GlobalTranz

MAY 5, 2015

Since 2011, the federal government focused on changing this paradigm and made American manufacturing a priority. Under the guidance of the Department of Commerce/NIST , they developed an infrastructure with dedicated funding to rebuild our manufacturing sector. manufacturing.” Launched – 2/25/2014.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

Trane ’s Tom France, Vice President, Global Distribution, Logistics and Transportation, recently stressed the need for E2E insight: “Extend visibility as much as you can throughout your supply chain. According to McKinsey, an auto manufacturer, on average, has around 250 tier-one suppliers – and 18,000 across the full value chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Every day has felt like a major squall, from natural disasters closing down manufacturing facilities and ports, to container shortages and labor issues, to rising costs and the ongoing pandemic. Can I secure a dedicated ship to see me through near-term shortages? It’s an apt metaphor for ocean shipping these past many months.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Now, moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon won a patent for an on-demand clothing manufacturing warehouse (Recode). Oracle Warehouse Management Cloud Update Helps Businesses Scale Logistics to Meet Multi-Channel Demand. Logistics Platform Haven Sets Sights on SAP with Launch of Haven TMS.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Regardless of what it was (new tube of toothpaste, dog treats for your pup, or a new filter for your water purification system), logistics is the system behind getting it into your hands. The logistics sector is rapidly growing and there is no shortage of groundbreaking technology and premiere partners in North America, Europe, and beyond.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. With globalization, the need to partner with local logistics service providers becomes an imperative.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Many off-shore manufacturers have returned to the U.S., Those changes, along with high costs of transporting materials and finished goods to and from overseas locations, make the value of reshoring likely to become a compelling financial reality for many manufacturers. Engineering isn’t disconnected from manufacturing.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

The recent cyber attacks and security breaches at Target and Home Depot drew executives’ attention to the vulnerability of their companies to this type of crime. In this case, that means challenging the prevailing method for supply chain security in response to the cyber security threat. What are these models?

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Enterra Insights

JULY 25, 2022

Retailers expect to be connected to manufacturers. Manufacturers expect to be connected to suppliers. And all of them expect to be connected to logistics providers transporting goods to and from various supply chain nodes. in 2014 to just 4 cents in 2019.”[6]. Consumers expect to be connected to retailers.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 28, 2024

Last week the EV start-up announced that it has secured $150 million in needed financing by issuing $166 million worth of notes to an existing investor. Lucid Secures Needed Added Funding Luxury EV auto maker Lucid Motors reported both Q4 and 2023 financial and operational performance that disappointed investors. Paid subscription ).

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. In this period, 56% of global manufacturers felt that they performed well or very well. The question is, “Why?”

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights a breaking news development involving Tesla’s existing Nevada based Gigafactory that will be of interest to Automotive EV manufacturers and their supply networks. The announcement makes reference to the initial 2014 investment in the Gigafactory Nevada complex and a statement that upwards of $6.5

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

I also shared my perspective on this topic back in July 2014 (“ The Driver Shortage Problem in Trucking: Time for Plan B ”), where I argued that paying drivers more, which some trucking companies have started to do, won’t necessarily correct the imbalance. (For Customs moves back compliance deadline (Logistics Management).

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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. Well, my big audacious prediction for 2015 did not come true. What will happen in 2016?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 13, 2015

Last year around this time I made a lot of predictions about what 2014 would hold in store…Let’s revisit some of these, and see what has happened (or what hasn’t!) Here are my predictions from 2014, and an update on what I think will happen in these areas. This is likely to continue. More of the same.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 25, 2016

With today being a holiday for many, let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: FedEx Introduces Global E-Commerce Solutions Under FedEx CrossBorder. One of my predictions for 2016 was that cross-border e-commerce would become the next frontier for shipping and logistics growth.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 20, 2016

In a 2014 study, 46% of manufacturing executives didn’t know what the internet of things was. Here are some examples: Manufacturing monitoring – Devices measure ambient temperature, humidity, air pressure, etc. Inventory Tracking – Despite all the efforts manufacturers put into inventory accuracy it still happens.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2016

Did you come up with any New Year’s resolutions to improve as a supply chain and logistics leader this year? From “5 New Year’s Resolutions for Supply Chain & Logistics Executives” originally published on January 14, 2014: 1. If you have your own list of resolutions, please post a comment and share. Ask “What are the risks?”more

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 3, 2021

Manufacturing is gaining steam not only in the US but around the world as businesses return to a COVID-19 type of redefined normalcy. The overall expansion was supported by the sharpest rise in new orders since June 2014. The overall expansion was supported by the sharpest rise in new orders since June 2014.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 21, 2018

UPS Joins Top Alliance To Create Blockchain Standards For Logistics. Notice that all of the companies doing pilot tests of blockchain in supply chain management are multi-billion dollar manufacturers, retailers, and logistics service providers. Lakhani state in a Harvard Business Review article published last year.

