Talking Logistics

JULY 8, 2016

It was a relatively quiet week for supply chain and logistics news, with robots and weak freight demand dominating the headlines. Heavy-Duty Truck Orders Fall to Lowest Since 2010 (WSJ – sub. Global trade volumes fell for the first time since 2009 by 1.7 Sucking robot arm wins Amazon Picking Challenge (BBC). billion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 1, 2021

The prevalence of smoking is going down, but the world’s population is increasing; the net result is that the forecast for the number of smokers is essentially flat in 2025 as compared to 2010. Dr. Alexandros Skandalakis – the Director Global Manufacturing Capacity, Strategic Assets and Capital Expenditures at Philip Morris Products S.A.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2021

In DSD, instead of shipping truckload quantities of goods directly to a retailer’s regional distribution center every few weeks, a manufacturer has their own account representatives that sell to and service individual stores. Founded in Berkeley, California in 1966, Peet’s Coffee touts itself as the original craft coffee.

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QAD

AUGUST 12, 2021

Sustainable manufacturing refers to the ability to manage manufacturing operations “in an environmentally and socially responsible manner,” according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Sustainability Objectives for Manufacturers. Where Does ERP Come into Play with Manufacturer Sustainability Efforts?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 7, 2021

Pinnacle Propane was founded in 2010 through the acquisition of several retail propane companies in Central, South and West Texas. Gijs Majoor, vice president of supply chain and sustainable fuels, and Jacob Gladysz, the director of logistics explained the Pinnacle Propane business and their journey to improve their forecasting.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 26, 2013

No time to waste this Friday, so let’s go straight to the news… Manhattan Associates Reports Record Second Quarter 2013 Revenue and Earnings. Choice Logistics Named Top 100 Learning Organization. Ryder Reports Second Quarter 2013 Results. Oracle Brings Extreme Supply Chain Performance to Customers with New In-Memory Application.

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Supply Chains Rock

JUNE 17, 2011

Little do they realize that every time they discard or recycle a carton of milk they are completing the end of the supply chain cycle. By the Numbers: IBMs Supply Chain in 2010. About.com - Martins Logistics Blog. EU Logistics Hub Blog. Latin American Logistics. Manufacturing Central. Supply Times.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 29, 2015

Consider the many shippers who have outsourced transportation management and other logistics functions to third-party logistics (3PL) providers the past few years. So manufacturers and distributors have increasingly turned to 3PLs to focus on the back-end operations and streamlined process as it relates to transportation management.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 4, 2018

Unfortunately for Great Britain, they started enforcing the Navigation Acts just as the American economy was reaching a point of maturity. If left to further its own evolution, they could have served as a source of competition to British Manufacturers.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 12, 2023

Here is another blog post from Rajinder Bhandal… I had another wonderful opportunity to catch up with Peter Guinto , the President of Government, Defense and Aerospace Business at Resilinc , to talk further on the subject of contested logistics planning. I appreciate your time Peter – it’s always good to talk with you!

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Kinaxis

JULY 4, 2017

In the meantime, Sears hasn’t turned an annual profit since 2010, with losses in the billions. The company just went about the day doing things the way they’d always been done, like mailing catalogs. It seems the grave is dug and we’re just waiting for the plug to be pulled on Sears. Best Buy got closer to its manufacturing.

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Supply Chains Rock

JANUARY 26, 2010

Little do they realize that every time they discard or recycle a carton of milk they are completing the end of the supply chain cycle. Tuesday, January 26, 2010. Vintage IBM Logistics. Computers and logistics nowadays being a part of each other too. Glasgow Logistics. About.com - Martins Logistics Blog.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 12, 2016

One recent survey indicated that just one-third of shippers are currently using a TMS – a powerful weapon in the logistics arsenal that has been proven time and again to deliver a strong ROI. Just a few years ago sophisticated logistics software was reserved for only the largest and wealthiest companies.

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Elementum

MAY 15, 2018

He, like a number of supply chain professionals, laments the fact that the term “supply chain” doesn’t do a great job of suggesting the complex work involved in running the manufacturing, movement, and storage of a product. Between 2010 and 2020, the number of available jobs in supply chain will grow by 26 percent.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JANUARY 7, 2016

2016 will mark the point in time at which agricultural producers, food product manufacturers, restaurant chains and other large volume food shippers come to terms with the acute need for logistics IT solutions. Why are we making this bold prediction? Follow over the jump for our thinking.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

This “invisible” part of Walmart’s business is a logistical and supply chain management and the practices they employ should give supply chain managers pause to take a bit out of their day and inspect what Walmart is doing in order to mimic into the supply chain manager’s own practice. ” Walmart states early on.

