Talking Logistics

JANUARY 12, 2018

Well, I could turn to an AI-powered robot to my write my post for me (see Wired article, “ What News-Writing Bots Mean for the Future of Journalism ”). Or I can just wing it and go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week. a Nafta Tale of Two Truckers (New York Times).

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Today, supply chain excellence matters more than ever. During the pandemic, the supply chain discussions take new importance. While the supply chain technology market lost its allure at the start of the last decade, it is now cool again. The supply chain career is new. Reflection.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 28, 2017

Revenues increased 25 percent to $38 billion in the quarter compared to Q2 2016, but profits fell by 77 percent as the company continues to invest heavily in its various businesses, including its logistics and fulfillment network. Tesco launches nationwide same-day delivery (Logistics Manager). AscendTMS To Integrate With FourKites.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Lots of news to get to this week, so let’s get started… Descartes Acquires e-customs. SAP Fuels New Era of Social Collaboration to Transform Work. SAP Readies a Big Business Marketplace ( New York Times ). Esri and E2open Partner to Deliver Market-Leading Supply Chain Solutions. Trucking Industry.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 12, 2017

It was a very busy week in the world of supply chain and logistics, so let’s go straight to the news that caught my attention: FLEXE Launches Nationwide Next-Day Delivery. Airbus creates new commercial drone services start-up “Airbus Aerial”. Infor M3 Integrates to GT Nexus Supply Chain Network.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Driverless vehicles and package delivery dominated the supply chain and logistics news this week, so let’s go straight to it: Google wants to deliver packages from self-driving trucks ( Quartz ). Amazon expands logistics reach in China ( Reuters ). USPS reports Q1 revenue gains ( Logistics Management ).

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

We salute the year’s top advancements in supply chain technology and processes. Thanks to omni-channel distribution, 3-D printing, self-service logistics and other avenues of disintermediation, traditional supply chain roles are rapidly being transformed into all-new opportunities. Self-Service Logistics.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 26, 2015

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention: Wal-Mart to impose charges on suppliers as its costs mount (Reuters). gain in April and the smallest year-over-year gain since February 2013 (-4.3%). Note: JDA Software is a Talking Logistics sponsor. NAFTA freight totaled $93.3

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 12, 2014

I first wrote about this problem almost three years ago, when I commented about a story in the New York Times about thieves that stole six truckloads of tomatoes and one truckload of cucumbers from Florida growers, along with a truckload of frozen meat, by setting up a bogus trucking company and deceiving a broker. Be Sociable, Share!

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 11, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. Supply Chain Management. News & Events. |. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape.

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 15, 2019

Logistics Management. “In In fact, in 2018 we saw investments go up across the entire supply chain technology spectrum.” It has been very beneficial for improving communications with carriers as well as internally to our own team,” said Janelle Ballerstedt, Sensata’s global logistics and TMS project lead. TMS technology.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 20, 2015

Big Companies Pay Later, Squeezing Their Suppliers ( New York Times ). As noted in the New York Times article linked above: Most [large companies extending payment terms] are trying to maximize use of their capital, bankers who work with supply chain finance say. Mondelez, for one, is buying back stock.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 16, 2017

China aims to extend its logistics reach from the Pacific to the Atlantic through its One Belt, One Road initiative. The sheer size of the country’s “One Belt, One Road” logistics initiative, for instance, calls into question the true objective of the regional infrastructure plan. Like the country itself, China’s ambitions are massive.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 2, 2014

I’ve been using the word convergence to describe many of the trends occurring in the supply chain and logistics field today, and convergence was certainly evident at Roadnet’s perform 2014 User Conference a few weeks ago. FreshDirect , an online grocer serving the New York City metropolitan area, is a great example.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 28, 2023

This is the second guest blog from Craig Lukasik , an MBA supply chain graduate from the Poole College of Management’s supply chain program. Looking at the finished product with your eyes barely conveys the awesome complexity of the supply chain involved in bringing it to life.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) reached a tentative new 5-year agreement late on Friday, so the West Coast ports resumed full operations this past weekend. appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. But there’s little time to celebrate.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

A January 2012 article published in The New York Times , for example, focused on many topics, including the poor working conditions at Foxconn, but here is the excerpt that caught my attention the most: Apple typically asks suppliers to specify how much every part costs, how many workers are needed and the size of their salaries.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

We first started writing about and featuring reshoring content back in September of 2013, and have since added 10 more reshoring related posts in our reshoring blog category. Supply chain risks are reduced. Reverse logistics (returns, warranties) are more manageable closer to market. Reshoring Stats Since 2013.

