Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Manhattan Transportation Management Enhancements Enable the Acquisition and Supervision of Additional Shipment Capacity. The rains and winds of Tropical Storm Harvey are over, but the impact of the storm on the residents of Houston and the surrounding areas will continue for some time. Descartes Acquires MacroPoint. Convey Closes $8.25

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Talking Logistics

JULY 17, 2015

I don’t have the time, tools, or knowledge to deal with this parasite, which is the latest ailment my car suffers from (the air conditioner crapped out a couple of years ago and I had to get the exhaust pipe repaired after it broke off on my way to the airport some months ago). Well, technically, a “parasitic drain” on the battery.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 2, 2018

A slew of global purchasing managers indexes all point to deep supply constraints as this year's economy looks to be the strongest since 2011. Shrinking capacity may mean companies have to hire or invest more to avoid overheating, yet it could also force them to push up prices, propelling inflation enough to squeeze the expansion.

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 6, 2021

Getting a package delivered on time is paramount to e-commerce success ‘table stakes.’ Most did not exist before 2011, and within the past few years, the popularity of these innovative parcel delivery options has skyrocketed primarily due to continued market volatility. Capacity Crunch / Talent Shortage. E-Commerce Growth. ?The

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Kinaxis

JULY 8, 2015

With shorter lead-times and fierce competition, a missed delivery can result in losing customers and missing financial projections. What if analysis, scenarios, simulations, modeling, business tradeoffs, risk analysis… If you haven’t heard these terms then it is time to start becoming a forward thinker! Why can’t we predict everything?

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3rdwave

MARCH 20, 2020

In a time of normalcy, it is important, in the time of Covid-19, it is proving to be critical. . In the time of Covid-19, supply-side visibility may very well prove to be a saving capability. The need for import visibility in a time of crisis. Where is my product? Covid-19 wreaks havoc with global supply chains.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 8, 2019

Demand growth, the type of capacity airlines are adding to the market, and tariffs are big trends to watch this year. Airlines continue to hone their air freight capacity strategy. In April 2018, capacity grew faster than demand. Generally speaking, there are more aircraft in the air with less cargo capacity per flight.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 10, 2015

In 2011 Syngenta reorganised its business to support a shift in strategic focus from seeds and crop protection, to integrated solutions for farmers. At that time, I went to Sao Paolo, Brazil, in various supply chain related roles ending in managing supply chain operations for Syngenta’s crop protection business in South America.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Just last week, a significant milestone was achieved: the FDA approved the first “artificial pancreas” device , a closed-loop system comprised of a continuous glucose monitor, insulin pump, and control algorithm. My daughter was diagnosed with T1D on October 4, 2011 — five years ago this week at age 11. Why do I do this?

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GlobalTranz

JULY 21, 2016

In 2011, eCommerce represented a fraction of overall retail operations. At the same time, more warehouses only mean more products can be stored. Predictive, Real-Time Analytics Are King of eCommerce Logistics Strategy. Today’s logistics empire is not your grandfather’s or even your father’s logistics operation.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Warehouse automation stats show that automation is making a big impact on warehouses and distribution centers. 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. ” 3. feet in 2016.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 8, 2019

Demand growth, the type of capacity airlines are adding to the market, and tariffs are big trends to watch this year. Airlines continue to hone their air freight capacity strategy. In April 2018, capacity grew faster than demand. Generally speaking, there are more aircraft in the air with less cargo capacity per flight.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 4, 2023

It’s a strategy that keeps travel time in the warehouse to a minimum, both in the put-away and picking processes. What’s Good for Customers is Good for Amazon Another advantage of Amazon’s random slotting approach is that it maximises warehouse capacity utilisation.

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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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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Other times, they’re obvious: You haven’t achieved consistent profitability, or you’re hiring despite losing money every quarter. It went public in 2011, with shares priced at $13, and closed its doors three years later. , Published October 29, 2019 on Entrepreneur.com. Startups are supposed to grow — fast.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 16, 2015

The good thing is that companies are beginning to appreciate the importance of inventory form and function instead of narrowing it down to just setting optimal safety stock targets. How can I reduce supplier lead times? Pre-build inventory helps plan ahead of time due to insufficient capacity to support seasonal demand spikes.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 25, 2018

Efficiently utilizing capacity. Since around 2011, when the recession started to improve, we’ve gotten used to seeing extremely efficient use of for-hire capacity. Since around 2011, when the recession started to improve, we’ve gotten used to seeing extremely efficient use of for-hire capacity.

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SupplyShift

JUNE 17, 2021

For example, in 2019, 90% of companies listed on the S&P 500® index issued an annual sustainability report, compared to just under 20% in 2011. Measure KPIs by a point in time —we will increase the number of ESG-compliant suppliers by 40% by 2030. But what do corporate sustainability goals look like in practice?

