Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Other than the Pope, it was a relatively quiet week for supply chain and logistics news, so let’s go straight to it: Social Collaboration Is At Hand with Infor Ming.le™ Driving the trend are big-data tools popularized by online retailers that take the guesswork out of picking goods. ™ and Business Intelligence For Apple Watch.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2015

The relationship between a shipper and a logistics provider often starts as a transactional process. The shipper has an immediate need, which leads to a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Request for Quote (RFQ) process then ultimately selects a third-party logistics (3PL) supplier to execute on that need.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Strategic moves among logistics providers. Manufacturers and retailers welcome the ongoing consolidation in the fragmented logistics industry. they want logistics service providers to offer full service on a global scale and are demanding more technological innovation. 29 | Facts & Figures: Logistics Outsourcing.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 12, 2015

In the meantime, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: JDA Software Announces Game-Changing Strategic Cloud Collaboration with Google. Delivers Tools for Improved Driver Productivity and Enhanced Route Visibility. April 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI).

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 21, 2022

But, if the price is right, Google's solutions can be a gamechanger and open up the last-mile market to more players by providing these tools to providers entering the market and the smaller, regional and local providers. In 2022, FedEx and Microsoft announced a cross-platform "logistics as a service" for retailers, merchants, and brands.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Your stakeholders can: Align sourcing, purchasing, logistics, and I.T. management and related logistics objectives. Understand technology, information, and reporting tools and how to use them in the business. Discrepancies decrease between planned and actual logistics activity. Sourcing uses P.O. Poor client adoption.

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Supply Chain Network

AUGUST 6, 2012

According to the latest American Shipper benchmark survey, transportation spending increased in 2012 – according to 75 percent of respondents – remaining unscathed by budget cuts. Shockingly, though, companies are failing to invest in the necessary procurement tools to manage spend and optimize their transportation networks.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 1, 2016

Think back to 2012 when Sam Taylor, CEO of Oriental Trading Company , went undercover in his own company. Well, this example shows how wearable technology in the supply chain was being used 3 and a half years ago in 2012. Do you ever watch Undercover Boss? What’s Happening with Wearable Technology in the Supply Chain?

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2016

As a result, many organizations are turning to third-party logistics providers (3PLs) and enhanced transportation management systems (TMS) to deliver the velocity, visibility, predictability and control they need. Today’s supply chain requirements demand more advanced tools. Today’s Next-Gen TMS Meets Today’s Supply Chain Needs.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 26, 2016

rhiannon Davies, joined in 2012 to implement the new supply chain, bring about global compliance and leverage potential efficiencies to drive the strongest conditions and service to customers. “In the question of which tools they can use to support these processes is causing headaches for a lot of them. 38 | Tools & Technology.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

I have long argued that third party logistics providers (3PLs) should set themselves apart from the competition by fully harnessing the power and value of their customer and employee communities. Sustainability and Green Initiatives in Transportation and Logistics. Talent Management as the Core of a Supply Chain Strategy.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 17, 2019

Jesper Bennike, CEO of GateHouse Logistics Company, notes, “A gamut of new Industry 4.0 technologies that interact, communicate and create lakes of vital freight information is now entering the supply chain and these will be instrumental in bringing about the smart supply chain.”[2] the fourth industrial revolution).

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

According to Forbes magazine , The greatest reshoring will occur in industries that benefit most from cheap natural gas and have access to global markets… [industries such as] chemicals and metals… for products that change rapidly, including fashion apparel and technology… whose product value/weight ratios do not justify air freight.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 20, 2015

Industry data for 2004 - 2013 shows an annual loss of at least $17 billion due to vacant positions, with shocking losses of around $45 billion in both 2012 and 2013. Ultimately, numerous companies found reshoring the most practical solution to overcome extreme unforeseen costs, and logistical and service issues in operating abroad.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2020

As the director of sales and marketing at a leading logistics provider, Zach has learned the things in the sales and marketing process that scare off great prospects. Zach Ramirez is the Director of Sales and Marketing at Ally Logistics. About Ally Logistics. Ally Logistics is a full-service brokerage servicing the U.S.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

A major freight company employs a team of meteorologists that works closely with its flight dispatchers and contingency coordinators, for example. Most alert software tools offer customization, allowing companies to specify alert thresholds for each type of facility based on event severity and distance from the facility.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 5, 2015

The GSTW website features some great tools for veterans transitioning to civilian life in manufacturing. One tool matches the veterans MOC (military occupational classification) with job skills and creates “badges” of certifications so employers can identify the candidates that fit their employment profile.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Material Handling & Logistics ). Material Handling & Logistics ). Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. a bushel, the highest price since July 2012. How the Supply Chain Crisis is Impacting Businesses and Consumers.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 27, 2015

you look at the data even more closely, you can see pretty big spikes in September 2012 and September 2014 – Those were the months of the IMTS show in Chicago. This obviously shows how deep and terrible the recessions were, not only for US manufacturers, but for the sellers of manufacturing equipment and machine tools as well.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 6, 2015

Rethink Robotics introduced Sawyer in 2015 and pioneered the “friendly” robot game with the introduction of Baxter in 2012, which will make the integration of human workers and robots seamless. Driving Forces Behind Robotics in Logistics in Manufacturing. Benefits of Robotics in Logistics and Manufacturing.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 21, 2020

“Managing supply chain and logistics has never been more significant and challenging since the outbreak of COVID-19 that created a new norm with high uncertainty and enforced an inevitable shift”. Logistics and supply chain management is a rapidly evolving field. However, technology is a means to an end and not the end itself.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 2, 2015

Towards the end of the movie, Hiro goes into his garage and starts tinkering with his tools and computers. We first started playing in late 2012 and we were instantly hooked. Further, the best video game or most addicting game Minecraft is boding well that our children are getting exposed to STEM and making things.

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Global Trade Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

The ability to real time monitor the status of goods requires a combination of container based technology, back-end business applications and an extended network of logistics fulfillment partners. ► 2012. (1). “With perishables, we can’t really do it from farm to shelf.” ’ But that’s not the case.

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Logility

DECEMBER 14, 2012

This year’s 2012 Sailing to New Heights with Logility Award was presented to KGP Logistics, one of the country's largest single-source value-added suppliers of supply chain services, communications equipment and integrated solutions to the telecommunications industry.

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Cathy Roberson

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Amazon introduced its B2B marketplace in 2012, AmazonSupply, and then in 2015, renamed it Amazon Business. Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets, and the occasional podcast on Air Cargo World. I wear a number of hats these days.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

The company also increased its use of third-party logistics providers and effectively created a network that could be optimized tactically at any given point in time. In 2012, AGCO’s leaders recognised that this state of affairs could not continue and decided to establish a long-term program of strategic optimisation.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. Information sharing can be most effective and least disruptive for all concerned when done by implementing the available technological tools, which would accomplish the process in a controlled and secured way thereby streamlining the global supply chain operations. December 2012. November 2012.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

APRIL 24, 2015

The First True Network Optimization System: While there there were a few very primitive single commodity network optimization attempts by various academics that were not of much value, the first true “multi-product” network optimization tool was developed by Dr. Arthur Geoffrion and Dr. Glenn Graves, both of UCLA, in 1972.

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