Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

Nine years ago, my company FourKites pioneered the market for real-time transportation visibility. We’re currently on the cusp of a big incremental change in the industry’s transformation journey, as the value of real-time supply chain data is increasingly being felt far beyond transportation logistics. Lesson learned.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 1, 2014

I always dreamed of having a painting made of that poem, and my dream came true last night when my youngest son gave me this birthday present he made for me: Twenty five years later, I’m finally starting to know it. Reports 2014 Second-quarter Results. I only remember this one, my favorite: In the middle. of the desert sits a monkey.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

Top Five Transportation Trends ; Chris Cunnane. From a transportation standpoint, this has included major technological advancements. Last week, I gave the keynote presentation at the Dangerous Goods Symposium, sponsored by LabelMaster and the DG Exchange. In my own defense, things kind of took off after 2014.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 15, 2015

I wasn’t able to attend all of the conference sessions, but I’m glad I sat in on the presentation given by William Bierman , senior partner at the law firm of Nowell Amoroso Klein Bierman, P.A., Shipper must inspect the trailer for cleanliness, confirm sanitation, confirm temperatures. Shippers must abide by recordkeeping requirements.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Robinson session presentations. Monday, September 22, 2014. Monday, September 22, 2014. Why Do Transportation Budgets Fail? Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Kevin McCarthy, director, transportation consulting, C.H. So, What is Change Management? Hear more at CSCMP.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 17, 2014

From planning the most modern train in Europe to optimizing the logistics of crude oil delivery along the Mississippi River to managing one-third of the world’s airspace, Quintiq World Tour 2014 was a great opportunity for business leaders to exchange ideas and expertise in planning for the future. Happy holidays!

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Date: 18-19 March 2014. Hear industry keynotes and get unique insights via strategic presentations delivered by customers like DHL, KP Snacks, Sennheiser, Belron Group and McDonalds. Oracle European Value Chain Summit. Venue: Movenpick, Amsterdam. Organisation: Oracle. URL: www.oracle.com/goto/vcsummit14. WHAT YOU’LL GAIN.

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 3, 2014

Robinson (CHR), the world’s largest provider of truckload transportation services, visited MIT CTL recently to give his view of the changing face of logistics. Most people thought of transportation as a part of their overhead.” John Wiehoff’s talk in March 2014 was part of the MIT CTL Global Leadership Lecture series.

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Supply Chain Opz

MARCH 21, 2014

As a result, issues in global supply chain management such as international trade, international transportation, global sourcing, regulatory compliance, risk management, humanitarian and sustainability won''t go away any time soon. To drive cost of generic products down, using overseas suppliers is a very good option.

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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. 2013 has certainly been an interesting year! Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Now more so than ever, corporations understand the tremendous impact logistics and transportation can have on their overall business performance and are taking meaningful strides to optimize their supply chain operations. increase over 2011, according to Capgemini’s 2014 18th Annual Third Party Logistics Study. billion (U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

” Hau Lee, October 2014. We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups. Harvard Business Review. Buffer strategies.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 11, 2020

By 2014 there were some 800,000 item-locations in its core bearing business, in some 40 installations of five+ different ERP systems around the world. How many of those items are currently in transit in all our transportation lanes? These are just a few examples of simple questions that the digital twin can answer about the present.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Very little however, is written about how TMS solutions are critical to a shipper’s workforce management strategy and every transportation department leaders’ career development. Bet you didn’t think there was any correlation between TMS solutions and the workforce or between TMS solutions and your career path as a transportation executive.

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Supply Chain Movement

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Date: 28 – 30 April 2014. Entering its eighth year, Multimodal has grown to become the UK and Ireland’s premier freight transport and logistics event. In 2014, more than 7,000 high-calibre visitors attended. To see the list of companies that visited in 2014, please click here. Multimodal 2015. Venue: NEC Birmingham.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 9, 2015

Are the presentations and breakout sessions really worth the time away from your desk? Robert Meyers , Planning Manager Americas, BP Lubricants, Quintiq World Tour Philadelphia 2014. Lora Cecere , Supply Chain Insights, Quintiq World Tour Philadelphia 2014. Proven strategies to convince your boss to try? The answer is yes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

And it must integrate with a myriad of internal and external systems such as transportation management, warehouse management, order management, ERP, weather and traffic systems and many more. He founded FourKites in 2014 after recognizing pain points in the logistics industry and designing elegant and effective systems to address them.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Especially, I would say when we were talking about the Amazon effect I would say now it’s present more than ever maybe even changing the word into the COVID effect. And digitalization is more than present. And I think companies will be happy to be present on that market with production.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 26, 2014

