The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

How you develop your sales team has a big impact on your logistics business. According to Supply Chain Quarterly , Quarter 4, 2011 issue: “Supply chain scorecards typically focus on operational metrics. Accept Your Invitation Here: October 2, 2017 1pm EDT [link]. October 4, 2017 1pm EDT [link].

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Freightos

JUNE 30, 2016

Logistics growth is all about the M&As. A Bloomberg review of key M&A activity focused on finance, consumer, telecommunications, technology and healthcare, with logistics not even getting a mention. Driven by more complex supply chains, shippers are looking for concrete results. The driver? No, not any more.

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Requis

JULY 14, 2020

Venture capital (VC) investor, columnist and educator Brian Aoaeh is part of the new generation of investors who are unlocking the opportunities in supply chain. Steeped in the investment world since 2008, Brian decided very early on to focus on supply chain and operations investment. That stayed with me.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The 2023 Strategy sets expectations on the development of future policy measures to strive for 30% GHG reductions by 2030, 80% GHG reductions by 2040, both relative to 2008 levels, and an overall level of ambition of reaching net-zero emissions as close to 2050 as possible. Leverage circular economy principles as a driver for systemic change.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

the supply chain. Given the swiftly changing logistics environment, those who navigate the new world we live in need a roadmap to guide their actions. The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' annual State of Logistics report attempts to offer just such a map -- accompanied by some timely warnings.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 4, 2018

From the last half of 2017 through today and beyond, a slew of market forces, some predictable and some unexpected, have combined to create a very real truck capacity shortage in the United States. What options do shippers have for mitigating its effects on their supply chain? . But it’s no fairy tale; it’s real and it’s here.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Bureau of Labor Statistics , there are 18,182 private warehousing establishments as of 2018, up from 15,203 in 2008. The average size of warehouses in 2000 was about 65,000 square feet, compared to about 181,370 square feet in 2017, according to a 2017 report from Westernacher Consulting. in Q1 2017, the lowest since 2008.”

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

In addition, looking back to the summer of 2017, the June-August peak that typically happens was slower than anticipated. The 2017 holiday season was very strong and that carried through into the Chinese New Year. Driving this was strong imports – especially for retailers. Bailey is a Licensed Customs Broker.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement. Check out Attracting Millennials Gets Your Digital Supply Chain in Order! Everyone knows that the demographics of the Supply Chain industry are changing. They have to. Needless to say, we read the report with great interest.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). In 2018, Rockwell Automation won the Supply Chains to Admire Award.

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FLEXE

AUGUST 31, 2017

A recent Nir & Far blog post, “ Hyperbolic Discounting: Why You Make Terrible Life Choices ,” got me thinking about the supply chain. I don’t usually default to logistics when thinking about cognitive sciences, but this time, I did. It’s no different in supply chain. Here’s why. That’s not hyperbole.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). In 2018, Rockwell Automation won the Supply Chains to Admire Award.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 24, 2018

significantly improved their ability to generate cash in 2017, producing the strongest working capital performance since 2008. In 2017, companies significantly extended payments to suppliers, taking 3.4 days seen in 2008, which was driven largely in changes made in response to the recession. to 51 days. Interest Rates.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

If you were to tell me that your company had never looked at its supply chain costs and sought to deliver reductions, I would be mightily surprised. On the other hand, if you told me your company hasn’t been able to sustain any progress in supply chain cost reduction, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

Since the collapse of the housing market and the economy in 2008, the freight transportation industry has managed to claw its way out of a damaging situation and maintain historically low trucking rates. “Supply and demand are so closely matched right now, there’s no room in the industry for one glitch,” she said.

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

From a carbon footprint perspective, the Last Mile delivery of single e-commerce parcels to individual consumer dwellings is one of the most inefficient, costly and carbon producing activities in the retail and consumer goods supply chain! We often say that many in the logistics and supply chain industry “Are from Missouri!”

