The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Mike started his career with Worldwide Express back in 2014 where from the beginning he realized providing solutions to increase an organization’s profitability and enhance efficiencies was more impactful vs trying to win a few loads or be added to a rate list. About Globaltranz. Top Freight Brokerage Firms of 2019.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2021

I like the simplicity and clarity of Informatica’s definition of data quality: Data quality refers to the overall utility of a dataset(s) as a function of its ability to be easily processed and analyzed for other uses. Those “other uses” are many, and growing every day. Matt Elenjickal is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FourKites.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2015

As we round out the 5 categories, we come to the place of our expertise: Freight and Transportation Management. As a third party logistics provider squarely focused on freight and transportation management, we also understand that if we only talk about those two categories, we are not thinking well rounded enough. 29 and Jan.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

The alliance was formed in 2014 and covers major shipping routes between Asia, Europe, and North America. The effectiveness of alliances in shipping depends on various factors, including the routes, the types of goods being transported, the competitiveness of the industry, and the specific goals of the participating companies.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

In a subsequent blog post, we will highlight another breaking development, that being a significant joint announcement from global shipping lines Maersk and MSC that should garner the interest to supply chain management transportation and logistics management teams. billion has already been invested, amounting to 5.4

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

’ 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]. While both phrases are used to reference many of the same things, there are differences in their connotations in both the eyes of customers and logistics partners.”[3].

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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. 7] In other words, velocity not only refers to how quickly data is generated but also refers to the importance of data’s timeliness.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 3, 2021

The overall expansion was supported by the sharpest rise in new orders since June 2014. Quarterly earnings calls from various manufacturers are beginning to blur with references to supply chain issues potentially holding back the production of goods and higher costs being passed through as higher prices to customers.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Market Share Slippage The Journal report cites market research data indicating that Alibaba ’s share of the Chinese E-Commerce sector has tumbled to an estimated 40 percent, from an 80 percent level in 2014 when the online retail platform provider had its IPO.

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MIT Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

On September 30, 2014, supply chain education will take a major step into the digital age with the start of SCx, an on-line educational program developed by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) for thousands of professionals across the globe. SC1x – Supply Chain and Logistics Fundamentals (fall 2014).

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DELMIA Quintiq

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

It refers to how one small incident can have a huge impact later on down the line. US trade deficits rose to a massive $46 billion in December 2014. Supply Chain Planning & Optimization Transport & Logistics' The butterfly effect. The labor dispute caused freight bottlenecks. Have you got what it takes to bounce back?

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 8, 2015

Current references like APICS (American Production Inventory Control Society shows that nearly 30 percent of companies are adopting lean principles in their inventory management. Some inhibitors like transportation, batch processes and work in queue can slow down inventory delivery. What is Lean Inventory Management?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 1, 2015

New Capabilities from JDA Create Transportation Resiliency – Enabling Shippers to Balance Service and Cost Pressures. Latest Versions of SAP® Transportation Management, SAP Extended Warehouse Management and SAP Event Management Now Available. All sub-shipments reference the original shipment for the purpose of tracking.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). I limited myself to just six predictions, although I believe many of the predictions I made last year (and the year before that ) will continue to play out in 2015 and beyond, so I encourage you to revisit those predictions too (I listed them below for quick reference).

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

On the supply side, in 2014, I remember that DHL was talking about resilience where everyone was wondering what that really meant and how to set up the risk management globally. To refer to that and give you some numbers was that last year we saw an increase of overall 30% in the online sector. There was a big peak.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 26, 2021

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation , a leading proponent of the circular economy, defines it this way: “The circular economy refers to an industrial economy that is restorative by intention; aims to rely on renewable energy; minimizes, tracks, and hopefully eliminates the use of toxic chemicals; and eradicates waste through careful design.” .”[8]

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Enterra Insights

JULY 27, 2021

Sustainability refers to safer, greener, more responsible operations as they relate to people, the planet, and profits (i.e., Simulate the CO 2 footprint of the plan through procurement, production, and transport. 4] Markus Zils, “ Moving toward a circular economy ,” McKinsey & Company, February 2014. [5]

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

Specific software in support of the periodic S&OP planning cycle, which is increasingly referred to as ‘integrated business planning’, emerged as being the most popular. Transport in the Cloud. Another notable trend is the rise of transport-planning solutions in the cloud.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

For additional information, refer to a white paper we published, Supply Chains: Where to Find the Biggest, Fastest Transportation Savings. ” In the transportation and logistics sector, we evaluate companies’ abilities to plan, execute, measure, and improve their current state. Feeling overwhelmed? 1] Reiter, Ben.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 14, 2015

This is sometimes also referred to as the shift from capital expenditure (capex) to operational expenditure (opex). This article was first published in Supply Chain Movement Q4 – 2014. Crucial to cloud computing is the new business model, which can be summed up as ‘pay as you go, pay as you use’.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2016

It's important to note that some industries refer to the manufacturing process as fabrication. 4 Questions to Ponder with Real American Manufacturers appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis. By moving the product down an assembly line, the finished good can be put together quicker with less manual labor.

