The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The transport and logistics industry has started to engage differently in the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference. Additional three zero (3Zs) emission initiatives were launched at COP26 that will help the transport and logistics industry to contribute its fair share to the decarbonization of economy and society.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 9, 2021

Average performance in 2016-2019 across twenty-seven manufacturing sectors on inventory turns, Return on Invested Capital and operating margin was worse than in 2012-2015. In preparation, I am handpicking the speakers and finishing up the Supply Chains to Admire analysis for 2021. Alignment Barriers. Mistake #4.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The high activity levels in the transportation and Retail/Ecommerce sectors mirror consumers’ movement into new channels. In 2015, there was a step-change in the use of machine learning by innovators in supply chain planning. The conference is in Franklin, TN on September 7th-10th, 2021. The agenda will publish in April.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 21, 2023

About Flock Freight Founded in 2015, Flock Freight is a technology company reinventing the supply chain through smarter, more sustainable shipping solutions. Flock Freight is a technology-driven logistics company that specializes in pooling shipments to increase efficiency and reduce transportation costs.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 3, 2023

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. Analytics Insight, 22 November 2021. [2] Wasson, “ Janus ,” World History Encyclopedia, 6 February 2015. [4] Footnotes. [1] 3] Donald L.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 12, 2022

By 2015 end-to-end visibility became an interesting possibility. It’s the doing, the actions taken to improve your transportation and logistics operations, for example, that ultimately delivers value.” 3] David Blonski, “ The Biggest Opportunity for Supply Chain Visibility, Part 1 ,” Elementum Blog, 17 November 2021. [4]

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

These networks draw on tools with seamless, real-time communication between manufacturing, logistics providers, suppliers and applications for enterprise resource planning (ERP), warehouse management (WMS), transportation management (TMS) and order management (OMS). Footnotes. [1] 3] Lora Cecere, “ Sage advice? Only for turkeys. ”

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Enterra Insights

JULY 14, 2021

Even today’s emerging omnichannel environments require precise coordination between customer-facing infrastructure, warehousing, transportation, fulfillment, and a range of other disparate functions. 2] Mike Hulbert, “ Five Ways to Leverage AI in Supply Chain Management ,” SupplyChainBrain, 16 May 2021. [3] 5] Robert J.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The invention of the ocean container as a means for inter-modal sea and surface transportation movements have orchestrated the march toward lowest cost global based sourcing of components and materials. The net result was that global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2021

How do we best handle surging transportation costs? LLamasoft bought LogicNet in 2015 and Belcorp upgraded to the LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru solution shortly thereafter. The cost reduction includes sourcing, customs & duties, transportation, production, and inventory holding costs. They started with IBM’s LogicNet solution.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 29, 2022

While Total Landing Cost (TLC) includes other types of costs like; transporting, storage, risk, delivery, and quality, and the more complicated analysis, the Total cost of ownership (TCO) , includes the TLC, in addition to the ongoing lifetime, operating, durability, end-life disposal cost, …etc. Boston: Pearson, 2015. 10th edition.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The high activity levels in the transportation and Retail/Ecommerce sectors mirror consumers’ movement into new channels. In 2015, there was a step-change in the use of machine learning by innovators in supply chain planning. The conference is in Franklin, TN on September 7th-10th, 2021. The agenda will publish in April.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Reportedly, Eliott participated in the original buyout of E2open in 2015. If the tech provider is taken private, it would represent a full circle move in that E2open was once private before moving to a bank check merger in 2021. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

The Circular Economy distinguishes between the biological and the technical cycle: the biological cycle focuses on returning biodegradable materials to nature, e.g., through composting, and the technical cycle addresses reuse, repair, remanufacture and recycling of non-biodegradable materials (Ellen MacArthur Foundation 2015).

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

As 2021’s holiday shopping statistics proved, pandemic or not, consumers are willing to spend. (My When looking at global online sales, Salesforce reports 57% digital growth in 2020, and 16% growth in 2021, with eMarketer data predicting a continued increase through 2025. in 2021, compared to 42,000 sq. Data source: eMarketer.

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Intelligent Audit

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In January, the National Retail Federation (NRF) reported that: Retailers expect consumers to return more than $761 billion in merchandise purchased in 2021. According to the RLA, the costs continue to rise due to transportation fees, capacity restraints, labor shortages, and inefficiencies in reverse logistics operations.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Additionally, Amazon’s logistics services include transportation and warehousing solutions, allowing businesses of all sizes to leverage Amazon’s expertise and resources in streamlining their supply chain and improving their delivery capabilities. 2021: 1,608,000 Amazon Employees New hires: However, in 2022, they employed over 1.5

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 3, 2021

If 2020 was the year of B2C, 2021 could likely be the year of B2B. These platforms allow a multitude of businesses to participate by selling and buying goods and services while the likes of Amazon and Alibaba coordinate the logistics such as warehousing, fulfillment, and transportation in the background.

