Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Conferences are a great example of peer-to-peer learning in action, but with so many supply chain and logistics conferences available, how do you decide which ones to attend? Below is a short list of the supply chain and logistics conferences scheduled for 2017. Happy learning and networking in 2017!

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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. Unlike the all-time highs of 2014, 2017 will reveal an industry on the cusp of restoring order and LTL rates to acceptable, reasonable levels.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 24, 2017

Cass Truckload Linehaul Index (February 2017). January 2017 North American Freight Numbers. The latest example: Walmart was issued a patent for “A Method to Carry an Item within a Retail Shopping Facility” — that method being a drone. billion in current dollars in January 2017, a 6.7 in February. percent to $43.0

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 19, 2017

Household Products (Nondurable) 2017 Supply Chain to Admire Metric Results. As you can see from Table H, P&G is at or above the industry average for Operating Margin and Inventory Turns. They are below the industry average, however, for Growth and Return on Invested Capital.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

Which is why a drone took flight from the stage during Ryan’s keynote address at the Descartes Evolution 2017 Conference a couple of weeks ago and broadcast real-time video of the audience as it flew across the front of the hall. Descartes (@DescartesSG) March 28, 2017. million in FY 2017 (net income has grown from $12.0

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 4, 2017

Amazon Robotics Challenge 2017 won by Australian budget bot (BBC News). Starting October 2, 2017, returns of items that you fulfill and that fall within the Amazon returns policy will be automatically authorized. CommonSense Robotics raises $6M seed round to make on-demand logistics affordable for all retailers (TechCrunch).

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Talking Logistics

MAY 12, 2017

March 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). One of my predictions for 2017 was that we would continue to see the convergence of commerce and logistics, as well as the ongoing convergence of technology and logistics service providers. Domino’s autonomous vehicle pizza delivery now live in Germany (ZDnet).

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Kinaxis

JUNE 26, 2017

The 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo was one such opportunity. For example a new large order or a new product or promotional offer performing exceedingly well can be quite disruptive to the supply flow. Positive events can cause supply chain disruptions as well. I am no exception to this!

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

I learned that fact (and many more important things) at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference in New Orleans this week. As the compliance date for the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate approaches (December 18, 2017), there are two important questions to be answered: How will it impact capacity?

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Cass Truckload Linehaul Index – September 2017. In the past month, for example, we’ve seen the following headlines: “ Air France KLM is Evaluating MRO Potential for Blockchain ” and “ TMW Systems Becomes Charter Member of Blockchain in Trucking Alliance.”

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Last month, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry. For example, I learned that there’s a difference between cement and concrete, even though many people use the terms interchangeably.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 23, 2017

Cass Truckload Linehaul Index – May 2017. In short, this is another another example of “ truck drivers being treated like trash with no rights” and shippers passing the buck of responsibility onto their suppliers. JD.com chief Richard Liu sees drone delivery as the way to reach China’s rural consumers (CNBC).

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

LL4T1DCure Team Jersey 2017. In response to Hurricane Harvey, for example, JDRF and other organizations shipped more than 3,750 pounds of donated diabetes supplies to Houston (including 200,000 syringes, 50,000 pen needles and 20,000 alcohol pads) to help people with diabetes affected by the hurricane. How far is 100 miles?

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 20, 2017

And here’s a flowchart that provides an example: Source: Amazon patent filing. million) has been allocated under the draft fiscal 2017 budget for the scheme, which launches in April…Only [lockers] that accept deliveries from any logistics company will qualify for the subsidy.

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Arkieva

MARCH 7, 2017

From discussions on enabling advanced business processes and improving supply chain visibility, to supply chain technology trends, the SAPInsider SCM 2017 in Orlando Florida, is set to be a fun learning and networking experience for supply chain professionals using SAP systems.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2017

Today, I’m adding to the list of resolutions, but instead of focusing on things you should do this year, I’m focusing on 4 things you should stop doing in 2017. It’s now 2017. The same resolutions still apply today, so I encourage you to re-read the post in case you forgot them or ignored the advice the first time around.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2017

That’s what I wrote last December in my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017, and last September in The Day a Cyber Attack Brings the World’s Supply Chains to a Halt. South Florida Container Terminal, for example, said dry cargo could not be delivered and no container would be received.

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Tompkins Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

By Gene Tyndall Executive Vice President, Tompkins International I am pleased to offer my predictions for supply chains in 2017. To begin with, I am avoiding the obvious forecasts for the year, for example: • The U.S. The post My Top 3 Supply Chain Predictions for 2017 appeared first on Tompkins International.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

Mobile technologies in transportation and logistics have come a long way over the past decade — that is, since the iPhone was first introduced, followed by Android devices. And when it comes to last-mile and home delivery operations, mobile technology has become indispensable.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2017

One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 was that traditional software user interfaces would start migrating toward chatbots and virtual assistants. Some examples of what a user could ask Coleman: – “Coleman, what is the accounts receivable balance for ACME Corp?”

