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Molex Prizes Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

This involves a lot of long-haul transportation.” The 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruptions in Iceland, for example, caused enormous disruption to air shipments across Western Europe. Yes, SAP had inbound ASN’s (advanced ship notices). The planners could choose to switch cargo from a slow-moving ship to air, for example.

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Report Points to Increase of Shippers Outsourcing Transportation Management Due to These 4 Core Benefits

GlobalTranz

This is especially true when outsourcing transportation management, as transportation can include a large part of your overall supply chain and business costs. Consider the many shippers who have outsourced transportation management and other logistics functions to third-party logistics (3PL) providers the past few years.

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How to Be a Preferred Shipping Customer: Strategies for the Coming Capacity Shortage

Talking Logistics

One challenge to this approach, however, is that many shippers focus exclusively on price when making their transportation decisions. Customers with a strict ‘procurement mindset’ overlook important factors like consistency, overall experience or past performance. Michael Mulqueen joined Manhattan Associates in December 2010 as Sr.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

Examples include first pass yield, schedule adherence, hands-free orders, orders shipped complete, and minimization of waste. Average Inventory Levels by Industry over the Period of 2010-2018. Most can only measure functional costs—transportation, manufacturing, and procurement. Supply Chain Trade-offs. . #4

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Will the Inflation Reduction Act Reduce Supply Chain Costs?

Intelligent Audit

Over 100 ships waited to unload containers in December at Los Angeles and Long Beach, the U.S. for the 12 months ending December 2021, the largest calendar-year increase since data were first calculated in 2010. Higher fuel surcharges were added to all modes of transportation to recoup higher prices. gateways for Asian imports.

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Managing for Daily Improvement: Bridging the Gap Across Teams and KPIs

Talking Logistics

Keith Richard is Vice President, Operations, Transportation Management, at Transplace. Mr. Richard later became the Director of Transportation at Ryder, leading the $300MM transportation and logistics operations for Dr. Pepper and Cadbury Adams. Jon Eberly is Customer Service Manager at Transplace.

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Insights from Elemica reveal 2014 Frankfurt

Talking Logistics

The German team overcame disappointments in 2006 and 2010 to win the World Cup this year, while favorites Spain (the defending champion) and Brazil (the host country) were humbled by the competition. That was my opening question to the executives attending last month’s Elemica reveal 2014 Conference in Frankfurt.