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Check out Blockchain in the Supply Chain is a Game Changer! It’s a word that was rarely used or even heard of in Supply Chain not that long ago. Further it is often used in the context of being a necessary and integral part of any Digital Supply Chain Strategy. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 15, 2015

A thorough analysis provided by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals , (CSCMP) in its “ State of Logistics ” report, indicates that by 2017, shippers in the U.S. 2009 was an exception due to the 2008–2009 recession.) Strive to accomplish a strong evaluation from carriers.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

We've already listed the top 10 manufacturing articles, the top 10 supply chain articles, and yesterday, the top 10 logistics articles. Transportation Industry Braces for a Looming Transportation Capacity Crunch Crisis in 2017. Mobile Technology in Transportation Management & The Future Impact on the Supply Chain.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Retailers’ biggest concerns centered around maximizing operational and logistics efficiencies, to keep those costs as low as possible. Unfortunately, the rise of demand aggregators and online shopping channels dovetailed with the Great Recession of 2008, when consumers felt new economic pressures. Suddenly price was everything.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

JULY 7, 2023

The word “logistics” gets thrown around a lot these days- in the news, media, and probably at some family get togethers. After being in this industry for the past year or so, if you were to ask me to explain what “logistics” truly means, the best comparison I can articulate would be to the sport of parkour. They’re both REALLY cool!

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Retailers’ biggest concerns centered around maximizing operational and logistics efficiencies, to keep those costs as low as possible. Unfortunately, the rise of demand aggregators and online shopping channels dovetailed with the Great Recession of 2008, when consumers felt new economic pressures. Suddenly price was everything.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 12, 2016

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. Time will tell.

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FLEXE

AUGUST 31, 2017

<p>A recent Nir & Far blog post, “<a href="[link] Discounting: Why You Make Terrible Life Choices</a>,” got me thinking about the supply chain. I don’t usually default to logistics when thinking about cognitive sciences, but this time, I did. </p>

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 25, 2016

“There are no sacred cows here,” said Chris Timmer, Chief Commercial Officer at LeanLogistics (a Talking Logistics sponsor) in his opening remarks at the company’s ClientConnect 2016 conference last week.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2016

The shipping industry saw growth and expansion in 2014 when compared to the state of the industry since 2008. Yet, contractual parties, such as third party logistics providers ( 3PLs ) are expecting increases in freight of between 2 and 3 percent from 2015. Automation Is Becoming a Major Part of the 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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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2015

If there’s anything we’ve learned in the last year, it’s that prediction is not only much more complicated than it looks, and that the volatility and uncertainty that exists in the global supply chain operating environment is making life a whole lot LESS unpredictable.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Supply Chain Management.

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Tompkins Blog

APRIL 29, 2014

The rapid growth in online ordering and fulfillment is changing businesses and their supply chains. As rapid change takes place in online ordering and fulfillment for retail, consumer goods, distribution, and third-party logistics (3PLs), the needs for real estate space change too. 2008-2013 Overall Growth.

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Lucas

JULY 3, 2018

The growing importance of labor metrics in warehousing is no surprise given that 60% of companies say they are having trouble finding hourly workers (according to the 2017 DC Employment Outlook Survey). As noted by the WERC study authors, “logistics is still very much a people-oriented business. Its hard to disagree.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Ocean carriers were mostly profitable at the end of 2017, but that trend eroded quickly in the first half of 2018. Or, yet again, is this just a temporary recovery, as the trend has been since 2008? As we head into 2019, here are a few things to consider and keep in mind: Supply and demand. What a difference a year can make!

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The Allianz 2018 Safety and Shipping Review reports that in 2017, 94 vessels of 100 gross tons or more were declared a total loss; 6 of these were caused by fires/explosions. From 2008 to 2017, fire/explosion was the third most common cause of total losses, behind foundered and wrecked/stranded vessels. Final Thoughts.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Ocean carriers were mostly profitable at the end of 2017, but that trend eroded quickly in the first half of 2018. Or, yet again, is this just a temporary recovery, as the trend has been since 2008? As we head into 2019, here are a few things to consider and keep in mind: Supply and demand. What a difference a year can make!

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 27, 2019

Dan noted that “GM was in last place in 2016-2017, and we were dead last in terms of how well we were to work with. If you have a bad relationship, and people are striving for capacity coming out of recession in 2008 and 2009 who will get the capacity – the customer of choice or the jerk.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

Logistics and Distribution. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Supply Chain Management.

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