Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Truckers take government to court over electronic logbook mandate. Well, the ink is barely dry on the Final Rule for electronic logging devices (ELDs) and already a lawsuit has been filed. roads and highways, FedEx CEO Fred Smith told investors during the company’s fiscal 2015 third quarter earning call on March 18.

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Supply Chain Movement

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

25-26 November 2015. With its 500+ participants, the congress – to be held for the fifth time in November 2015 – is equal to its pharmaceutical counterpart not only in volume, but in structure and professionalism as well. Translog Connect Congress. Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal Budapest, Hungary. www.translogconnect.eu.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 7, 2015

We did precisely that at Quintiq World Tour Singapore 2015 with experts from Hewlett Packard, Baker Hughes, ZALORA and FCI Electronics. L – R: Expert panelists Paul Lim (Supply Chain Asia), Fausty David (FCI Electronics), Syed Ali (Zalora). What happens when you ask four experts for their thoughts on supply chain transformation?

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Talking Logistics

JULY 17, 2015

Yes, it’s just a car — metal and plastic and rubber and electronics — but I’ve spent a third of my life, starting a month before my oldest daughter was born, driving it. Driver Turnover Falls in First Quarter of 2015. Cass Freight Index June 2015 Report. House approves $8 billion highway funding extension (The Hill).

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 6, 2015

A clear sign that Mexico is currently in the supply chain spotlight was last month’s Logistic Summit & Expo 2015 in Mexico City, which attracted over 10,000 attendees and almost 200 exhibitors, including leading 3PLs, software vendors, and other supply chain and logistics companies from both the United States and Mexico.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 23, 2015

As noted in the press release, companies are required to use ACE for all electronic import and export manifest filings for all modes by May 1, 2015 and use ACE for all electronic cargo release and related entry summary filings by Nov. And with that, have a happy weekend! Song of the Week: “Simple Machine” by Guster.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Electronic Logging Devices to be Required Across Commercial Truck and Bus Industries. October 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). The post This Week in Logistics News (December 7-11, 2015) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. China Approves Merger of Cosco, China Shipping (WSJ- sub.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2024

The $90 million deal marks Descartes’ 30th acquisition since 2015. Samsung Electronics America (SEA) has filed two complaints with the US FMC over “excessive and unlawful” detention and demurrage (D&D) charges issued by Cosco and OOCL. Supply chain software vendor Descartes Systems Group has acquired OCR Services Inc.,

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2015

As Joe Dixon, SVP of Supply Chain at Brooks Brothers, commented at the GT Nexus Bridges 2015 conference a few weeks ago: “SAP is our internal ERP system, GT Nexus is our external [supply chain] ERP system.”. OHL specializes in the sectors of apparel, electronics, healthcare, food and beverage, and consumer packaged goods.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2015

August 2015 North American Freight Numbers. According to the article, Walmart wants “to test drones for taking stock of trailers and other items in the parking lot of a warehouse using electronic tagging and other methods. Steelwedge Launches PlanStreaming™ Cloud Platform to Support Continuous Planning at All Levels and Frequencies.

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Kuebix

MARCH 26, 2019

The post 5 Ways the ELD Mandate Has Changed the Supply Chain for the Better appeared first on Kuebix.

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QAD

MAY 12, 2022

His early career encompassed roles such as director of North American Fulfillment for IBM, COO at Intelligent Electronics, and VP of Corporate materials at Compaq Computer. This might seem unachievable to some companies, but consumer preferences have become driving factors behind much of the competition in the consumer electronics industry.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Meanwhile, in the Wall Street Journal this week, Loretta Chao writes about how rising costs and regulations, including the pending electronic logging devices (ELD) rule , are negatively impacting small trucking companies and owner-operators. Here’s a notable excerpt: “Everybody’s quitting, all us old-timers are done.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Final rule for electronic logging devices is pushed back to end of October (Logistics Management). The post This Week in Logistics News (September 14-18, 2015) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Big Retailers, Delivery Firms Face Struggle to Find Holiday Workers (WSJ – sub. Have a happy weekend!

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

The post This Week in Logistics News (August 31 – September 4, 2015) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Labor Day came early this year, and it looks like it will extend well beyond next Monday too. And with that, have a happy weekend! Song of the Week: “Happy Idiot” by TV on the Radio.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

E-procurement, which is known as ‘electronic procurement’ or ‘supplier exchange’, is changing the way companies are sourcing their goods and services. Over the last ten years, institutions have been using more electronic tools to manage their procurement activities. & (Dec 2015). Bibliography: Adebayo, V. &

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 16, 2021

The SDGs were set up in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030 and are included in a UN Resolution called the 2030 Agenda. This is common for apparel and other non-electronic items, where it is easier to get an item back into a selling channel. Per our survey, 64.2

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 13, 2021

can also be described as the electronics age which brought about the widespread manufacture and use of chips.”[5] The integration of electronics hardware into the manufacturing systems also created a requirement of software systems to enable these electric devices, thereby feeding the software development market as well.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In 2015, the hype cycle of digital transformation began. I define digital transformation as the redefinition of the atoms and electrons of the supply chain to improve value. While companies are hesitant to adopt new technologies, most have a litany of unfinished IT projects. What Is A Digital Transformation Strategy? What does it mean?