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Techgistics

APRIL 22, 2018

Transportation has been the source of some of the greatest innovations in human history from the invention of the wheel to automobiles, ships , trains, planes, and rockets. Ford is working on Level 4 self-driving taxis , planned for 2021. I thought I would expand upon that concept in this post. No steering wheel is required.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 4, 2022

” Yossi Sheffi ( @YossiSheffi ), Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, goes even further. Mankins and Lori Sherer, “ Creating value through advanced analytics ,” Bain Brief, 11 February 2015. [10] 5] He adds, “The lynchpin for any technology is data.” 9] Michael C.

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MIT Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The full truckload (TL) transportation market’s dynamics in the US and non-binding freight contracts enable shippers and carriers to behave opportunistically when buying and selling TL capacity. For example, the trucking company’s transportation network or fleet may have changed since the contract was signed.

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Resilinc

JUNE 27, 2023

You’ve probably heard of some of the most notable M&As in the past few years, such as when Adobe acquired Figma in 2022 for $20 billion or when Heinz and Kraft merged in 2015 to become one of the largest food companies in the world. For example, American Eagle Outfitters acquired Quiet Logistics , a fulfillment company, in 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But in its most recent report, McDonald’s disclosed that the company’s emissions in 2021 were 12 percent higher than its 2015 baseline. According to the company, its program paid $4 million to farmers for 200,000 metric tons of carbon in 2021. Payments ranged from an average of $20,000 to as high as $100,000.

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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. 12] Lisa Morgan, “ 14 Creepy Ways To Use Big Data ,” InformationWeek, 30 October 2015. [13] Nowadays, few people question the value of data.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

Transport markets tend towards consolation, which we have observed with the container liners and the emergence of new business models brought about for example by platform aggregators. Record levels of VC funding , over USD 11bn in 2021, is creating more challengers still. USD 2bn in annual VC funding) from 2015-2019.

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3PL Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In 1973, the ATA introduced the Truck Tonnage Index, a monthly estimation of the total weight of freight transported by truck in the United States. of all tonnage is transported via trucking which means understanding the Truck Tonnage Index provides insight into the largest segment of the transportation industry.

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ModusLink Corporation

MARCH 2, 2022

Fulfilment is being impacted as many time-consuming tasks are replaced by high-tech drones which can reduce the time needed to transport, manage, or place items inside the warehouse. 2015, October 8). 2021, January 11). Also, automated drones can work 24 hours, seven days out of seven. Retrieved from DHL.com. 2020, November 18).

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ModusLink Corporation

MARCH 1, 2022

Fulfilment is being impacted as many time-consuming tasks are replaced by high-tech drones which can reduce the time needed to transport, manage, or place items inside the warehouse. 2015, October 8). 2021, January 11). Also, automated drones can work 24 hours, seven days out of seven. Retrieved from DHL.com. 2020, November 18).

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This sequence of events involves many moving parts, including purchasing, packaging, shipping, and transporting materials to distributors to sell to the end customer. Founded in 2015, Arka is dedicated to helping businesses curate a custom brand experience through sustainable packaging materials.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

While the area the ULEZ currently covers is comparatively small, the plan to expand the boundary significantly in October 2021 would see the zone cover the entire area encompassed by the North and South Circular Roads which run around London. The fee for a car or van which does not comply with the emission regulations is £12.50

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

In fact, between 2011 and 2015, warehouse renting rates were up by a whopping 28.7%. Vacancy rates in key transportation hubs and seaport cities were even lower,” according to a report from JOC.com. According to Westernacher Consulting , “Just in 2015, the average number of SKUs in warehouses increased by 18% in the U.S.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 28, 2021

1] Yossi Sheffi ( @YossiSheffi ), Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, asserts big data already is an organization’s most valuable asset. 1] Adilin Beatrice, “ Big Data vs. Data Science: Knowing the Difference by Undoing the Knots ,” Analytics Insight, 5 March 2021. [2] Footnotes. [1] 4] Adlina A.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Before joining the VPA in January 2021, Stephen served as President and Chief Executive Officer for TraPac, LLC.and was responsible for the overall performance of the company with focus on safety, service and sustainability. Stephen holds a BS degree in Transport Management from Aston University in England. About Port of Virginia.

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Eyvo

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Please note that effective Jan 1st 2021 Eyvo will no longer support TLS 1.0 In 2015, the NIST mandated that government agencies upgrade to a new Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol, TLS 1.2, InfoWorld, Feb 3, 2015. or TLS 1.1 on any of our servers or external communications. What to do. protocol. and TLS 1.0

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Resilinc

MARCH 5, 2024

From 2021 to 2023, the platform saw a 44% increase in alerts related to extreme weather—growing from 244 disruptions in 2021 to 351 this past year. These conditions could potentially impact supply chain logistics and transportation by sea, air, and land. What can your company do to become more resilient to climate change?

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) held in mid-November 2021 in Glasgow once again, for a brief moment, focused world attention on the dangers of climate change and the importance taking long-term actions to mitigate its negative effects. 4] Staff, “ The Circular Economy ,” ModusLink Blog, 2021. [5] Footnotes. [1]

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2024

Blue Yonder was acquired by Panasonic in 2021. The $90 million deal marks Descartes’ 30th acquisition since 2015. The case against Cosco notes: “Beginning in approximately 2020, Cosco began repeatedly failing to properly perform its obligations for inland transportation to the inland destinations.

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