Quintiq COO Arjen Heeres presents “Big calculations: the key to solving the efficiency puzzle” , prompting He guests to think about various industries and how big data, if processed with big calculations, can lead to big value. Janine Olariu (@JanineOlariu) June 12, 2014. A Mercedes on the Autobahn of presentations.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

During the fourth quarter each year, transportation managers and executives can be found budget planning for the year – however this year, supply chain professionals are also faced with myriad matters nationwide that will impact their capacity and carrier rates well into 2017 and beyond. New Government Mandates and Regulations.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 1, 2014

2014 is coming to a close and as we herald in the New Year, shippers (manufacturers, retailers, and distribution centers) around the country are busy gearing up for the holiday season and have holiday logistics best practices on the brain. Be it Christmas, the New Year and New Orders, a new budget, Thanksgiving returns, etc.,

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 26, 2017

At the second annual DAT User Conference, Montague presented a summary of his research on "Retail and E-tail, and You" to more than 165 of the company’s customers. Online sales have grown by an average of 15% per year since 2014, said Montague, citing statistics published by eMarketer.com.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 5, 2014

This is why it was so valuable to have present a seasoned business-goal oriented expert in IT implementations; Mikko Särkkä, from Itella Corporation in Finland. Markus referenced several elements presented in the day’s first session by Quintiq COO Arjen Heeres, which was titled, “Big Calculations – the key to solving the efficiency puzzle”.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

As central banks and nations investigate how users may present encrypted currency together, or perhaps as a substitute for fiat money , demand for them has considerably surged significantly. Since 2014, its Electronic Finance Academy has enlisted hundreds of specialists to work just on the CBDC idea. Economic Inclusion.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 20, 2014

So far, however, no logistics service provider offers complete European coverage in terms of both warehousing and transport. This growing optimism in the 3PL market is echoed by the survey results published in the 2014 18th Annual Third-Party Logistics Study. SCM 3PL Subway Map 2014. Contract renewal. Subway posters.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 3, 2015

at the Corporate Headquarters Presenting the Carrier Partner of the Year Award at an Evening Gala. a North American third party logistics company with a focus on North American over the road transportation management, announces they have presented long time carrier partner, Dayton Freight Lines Inc. Eagan, MN) – Cerasis, Inc.,

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 17, 2015

But by 2014, the U.S. A DHL whitepaper titled Building the Smarter Energy Supply Chain summarizes the situation well (emphasis mine): Much of the present exploration and development of shale gas deposits in the US is not being made by the the traditional oil majors, but rather by new players in the market.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Logitrans 2014. Date: 19-21 November 2014. Logitrans 2014 – new running time. For the first time ever, the largest exhibition for transport and logistics in Turkey will open its gates from Wednesday through Friday this year. Venue: Istanbul Expo Center 9 -10 Hall. Organisation: EKO MMI FAIR LTD.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 21, 2018

For related commentary on this topic, watch Why Supply Chain Visibility Remains an Elusive Goal and download my presentation that provides recommendations on how to improve supply chain visibility.). It’s not just security issues (such as the 2014 collapse of one bitcoin exchange and the more recent hacks of others) that concern us.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Imagine transporting material to a location that transforms into, say, chairs, in response to a simple trigger such as exposure to water. Skylar Tibbits is one of the MIT experts who will be presenting new innovations that could transform supply chains at MIT CTL’s Crossroads 2014 conference, March 25, 2014, on the MIT campus.

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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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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 6, 2015

The 2014 UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper™ Study cites speed of delivery as the fourth most important factor when comparing retailers (after selection, product information and reputation). 2 2014 UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper™ Study. Do these pursuits to offer instant gratification reflect the market demand? Here’s how it works.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 30, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, Executive Editor Bob Ferrari pens highlights of the 2022 Crossroads Event recently conducted by the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. This Editor had the opportunity to attend the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics ( CTL ) 2022 Crossroads Event. Background.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Join the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come as they visit the Xmas supply chain. New product crazes present struggling businesses and eager entrepreneurs alike with an opportunity … The nature of China’s booming electronics business is to be adaptable to the whims of a global market.”. But it comes at a price.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 22, 2014

to Advance its Transportation Industry Strategy. New AT&T Fleet Management Solutions Help Transportation Companies Improve Fleet Performance And Efficiency. 3Gtms offers 3G-TM planning and shipment management software that will be marketed by TMW Systems as part of its transportation solutions portfolio.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, dropped 0.4 percent from December 2014. percent compared to Q4 2014. How should shippers and carriers respond to the ebbs and flows of the transportation market?

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Logility

APRIL 8, 2014

These were just a few of the themes discussed at this year’s Connections 2014, Logility’s customer conference. Logility Connections 2014—Enabling Supply Chain at Your Fingertips By Predrag Jakovljevic, Technology Evaluation Centers. Analytics Everywhere. Commentary.

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