Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Trimble Acquires Nexala to Expand its Role in the Rail Transport Industry. As is evident this time of the year, e-commerce continues to transform the retail industry, and many manufacturers are also increasing their e-commerce activities. TomTom Telematics acquires Fleetlogic, leading Dutch fleet management service provider.

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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. Cost Pressures Will Continue to Escalate.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Raw materials are in short supply, many manufacturers have temporarily mothballed production lines, transportation costs are rising, and labor is getting tight on our roadways , railways and ocean vessels. The impact? We will certainly be feeling the repercussions throughout a bumpy holiday shopping season — and beyond.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Well, my big audacious prediction for 2015 did not come true. But some of my other predictions did hit the mark or came close. Making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target. When making predictions, it’s easy to look at recent trends and simply project them forward.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Nulogy & GENCO Announce Production Command Center for Manufacturing & Packaging Suppliers. Reports 2014 Third-quarter Results. UPS Ready for 2014 Peak Season, Forecasting Record Holiday Deliveries. Twitter and IBM Form Global Partnership to Transform Enterprise Decisions. Con-way Inc.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Transportation 2.) Robert Cadena is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lean Solutions Group , which provides operational, marketing, sales, and technology services to the logistics and transportation industry. Since 2014, Lean has worked with over 290 satisfied U.S. based transportation and logistics providers. Transportation 2.)

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 11, 2020

SKF’s use of a digital twin for analytics to support integrated planning demonstrated exceptional supply chain innovation. Serving more than 130 countries, 40 industries and 17,000 customer distributors/dealers, SKF’s vast supply chain includes 94 manufacturing plants in 24 countries worldwide.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Trade wars, renegotiated trade deals, technology advancements, rising transportation costs, and a growing global middle class have all contributed to a more complex international economic environment. manufacturing jobs since 2010 are evidence of a big turnaround in manufacturing. Manufacturing still matters. ”[1].

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Just as manufacturers and distributors were starting to climb out of the ‘COVID hole’, they’ve been knocked back in. Unpacking expected disruptions across the supply chain for manufacturers and distributors. Already, oil prices have reached their highest levels since 2014 and are expected to continue to rise.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. But I was right with some of my other predictions, especially my prediction that we would see a rise in cyber attacks in 2017, with supply chain and logistics operations becoming new targets.

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IQMS

JULY 11, 2019

Improving semiconductor manufacturing yields up to 30%, reducing scrap rates, and optimizing fab operations is achievable with machine learning. Manufacturers care most about finding new ways to grow, excel at product quality while still being able to take on short lead-time production runs from customers.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 3, 2018

Multiple manufacturers, multiple relationships, multiple distribution models, multiple contracts. Democratizing purchase orders or predictive analytical data such as Point of Sale information can dramatically improve demand visibility, while reducing the negative consequences of poor forecasting such as the Bullwhip Effect.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 14, 2021

Freight monitoring accounted for more than half of the USD 116bn spent on transportation digitization in 2019, and the segment remained one of the top-5 use cases in 2020, according to IDC. a) covering more modes of transport and use cases, b) increasing the geographical footprint, and c) enhancing analytics capabilities.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 1, 2016

E2open Acquires Point of Sale Analytics Leader Orchestro. Trucker Path Joins AscendTMS™ to Offer Free Transportation Management Software (TMS) to Carriers and Freight Brokers. At the stroke of midnight, the new SOLAS regulations went into effect today, and much like the Y2K doomsday predictions, the global trade world did not end.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group’s 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains Research Advisory ( Available for complimentary downloading in our Research Center ) includes a prediction that the supply chain technology segment will feature an investment boom in market consumption, added equity investment and M&A activity.

