buildings in 2016, 22% had six or more buildings in 2017, and 27% had six or more buildings in 2018, according to Logistics Management. According to Logistics Management , the average clear height of distribution centers was 32.7 feet in 2016. ” 14.

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USC Consulting Group

MAY 16, 2023

Over the years, we expanded into other industries like mining & metals, food & beverage, life sciences, transportation & logistics and more. We’ve grown quite a bit since those early days. Our reach opened up to serve companies all around the globe.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Jayesh has been in the marketing field since 2001 and with Fortress Mobile since 2020. Article originally written for Supply Chain Game Changer and published on September 16, 2021. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

On the other hand, offshoring growth has fuelled the need for warehousing as part of the elongated supply chain. 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.

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E2open

OCTOBER 22, 2018

E2open to Acquire INTTRA, Adding the World’s Leading Ocean Shipping Network and Software Provider, Creating an Integrated Global Supply Chain and Logistics Operating Network. Combination of E2open and INTTRA forms the Global Logistics and Supply Chain Network with Access to World-Wide Ocean Container Capacity and information.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Where were you on September 11, 2001 when the planes hit the towers? I was in a meeting with folks from Manugistics (now part of JDA) getting an update on the company and its transportation management system. Remembering 9/11 seems more important to me, even if it doesn’t directly relate to supply chain and logistics.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 7, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic! At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. My passion is supply chain and positive change.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 29, 2014

Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corp. Announces the Acquisition of ADS Logistics. FedEx Ground loses new legal round with labor (Logistics Management). Global Demand for Supply Chain Executives Drives Heidrick & Struggles To Tap Expert As Partner. req’d)). June 2014 North American Freight Numbers.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 1, 2015

15 questions about Chinese supply chains. Supply chain in China was once an afterthought or was only thought of in terms of the ‘Make’ and ‘Ship’ processes included in manufacturing in China. Back in 2001, China was just revving its engine, a $1.3 But the logistics infrastructure is a major challenge.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 27, 2019

”[1] Conversely, when it comes to supply chain operations, smart company executives do their best to avoid risks. Mackenna Moralez observes, “Every supply chain is susceptible to risk. ”[2] Moralez isn’t implying that an alerting system is a sufficient supply chain risk management solution.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

I have been sitting in on interesting calls the past couple of days, and have also been exchanging emails with my colleague Jason Miller at Michigan State University, and also sat in on a presentation by Bill Villalon, recently retired President of APL Logistics, who presented to the CAPS Board. are escalating, as shown in the chart below.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 13, 2013

Domestic Package, International Package, and Supply Chain and Freight. Now, UPS has aggressively grown into freight and other transportation solutions through a series of strategic acquisitions. In 1992, UPS acquired both Haulfast and Carryfast and rebranded to UPS Supply Chain Solutions. The Mail Boxes Etc.,

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Requis

JULY 8, 2020

How supply chain has changed over the years. How Requis is perfectly positioned to be the supply chain platform of choice for many industries. Transportation is still heavily dependant on fossil fuels. Long term, oil and gas supply chains will become much more agile. Leaner and greener.

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RFgen

AUGUST 7, 2022

Two major pieces of food legislation are guiding food traceability rules at most companies: 2001 Bioterrorism Act: This law requires food processors to be able to identify the origin of all food—including all ingredients—received by lot, code or other identifier and provide the same information to the FDA upon request within 24-hours.

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