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SupplyShift

JUNE 17, 2021

For example, in 2019, 90% of companies listed on the S&P 500® index issued an annual sustainability report, compared to just under 20% in 2011. Measure KPIs by a point in time —we will increase the number of ESG-compliant suppliers by 40% by 2030. But what do corporate sustainability goals look like in practice?

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The Supply Chainer Report

JANUARY 3, 2019

At the present time, just by using costless technology (R, Excel, Phyton …) almost everyone can create a Forecast from a bunch of time series (data collected in a period of time). Everyone needs a Forecast. Because living in a hyperconnected world means infinite access to data. Use a Baseline Forecast.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 12, 2013

My cousin Lenny shared this photo on Facebook (the boys are not us, although the socks and shorts look familiar) with the following comment: “If u know about this game, u lived a great childhood.” Now, this week’s news… LLamasoft Announces New Reference Rate Tariff Powered by SMC³ for Use in Strategic Supply Chain Design. in May from April.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 14, 2019

ThroughPut was a math problem that worked in the real-world, and it worked all the time. When given the opportunity to scale my bottleneck elimination skills sets to the geomarket production management-level by running districts, I realized I was just doing more of the same, but with additional resources and more unknowns.

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FLEXE

APRIL 4, 2016

There's just less space to find when and where we need it.</p> And, of course, that was just before that little thing we started to call the Great Recession started. </p> <p><strong>6X</strong> So what do we do when we run out of capacity?

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

It’s too soon to know, but the odds are better this time around for a number of reasons: The value proposition is more balanced for shippers and carriers than the reverse auction model of the dotcom marketplaces, which mostly benefited shippers. Just Aguy (@chi1cabby) January 20, 2015. Virtually all of them failed.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 14, 2019

I felt there would be a time and place to reveal it all, at a scale that would not dilute the message. I had the team review it several times, and was convinced this was the moment. Maybe the content was too daring, bold, and just not media-friendly. Why was no one else looking at bottlenecks this way, all the time?

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FLEXE

APRIL 4, 2016

There’s just less space to find when and where we need it. And, of course, that was just before that little thing we started to call the Great Recession started. So what do we do when we run out of capacity? In fact, between 2011 and 2015, warehouse rates are up a whopping 28%. Space is scarce. We build more.

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Proxima

OCTOBER 12, 2021

At the moment, this is procurement’s time. We ran a good times supply chain model pre-2020. We all assumed that the ‘just in time’ approach of undisrupted global supply chains would continue. It is more visible than ever before. Procurement does not operate in a business vacuum.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 17, 2017

Growing woes over a forthcoming capacity crunch are not going away anytime soon. But, the capacity crunch may have a major impact on the freight driver shortage and vice versa. In a sense, fewer drivers mean that capacity will grow tighter. Yet, as capacity shrinks, the incentive for drivers increases.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2021

In April of 2005, just a month after completing my first half marathon (and vowing I would never run a full marathon in my life), I went to the finish line at the Boston Marathon and saw Team Hoyt for the first time. For those unaware of just how long the Ironman is, it consists of a 2.4 And I did; we both did actually.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The results are similar to Schneider’s forecasted 3–4 percent, which was based on predictive modeling and presented as testimony to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in February 2011. . Here are some highlights of the TRUE Safety Act: Truckers would abide by the 34-hour restart rules that were in place before July 1, 2013.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 5, 2020

However, major disruptions are not just sparked by global crises. For example, the 2011 T?hoku To do this, manufacturers must have visibility of the structural risks and opportunities in their sub-tier networks, while monitoring supplier health and lead times. It is not just about having an overview.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

They built risk assessment in their DNA to make their value chain as resilient as possible at the same time keeping an ability to adapt and change to market dynamics and customer demand volatility. What are the learnings from Covid disaster that leaders will incorporate into future supply chains? Case Study Agility: ZARA.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

Which is why email newsletters just work – delivered to your inbox each day (usually) bringing a limited selection of top stories in condensed form. This is the experts’ selection – but if we had to choose just one, our go-to read is the fast-rising WSJ Daily Logistics Report. Air Cargo World. ACWmagazine.

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RELEX Solutions

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Stockmann, Finland’s leading department store, has been using RELEX’s forecasting and replenishment system since 2011. That data visibility will allow us to make smarter decisions about each task, including optimal timing, who should complete the task, and where and how it should be executed. Power shift from employers to employees.

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FLEXE

MARCH 5, 2017

During its peak years, Nasty Gal had no issue converting a first-time buyer. Nasty Gal Inc., an online retailer focused on fast fashion for millennials, has gone from generating $85 million in revenue in 2014 to bankrupt in 2016… What happened? Her social savvy resulted in demand outweighing supply.

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Arkieva

APRIL 7, 2016

Examples could be: Shorter lead times. In fact, as is illustrated in Figure 2, companies that are not yet on the best practice frontier, can still improve on both dimensions at the same time; i.e. both reduce inventory (increase turns) and improve service. Sales tries to increase service to sustain top-line. Higher fill rate.

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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. Meet Ernest.

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