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LTL Rates, Capacity, and Fuel: The General Outlook for 2017

GlobalTranz

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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This Week in Logistics News (May 8-12, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Domino’s autonomous vehicle pizza delivery now live in Germany (ZDnet). March 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Could it develop the necessary technology to manage inventory and shipments across many disparate partners and get the warehouses to use it? Amazon cuts free shipping minimum to $25 (Reuters).

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

Our salute to the best advancements in supply chain technology, processes and labor management from 2017. Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2014 : hybrid DCs, 3-D prototypes, location-based inventory system, and more. This is our annual salute to the best in people, processes and technology within the supply chain arena. Media Type.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

For those unaware of the term, shrink is an accounting term used to describe when a store has fewer items in stock than in its recorded book inventory. The company created Project Gigaton in 2017 to engage suppliers and other stakeholders up and down the supply chain to reduce carbon emissions.

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The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment

Freightos

On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases. Flexport in the US, Beacon in the UK, Forto in Germany, K-Log in Latin America).

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Doing Business in Belgium

QAD

Belgium is bordered by France, Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands, and has a robust shipping infrastructure including multiple ports, making it a perfect location for trade both within the EU and with other geographic regions. 2 percent annually as of 2017, making Belgium the 168 th country in the world for industrial growth rates.

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Manufacturing Gains From Machine Learning

IQMS

Source: Smartening up with Artificial Intelligence (AI) – What’s in it for Germany and its Industrial Sector? (52 Asset Management, Supply Chain Management, and Inventory Management are the hottest areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning and IoT adoption in manufacturing today. 19th, 2017. Date: Sept.