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Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Companies in other industries like high-tech electronics, aerospace and defense, and clean tech have their own unique set of quality, environmental, and/or security regulations which also significantly impact their product development schedules. 510(k) , premarket approval , CE certification ) can take up to one year. References LNS Research.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

To help, in this post, we provide you with some insights for the period of 2006-2015. The analysis is for two time periods: 2006-2015 and 2009-2015. In Figure 2, we share the average results by industry peer group for each metric and contrast the average value of 2006 to 2015. A Look at History. Resiliency.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Over the last two decades Steelwedge raised significant capital in three rounds: 4M$ in 2004, 16M$ in 2011 and 22.5M$ in 2015. In 2015, with the new round of capital, the company with a new and more scaleable architecture announced a new management team with a new vision. He was bullish and I shrugged my shoulders. I was not sure.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 14, 2024

The report highlights the luxury automaker’s production approach where electronic powered model vehicles not only have the same appearance of gasoline powered models, but are produced on the same production line in Munich, Germany. The approach is one of flexible manufacturing, practiced by other global manufacturers including Toyota Motor.

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PINC

APRIL 14, 2020

Founded in 2015 as a spinoff from DuPont, The Chemours Co., is a global chemical company that makes performance chemicals used by the oil refinery, agricultural, automotive, energy, and consumer electronics industries. The Chemours Company adopts a yard management system that has helped organize the chaos of managing a high-volume DC.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 31, 2023

Background In a number of prior Supply Chain Matters blog commentaries, we have highlighted for readers how global smartphone and consumer electronics provider Apple has behind the scenes been influencing key contract manufacturing and component suppliers to begin to establish alternative sourcing of materials and production beyond China.

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EcoVadis

MARCH 17, 2011

Beyond all the existing issues of diminishing raw materials, electronics companies source minerals such as cobalt, coltan and copper in countries that are often marred by corruption and civil war. With electronics manufacturing plants in their backyards, Asian activists are putting the pressure on.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 5, 2015

Next Generation Power Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute or Power America. The new institute is focused on enabling the next-generation of energy-efficient, high-power electronic chips and devices by making wide bandgap semiconductor technologies cost-competitive with current silicon-based power electronics in the next five years.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 22, 2015

Analysis by the Financial Times reveals that many new jobs were created in Central Europe between 2010 and 2013, particularly in electronics manufacturing. SCM Map Europe 2014-2015. Companies are now having to source more locally in order to ensure that they can continue to produce for the local market.”. >>Please

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Freightos

JANUARY 12, 2017

Since air cargo is prohibitively expensive, it’s usually limited to smaller, high-value goods or time sensitive items, such as: Electronics. Air freight usage is growing slowly, with less than 1% growth in 2015 among the world’s top freight forwarders, according to Transport Intelligence. in 2015, down from 5% in 2014.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Rebounding freight volumes and the proximity of the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate are set to change the industry in 2017, reports Sean Kilcarr of FleetOwner. Between 2015 and 2016, freight shipping rates declined significantly, and dry van rates dropped up to 15 percent. Shipping LTL Rates Will Improve.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 3, 2021

One of the most important initiatives in helping to promote a domestic semiconductor initiative is NextFlex, America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Institute, whose mission is to advance U.S. manufacturing of Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE). Leveraging government agencies like Nextflex would be a start towards this goal.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 12, 2022

However, of a large number of electronic money related structures, bitcoin is the one and why bitcoin is helpful for trading. Bitcoin cryptographic cash became invigorating after the most notable electronic money was made available on the web stage. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. How to go on with bitcoin?

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SCM Research

APRIL 22, 2015

However, as brand companies make consumers believe they need a new smart phone every two years, today’s global supply chains are responsible for incredibly large amounts of electronic waste. A new United Nations University report, titled The Global E-waste Monitor 2014 , details e-waste generation by region. Mt) and China (6.0

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

Moller – Maersk, and CEO Soren Toft of MSC say: MSC and Maersk recognize that much has changed since the two companies signed the 10-year agreement in 2015. In a joint statement, CEO Vincent Clerc of A. Discontinuing the 2M alliance paves the way for both companies to continue to pursue their individual strategies.”

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 9, 2019

The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (TFTEA) brings significant changes to Duty Drawback policy and implementation. Modernization of Duty Drawback also includes implementation of claim filing within a fully electronic environment (ACE). Several events have brought drawback to the forefront of trade in 2019.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 9, 2017

Samsung Electronics. Consider that Samsung has consumer electronics, visual display, semiconductor, heavy industry and biotech divisions. However, when you look at the 2015-2016 revenue growth, Nokia’s networking business grew 90%, while their Nokia Technologies only grew 3%. Schneider Electric. Colgate-Palmolive. Cisco Systems.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Founded in 2000 as a consortia exchange by IBM, along with H itachi, Matsushita, LG Electronics, Nortel Networks, Seagate Technology, Solectron and Toshiba, E2open has weathered the challenges of time. On March 26, 2015, I nsight Venture Partners (“Insight”) purchased E2open for $8.60 The focus was on automating procurement.

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