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Supply Chain Collaborator

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

These are but a few examples of the overwhelming list of disruptions and breakdowns in the wake of recent hurricanes: Hurricane Harvey reportedly disrupted or shut 13 refineries, causing U.S. The post How to Weather the Hurricanes of 2017 (and more) with a Heavy-Duty TMS Platform appeared first on UltraShipTMS.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 17, 2017

While 2016 was a year of opportunity, 2017 is setting up to be a defining year for shippers and logistics service providers (LSPs). This year’s EFT 2017 Global Logistics Report also shows that the industry seems to be reaching the consensus that the tech-driven LSPs are the future of business. Access the full report here.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 17, 2017

While 2016 was a year of opportunity, 2017 is setting up to be a defining year for shippers and logistics service providers (LSPs). This year’s EFT 2017 Global Logistics Report also shows that the industry seems to be reaching the consensus that the tech-driven LSPs are the future of business.

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TMC

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

One example of this is that California already restricted AV testing to under 10,000 pounds, which is why the Otto “beer run” occurred in Colorado and not California. For example, how will zero wander from car and truck tires impact pavement wear? Policymakers view safety as AV’s greatest benefit. Robinson.

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AFFLINK

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

But here we’ve found six trends that we expect will emerge — or continue to flourish — in supply chain management in 2017: 1. Mercedes Benz , for example, has invested over $500 million in last-mile delivery vans that launch package-delivering drones from their roofs. Breaking Down Siloes. Disaster Preparation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

One of the companies she holds up as a positive example of a big company addressing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues is Walmart. A few years ago, for example, my oldest child explained to me that Walmart was a malignant force. By 2017, Walmart had met its goal of doubling the transportation’s fleets efficiency.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 7, 2017

I’m guessing the researchers didn’t came across many examples of supply chain disruptions caused by cyberattacks in 2005, but based on the recent WannaCry and Petya cyberattacks, their findings seem to hold true today. As reported by the Wall Street Journal : Mondelez International Inc.’s last week, the company said Thursday.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

To know the most difficult challenges as perceived by supply chain professionals, we turn to the SCM World’s 2017 Future of Supply Chain survey. Besides, these risks are much more serious (for example, there were about 134,000 reported cyber-attacks on businesses in 2017 , or almost 50 percent increase from 2016).

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 3, 2023

This article breaks down the meaning, pros, and cons of continuous production, and explores some best practice examples for implementing a continuous production workflow. The pharmaceutical giant opened its first continuous-flow manufacturing facility in Switzerland in 2017. What is continuous production?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 22, 2017

For Example, What Is a Node? For example, receivables and payables steadily increased in the chemical industry. We will be discussing these topics, and many more, at the upcoming Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 5-8, 2017. Through my work with the Network of Networks group, several things are becoming apparent.

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ITradeNetwork

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Check out the top 5 food industry trends we are projecting to take off in 2017: Food Safety. 2017 will be the first full year of FSMA compliance, with the FDA carrying out audits, and for larger companies, truly facing the reality of the FDA knocking on their door. The past few years have been focused on preparation for FSMA.

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Oracle SCM

JANUARY 10, 2018

Product launches kept the Oracle Internet of Things Apps team very busy in 2017. Starting early in the year, Oracle announced the availability of four Internet of Things Applications – IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud, IoT Production Monitoring Cloud, IoT Fleet Monitoring Cloud, and IoT Connected Worker Cloud.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 10, 2017

Here are some examples: Lennox Residential achieved 99.7% We call it “Powerfully Simple”, meaning that the software is highly intelligent and built to run in a more autonomous manner, yet simple for the user. Being smarter, it greatly reduces manual effort—dramatically improving planning efficiency and lowering the cost of ownership.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

The answers were revealed at the SummerCon 2017 conference a couple of weeks ago where LLamasoft introduced “Planning by Design” and SupplyChainPlanning.com, which the company describes as “building blocks to improve your current planning capabilities through design technology.”. What would this “next generation solution” be?

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 23, 2017

At the same time, technological advances such as the Internet of Things, automated transportation and similar futuristic innovations , have been offering the promise of disruption for the last few years without really delivering, although there is little doubt that they will, maybe in 2017, or maybe later.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 19, 2021

” Kharpal’s 2017 article captured the mixed (and sometimes confusing) picture of how artificial intelligence is changing the workplace. … And, although ‘robophobia’ is on the up, there are several examples of how machine learning is already positively impacting employees across a host of industries.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Note that the industry aggregate actually went backwards, as did operating margin and inventory for the period 2015-2017. to This is an example of managing a balanced portfolio and of driving a supply chain revolution. This case study is the best example we have seen of a customer-centric supply chain.

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