Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Of course, the progress of Amazon Prime over the last decade has leveled the playing field quite a bit. Together, these capabilities support the proactive shipping of packages toward potential customer destinations in a manner designed to improve customer experience (timeliness) with low inventory handling and transportation costs.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland plans to integrate Resilinc SupplyIntel into its supply chain course curriculum “for the purpose of educating future business leaders on supply chain risk management best practices.” transportation trucking USPS' Smith School of Business same-day delivery Sears Holdings Corp.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

We know transportation plays an important role in the supply chain – it’s the line in a flow diagram between the little buildings and smoke stacks – and transportation disruptions happen on a daily basis. Visibility. The ability to oversee the activities and events associated with your shipments is the first step.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

So far, the discussion on limiting global carbon emissions has focused on the energy sector and, of course, air travel. Quicker transports have, in turn, helped the expansion of international trade and globalization. Today about 90% of non-bulk cargo worldwide is transported by a container. A Dirty Business.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 28, 2022

He changed the course of the 2013 playoffs with his game-tying grand slam against the Tigers that sent Tori Hunter tumbling over the right field wall and into the Red Sox bullpen. ” In his final season, Ortiz lead the league in doubles and RBIs, making his final All-Star appearance.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2017

I first wrote and published this post back in 2013, and since then, the situation in Australia hasn’t changed much, but elsewhere in the world too, logistics and transportation experts are recognising the need to shift freight from road to rail, and hence to provide solutions that support that shift.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 12, 2014

Here’s how the scheme works, as described in an AP article published last October ( Thieves Pose as Truckers to Steal Huge Cargo Loads ): Thieves assume the identity of a trucking company, often by reactivating a dormant Department of Transportation carrier number from a government website for as little as $300. Trust, but verify.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 6, 2014

Of course there’s the issue of how much information to share and with whom. Transport & Logistics' Like large LSPs, you too can achieve the critical mass required to improve capacity utilization, develop value-added services, minimize costs, and dramatically reduce your carbon footprint. Through collaboration with your peers.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The challenge, of course, is choosing which sessions to attend, spread out across twenty-six tracks. Below are the sessions that I am participating in focused on social networking, transportation management systems, and “mega” supply chain trends. Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 3:00 PM. Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 8:00 AM.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

I was surprised as I have evaluated balance sheet progress of these leaders over the course of the last year. It will be launched during a webinar on April 25, 2013 and through a series of reports that will run in our May newsletter and throughout the summer. For many, I am afraid that these words never get converted to action.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 12, 2014

And where does transportation fit? On December 1, 2013, 60 Minutes aired a segment featuring online retail giant Amazon. The trick of course, is to look at the network holistically, leveraging common assets across channels, not isolating them. Here are some thoughts to consider as we move into this year and beyond.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, writes, “Today, an estimated 90% of the world’s goods are transported by sea, with 60% of that — including virtually all your imported fruits, gadgets and appliances — packed in large steel containers. These boxes were called ‘Transporters.’

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 23, 2023

List of Top 10 Supply Chain Analytics Books 1) Supply Chain Metrics that Matter (Wiley Corporate F&A) 1st Edition This book offers an in-depth guide to understanding the link between corporate financials and supply chain maturity, evaluating the progress of over a hundred companies from 2006-2013.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2016

Second, we just released our second Talking Logistics YOUniversity course, Building a Strong Transportation Management Foundation. I encourage you to check out the course and let us know what you think. You can also download the.MP3 file for each episode directly from its Talking Logistics page.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 1, 2018

In fact, the Drug Supply Chain Security Act of 2013 , passed by Congress, mandates pharmaceutical supply chains implement an around-the-clock, real-time, and accurate way of monitoring product location in manufacturing and transport by 2023, reports Innovation Enterprise.

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Supply Chain Insights

APRIL 9, 2013

It will be launched on a webinar on April 25, 2013 and through a report that will run in our May newsletter. Over the course of the last year, Abby Mayer of the Supply Chain Insights team built a database of 20 years of information and over 50 supply chain financial ratios. How was it developed? Why do we need a new Index?

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Freightos

MARCH 29, 2017

According to CB Insight research , supply chain technology funding skyrocketed in 2016, reaching over $5 billion dollars, more than 10X 2013 levels, and creating more logistics startups every year. So we spoke to some of Freightos’ investors to see what drew them to logistics (and, of course, Freightos specifically). #1:

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Our program engages our 20 top corporate partners to develop projects across a wide variety of different areas, including market intelligence, logistics, inventory, value stream mapping, cost management, supply management, transportation, performance metrics, and others (see Project Breakdown ,).

