Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 28, 2023

In my home state of Massachusetts, which decriminalized small amounts of recreational marijuana in 2008 and fully legalized recreational marijuana in 2019, recreational cannabis prices have plummeted due to a massive shift in supply and demand.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In 2008, Dr. Raymond Panko published a paper detailing examples of human error in data entry. Shippers can get a handle on their expenses by tracking freight invoices and improving their logistics strategy. . What is Big Data in Logistics & Supply Chain Management? Examples of Big Data in Logistics Uses. His findings?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Google did not acquire a third-party logistics (3PL) company or a logistics software vendor. Making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target. When making predictions, it’s easy to look at recent trends and simply project them forward. What will happen in 2016?

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 25, 2022

Consumer Trends Reveal Same-Day Delivery Is a Necessity. In a webinar shared by Roadie and Supply Chain Dive , McKinsey and Company partner Manik Aryapadi spoke with Roadie Head of Marketing Mary Frances Jones about 2022 trends in last-mile fulfillment. FedEx issued a news release stating its commitment to “remain engaged with the U.S.

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Freightos

MAY 10, 2015

There are tens of thousands of books about logistics and supply chains. Amazon has 31,817 books about supply chain and 24,934 about logistics. That’s 56,751 supply chain and logistics books. But we got it down to ten logistics and supply chain books you’ll actually want to read. Empire State Buildings.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 24, 2016

A beautiful woman passed away this morning, my wife’s aunt who we all loved, so I will be brief with my comments about this week’s supply chain and logistics news. Logistics in Transition: U.S. Business Logistics Costs Slow Considerably with 2.6% business logistics costs rose to $1.48 in favor to 48.1% in favor to 48.1%

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 6, 2023

In my home state of Massachusetts, which decriminalized small amounts of recreational marijuana in 2008 and fully legalized recreational marijuana in 2019, recreational cannabis prices have plummeted due to a massive shift in supply and demand.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 19, 2017

As explained by Talking Logistics With Adrian Gonzalez , industrywide statistics indicate adoption rates have remained fixed near 33 percent for nearly two decades. In 2008, statistics involving TMS adoption rates ranged from 20 to 30 percent. However, the adoption rates remain perplexing. Seeing a 33-adoption rate seems problematic.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 2, 2021

So in January, as players across the global freight industry were discussing how to navigate higher freight rates, delays, and capacity shortages , Freightos.com, a global freight booking platform and part of the Freightos Group, reached out to our customers to find out how logistics disruptions are impacting them. What’s the solution?

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 3, 2014

Logistics on the move. The logistics role is changing according to John Wiehoff, CEO of C. The logistics business has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. Robinson (CHR), the world’s largest provider of truckload transportation services, visited MIT CTL recently to give his view of the changing face of logistics.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 15, 2016

So let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon poised to take on UPS, FedEx in delivery business (Seattle Times). XPO Logistics Trucking Subsidiaries Sued Over Driver Classification (WSJ – sub. Amazon could be moving into the $350B ocean freight market (USA Today).

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Since we live and breath freight, we constantly come across information that’s critical for our customers – logistic providers, shippers and carriers. Here’s our pick of last month’s news, especially where they plug into broader trends. This is our personal take on logistics news trends.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 30, 2022

The logistics industry globally is more competitive, volatile, uncertain and interconnected than ever. The system you choose should also offer business data analytics capabilities that enable you to observe trends, avoid bottlenecks, have a better understanding of your costs, and optimize your routes and driver schedules.

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The rise of China in the past decade coincided with a global economic boom after the financial crisis of 2007-2008. Meanwhile, shipping costs from other countries are likely to trend higher as longer routes are taken. Another drawback to this new sourcing trend is that each country has a comparative advantage for a product.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

I have long argued that third party logistics providers (3PLs) should set themselves apart from the competition by fully harnessing the power and value of their customer and employee communities. Walmart Supply Chain and Transportation Trends for 2015. Sustainability and Green Initiatives in Transportation and Logistics.

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 17, 2022

recorded in 2008 by the EIA. If weekly increases are jumping at the rate of the Gulf Coast region, it would only take two weeks to surpass the 2008 record. Exclusively going by air would be a worst-case scenario for gross profits as fuel prices trend upward. As of March 14th, jet fuel pricing is still $0.77

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 18, 2021

Katsov identifies five technology trends he believes will play a significant role in supply chain transformation. It represents all relationships between every entity in the real-world supply chain from end-to-end, including customers, warehouses and distribution centers, manufacturers, logistics providers, markets, weather and more.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 15, 2014

Logistics and Distribution. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Main | E-retailers exploring same day delivery » Social Media in Supply Chain.the new trend! Social Media in Supply Chain.the new trend! December 2008. November 2008. October 2008.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2012

