Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Small businesses getting squeezed out in push for warehouse space. The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. Warehouse space is getting harder to find, especially as the global e-commerce boom continues to change shopping habits.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 10, 2016

2016 looks to be a year of great opportunity for logistics service providers (LSPs). of survey respondents say that stagnant global growth is the biggest threat to their business growth in 2016; 32.6% Innovation Helps Grow Your Business. say it’s their competitors. already see commoditization as the biggest threat to their growth.

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FLEXE

APRIL 17, 2017

We’re excited to announce our new Premier Partner program—highlighting our top-performing warehouse partners in the network. Here at FLEXE, we get the opportunity to work with a lot of great warehouse partners. Every warehouse provider in the FLEXE network undergoes a vetting process before it can be listed in our marketplace.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Mr. Welty founded a company that sold warehouse management systems (WMS) called AllPoints Systems in 1987. Welty had successfully built two companies, had a background in warehouse technology, and had earned some trust. Locus Robots in the Warehouse. Locus was separated out of Quiet in 2016 and became its own company.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

On the other hand, only 8 percent of companies that were rated by their executives as less than significantly above average on supply chain-related metrics have the same performance. For example, Supply & Chain Executive reported that there were 260 major natural disasters in 2016 that resulted in an economic loss of $211 billion.

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Alloy

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Get More Out of Your Kroger 84.51° and Market6 Data How Automation and Advanced Metrics You Won’t Get in 84.51° can help you grow your sales at Kroger and avoid inventory headaches. Market6 was bought by 84.51° in 2016 to add improved product movement data capabilities to the platform.

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RFgen

JULY 11, 2017

A variety of trends are coming together to transform the modern warehouse. The warehouse management system market is experiencing a period of rapid growth as a variety of industry conditions come together to make the supply chain, distribution and fulfillment aspects of businesses extremely important. billion by 2023.

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RFgen

JULY 11, 2017

A variety of trends are coming together to transform the modern warehouse. The warehouse management system market is experiencing a period of rapid growth as a variety of industry conditions come together to make the supply chain, distribution and fulfillment aspects of businesses extremely important. billion by 2023.

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SupplyPike

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In 2016, Target stores increased their OTIF penalties to 5% of the order cost, five times what it previously was. Walmart breaks down OTIF into separate metrics, On Time and In Full. Each metric has its own percentage goal that must be met in order to avoid fines. That kind of money adds up! The Walmart OTIF Program.

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Freightos

JANUARY 4, 2018

Dropping profit margins – Hanjin’s bankruptcy in late 2016 capped a difficult year for carriers and 2017 hasn’t been much better. In 2016, the top twenty global forwarders accounted for a 60% of the freight forwarding market. Next came the mid-2016 launch of the Freightos Marketplace. Digital Forwarding.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Logistics providers need to know when products will be available, and warehouses must send information back to the manufacturer to ensure supply and demand fluctuations are easily met. This will lead to the creation of more metrics and business-intelligence tools to help improve manufacturing operations.

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DELMIA Quintiq

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

million metric tons of food every year and distributes about $880 million in cash assistance. The organization manages a global network of 650 warehouses, 900 WFP-owned trucks and 35 fleet workshops. World Food Programme. World Food Programme (WFP) moves about 3.2 With Quintiq, WFP aims to take this to another level.

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Freightos

JANUARY 4, 2018

Dropping profit margins – Hanjin’s bankruptcy in late 2016 capped a difficult year for carriers and 2017 hasn’t been much better. In 2016, the top twenty global forwarders accounted for a 60% of the freight forwarding market. Next came the mid-2016 launch of the Freightos Marketplace. Digital Forwarding.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017 : exoskeletons, autonomous forklifts, flying warehouses, last-mile delivery, and more. Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 23, 2016

Industry Week, March, 2016). These metrics would, of course, be aligned and are updated every hour. The metrics are also manual as automatic metric systems cannot retrieve the information at an hourly frequency as these metrics are process inputs and not outputs. Flex is eight (8) years into its Lean journey.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

As a result, unit picking, shipping and returns is redefining warehouse management and transportation processes. Voice picking, piece pick walls, and pushing the goods to the packer are new processes, but underlying these process redefinitions is the need for investment in warehouse management. Instead, it is a redefinition.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

According to a 2016 report from Ohio State University , 86 percent of respondents believed their ERP systems did not provide adequate supply chain management. This feature was named more often than all other features including supply chain visibility , warehouse management and eCommerce.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 20, 2019

.” Fans of Indiana Jones’ movies, will remember the scene at the end of the first movie where the crate containing the Ark of the Covenant is placed in a huge warehouse containing thousands of similar crates. The implication is pretty clear — the likelihood of the Ark being discovered in the warehouse is slim to none.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 17, 2022

Bambrough explains, “In December 2016, renowned cybersecurity expert Mikko Hypponen tweeted ‘Hypponen’s Law’ — ‘If it’s smart, it’s vulnerable.’ But biases implicit to AI systems have caused concern, along with a culture of ubiquitous surveillance that could be ushered in.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

