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REPOST: The True Cost of OTIF Failure with Andrew Lynch

The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

OTIF is a key supply chain metric. Andrew Lynch is President and co-founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. About Zipline Logistics. Zipline Logistics was selected as an Inc. Zipline Logistics.

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The True Cost of OTIF Failure with Andrew Lynch

The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 7, 2021

OTIF is a key supply chain metric. Andrew Lynch is President and co-founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. About Zipline Logistics. Zipline Logistics was selected as an Inc. Zipline Logistics.

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Because we call it a supply chain for a reason – each link is connected, so if you rattle one link, you rattle the entire chain, as Boeing famously discovered in 2007 when a bolts and screws shortage delayed their Dreamliner. appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. The post What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

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The Better Goal: More Fuel Efficient Trucks or Using Fewer Trucks?

Talking Logistics

JUNE 22, 2015

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly proposed standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that would improve fuel efficiency and cut carbon emissions. Put differently, in FY 2007, Del Monte left 11.2 percent improvement.

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Supply Chain Leadership Driving Industry 4.0 & Resilience During Crisis – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

Team re-building, split of responsibilities/tasks, border closure challenges, quick navigation of stock management, prioritisation of logistics to consumer needs and coordination with partners upstream and downstream. 2007) in IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, Volume 246, Advances in Production Management Systems, eds.

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Fourth Quarter Comebacks: How Dispatchers Handle Last-Minute Deliveries

Locus

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The high-stakes environment of last-minute deliveries requires a similar concoction of precision, adaptability, and resolute decision-making, shaping a journey that is not merely about transporting packages, but more significantly, about delivering promises and navigating challenges with finesse.

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3 Initiatives Driving Sustainable Transportation and Logistics Management

BlueYonder

JUNE 26, 2020

Recent studies have shown that transportation is the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. In 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated that CO2 emissions from transportation surpassed two billion metric tons ; it’s hard to imagine what that number looks like today.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

On Monday, I would speak in Orlando Florida at the Terra Technology event; and on Wednesday, present the keynote at the Logistic Summit & Expo in Mexico City. For example, in the recession of 2007, DuPont missed the downturn in the market. Use GPS, maps and weather signals to better predict arrival and route transportation assets.

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Ocean Carrier Alliances: What You Need to Know

Talking Logistics

JUNE 7, 2017

During the Great Recession of 2007-2009, demand decreased rapidly for container shipping, causing a chain reaction for carriers. Reserve the right to reduce your quantity commitment (MQC) based on specific declining carrier metrics such as on time performance, services scope, transit requirements and direct ports of call.

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Air Cargo Tech Is Falling Behind. It Doesn’t Have to.

Freightos

JUNE 9, 2018

While electronic passenger tickets were introduced in 1994 and reached a 97% penetration rate by 2007, the eAWB standards was adapted as an IATA standard in 2010, and adoption in 2018 still hovers at 53%. But not for lack of effort. Electronic airway bills (eAWB) are a familiar example. That can’t last. It Doesn’t Have to.

Cargo

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 4, 2022

From contractor controversies to rising fuel costs, logistics professionals across the transportation industry are turning to innovative solutions to persistent problems. As contractors across the logistics industry begin questioning their relationships with carrier networks , the FRONTdoor Collective is taking a new approach.

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Avoiding Dead-end Streets As We Build the Future of Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Supply chain leaders managed through disruption after disruption including increased weather impacts, energy outages, labor shortages, geopolitical shifts, and supply/logistics constraints. Seasoned supply chain professionals used the mental model from the recession of 2007 as a guidepost.) Bi-Directional Orchestration.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Third-party logistics companies ( 3PLs ) specialize in distribution, warehousing and fulfillment services. The core competency of these companies is logistics , and they do it well. Even Amazon used third-party logistics companies when the company first started, until reaching sufficient scale to have a logistics arm of its own.

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Supply Chain Brief