The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

His primary research stream examines firms’ logistics operations, with an emphasis on studying motor carrier safety, productivity, pricing dynamics, and driver turnover. He was recognized as the undergraduate faculty member who had the greatest impact on students based on the 2017 graduating senior survey. Negotiations.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

2017 will not be a bed of roses for third party logistics service providers, nor will the coming year be filled with thorns in the sides of major supply chain entities. By understanding how the industry will evolve throughout 2017, you can prepare your organization for the challenges and opportunities that will come.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 9, 2018

5 Things to Know Before Negotiating Ocean Shipping Contracts This Year | Transportfolio. The 2018-19 contract season for ocean shipping is here, and it’s time to think about the best way to approach negotiations. Of course, you should keep carrier financials in mind as you negotiate. Make technology work for your supply chain.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 12, 2017

The 2017-18 ocean shipping contract season is underway. As you evaluate your budget and ponder the best way to approach negotiations, you will want to keep costs down, consider options, and mitigate risks. Price is just one component of the decision-making process—not the only factor to consider. The Hanjin impact.

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

On the other hand, augmentation — expanding supply chain knowledge with insights, predictions, and recommendations — maintains human centricity in the decision- making process. Process automation replaces human action with technology while cognitive automation replaces human decision making with technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 6, 2023

retailers and other delivery customers for the first time in more than four years are easily winning discounts from United Parcel Service and FedEx , according to industry data and interviews with seven professionals who advise shippers in price negotiations. said Wednesday it has begun offering a service to handle returns.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Descartes Integrates Transportation Messaging and Customs Filing with SAP®. Earlier this year the union’s president, Harold Daggett, said the issue of job losses due to technology would be central during negotiations to extend the current contract, which expires in September 2018. Maybe they’ll do better in 2018.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2021

Target acquired Shipt in 2017 to provide the foundation of its same-day delivery. Today, these legacy retailers and Walgreens in particular stand out from competitors, boasting an increasing array of omnichannel fulfillment options and the ability to deliver orders to customers’ doors faster than ever, even if for a cost.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 13, 2017

SMC³ Expands API Relationship with MercuryGate, Launches New Pricing API. If you’re a transportation executive, you already know what’s happening in the market today: capacity is tightening and rates are climbing. Are you communicating what’s happening in the transportation market to upper management? There were 6.6

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 16, 2023

A well-optimized supply chain not only ensures efficient delivery and cost-effectiveness but also provides companies with a competitive advantage in the market. The company has strategically invested in automated distribution centers, streamlining the flow of products from manufacturers to stores.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

The staff at the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) note, however, that the logistics industry plays an “out-sized — and often underappreciated — role … within the greater transportation ecosystem.”[1] Logistics can help reduce costs. Logistics helps to create value. million people in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

“The Value in Orchestrating a Scheduled Transportation Plan”. These three headlines from Transport Topics and Food Shippers of America magazine tell the story of one of the most important challenges facing shippers in North America leading into 2018. What is Scheduled Transportation and how can it benefit a company’s supply chain?”

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

LL4T1DCure Team Jersey 2017. As reported by the Wall Street Journal this week: Trucking costs are surging in the wake of Hurricane Harvey…The cost of hiring a tractor-trailer to move freight from Dallas to Houston was an average 66% more in the week ended Sept. How far is 100 miles? How long will it take me?

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2017

Brings Advanced Freight Collaboration Solutions to the Transportation Industry. warehouses from Chinese merchants selling on its site—taking on a role it previously left to global freight-transportation companies.” This enables a better comparison and booking of incoming quotes from transport providers. in December.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2017

There is a significant amount of angst in the transportation marketplace lately in regards to freight spend forecasts. Given these conditions, all stakeholders in an efficient supply chain must have appropriate levels of visibility to costs as quickly as possible.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

trillion on logistics and transportation services in the United States in 2018, an increase of 11.4% Rising costs mean that companies must continue to innovate and implement strategies that can help reduce logistics costs and boost the bottom line. billion, while transportation costs increased by 10.4%

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Top View Cargo containers ship logistics transportation Container Ship Vessel Cargo Carrier. A new report from the industry association E-commerce Europe found that there was a 15% growth in 2016 and the industry is predicted to be worth €602 billion by the end of 2017.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

So, let’s think about what the new administration means for supply chain entities before we get into how supply chain entities can truly compete with Amazon throughout 2017. . Meanwhile, Europe is trying to negotiate the complexities of Brexit , leaving doors to some resources unattended. Shared strategic objectives must be defined.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

During the fourth quarter each year, transportation managers and executives can be found budget planning for the year – however this year, supply chain professionals are also faced with myriad matters nationwide that will impact their capacity and carrier rates well into 2017 and beyond. 2017 Budget Planning. How a 3PL Can Help.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Check out Is Your Supply Chain A Cost Centre or a Value Creator? Failure to negotiate good contractual rates and terms and conditions across these areas can have a tremendous and immediate impact on a company’s financial and operating performance. And Indirect Procurement in and of itself is a very specific area of skill.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 30, 2023