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The Network Effect

JULY 29, 2014

World revenue for OTC medicines could reach $80B US by the end of 2014, supported by the trend for drugs to move from prescription to OTC. Pharmaceuticals has been slow to adopt these types of advanced platforms due to its skepticism of cloud based solutions and the security related to shared data. only half the equation.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Radio frequency identification (RFID) has become one of the megatrends in logistics. Here are only a few ways that RFID technology has changed, and is continuing to change the not only the way we think about logistics, but also how interact with the world around us. Source: Morai Logistics.

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The Network Effect

JULY 3, 2014

Today I want to show how with advances in platform as a service (PaaS) and cloud infrastructure, there has been significant progress in permission based access and data level security, which is causing supply chain leaders to re-eval­uate the deployment of a cloud-based planning layer over their core Enterprise Systems.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

The article goes on to say [emphasis mine]: The shift, part of what Ralph Lauren says is a long-planned action, will move warehousing and inventory management service from a North Carolina distribution center run by XPO Logistics Supply Chain Inc.—an an arm of XPO Logistics Inc.—into But the nature of logistics outsourcing is changing.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. Fitting facilitates cargo security and enables automation of container handling processes.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2014

Research at the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program , Zaragoza, Spain, is investigating why drug dispensers such as clinics and pharmacies might acquire fake drugs. The thesis is being supervised by Dr. Mustafa Çagri Gürbüz, Professor of SCM at the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program, and Prof.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2013

The law requires “retail sellers and manufacturers doing business in the state [with over $1 million $100 million in annual worldwide gross receipts] to disclose their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their direct supply chains for tangible goods offered for sale, as specified.” Be Sociable, Share!

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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. Working for a large manufacturer, she was trying hard; but failing, to integrate Ariba, Elemica, and GT Nexus. To help, I set up a series of dinner meetings for Maddy to speak to other manufacturers working on similar problems. She is there.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

RightHand Robotics Secures $66 Million in Series C Funding. RightHand Robotics has announced that it has secured $66 million in a Series C financing round led by top growth investors: Safar Partners , a technology venture fund; Thomas H. Names included in this edition include: RightHand Robotics. Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX).

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20Cube Logistics

MAY 14, 2019

Around 14 percent of GDP spent on logistics sector annually in India as compared to only around 5 percent of GDP in the developed countries logistics sector. According to an ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India) study, the logistics sector in India is poised to grow at 16 percent YoY CAGR.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Yossi Sheffi ( @YossiSheffi ), Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, goes so far as to assert data is an organization’s most valuable asset. A recent report from IBM Security found 83% percent of surveyed organizations have experienced more than one data breach and each succeeding data breach has been more costly.[10]

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Arkieva

AUGUST 22, 2016

A new report by SupplyChainDigest: “Supplier Integration in an Outsourced Supply Chain World: A Benchmark Report,” showed a growing trend in supply chain outsourcing among manufacturing companies. Analysis: As with US retailer Target, however much you spend on your own cyber security, your suppliers and distributors could let you down.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Transplace Acquires Logistics Management Solutions. XPO Logistics Announces Third Quarter 2014 Results. UltraYMS delivers intelligent gate management, enabling security to log all vehicles entering and exiting the yard using any mobile device. Note: enVista, Transplace, and UltraShipTMS are Talking Logistics sponsors.

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

2015 was a big year in terms of logistics and globalization for Amazon, who began making their way into the shipping industry, registering in China as a freight forwarder and a shipping broker for 12 routes, including Shanghai to Los Angeles and Hamburg. Alibaba, the prominent ecommerce leaders in China, has its share of expansions.

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Supply Chain Network

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Ryder is continually monitoring emerging fleet technologies and works closely with the technology providers and equipment manufacturers building innovative features to provide feedback around functionality, usability, and adaptability. Inbound Logistics magazine has included Ryder in its “Green Partners” listing for eight years in a row.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

In 2014, I co-founded and continue to Chair the Board of ReMAP which is a $25M private/public partnership focused on accelerating the commercialization of Canadian innovations in the advanced and electronics manufacturing space. This was the beginning of what is now known in the industry as JDM or Joint Development and Manufacturing.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 14, 2021

Introduction – logistics visibility advanced to early mainstream. The past years have brought with them immense challenges for carriers, logistics operators and supply chain managers. Gartner estimates that “logistics visibility” has already reached “early mainstream” maturity, with up to 20% penetration in industry.

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