Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Google did not acquire a third-party logistics (3PL) company or a logistics software vendor. Making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target. How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? What will happen in 2016?

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 5, 2015

I’m on limited time this morning, so let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: enVista Launches New Business Entity, Enspire Commerce®. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal featured another solution provider, Grand Junction , in an article this week.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 28, 2024

The UAW has fallen short in two prior votes to organize the Chattanooga facility — in 2014 and 2019, both times by narrow margins. However, The Wall Street Journal reported that, Having Overtaken Tesla, BYD is Running Into Problems Overseas. According to reporting by Axios , factories across the U.S. Paid subscription ).

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2022

The previous five-year labor contract was ratified in 2014 , after a total of nine months of contract negotiations and considerable urging from government officials for both sides to reach resolution. As The Wall Street Journal noted in its reporting: “ The risks have seldom been as high as they are this year.”.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Consumers, activists, and investors increasingly want to know the products they buy are sourced sustainably and ethically. ’ With respect to their consumer behavior, 73 percent of global millennials are willing to pay extra for sustainable products, an increase from 50 percent in 2014.”[2]. sources of raw materials.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

This “invisible” part of Walmart’s business is a logistical and supply chain management and the practices they employ should give supply chain managers pause to take a bit out of their day and inspect what Walmart is doing in order to mimic into the supply chain manager’s own practice. restaurant industry made in 2013.

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SCM Research

JULY 24, 2015

and Scholten et al. ), logistics integration ( Alam et al. and strategic sourcing ( Eltantawy et al. ). and strategic sourcing ( Eltantawy et al. ). See also: Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2014.). Griffin et al. Schaltegger & Burritt and Varsei et al. Congratulations to all winners!

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Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2013

The company is also stopping production in Ecuador, Venezuela, Belarus and Pakistan by April 2014 (these countries scored low in a World Bank report that assessed countries on accountability, corruption, violence, and other metrics). And as I highlighted last week, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal , “Wal-Mart Stores Inc.,

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

percent from December 2014. percent compared to Q4 2014. As reported in the Wall Street Journal earlier this month, “ freight truck orders plummeted 48% in January ,” according to data from ACT Research. Other data sources, however, suggest the market is in good balance. Leading Practices in Transportation Procurement.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 14, 2023

Venti Raises $29 Million in Series A Round Autonomous logistics technology and industrial hubs provider Venti Technologies announced that it has secured $28.8 The tech provider has added a deeper set oof meteorology and climate science data to provide customers with weather and climate focused risk factors. million in Series A financing.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 29, 2022

” Richard Zech, Founder of Avanator LLC , a logistics company an Amazon DSP services contractor indicates that the technology has been a game changer for drivers in saving time and by making navigation safer and easier. Parcel transportation and logistics services provider FedEx and freight-tracking software company FourKites Inc.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 26, 2015

But I read an article in this weekend’s Wall Street Journal – The Revolutionary Power of Digital Currency by Michael J. The WSJ article and other sources, such as this Khan Academy video series , explain how bitcoin works, so I won’t go into it here. Source: [link]. appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 22, 2016

Source: Wall Street Journal. The report revealed that respondents had widespread outsourcing in many areas of their supply chain including sectors such as manufacturing, finishing, packaging/packing, and distribution/logistics. Source: Arkieva Supply Chain Blog. Source: Supply Chain Shaman. Source: CBR.

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RFgen

JULY 24, 2019

Nation’s Restaurant News said major chains look for more sustainable food product sources as consumers begin to favor companies that offer eco-friendly merchandise available through supply chain transparency. One dairy product faces a lack of demand leading to overstocking, according to The Wall Street Journal. In 2014, U.S.

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RFgen

JULY 24, 2019

Nation’s Restaurant News said major chains look for more sustainable food product sources as consumers begin to favor companies that offer eco-friendly merchandise available through supply chain transparency. One dairy product faces a lack of demand leading to overstocking, according to The Wall Street Journal. In 2014, U.S.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MAY 6, 2015

Guest Blogger, Rich Chrzanowski — Container volume at US ports hit an all-time high in 2014 and a DOT transportation study projects volume to more than triple in coming years. Improved Supply Chain Planning for Inbound Logistics. Shippers may also consider sourcing more of their products domestically instead of from overseas.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week, with 3PLs dominating the headlines: FedEx to Expand Global Portfolio of Solutions with Acquisition of GENCO. UPS Acquires Polish Healthcare Logistics Company Poltraf. Radiant Logistics Acquires Don Cameron and Associates, Inc.