So when the warehouse team threatened to unionize, I transferred into a distribution, warehouse environment. Warehouse Management and Transportation Management were in their infancy. The book is selling well and will be translated into Mandarin for the Chinese audience for a release in August 2016. The year was 1985.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 20, 2017

The need to transport parts also drives inventory up, creates a need for space to store those parts, and uses energy for more forklift time and warehouse heating. Read Also: 10 Warehouse Productivity Tips for Reducing Downtime Today! Related: Top 2016 Supply Chain Strategy Posts from the Supply Chain Link Blog.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Machine learning is gaining adoption in Logistics Control Tower operations to provide new insights into how every aspect of supply chain management, collaboration, logistics and warehouse management can be improved. CB Insights, Stocked Up: 150+ Companies Attacking The Supply Chain & Logistics Space, November 30, 2016. no opt-in).

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 27, 2018

Essentially, gamification is just an expansion of the use of metrics and KPIs to measure human performance. If you wish, you can implement gamification in inventory management and warehousing, transport management or even into the cabs of trucks if you run a commercial-vehicle fleet. Gamification in the Warehouse.

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FLEXE

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

<h4>We wanted to know how pricing and usage metrics trend in the FLEXE marketplace. </h4> <p>FLEXE is the first and largest on-demand warehousing marketplace, founded in 2013. Here are the numbers. </h4> </p>

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Lucas

JULY 3, 2018

WERC’s Annual DC Measures Survey is a great tool for benchmarking your distribution center and warehouse operations, but it’s also a valuable resource for identifying trends across the industry. This year’s survey showed the growing importance of labor-related metrics in assessing DC performance. Annual workforce turnover.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Performance and Improvement for the Period of 2010-2016 for Trucks and Heavy Equipment. AGCO ‘s initial goal was limited to replacing fragile tablets and enhancing safety on the warehouse floor by freeing up both hands for the workers to climb on and off the unit. The move led to an additional 30% – 35% reduction in process time.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2016

To an international 3PL in 2016 however, supply chain visibility (SVC) is known as the capability to monitor and register movements through a transportation network. Today, companies have varied interpretations of “visibility,” largely due to evolving business demands and globalization trends. Improve lead times and performance.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

Included in this post is Cummins’ digital award for the 2016 Supply Chains to Admire. I want to understand why some companies outperform on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter while others do not. It is a condition of too little sleep due to fabulous late night coverage of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Amazon has dozens of warehouses all over the country, and more around the world, so your products may be in your customers’ hands quickly. Q4 of 2016, in particular, created less than ideal press for the company when a British jury found Amazon UK guilty of shipping hazardous materials by air without proper labeling or packaging.

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RFgen

MAY 5, 2016

CNN reported that CRF Frozen Foods expanded their voluntary recall of products in May 2016. Employees and managers must recognize the importance of absolute quality, and companies need to invest in technology like convenient data collection solutions so warehouse management and supply chain workers have the resources they need to succeed.

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RFgen

MAY 5, 2016

CNN reported that CRF Frozen Foods expanded their voluntary recall of products in May 2016. Employees and managers must recognize the importance of absolute quality, and companies need to invest in technology like convenient data collection solutions so warehouse management and supply chain workers have the resources they need to succeed.

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IQMS

JULY 11, 2019

Machine learning is predicted to reduce costs related to transport and warehousing and supply chain administration by 5 to 10% and 25 to 40%, respectively. OEE is a pervasively used metric in manufacturing as it combines availability, performance, and quality, defining production effectiveness. PDF, no opt-in) Capgemini Consulting.

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NC State SCRC

JULY 11, 2017

Using retreads can save money, regardless of the metric fleets are using to measure their business performance. Examples of metrics include the following: Cost per driver hour. Using any of these metrics , retreads provide significant savings. Cost per engine hour. Cost per vehicle. Cost per mile. Cost per load.

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Requis

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

It’s easy to visualize how this information can save endless person-hours of running around warehouses. At the start of your digitization process, identify metrics you can keep tracking and also new metrics that you want to be able to track going forward. Deloitte Global CPO Survey 2016. Book a Free Demo. References.

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Requis

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

It’s easy to visualize how this information can save endless person-hours of running around warehouses. At the start of your digitization process, identify metrics you can keep tracking and also new metrics that you want to be able to track going forward. Deloitte Global CPO Survey 2016. Book a Free Demo. References.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 8, 2022

Doug has been a board member of the Washington DC Metro Police Foundation since 2016 and sits on the Advisory Board for Truckers Against Trafficking. Doug and his wife Lisa of 31 years reside in Bentonville, AR and have three adult children. About Walmart. Walmart Inc. engages in the operation of retail, wholesale, and other units worldwide.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

One of the world’s most successful eCommerce businesses is Shopify, which provides its customers – across both B2B and B2C channels – with an eCommerce platform supporting trade, engagement, metrics, shipping and tracking services. And remember that effective use of warehouse space is crucial too.

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