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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

I use this example to illustrate the challenges (or, perhaps, the futility) of making supply chain and logistics predictions. So, here is my invented future for 2015, starting with my most audacious prediction: Google will acquire a logistics service provider (3PL) and/or a logistics software vendor. The Google TMS?

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o9 Solutions and Supply Chain Insights With LKQ Europe Reveal Significant Supply Chain Planning Improvements Following the First-Ever Pilot to Test Outside-In Planning

o9 Solutions

LKQ Europe is the region’s leading automotive aftermarket distributor, providing various spare parts for cars and vans at approximately 1,000 branches located throughout 20 countries. In Germany, where the Project Zebra pilot took place, LKQ Europe operates 180 branches served by a central warehouse that manages approximately 1.4

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Supply Chain: Logistics Masterplans

KEPLER Consulting

The industrial footprint of major international companies has continued to grow over the last thirty years without however leading to a streamlined logistical organization. In turn, they all require, from the logistics sector, a very high level of performance and regardless of the degree of internationalization of the latter. ?What

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Supply Chain Management:Flying Robots in a Warehouse?

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Automotive. Logistics and Distribution. « Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 3 (Last Day) | Main | What does the future hold for brick and mortar stores? » Flying Robots in a Warehouse? Posted by Lokmanya Rawat on March 12, 2012 8:56 AM | Permalink. Newsroom Investors Careers. Infosys Labs. Industries.

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Justifying Investments in Risk Avoidance

MIT Supply Chain

To fight the phenomenon, Sun hired escorts for trailers carrying high-value Sun gear and monitored logistics personnel to reduce inside-job leaks of information about these shipments. Consider, for example, Amazon’s drive to build more warehouses throughout the US. As a result of the measures Sun cut its losses to zero.

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Supply Chain Management:Increase in Operational Efficiency.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Automotive. Logistics and Distribution. One of the biggest time consuming and mundane activities in warehouse management is the pick up of inventory and the appropriate shelving of inventory. Imagine picking up inventory from the warehouse without having any paper lists or even any barcode scanners. December 2012.

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Market Update: Transportation Industry News

CH Robinson Transportfolio

On February 20, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced their tentative five-year contract. Continued demand for steel in automotive production was especially strong. At just 44 fleets, it bested the previous low of 70 fleets in 2012. While their 29 U.S.