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MIT Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) launched MIT’s first supply chain MOOC, CTL.SC1x, on September 29 th 2014. In the future Caplice and his team will provide more reference material for students. The SCx course videos met the former need, but there was unmet demand for reference collateral.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 16, 2014

Latest Versions of SAP® Transportation Management and SAP® Extended Warehouse Management Now Available. enVista’s Transportation Solutions Practice Attains Record Revenue in First Quarter 2014. March 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Transplace and Celtic Expand Intermodal Services in Mexico.

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Taulia

MAY 31, 2021

This isn’t just a fad – HSBC’s Global Head of Trade Finance Propositions, Burcu Senel, references increased client demand , with nearly a third of businesses seeking ESG-centric solutions to create a more sustainable supply chain. launched one of the world’s first sustainable supply chain finance programs in 2014.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2014

Yesterday, I spoke at the Eye for Transport conference on the Big Data opportunity in supply chain. What if we could place enterprise reference data into a data lake that can be assembled through rules-based ontologies and cognitive learning? My mind is moving to the click-clack of my keyboard on this quiet morning. I cannot sleep.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 1, 2015

This includes LogicNet Plus, the Inventory and Product Flow Analyst and the Transportation Analyst products, as well as the related technology and support team. The primary impetus for IBM’s purchase of ILOG was for the BAM assets; and during the period of 2008-2014, sales by IBM of the Logictools product languished.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Editor’s Note: Cerasis is a 3PL focused on transportation management. Distributors will inbound to a manufacturer the inventory needed and transportation management, especially inbound freight management, efficiency is paramount to an effective vendor managed inventory model.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 3, 2020

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation , a leading proponent of the circular economy, defines it this way: “The circular economy refers to an industrial economy that is restorative by intention; aims to rely on renewable energy; minimizes, tracks, and hopefully eliminates the use of toxic chemicals; and eradicates waste through careful design.”

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 3, 2014

The Latest: What to Expect in Transportation Regulation. While there will continue to be periodic articles about attempts to roll back the 2013 HOS changes, I think we will see fewer and fewer references to the 2013 HOS changes. Sanitary Transportation of Food. As a reminder to readers, the rulemaking process in D.C.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 15, 2014

The pills are referred to as consumption units. The most striking savings were associated with the transportation of finished goods to end customers and the handling of inner packs in DCs. This article is published in the spring 2014 issue of Supply Chain Frontiers. Subscribe to the newsletter for free here.

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AFFLINK

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Sanitation generally refers to practices that prevent humans from coming into contact with agents of disease, such as agricultural waste, industrial waste and wastewater. These rules do not apply to mobile crews if they have transportation to nearby washing facilities available. Washing Facilities. Vermin Control.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 4, 2016

Nearshoring refers to when a company brings products closer to the US, which may not necessarily mean the products are manufactured in the US. These recall counts point to sizeable growth over the past decade in the recall notices of Chinese-made consumer goods from 58 in 2002 to 153 in 2014.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 7, 2014

Moving on to other news, UPS announced the addition of a Full Container Load (FCL) rail solution to its China-to-Europe transportation lineup. Interested in learning more about what’s happening with electronic logging devices and other transportation-related regulations in the works? So, mark your calendars and tune in!

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RFgen

MAY 2, 2019

Even though distribution center job openings have risen by 50% from 600,000 in 2014 to 900,000 in 2018, fulfilling those openings has proven to be a major challenge. Dan Gilmore of Supply Chain Digest refers to this as “ The Great DC Labor Crisis.”. Wage growth further trims already thin profit margins.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 15, 2021

Those models are: The essential services model; the smart transportation model; the broad spectrum model; and the business ecosystem model.[3] Smart cities are those that use new information and communication technologies to solve pressing problems — such as housing, transportation, and energy — in urban planning and governance.”

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

However, in March 2014, the Government requested an en banc rehearing by the CAFC on the matter of personal liability. On September 16, 2014, the CAFC reversed its original decision and ruled that Trek Leather’s owner was, in fact, personally liable. Global Transportation Supply Chain Supply Chain Consulting' 11-1527 (Fed.Cir.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

A traditional viewpoint of manufacturers reveals many flaws in the efficiencies of standard shipping, transportation, and other logistics processes. To take a quick step back, logistics refers to the forward and reverse flow of goods and services to retailers, businesses, and consumers.

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