Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Freight Companies Scramble to Reroute Goods in Wake of Harvey (WSJ – sub. LevaData to Transform Strategic Sourcing for Global Procurement and Supply Chain Leaders. The real-time freight visibility space has been heating up in recent years, with MacroPoint leading the way, along with FourKites and 10-4 Systems.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

manufacturing is not experiencing a “renaissance” Industry experts conservatively acknowledge that off-shoring has slowed, and perhaps “stabilized” Although around 80,000 manufacturing jobs have come back to the U.S. Manufacturing has gained 700,000 jobs since 2010. safety requirements.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 23, 2023

About eight of those years in Life Sciences were spent at the world’s largest dental products company, where I was responsible for global procurement. In 2011, after the Japan tsunami destroyed one of our most critical sole suppliers, it created a call to action in the company to invest in a sustainable approach to proactively mitigate risk.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

increase over 2011, according to Capgemini’s 2014 18th Annual Third Party Logistics Study. For example, a 3PL can combine the freight of 30, 40 or 50 clients to give shippers far more buying power than they would command “going it alone” in these trying times. Source: Armstrong & Associates. billion (U.S. Excellence ?

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Revenue data is sourced from the companies’ websites and market research platforms such as Macrotrends. A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. FedEx set out to become a global logistics player as a full-service freight operator.

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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. Source: James B. In the matrix, this is referred to as a secondary impact. Disruption comparison matrix?—?Source:

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 29, 2013

Logistics is a leading source of carbon. Ocean Spray added new manufacturing and distribution capabilities in Florida to support the company’s growing customer base. Traditionally, manufacturers use trucks, or a mix of trucks and rail, to transport their products to customers.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 11, 2013

Industrial Manufacturing. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Lean Manufacturing is eliminating waste in every stage of supply chain. Hence Lean manufacturing contributes to the Green environment. This contributes to lean manufacturing.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In addition to cutting the need for outsourced manufacturing, this move could give the company a leg up on the competition by making it possible to get products in the hands of consumers faster. Additionally, the company’s manufacturing expertise will enable the reduction of production costs.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 6, 2015

While US manufacturing has been hit hard by nearly two decades of policy failures that have damaged its international competitiveness, it remains a vital part of the U.S. The US manufacturing sector employed 12 million workers in 2013, or about 8.8 On average, non-college-educated workers in manufacturing made 10.9 employment.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 27, 2015

How Can USMTO Reports Help Drive Manufacturing Sales and your Bottom Line? The United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) data report is compiled monthly by the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). Who is Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT)? What is the USMTO Data Report?

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

The next-gen supply chain model is a networked ecosystem – suppliers, partners, manufacturers, distributors and retailers will all have access to relevant cloud-based data to make the best decisions based on real-time signals.” China trade war has already put regionalization of manufacturing back on the table.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 2011 destroyed several nuclear power plants and set off a new round of economic crisis. In addition to its economic might, Japan has long been a model for manufacturers throughout the world. Manufacturing in Japan. Japan is currently the third largest economy in the world.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Industrial Manufacturing. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. » Retailer Multi-Channel Operations Capabilities Get an Early Test in the 2011 Holiday Buying Season. Posted by Bob Ferrari on November 29, 2011 5:30 AM | Permalink.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 28

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2021

With the third vaccine authorized, these manufacturers are pressing for more companies to be authorized to ship the vaccine. And while most people think of over the road trucking first, ocean freight is making waves. E-commerce accounted for 20 percent of all retail sales last year compared to only 4 percent in 2011.

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Supply Chain Network

APRIL 3, 2012

The capture of iGPS’s producer/manufacturer and retail pallet-level product condition and location data will enable our customers to make informed decisions using that data in near real-time via the ZEST Data Services platform, and it will help iGPS further improve information sharing and decision-making across the supply chain.”.

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Global Trade Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

By having many service providers involved, which among each other are often not connected, the friction in moving goods from source to destination are very high. As manufactures and retailers increasingly depend on extended rosters of sourcing companies, the resulting networked supply chain requires improved visibility.

Cargo 40

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Global Trade Management

JANUARY 14, 2008

By having many service providers involved, which among each other are often not connected, the friction in moving goods from source to destination are very high. That is over five million fewer lorry miles and 180,000 freight tones off the road each year. ► 2011. (1). Subscribe To. Monday, 14 January 2008. Blog Archive.

Cargo 40

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Freightera

MARCH 15, 2019

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Freightera, a leading freight shipping marketplace offering instant freight quotes and online shipment bookings in North America, was recognized as a top private company in the ICT category by Rocket Builders. and cross-border. About Freightera.

Forecasting Software 20

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 9, 2016

The are the 8 Rights of Lean Transportation thinking: Right Materials, Right Quantity, Right time, Right Place, Right Source, Right Price, Right Quantity, and. miles per gallon in 2011, and fuel economy for super-single tractor-trailer combinations was 7.35 The 8 Rights To Achieve Lean Transportation Practices. Right Service.

Waste Reduction 120

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Industrial Manufacturing. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. On the other hand manufacturers get plagued by obsolescence and inventory costs impacting margins. Automotive. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

In 2011, UPS trucks drove 20.4 Working at a logistics startup means attending a lot of logistics and freight conferences, most with the same technology panels talking about the same technology again and again. Obviously, connecting data sources isn’t enough. SEE HOW THE FREIGHT INDUSTRY IS GOING ONLINE IN 2016.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

If upstream partners fail, as in the case of Thai computer disk drive manufacturers (factories hit by flooding) or Japanese semi-conductor producers (the 2011 tsunami), supply chains running too lean may have no fallback solutions. If downstream demand changes, they may not have any other retail outlet options either.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2015

However, with most of our customer base in the manufacturing field, with the remaining in distribution and other industries, we thought it was vital that we featured some of the other manufacturing blog posts that were also popular in 2014. Well, manufacturing companies who ship freight in North America.

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