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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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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

So when I asked Cathy Roberson, a senior analyst at Transport Intelligence and a tech-enthusiast who is vox supplychainus on Twitter at cmroberson06 , I was not surprised when she sent me back an analysis that seems to match up perfectly with some of Google’s recent projects: Google Glasses, Android and 3D printing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

In 2014, SAP posted revenues of 19.5B$ and Oracle with 38.3B$. Based on reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the company hired Morgan Stanley to shop the company and package it for sale in 2014 with an expected evaluation of 800M$. The goal is deeper analytics to sense and respond across make, source and deliver. It is clear.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

He is an industrial engineer with a diploma in transportation and logistics from the University of Applied Sciences in Bremerhaven. Note in Figure 1 that BASF drove great improvement in the period of 2009-2013, but then slowed in 2014-2015. We are very excited about business analytics. In the Process, What Did You Learn?

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GlobalTranz

MAY 2, 2016

While logistics and manufacturing have grown exponentially, problems have become more complicated. A single malfunction can disrupt entire analytics’ systems, disrupting processes along the way. Regardless of where you sit to view the logistics industry, problems are becoming more evident.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 25, 2016

FusionOps Introduces Prescriptive Analytics For Supply Chain. Omnitracs’ Roadnet® Transportation Suite 3.7.4 One of my predictions for 2016 was that cross-border e-commerce would become the next frontier for shipping and logistics growth. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 28, 2019

Nontraditional competitors have entered the market delivering better analytics and creating value with minimal investment.” These tools aid in determining the ‘sweet spot’ solution (number, location, role, and size of facilities — manufacturing, DCs, cross-docks, etc., Technology is getting lighter.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 3, 2020

Georgia Wilson predicts the circular economy represents the future for the supply chain. In particular supply chain leaders are using advanced analytics, 3D printing, the internet of things (IoT) and machine learning, with 38% looking to explore the use of blockchain in the next five years.” Today that is changing. ” 3.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2015

with Predictive Execution and Big Data Views. November 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Cass Freight Index Report for December 2014. Resilinc Launches New Solution for Supplier Capacity Management. LOG-NET releases Version 7.5 Paragon acquires majority share in Axida. JDA’s Retail.Me

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Savi

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

However, the logical extension of the IoT to industrial applications has the potential to transform numerous industries, including transportation, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and energy, while working under the new name “Industrial IoT.” trillion from 2014 through 2020 [3]. to reach over $1.7

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 29, 2022

Parcel transportation and logistics services provider FedEx and freight-tracking software company FourKites Inc. indicate that both are building a data platform that aims to predict shipping delays and prescribe alternative plans for their customers. FedEx and FourKites Increase Partnership to Share Data. million daily shipments.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

I wrote about this emerging trend in Keeping Control: What 3PLs Must Convince Their Customers (March 2014). Here’s an excerpt: My hypothesis is that as manufacturers and retailers start to view logistics as a core strategic function, their desire to take more control will increase, and so their desire to outsource will diminish.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

A senior executive from a large global manufacturer came to speak in my MBA class this week, and discussed the major shifts in global business that was occurring due to the emergence of omni-channel capabilities in the supply chain. In 2014, UPS bulked up on capacity and people, anticipating the huge Christmas rush.

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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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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

These technologies also contribute to a rise in big data and analytics in the logistics field. RFID tags and robotic warehouse systems generate and transmit data that, when combined with other data sources, allow companies to optimize the supply chain and make better predictions and forecasts to improve efficiency and boost the bottom line.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

OpenPort joins the Blockchain in Transport Alliance to further transform the logistics industry. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies signs first cross-state deal in the U.S. Descartes Systems Group, for example, acquired Customs Info in June 2014 and Global Trade Content is one of the company’s fastest growing segments.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Lenovo acquired the Data Center Group from IBM and moved the entire organization to RTP in October 2014. Lenovo has predictive models in planning and forecasting around run rates, seasonality, key deals with clients, etc. Transportation costs will vary a lot as well. The Personal Systems Group is headquartered in Beijing.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. In 2011, I closed my holiday surge prediction posting with a message that the importance of balancing online commerce tools and product offerings with advanced backend fulfillment intelligence processes would prove critical. January 2014. Copyright © 2014 Infosys Limited. Automotive.

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