Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Since 2004 the city of Wuhan, at the center of the outbreak and in lockdown since January 23, has been a focal point of the Rise of Central China Plan, making it one of the country’s key inland hubs for advanced manufacturing. A businessman, who caught the virus at a conference in Singapore, was linked to several other cases.

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Traditional supply chains have survived a long time without requiring too much deviation. Pop-up fulfillment adds complimentary fulfillment capacity for eCommerce during peak periods. Most importantly, it delights the customer with shorter lead times and makes the sale more profitable. Pop-up Fulfillment. On-demand Storage.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

Before taking her current position, she served in several capacities including Seagate’s product design and manufacturing facilities in the U.S. Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. As a goal, it is easier to say than to define. His reasoning? We want to help. and Singapore.

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Freight Center

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Number one among them has been a lack of freight shipping capacity caused by a lack of vehicles, a shortage of drivers and the use of Electronic Logging Devices that restrict how many hours and miles a driver can work each week. The driver shortage has been one of the primary reasons blamed for the lack of freight shipping capacity.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

If you’ve attended any logistics conferences lately, or just tried covering a load in recent weeks, you know that the tide is turning in the transportation market. Capacity is tightening and rates are going up. Will these trends continue in 2018? What impact will the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate have on the market?

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Requis

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Knut has written a highly regarded book on supply chain (in German) and co-wrote several articles on the impact of COVID-19 on the world’s supply chains, including Resetting Supply Chains for the Next Normal , Supply Chain Recovery in Coronavirus Times—Plan for Now and the Future , and How Great Supply Chain Organizations Work.

Predictive Analytics 52

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

The rush to empty comes just weeks away from the holiday shopping season. This schedule will also give third-party logistics providers, freight forwarders and freight brokers the time necessary to adjust their systems to ensure undisrupted service to shippers. Cassidy of the Journal of Commerce. What Are UPS Workers’ Top Demands?

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Traditional supply chains have survived a long time without requiring too much deviation. Pop-up fulfillment adds complimentary fulfillment capacity for eCommerce during peak periods. Most importantly, it delights the customer with shorter lead times and makes the sale more profitable. Pop-up Fulfillment. On-demand Storage.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 28

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 17, 2017

Growing woes over a forthcoming capacity crunch are not going away anytime soon. But, the capacity crunch may have a major impact on the freight driver shortage and vice versa. In a sense, fewer drivers mean that capacity will grow tighter. Yet, as capacity shrinks, the incentive for drivers increases.

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FLEXE

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

In 2004, Blockbuster was valued at $6 billion. In the middle of a massive market disruption, Blockbuster was unable to pivot, and by the time they tried, it was too late. The fall of Blockbuster is a now famous story of how a disruptive idea can turn an entire market on its head. They lost the ability to test, learn and try new things.

Cost Reduction Strategies 28

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FLEXE

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

In 2004, Blockbuster was valued at $6 billion. In the middle of a massive market disruption, Blockbuster was unable to pivot, and by the time they tried, it was too late. The fall of Blockbuster is a now famous story of how a disruptive idea can turn an entire market on its head. They lost the ability to test, learn and try new things.

Cost Reduction Strategies 28

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FLEXE

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

<p>In 2004, Blockbuster was valued at $6 billion. In the middle of a massive market disruption, Blockbuster was unable to pivot, and by the time they tried, it was too late.</p> And, it’s a cautionary tale of how an inability to adapt and try new things can leave a business in the dark.</p>

Cost Reduction Strategies 53

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The Hours of Service changes could not have come at a worse time,” said Dave Geyer, senior vice president/general manager of Schneider’s Van Truckload division. “We The bill specifically targets the 34-hour restart rule , which is the most controversial part of the new HOS regulations, much like the individual mandate is for Obamacare.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

I got started just as the dotcom craze was taking off, with new logistics startups coming to market every day (all of them announcing they were “The world’s leading provider of X” even though they were just a few months old). I’ve been an industry analyst for over 20 years, which is hard to believe sometimes. Source: Google.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

A forecast is a time-phased view, or projection, of future demand. They vary in time-frequency, planning horizon, granularity, and unit of measure. An easy way to think about time horizons is to align the thinking with supplying lead times. Definition. Merriam-Webster. In this blog, I try to answer both questions.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

Just in case you missed some of our supply chain strategy posts , we’ve compiled a list of our popular supply chain posts from 2016 below (ranked based on shares and views). At the time I was still in grad school rounding up my degree in a non-related field. The ability to forecast in different time buckets. Read More ».

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Elementum

AUGUST 11, 2016

from 2004 to 2014, with HCVs comprising 67% of market share. The company states that “The truckload freight environment thus far in 2016 has been challenging (due to) excess industry capacity, excess customer inventories, and sluggish demand.” Autonomous driving means that companies will save time and money.

Industrial 60

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PINC

MARCH 24, 2020

A moving target right now, just the extent of the short- and long-term effects on organizations and individuals over the coming months remains to be seen. Now here we are, dealing with the impacts of COVID-19 around the world. “The impact is significant on the U.S. “If it is short-lived, we might be able to skirt a recession. .”

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Exapro Hub

JUNE 28, 2018

As coffee roaster manufacturers have the passion for good coffee, Exapro has the passion for used industrial machinery market and its evolution since 2004. “A passion for good coffee… or why we’re not just good at making machines” declares the German manufacturer founded in 1868. Scolari engineering. The Petroncini group.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2021

As a 17-year periodical, these cicadas have lived underground in wingless nymph form since 2004, about a foot or two down, feeding on sap from tree roots. On top of that, there is a severe shortage of railcars in Los Angeles-Long Beach is causing rail container dwell times to double. When they do emerge, there can be as many as 1.5

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2017

In related news, the Wall Street Journal reported this past weekend that “New York City officials are rolling out new initiatives to try to speed up travel times on the city’s traffic-clogged streets,” including implementing new restrictions for loading trucks. National Highway System (NHS) added over $63.4 Federal Highway Administration.

Cost Reduction Strategies 101

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