Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

Founded in 2014, this Boston based robotics technology firm leverages capabilities that are described as mimicking human hand-eye coordination, leveraging machine-learning to a vision system on a gripper and allowing mechanical fingers to bend and twist around objects to perform piece-picking tasks. E2open Acquires Logistyx Technologies.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2016

This week, as reported by Reuters, “Otto, the self-driving truck subsidiary of Uber, shipped a truckload of Budweiser from Fort Collins, Colorado to Colorado Springs last Thursday with the driver monitoring from the truck’s sleeper berth for the entire two-hour journey.” Jabil is not the first to head down this path.

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Elementum

APRIL 25, 2016

While e-commerce giant Amazon’s purchase of a 10% stake in aircraft leasing company Air Transport Services Group has shocked many, this move shows how Amazon is scaling back its dependence on traditional shippers as it steps up its shipping services. million in 2015, up 110% from 2014.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 25, 2018

There were 94 total losses reported around the shipping world in 2017, down 4% year-on-year -- the second lowest in 10 years after 2014. In 2017 the downward trend of large shipping losses continued, according to a new survey, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty's (AGCS) Safety & Shipping Review.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In 2014, while sipping on an early morning coffee, Maddy called to ask me a question. The most advanced work is in India and Japan. If we could combine orders and ship more collaboratively, we could improve flow. I remember the call like it was yesterday. Four years have passed. She is there. Let me tell you the story.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 14, 2015

percent for ecommerce sales in 2014. The CEO survey received responses from 410 retail and consumer goods companies across Australia, China, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Online and mobile commerce continue to be key drivers of this revenue growth, with a U.S. growth rate of 14.6

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2021

In 2014, the company’s revenues were $43 million. Shipping of finished products is done from the manufacturing sites. The factory then builds, tests, and ships product – often within 24 hours. During his career he lived through the floods in Thailand and the Tsunami in Japan that disrupted global high-tech supply chains.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

A year before, in 2014, a Harvard Business Review article pointed out that supply chains were becoming increasingly global and complex and consequently more at risk than before. For example: Japan earthquake 2016. Two predictions have come true during the pandemic. Supply chain disruptions. US-China trade war 2018.

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Vinculum

JULY 24, 2019

Ease of shopping, product variety, secure payments and free shipping are some of the reasons that have made online shopping a huge success. It makes it easier for sellers to store, pack and ship their products. Walmart Free 2-Day Shipping program, guarantees fast and free shipping with no membership needed. Just imagine.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 1, 2015

Supply chain in China was once an afterthought or was only thought of in terms of the ‘Make’ and ‘Ship’ processes included in manufacturing in China. trillion economy that was the world’s sixth largest, trailing the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom and France. Back in 2001, China was just revving its engine, a $1.3

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Passages, capes, and straits are defined as geographical areas through which international shipping routes must transit. Chokepoints commonly have shallow, constricting depths, which hinder navigation and place restrictions on ship capacity. Potential for closure or interruption. It is approximately 190 kilometers long.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

According to the International Monetary Fund, China’s 2014 GDP reached $10.38 Between 2004 and 2014, China imported $13.52 Most imports come from Europe, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), South Korea, Japan, and United States, respectively, based on import value. trillion (USD) in goods. Source: [link] ).

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

The semi-conductor industry is strongly affected by the state of the economy, but 2014 was an excellent year for ASML, manufacturer of systems used to produce integrated circuits or ‘chips’. Many of the products are shipped to Asia, the USA and Europe, but The Netherlands remains the multinational’s beating heart. By Caroline Linssen.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

An equally important test as we swing into the 2012 surge will be how online, brick and mortar retailers, along with their respective direct ship suppliers, exercise capabilities in multi-location stocking and fulfillment capability. January 2014. Copyright © 2014 Infosys Limited. Multi-Channel Selling & Fulfillment (76).

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. FedEx is the largest cargo airline in the world in terms of scheduled freight tonne kilometers (FTK), a distinction the company has held since 2014, and it’s the fourth largest in terms of fleet size.

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FLEXE

JULY 19, 2017

The results of the first event surpassed Amazon’s 2014 Black Friday sales, but customer backlash to the event’s promotions wasn’t great. Happy Belly bottled water (Japan), and Soda Stream (Germany and Austria). Reduce shipping times and costs by moving products closer to your shoppers. But that didn’t stop Amazon.

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FLEXE

JULY 17, 2017

The results of the first event surpassed Amazon’s 2014 Black Friday sales, but <a href="[link] backlash</strong></a> to the event’s promotions wasn’t great. . </p> <p>Amazon Prime Day began as a marketing and sales event to celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2015.

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QAD

MARCH 21, 2019

to easily import and export goods anywhere in the world, and its open borders between states make it simple to ship goods across the country. Primary trading partners included Canada, Mexico, China and Japan. Primary import partners were China, Mexico, Canada, Japan and Germany. Annual freight traffic equaled about 37.22

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

“If you have a tsunami and part of your supply chain is knocked out, as happened a few years ago, you have better info about where parts are,” he said, referring to the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. Cyber risk and security is getting more attention from the ocean shipping community too.

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