The latest Master of Logistics 20 th Annual Study of Transportation and Trends Study reports that in 2011 the highest percent of transportation costs was ground freight at 76.1%, of which US long haul trucking holds a major position at 64.4%. In 2008, the rate reached a high of $2.50/mile mile and then plummeted to a low of $1.82/mile

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Resilinc

JUNE 15, 2021

This regulatory trend started in Europe and the US, and has more recently taken hold in Australia, China and other regions. But the shipping industry, through the International Maritime Organization (IMO), has committed to self-regulation of GHGs with the overall goal of reducing GHGs from ocean shipping by 50% from 2008 levels by 2050.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

It is continually important to be proactive about identifying capacity trends and daily shipping reality. That means communicating early and often with logistics providers about container space needs due to capacity constraints caused by the carrier restructuring and heavy retail season. Bailey is a Licensed Customs Broker.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group has annually published a series of supply chain management focused predictions since its inception in 2008. In this update, we focus on our fifth prediction which is focused on global transportation and logistics services sectors. Background. Prediction Background. Prediction Implications.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Now, all that manufacturing, logistics, pricing, customer engagement and general commerce data is obsolete.” ” Those trends are: 1. “The first [trend],” Shalabh states, “is that a large consumer block is buying the same products but using new channels. Consumers are using new channels.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 23, 2023

This week, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , with sponsors Penske Logistics and consulting firm Kearney , released the 34th Annual State of Logistics Report to organization members and the industry as a whole. Business Logistics Costs (BLC) were reported to be 9.1 All of above stated, U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

Since our inception in 2008, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group has annually published a series of supply chain management focused predictions. Our goal is to depict how likely global, regional, economic, industry and advanced technology trends will impact, and likely influence required supply chain management actions.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 1, 2016

We will feature our 5 main categories all week: Logistics , Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Transportation , and Freight. According to Jeff Berman of Logistics Management, 71 percent of shippers believe the greatest focus for small package shipping is cutting costs. Most industry experts rate the cost of logistics as very costly.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

There are many driving forces behind the automation trend, from rising labor costs to rapid growth in ecommerce sales and a growing demand for rapid order fulfillment , such as two-day and even same-day delivery. Bureau of Labor Statistics , there are 18,182 private warehousing establishments as of 2018, up from 15,203 in 2008.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

This interview is with Raymon Krishnan, President of The Logistics and Supply Chain Management Society. I then spent 10 years building up my own Logistics consulting business growing it to where we had close to 70 employees. Raymon has over twenty five years experience in the Logistics industry as an end user and service provider.

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Savi

JUNE 14, 2019

Other stakeholders want better logistics tracking, lower costs and less supply chain risk too. Exception alerting gives managers a heads up that a shipment is trending late, or a handoff was missed. Naturally, suppliers are highly motivated to stop margin erosion due to heavy fines. And the crown jewel?

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QAD

JUNE 8, 2021

Very similar to the crisis in 2008-2009 and much to the surprise of industry analysts, automotive demand came back much quicker than expected. The AIAG/Odette Materials Management Operations Guideline/Logistic Evaluation ( MMOG/LE ) provides organizations with a supply chain management system. In addition to 6.2.1.7,

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 7, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. « Importance of Proactive Master Data Maintenance in SAP SCM Support | Main | Instance Consolidation Strategy » Key Asset Management trends in Oil & Gas Industry. Communication Services. Healthcare.

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Lucas

JULY 3, 2018

WERC’s Annual DC Measures Survey is a great tool for benchmarking your distribution center and warehouse operations, but it’s also a valuable resource for identifying trends across the industry. The labor and warehouse technology trends are related. Trend One: Labor Metrics Dominate . Trend Two: Software Investment Strength.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Separately, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warned this week that the world is on the brink of recession and that a global slowdown could potentially inflict more damage than the finance crisis in 2008 and the Covid-19 shock of 2020.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 17, 2015

As the table below shows, back in 2008, the U.S. Logistics complexities in the conventional sector can quickly drive up costs and eat into profit margins, if not well managed. The post Oil & Gas Companies Focus on Eliminating Supply Chain Waste appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. But by 2014, the U.S.

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Supply Chain Network

JANUARY 4, 2019

Our evolutionary story today, about the Logistics and Supply Chain conference, begins in 1984 when NMRI held their first Physical Distribution & Transportation Conference. The next evolutionary step for this event is when RILA Logistics became RILA Supply Chain in 2014.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 11, 2023

This facility has been operational since 2008. In a deal signing ceremony last week, the European based plane maker will be adding a second production line at the existing Tianjin facility to support output needs for the Airbus A320 family of aircraft.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 12, 2015

Launched in 2008 as an initiative of Supply Chain Media in collaboration with BLMC, the Supply Chain Professional Award is an annual event that culminates in a final held aboard the Spido boat James Cook which sails through Rotterdam and the surrounding area. Edith van Erp-Slot, Market Logistics Director, Mars Nederland.

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