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 3, 2011

At the same time, the report indicates an average of 42 percent of total logistics expenditures being spent on outsourcing, the same as last year’s study. The 2012 Third-Party Logistics Study is based on over 2,250 responses from both shippers and logistics service. However just 68 percent of shippers judge their 3PLs as.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

To reiterate that reshoring is more than just hype and a very important topic for us to consider the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study found that 54% of companies with above one billion in revenues are now considering reshoring. In fact, since the recession, more manufacturing companies have been lost than gained in the U.S.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 7, 2015

It’s a time bomb.”. One in five suppliers bullied, says UK small business lobby (Financial Times, Dec. One in five suppliers bullied, says UK small business lobby (Financial Times, Dec. Airbus reshuffles top team to keep tabs on supply chain (Financial Times, Dec. Even though a recent U.S. 23, 2014, sub.

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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. As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. There are two ways to view the History of Shipping Containers. Readers' choice!

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. What is Logistics and Supply Chain Management?

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Supply Chain Network

JANUARY 26, 2012

Image via Wikpedia It’s that time, once again, when everyone predicts what will happen in the coming year. At the start of 2011, I wrote a blog (Supply Chain Risk and Charles Darwin) that highlighted 2010 as the worst on record for supply chain disruptions. Supply chain risk will not go away. Entering the “era of big data”.

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Supply Chains Rock

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Little do they realize that every time they discard or recycle a carton of milk they are completing the end of the supply chain cycle. Wednesday, November 03, 2010. I have never taken an email and just reprinted it before, but in this case I think its appropriate. About.com - Martins Logistics Blog. EU Logistics Hub Blog.

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Supply Chains Rock

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Little do they realize that every time they discard or recycle a carton of milk they are completing the end of the supply chain cycle. Friday, November 26, 2010. This photo didnt make it into the magazine, but I hung on to it for just the occasion. About.com - Martins Logistics Blog. EU Logistics Hub Blog.

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Elementum

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

He, like a number of supply chain professionals I spoke to over the past month, was lamenting the fact that the term “supply chain” doesn’t do a great job of suggesting the complex work involved in running the manufacturing, movement, and storage of a product. In the past, managing a supply chain just wasn’t as hectic.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2016

In 2010, Walmart announced its goal to eliminate 20 million metric tons of GHG emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015. Companies need to be fully aware of global climate change conversations and how they will impact their supply chain in the near future. The impact of these changes are difficult to predict.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 11, 2017

If you’ve been in transportation or logistics for any length of time, you already know that nothing stays the same for long. Recent less than truckload (LTL) rates and capacity levels have been below the historical levels we saw from 2005-2010. Manufacturing is growing too. It’s summer time. Driver shortage.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Food manufacturers create new products based on audience input. Many manufacturers attempt to capitalize on modern trends by introducing new merchandise that captures an audience’s attention. The price of innovation can be high, though, and supply chain logistics must account for products rapidly introduced into procedures.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Food manufacturers create new products based on audience input. Many manufacturers attempt to capitalize on modern trends by introducing new merchandise that captures an audience’s attention. The price of innovation can be high, though, and supply chain logistics must account for products rapidly introduced into procedures.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 14, 2021

Much attention (and financing) has been directed over the past years to the expansion of supply chain visibility, mainly “real-time visibility platforms” and to “sensor-based visibility solutions“. Complete or total real-time “network level visibility“, despite the hype, remains a more distant reality.

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 17, 2021

For example, the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in Iceland caused a primary loss of freight transportation capacity, but that loss also robbed many companies of supply capacity. And we explained how these building blocks can be used to avoid or manage a limited number of predictable outcomes (failure modes). a few days, for example?—?is

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 22, 2015

But the world of logistics has not changed radically compared with last year,” says Patrick Haex from Buck Consultants. This is the third time that Supply Chain Movement and Buck Consultants International have produced a Supply Chain Map of Europe. Slight shift in European networks. Not all bad news.

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Supply Chains Rock

JANUARY 7, 2010

Little do they realize that every time they discard or recycle a carton of milk they are completing the end of the supply chain cycle. Thursday, January 07, 2010. As reported by Jim Brown on his blog, the veteran magazine, Manufacturing Business Technology is closing shop. About.com - Martins Logistics Blog. Newer Post.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

To decide winners, we analyze post-recession period performance of 2010-2018 by peer group. Diversified Industry Performance For the Period of 2010-2017. At Rockwell this includes all processes end-to-end except for manufacturing. In 2018, Rockwell Automation won the Supply Chains to Admire Award. Meet Ernest. in 2017.

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Supply Chain Network

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

In 2010, the installed base of mobile PCs and smart phones exceeded that of desktop PCs and about 20m tablet devices (e.g. At the recent CSCMP Annual Global Conference there was a session on Social Media in Supply Chain Management where the question was posed “Is Social Media in Supply Chain Management a Waste of Time?”

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

A tough time for all. However, it gave me some great time to think. The Company was my client for many years at AMR Research, and when I look at Mark’s slides for the webinar, I see many of the elements that we heatedly debated in the period of 2009-2010. ” Today I am flying to see the leadership team at Cummins Inc.

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ShipBob

AUGUST 9, 2021

A sustainable supply chain refers to the effort(s) made in planning and executing policies, processes, materials, and technologies across all logistics operations that are geared towards making a more positive impact environmentally, socially, and economically. . Discover how to find the best mutual fit for your business. Download the Guide.

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