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 26, 2014

In 2013 Gebrüder Weiss was honoured in the service provider category for developing its control tower concept, a logistics system that provides better information which was established for Hilti CEE distribution. “I believe that the biggest challenge is the further integration of CEE as a region in the course of the EU enlargement.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 31, 2022

We live in a digital age in which, according to Yossi Sheffi ( @YossiSheffi ), Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, big data is an organization’s most valuable asset. Of course, this leads to the question, where are we going to get the missing data? eft, 1 February 2013. [6] Only for turkeys. ”

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

Since the collapse of the housing market and the economy in 2008, the freight transportation industry has managed to claw its way out of a damaging situation and maintain historically low trucking rates. Furthermore, you can prepare for the change by understanding what 3PLs can do to help attempt to maintain lower prices of transportation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 22, 2013

There is pressure for analysts to stay the course and walk the traditional lines of application referrals. I have a short list of retailers that I am watching that I think will fail in 2013 due to the lack of this understanding. The analyst market is also broken. There are fewer and fewer truly objective points of view in the market.

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MIT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 24, 2013

This post will be published in the fall 2013 issue of MIT CTL’s online newsletter Supply Chain Frontiers. Fast forward to 2013, and the strategy’s success is plainly visible. The organization was involved in a project to lower the cost of rail transportation between Aragón, Paris and Brussels, by improving rail load factors.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 23, 2014

5 Amazingly Educational Supply Chain Infographics Covering the SCM, Logistics, Transportation, Distribution and 3PLs: In some intriguing yet minimalistic way, infographics provide the basic explanation of a topic or a trend. He predicts that this will rise to just over 50% by 2016 and to more than 80% by 2020. Read the Full Blog Post.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Such a transformation will take time, effort, and, of course, money. These networks draw on tools with seamless, real-time communication between manufacturing, logistics providers, suppliers and applications for enterprise resource planning (ERP), warehouse management (WMS), transportation management (TMS) and order management (OMS).

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2014

UltraShipTMS: New Features for Cloud Based TMS and Transportation Optimizer. NAFTA Trade in November 2013 than in November 2012. First, as in previous years, he called for increased investment in transportation infrastructure. The ongoing debate, however, is how to pay for transportation infrastructure projects.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 30, 2023

But, of course, with so many cases in such a vastly populated nation, the risk of a new variant emerging to start the whole cycle over again cannot be underestimated. As a proportion of total transportation costs for a given product, the last mile can generate up to 40%. Hunt Transport Services Inc.’s and RDI Last Mile Co.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 24, 2015

Of course the government will be promoting the message that it's best to keep jobs within our borders, there's no surprise there. From NNMI's website, there comes sharper focus on the program: In September 2013, the President launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee 2.0 (AMP

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Tompkins Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2013

For holiday 2013, there were five really big factors that were going to impact final delivery. And yet UPS and FedEx still failed to be realistic, practical, or pragmatic in communicating their failure to deliver on their promises for holiday 2013. Being realistic means being practical and/or pragmatic. Let’s first take a step back.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

White House Directs the EPA and the Department of Transportation (DOT) to Set the Next Round of Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles. ” Of course, there’s a political battle going on right now between President Obama and members of Congress over fast track authority. “That’s very clear.”

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 22, 2013

This post was published in the summer 2013 issue of the MIT SCALE Network electronic newsletter Supply Chain Frontiers. This was one of the main talking points at the 2013 Health & Humanitarian Logistics Conference, hosted by the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI) in Malaysia this June.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

the need to do more with less has dominated transportation services for the last two years. Poor adaptability and scalability only bring these risks into greater focus, making their effects more potent and concentrated for shippers and transportation companies. billion tons. billion tons.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 16, 2015

Throughout the course of business, business owners, who may be in the manufacturing, retail, or in another industry, find themselves focusing on innovation. Obviously, most modern innovations will focus on improving supply chain processes throughout the course of business, not the ancient squeegee example.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

FedEx’s shipping rate increase announcement comes on the heels of their earnings report which may indicate why this year marks the highest GRI average rate increase since 2013. However, let’s dig a bit deeper to see what else shippers may do to keep a watchful eye on total transportation spend in the face of ever-increasing shipper costs.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Back in November 2013, Amazon kicked off the drone frenzy with its Amazon Prime Air announcement , and since then, Google , DHL , UPS , and others have launched their own research efforts and pilot tests. UPS to apply surcharges to residential packages after costs surge (Reuters).

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 26, 2015

The kids and I can’t wait to watch her conquer the course on Sunday, and we hope that her efforts and those of many others will ultimately help us turn Type 1 Diabetes into Type None. Introducing Ryder TranSync™, a Patent Pending, Automated Technology Tool Used to Provide Dynamic Transportation Planning. NAFTA freight totaled $93.3

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 20, 2014

It’s the question everyone in the transportation and logistics industry seems to be talking about these days. Swift Transportation, another major truckload carrier, is scheduled to announce its Q3 2014 results this week, but back in July the company reported that its Average Operational Truck Count decreased 7.2% Last week, J.B.

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