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FLEXE

MARCH 5, 2017

an online retailer focused on fast fashion for millennials, has gone from generating $85 million in revenue in 2014 to bankrupt in 2016… What happened? Investing in the wrong kind of logistics. But, because it operated at such low product minimums, it struggled to source quality factories that produced quality product.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 11, 2016

A story in the Wall Street Journal revealed that Bo Andersson, the current CEO of Russia’s largest car maker AvtoVAZ, plans to step down. He started at AvtoVAZ in early 2014 and slashed tens of thousands of jobs at its main Togliatti plant. The Renault-Nissan Alliance is the majority owner of the firm.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Posted by: Ronna | January 3, 2014 10:40 AM. Posted by: Jordan | January 5, 2014 1:11 PM. Sourcing,Procurement,Contract & Spend Management (38). January 2014.

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Cathy Roberson

JULY 12, 2021

Don’t be surprised if Stamps.com adds carriers from different modes of transportations such as less-than-truckload, crowd-sourced providers and additional air service providers (other than UPS) as well as efulfillment options to its platform. While it notes it’s international, its strength remains in Europe.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. This week, the Wall Street Journal featured two articles that succinctly portray the current aggressiveness among retailer sales and marketing teams to capture consumer online interest.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 29, 2015

Now, for this week’s supply chain and logistics news… HighJump Acquires Nexternal. Last November, JDA Software and IBM announced a “new integrated offering [that] will provide retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers with intelligent sourcing, fulfillment and order management capabilities.” Mexico freight than in March 2014.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

As reported last month by Jennifer Smith in the Wall Street Journal , “A growing number of retailers are relying on suppliers to ship online orders directly to customers, a strategy they hope will help them compete with e-commerce rivals without spending more on inventory. Source: RevCascade website. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 15, 2022

Hot risk factors today include data security, logistics disruptions and trade policy uncertainty. Back in 2014 when Russia seized Crimea, Henry Kissinger, doyen of realist diplomacy, suggested four principles that could guide a diplomatic solution in Ukraine.[8] Oddly, however, concerns about war remain largely off the radar.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2015

According to a study published in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, the best way to get it out of your head is to…[answer at the end of the post]. In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Pitney Bowes Expands Cross-Border Ecommerce Capabilities with the Acquisition of Borderfree.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 5, 2017

There are many reasons why, as I’ve discussed in previous posts and Talking Logistics episodes , including: Supply chain data is stored in too many systems, in too many formats, across many companies and geographies. As reported in the Wall Street Journal last week: “Automotive value chains are international.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 17, 2023

In its reporting, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Israel based tech provider, one of many digital freight start-ups that thrived during the period of pandemic driven logistics and transportation turmoil now forecasts its revenues to grow between 15 percent to 21 percent this year, from an earlier forecast of 87 percent growth.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 31, 2015

Are manufacturers and retailers “joint employers” of the contract workers hired by their third-party logistics (3PL) partners? There’s already a joint employer precedent in the logistics industry. Back in 2013, Walmart was added as a defendant in a lawsuit brought against Schneider Logistics by temporary warehouse workers.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Source: Evan, Flikr. “I I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. On May 12, 2017, a headline in the Wall Street Journal read “ Major Cyberattack Sweeps Globe, Hitting FedEx, U.K. SophiaTX Open Source Platform to Integrate SAP, Blockchain.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 31, 2017

This is the most significant example of how commerce, logistics, and social networking are converging ,” said Adrian Gonzalez, industry analyst at Adelante SCM and host of Talking Logistics. Meanwhile, in other supply chain and logistics news this week…. Stay tuned. Watch Amazon’s Prime Air make its first public U.S.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Federal Government Shutdown Starts to Crimp Trade ( Wall Street Journal ). Exclusive: Cisco, Google, SAP discussing BlackBerry bids – sources ( Reuters ). General availability of SAP Customer Activity Repository is planned for the first quarter of 2014. Freight Shipments Rose 0.4% in August from July. Be Sociable, Share!

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

This is not only true for financial investments, but also for supply chain and logistics predictions. Like I said last year, making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target: sometimes you get lucky and hit the mark; other times you miss the bullseye by a mile. Photo By: MAJ Aaron Haney.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2017

I was tempted to title today’s post “This Week in Trump News,” considering all of the actions he took this week that have supply chain and logistics implications. I also considered this title: “Another Week of Amazon News (plus Other Stuff That Happened in Logistics).”. I’ll keep working on it. Trump signs order withdrawing U.S.

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