Seeing a gap in quality operating systems, he assembled a team and crafted his own TMS in 2017. About Alvys Alvys is a cloud-based Transportation Management System (TMS) that offers high-tech automation. Alvys offers free setup, making it easy for companies to get started without any upfront costs. The Greenscreens.ai

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QAD

JUNE 11, 2019

On 29 March 2017, the UK served their withdrawal notice under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. By triggering Article 50, Prime Minister Theresa May started the clock on a two year period to negotiate terms for the UK’s withdrawal. The UK and the EU concluded negotiations and drew up a withdrawal agreement in November 2018.

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Freightos

JUNE 9, 2018

In 1995 airlines via online travel marketplaces started selling tickets directly to consumers online and by 2017, 83% of US travellers were using digital channels to book their trips. It was made possible by a foundation of pricing and capacity automation dating back to Sabre’s reservation system in the ‘60s. That can’t last.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

Freightos unveils beta launch of international freight price index (American Shipper). Trans-Soft Announces Strategic Investment in Supply Vision. There are fuel consumption benefits from drafting, as well as cost benefits because you don’t need to have a driver in every vehicle. QuestaWeb Launches TradeGear Product Line.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The company created Project Gigaton in 2017 to engage suppliers and other stakeholders up and down the supply chain to reduce carbon emissions. The six areas are energy use, nature, waste, packaging, transportation, and product use and design. And Walmart recently rolled out extra levies for suppliers using its transportation services.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

More than a year into a freight capacity crisis that shows little sign of weakening, it’s time for all parties involved in logistics and freight transportation to meet this issue head on. That all changed with the summer of 2017. For so long, some shippers took advantage of being in the so-called driver’s seat in the rate negotiations.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Why have so few companies adopted a Transportation Management System (TMS) solution? We had a tremendous amount of spend leverage globally, a seasoned team, great supplier relationships, very strong processes, and an excellent Transportation Management System (TMS). Subscribe Here! Email Address. With all of that we went to market!

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

What Berglund is referring to is the advantage that shipping lines hold for negotiations with cargo shippers for 2022 and beyond. Small autonomous vehicles will hold up cargo, like shipping containers, and allow it to be transported on railway tracks just like larger trains do. Well, the avian flu looks like it is back.

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Freight Plus

MAY 30, 2018

Joyce Brenny, head of Brenny Transportation in Minnesota, tells. At last month's CONECT 22nd Annual Trade & Transportation Conference it was clear just how wide sweeping the issue was. That number grew to a shortage of 51,000 drivers in 2017 and it only looks to be higher at the end of this year. The Washington Post.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 9, 2017

In CAR-T cell therapy, every single dose of a treatment is completely personalized, as it involves extracting the patient’s immune cells, bringing them to a production facility, genetically modifying them, transporting them back (at minus 180oF!!), There was general consensus that the rising healthcare costs are unsustainable (no surprise!!)

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

If you were to tell me that your company had never looked at its supply chain costs and sought to deliver reductions, I would be mightily surprised. On the other hand, if you told me your company hasn’t been able to sustain any progress in supply chain cost reduction, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

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QAD

APRIL 11, 2019

Despite its many advantages, Brazil still struggles with a reputation for high costs—primarily due to wages and taxes—which has left the country with a flat industrial sector. Both transportation and communication infrastructures are strong in Brazil. percent in 2017. In 2017, Brazil exported about $217.2

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 3, 2018

Thus, they can determine which carriers have the best rate without the stress of negotiating new contracts with carriers you did not know existed. . appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis. 3PLs have broad connections across local, regional, national and international carriers.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 4, 2018

From the last half of 2017 through today and beyond, a slew of market forces, some predictable and some unexpected, have combined to create a very real truck capacity shortage in the United States. economy in 2017 and so far in 2018, manufacturers have been producing more goods than usual and requiring more freight to be shipped.

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Freight Plus

DECEMBER 5, 2018

It’s a fact: shippers who have been playing the spot rate market in 2018 have been paying more for freight than at any time in 2017. After a barrage of hurricanes and new ELD regulations sent rates soaring at the end of last year, driver shortages and a booming economy have kept costs high and capacity low on every page of the calendar.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 1, 2018

CSCMP & NASSTRAC Announce Formal Strategic Partnership. The following paragraph from the NYT article sums up the situation: By keeping trading partners guessing, the president has sought to create leverage in trade negotiations, including in talks over the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2017

The variety of functions involved – product design, procurement, warehousing, production, transport, distribution, sales, for instance – encourages demand for new employees and multiplies possibilities for moving around inside too. and leverage their supply chain skills and know-how to help them move to employment in that sector.

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