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Supply Chain Network

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

NYSE: R), a leader in commercial fleet management , dedicated transportation , and supply chain solutions , announced today it has started to take delivery of 125 medium-duty electric panel vans, the first of their kind in North America, now available for lease or rent. Miami, November 2, 2017 —Ryder System, Inc. About Ryder.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Published with kind permission of MHD Supply Chain Solutions Magazine. How close is it to significantly disrupting logistics? When supply chain leaders like Walmart start to test the waters by using Uber and its competitor Lyft to make last-mile deliveries, it’s probably time to take notice – or to start catching up.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 8, 2015

I’m taking a break today from writing about supply chain and logistics to share with you his insights on finding happiness. The post Finding Happiness appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. He centered his talk on two questions: Can you command someone to be happy? Where and how do you find happiness?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Turkish port “Iskenderun” severely damaged Gap and Ware2Go offer SMB Fulfillment Services McCormick to cut supply chain workforce GM Signs exclusive deal with GlobalFoundries January 2023 Logistics Manager’s Index up 3.0 The Logistics Managers’ Index came in at 57.6

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Supply Chain Management. News & Events. |. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape.

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RFgen

MARCH 10, 2016

Consumers should return potentially dangerous car models and manufacturers need to find new solutions to keep their customers safe. The Takata airbag problem was detected Spring 2013 , according to Bankrate. In the four years since the trouble was detected, problematic vehicles are still discovered in the supply chain.

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RFgen

MARCH 10, 2016

Consumers should return potentially dangerous car models and manufacturers need to find new solutions to keep their customers safe. The Takata airbag problem was detected Spring 2013 , according to Bankrate. In the four years since the trouble was detected, problematic vehicles are still discovered in the supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

University of Maryland Selects Resilinc as Supply Chain Risk Partner. Lots of news this week related to omni-channel fulfillment and order delivery. First, Descartes unveiled new optimization technology at its user conference that “helps retailers and distributors make deliveries the same day an order is taken.”

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. Supply Chain Management. News & Events. |. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. With how quickly new technology, tips and warehouse management techniques are emerging, wouldn’t it be nice to take a page from someone else’s book? Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

“FedEx and UPS have ground to a complete standstill today due to what they say is a virus in their logistics shipping software…blaming the hacking group Anonymous after they declared their intention to punish shipping companies for halting shipments of flu vaccines into China. Could this fictional scenario come true someday?

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 22, 2016

I provide the answer below, after sharing this week’s supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention: Amazon is sizing up an Ocado buyout (The Drum). JDA Helps Retailers Tackle the ‘Me’ Generation With Powerful New Retail.me Infor Announces Industry-Focused Supply Chain Solution.

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MIT Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Technology could improve New York’s taxi system. How does a supply chain keep on improving in a changing competitive environment? At the same time, supply chain knowledge is becoming more specialized. Yet New York City is increasing the number of taxis by 2000 cabs.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Here’s what I wrote back on this date in 2009, as I recalled the events of that tragic day eight years earlier: I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, near Red Hook and the docks. Remembering 9/11 seems more important to me, even if it doesn’t directly relate to supply chain and logistics. Today is September 11.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 15, 2013

The first inaugural meeting of the BVL International Carolinas Chapter was held on August 12, 2013 at the Volvo facility in Greensboro, NC. The meeting was also attended by Stefan Wolff, 4Flow Logistics and Board member (center) and Thomas Wimmer, Chairman of BVL International (far right).

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

A stroll down Canal Street in New York City is filled with vendors hawking their counterfeit goods. According to OECD data on counterfeiting and international trade, the total value of counterfeit and pirated goods was about $1 Trillion in 2013, and is expected to grow to close to $3 Trillion in 2022. How bad can the problem be?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 6, 2013

” Fourteen million families depend on the jobs produced by the apparel industry, including women such as Shaheena, a single mother described in the New York Times article this morning. So how do other companies rate when it comes to human rights and sustainable supply chains?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The original reporting on these labor issues came from the New York Times and other outlets. A New York Times article detailed how pregnant workers struggled with warehouse work. Red Stag Fulfillment opened for business in early 2013 with just a few employees.

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Knowledge is power in the world of supply chain management, and every company is searching for the next best way to save money and meet consumer demand. That’s why we’ve created this list of the top logistics and supply chain journalists and thought leaders that we follow and suggest you check out in 2020. .

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