Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

If you have not yet tackled the question of ethics in procurement, now is a great time to start. It does not matter whether you are a procurement professional, internal customer, external customer, senior executive, or supplier. Procurement is what sets entire supply chains and their organisations in motion.

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EazyStock

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

*This post was originally published June 2015; it was updated September 2018*. In today’s competitive business environment, getting the correct products to the right place at the right time via the most cost-effective manner is paramount for your business’ success. Logistics & Supply Chain Mobile Applications Top 12.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 29, 2018

“More than a quarter of all revenue for sellers on Amazon globally was from cross-border transactions in 2017, up more than 50 percent from the year prior, Amazon Vice President Eric Broussard said in an interview,” as reported by Jeffrey Dastin in a recent article in Reuters. Cross-Border E-Commerce is Anything But Simple.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 101

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

This “invisible” part of Walmart’s business is a logistical and supply chain management and the practices they employ should give supply chain managers pause to take a bit out of their day and inspect what Walmart is doing in order to mimic into the supply chain manager’s own practice. ” Walmart states early on.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2019

As we’ve learned from Kotter’s 8 Step Change Model (hyperlink), utilized as a framework to implement and achieve organizational change, the first 2 steps to create change boil down to one thing: People. Gauge Output, Report and Refine. Having leadership in place will put a face behind the movement? Suppliers and partners.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

I want to understand why some companies outperform on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter while others do not. About twice a month, companies ask me to review their strategy documents. In Agrosciences is the customer the distributor of seed/additives, the farmer or the downstream purchaser of food products? I am on a mission.

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Savi

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Target and Amazon, among other retailers, use AI to predict what customers will buy based upon past purchases. Using algorithms to detect patterns and rules to scenarios, AI can also exist within analytics programs and be used to help prescribe solutions in real-time to shipments in need of contingency planning.

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

– September 9, 2015 – XPO Logistics, Inc. (“XPO Logistics” or “XPO”) (NYSE: XPO) and Con-way Inc. (“Con-way”) (NYSE: CNW) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for XPO Logistics to acquire Con-way. GREENWICH, Conn. and ANN ARBOR, Mich.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

According to the 30th Annual State of Logistics Report by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), companies spent $1.64 trillion on logistics and transportation services in the United States in 2018, an increase of 11.4% billion, while transportation costs increased by 10.4%

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Freightos

JUNE 6, 2016

By and large, logistics providers and shippers currently avoid getting accurate weights for FCL freight shipments. So current freight quote weight reporting remains low, despite growing media attention to SOLAS, and despite the looming deadline. There are more players than shippers and logistics providers involved.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 9, 2017

In a study conducted by Accenture in 2015 of chemical companies, results showed that 94 percent expect to boost their investment in digital capabilities in the next three years to embrace a competitive advantage. It feeds analytics and fosters collaboration and insights for continuous improvement and high operational efficiency.

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GTG Technology Group

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Almost a million truck drivers have yet to purchase an e-log device – and the deadline is just six weeks away. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released the current electronic logging device (ELD) mandate at the end of 2015, and the clock has been counting down ever since. Last-Minute Solutions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. They saw a steady drop in inventory and reduced working capital by about 50% over the period of 2011-2015. Shell operates as a single-instance of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The reason?

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. The free report is available in PDF with supporting spreadsheets and high-resolution infographics here. After a rough 2015, the first half of 2016 was no different. Driving the Maersk Shift.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

Wholesalers in particular, seem to find it easy to fall into this trap, often as a result of making huge purchases of a single product to take advantage of bulk quantity discounts. There are plenty of simple, yet effective workflow software applications to be had, all of which will serve you better today than a trail of paper documents.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 29, 2016

Now, that’s not even counting the dozens of registration numbers and tracking numbers that must be meticulously kept up with and found and used on documents A, B, and C, but a different number is needed for the second page of document B and document E when properly vetting carriers. What Is the Unified Registration System?

Inventory Reduction 120

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Juliette Bruneel, a DSCP product documentation coordinator at QAD DynaSys, observes, “Whether you’re in a relationship or single, you can’t ignore the fuss made about Valentine’s day and the business it generates each year. 9] James Murray, “ Where’s the Valentine’s Day love for sustainability? ,” GreenBiz , 13 February 2015.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2019

As reported by The Loadstar this week, “Blockchain logistics start-up OpenPort has notified shareholders it is out of funds and intends to proceed with liquidation.” In the pilot, two large global chemical companies facilitate document and data transfer of invoices, purchase orders, delivery tenders and proof-of-delivery posts.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 101

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

This article was first published in June of 2015. As it is, even Amazon’s full potential is stifled by the existence of silos, as revealed in a Wall Street Journal report in 2017. Love-Hate Relationships Flourishing in Logistics. What Happened to These Trends? A 2018 Update. BRICs Are Moving to Buying, Not Just Making.

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