The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 24, 2016

Refrigerated transport is a form of climate-controlled transportation which is designed to maintain a cool or frozen temperature, depending on the product being transported. Refrigerated trucks, sometimes called “reefers” are the most commonly used refrigerated transport. Innovation. Federal Regulations.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

FedEx Introduces Enhancements to Deep Frozen Shipping. percent in 2012 compared to 2011 (including contribution from acquisitions). percent from 2011. Revenue at Con-way Truckload in Q4 2012 was basically unchanged from Q4 2011, with operating income decreasing 10.5 percent in Q4 2011. percent in Q4 2012.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2018

To look at what risks will affect the supply chain in 2018, Rob Savitsky of AIR Worldwide ( a member of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Supply Chain Exchange program), wrote a blog for MIT discussing three broad categories of supply chain risk. Natural Catastrophes. Economic situation can cause product or labor shortages.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2016

Of course, bitcoin as it exists today also has the potential to transform freight audit and payment and other supply chain finance processes, especially for small suppliers and transportation providers. Toyota temporarily shut two factories in the aftermath. Postal Service , with supply chain management as one of the focus areas.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

Transport Intelligence, the well-respected U.K. The newest addition to the scene, the WSJ’s Daily Logistics Report combs through the business and logistics articles published by the WSJ team, providing a daily email at 6am EST with key information. Shipping Gazette Daily News. Transport Topics. wsjlogistics.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Artificial intelligence began more than 60 years ago when the earliest computer programmers begin to identify how computer systems could analyze information and make predictions about how similar patterns evolve. What About Shipping and Artificial intelligence? Yet, Watson’s abilities did not make much of an impact on supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 12, 2013

According to the press release: The SMC³ LTL reference tariff will be accessed directly from LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru and Transportation Guru software and will provide the rate data necessary to help determine the cost and feasibility of new network structures and shipping locations. But progress continues to be made in this area.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 3, 2013

Trucks transported 59% of U.S.-NAFTA Overcapacity, Fuel Costs Hit Shipping Industry ( Fox Business ). KSD provides its customers with customs declaration, security filing, transportation management and freight forwarding technology solutions. and its NAFTA partners by all modes of transportation decreased by 1.0

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Supply Chain Network

JULY 27, 2011

Purolator, Canada’s leading integrated freight and parcel solutions provider, is pleased to announce that it was recently awarded Logistics Quarterly’s 2011 Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Sustainability Award for demonstrating leadership in sustainable supply chain practices. For more information on Purolator, visit: www.purolator.com.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JULY 21, 2014

.   The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are vital to the LA economy, not only because they provide a significant number of jobs in the shipping and logistics industries, but also because they give the city itself a competitive edge with regard to shipping times and transportation costs when it comes to operating a global businesses here.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 23, 2017

million square miles—combined with less infrastructure than popular port cities, can make transportation significantly more difficult and costly. Without many modal options— rail and water transportation are available, but don’t have the ability to support large amounts of freight at this time— road transportation is often the only choice.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

Neil Southern, 2011). Neil Southern, 2011). The First: The Transportation Era (1950s). The Fourth: Transportation, Deregulation, Physical Distribution and Business Logistics (1980s). The 1950s – The Transportation Era. . In the 1950s, transportation was in focus. Neil Southern, 2011). Thorpe (1916)).

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Elementum

OCTOBER 8, 2015

In 2011, Nigerian startup Mall for Africa, which ships American brands to Nigerian consumers, took in $17 million in 2014. Many e-commerce consumers in developing countries are seeking luxury goods produced in both Asia and North America, and gathering those products to ship to a number of countries is a unique challenge.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

In fact, between 2011 and 2015, warehouse renting rates were up by a whopping 28.7%. Vacancy rates in key transportation hubs and seaport cities were even lower,” according to a report from JOC.com. Less than one in ten DCs handle only full pallets for outbound shipping. .” 7. in Q1 2017, the lowest since 2008.”

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 25, 2018

Since around 2011, when the recession started to improve, we’ve gotten used to seeing extremely efficient use of for-hire capacity. According to FTR Transportation Intelligence , it’s been common to see truckload utilization over 95%. Online orders are now shipped from manufacturing, upstream fulfillment centers, and retail stores.

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RFgen

JULY 12, 2013

Energy Information Administration, diesel fuel costs approximately $3.50 As these costs rise, companies can no longer afford to ship products over large distances. By building a warehouse facility closer to farms and consumers, Nestle is able to quickly get goods to market while minimizing shipping-related concerns.

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RFgen

JULY 12, 2013

Energy Information Administration, diesel fuel costs approximately $3.50 As these costs rise, companies can no longer afford to ship products over large distances. By building a warehouse facility closer to farms and consumers, Nestle is able to quickly get goods to market while minimizing shipping-related concerns.

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FLEXE

MAY 10, 2018

According to Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, they have “invested over $150 billion worldwide in fulfillment networks, transportation capabilities, and technology infrastructure, including AWS data centers” since 2011. Stranded Inventory – Provides information on products that aren’t selling because of a listing issue.

