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The State of the Industry: A Mid-year Look at Transportation and the Economy

Talking Logistics

At Transplace’s recent Shipper Symposium, a diverse group of shippers, logistics experts and analysts came together to discuss the latest industry trends and obstacles faced by supply chain and transportation professionals, and identify strategies for addressing these issues and improving operations. Hunt Transport, and Vice President of J.

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Can Co-opetition Save your Company?

Elementum

The difference between BlackBerry in 2007— with a net worth of US $40B and BlackBerry in 2013—willing to be sold for a measly a tenth of its 2007 figure—has a lot to do with a failure to identify and deal with its competitors in the correct way. In 2007, it released the Kindle. Keep Your Friends Close….

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27-31, 2014)

Talking Logistics

UltraShipTMS: New Features for Cloud Based TMS and Transportation Optimizer. NAFTA Trade in November 2013 than in November 2012. First, as in previous years, he called for increased investment in transportation infrastructure. The ongoing debate, however, is how to pay for transportation infrastructure projects.

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

GlobalTranz

restaurant industry made in 2013. About 81% of Walmart merchandise passed through those centers in 2013, the website said. The result is lower costs for inventory storage, reduced transportation costs , and products spend less time in transit, TradeGecko said. The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2013.” May 22, 2013.

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Energy Efficiency Is Key to Better Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

This is where it gets tricky, according to Yossi Sheffi, director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. Currently the company’s natural gas fleet numbers 1,000 (twice what it was in 2013). Sustainable transportation is a key component of future development of many cities. “As Last-Mile Delivery. In the U.S.,

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Evolution of the Warehouse: How it Adapted to E-Commerce and New Technology Trends?

AFFLINK

percent in 2013 to a projected 10 percent in 2018. In addition, the average warehouse’s size since 2007 has increased 143 percent to 184,693 square feet and its height has increased almost four feet higher to 32.3 This website shows that retail e-commerce sales grew roughly 25 percent annually worldwide from 2014 to 2017.

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My Take: E2open Buys Terra Technology

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting. Over the last decade the use of Terra Technology’s DS product improved short-term demand forecasts by 37% at 13 consumer products, and food and beverage companies. However, there are no sure bets.