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FLEXE

MAY 10, 2018

According to Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, they have “invested over $150 billion worldwide in fulfillment networks, transportation capabilities, and technology infrastructure, including AWS data centers” since 2011. Stranded Inventory – Provides information on products that aren’t selling because of a listing issue.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 29, 2011

« Fulfillment Options - Recent Trends | Main | The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday Buying Season- Need for Balancing Retailer Online and Fulfillment Process Investments » Scheduling Order Release Process Intelligently. They are order sourcing, order scheduling, order release and finally order shipping & delivery.

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Freightera

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The award winners were selected from more than 600 nominees and competed in 16 categories including Manufacturing and Transportation, where Eric Beckwitt won the award along with Mario Plourde, CEO of Cascades, and Sarah Buckle, director of enterprise risk and sustainability at Translink, the greater Vancouver transit authority.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 24, 2015

As noted by Accenture , in 2011 the economy began to climb out of the recession, creating a power differential for carriers and shippers. Whereas 2009 saw the control of transportation industry profits in the hands of the shippers, two years later a shift occurred in the favor of carriers. Recession for Goods Distribution.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 17, 2017

Look at the historic tightening of capacity in the shipping industry. In 2004, 2011 and 2014, capacity reached a critical point. Meanwhile, Swift Transportation, Schneider, and CGI have unveiled $4,000 - $8,000 bonuses for new drivers. appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 28, 2012

We spoke to many sustainability and business domain experts who have wide expertise working within asset intensive organizations like Power Generation, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Telecommunications and Transportation. This requires accurate, measured reporting of a wide array of information. December 2011. November 2011.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

In 2011 Cargill, the multi billion-dollar agri-industrial conglomerate acquired animal nutrition specialist, Provimi. Today it operates in 67 countries with 143,000 employees and has 76 business units on six platforms that cover animal feed, food production, energy and transportation, financial services and pharmaceuticals.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 31, 2012

« Indicators from the 2012 Holiday Buying Period Point to Significant Change and Fulfillment Challenges | Main | Information Driven Innovation in Supply Chain » The Learning from the 2012 Holiday Buying Season: Balanced Investments in Online and Physical Supply Chain Fulfillment Capabilities. percent increase from 2011.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Dr. Yossi Sheffi is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , where he serves as Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL). What's important is not visibility, but the decisions you make based on your information.". I asked Sheffi how visibility had changed. Visibility is a big word.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Many of the states affected contained key ports and supply destinations, as well as transportation and logistics hubs. of east coast and Gulf of Mexico imports in September, according to an article from the Business Information Industry Association. They would be handling maybe twice as many ships in a typical set of days.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 17, 2016

The Internet has already transformed the way individuals interact, make choices, and process information. In the shipping and manufacturing industries, that same “worldwide web” is now being deployed to encourage more energy-efficient operational and communication strategies for a low-carbon economy, thanks to IoT Tech.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

Supply Chain as a service (ScaaS) : Future supply chains, will outsource as many activities as possible to third party and only orchestrate the movement of materials and information between all nodes of their Supply Chain digitally. Just six years later, when the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of 2011 struck, Cisco was well prepared.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 14, 2016

From increased affordability and efficiency of the transportation management system (TMS) to the application of Bluetooth technology for superior tracking of product movements, 2016 will be the year in which technology becomes an integral, if not the exclusive, part of the shipping process.

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Vinculum

JULY 1, 2022

Lazada was one of the first leading eCommerce sites in Singapore, with operations beginning in 2011. Zalora’s blog has a lot of helpful information about fashion, beauty, and lifestyle. Clients placed orders through the company’s website or mobile app, and Ezbuy promptly purchased and shipped things to customers.

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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. For more information, see freightera.com. and cross-border.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 18, 2022

Like the chicken shortage and other issues surrounding the supply chain crisis , infant formula shortages originated with COVID-19 disrupting the supply chain , triggering the lack of labor , transportation, and raw materials. The most recent number available from a 2011 USDA report cites Abbott holding a 43% market share.

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RFgen

AUGUST 7, 2022

Two major pieces of food legislation are guiding food traceability rules at most companies: 2001 Bioterrorism Act: This law requires food processors to be able to identify the origin of all food—including all ingredients—received by lot, code or other identifier and provide the same information to the FDA upon request within 24-hours.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 3, 2020

Have you ever considered changing your traditional mode of transportation? Now is the time to utilize all modes of transportation in the most efficient way possible. As such, by 2011, the first regular rail connections from China to Europe opened between Chengdu-?ód?, Every mode of transportation comes with pros and cons.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2016

percent from 2010 to 2011, and predictions estimate that business-to-business (B2B) sales resulting from e-commerce will make up the majority of sales by 2020, reports Four51. In other words, up to 74 percent of all possible B2B sales could be lost if your customers cannot access information about your products online.

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