Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Trucking Companies Boost Big-Rig Orders on Rising Shipping Demand (WSJ – sub. Daimler Trucks North America launches 3D printed parts program (Commercial Carrier Journal). Apparently, the new surcharges UPS implemented to help smooth out shipping volume this holiday season haven’t worked too well.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2017

CX North America Releases Freight Vision Mobile App. Two judges smack down notorious patent holder “Shipping and Transit” in one week (Ars Technica). One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 was that traditional software user interfaces would start migrating toward chatbots and virtual assistants.

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AIMMS

JULY 19, 2017

Chris Gordon, AIMMS VP North America, discusses this on our blog. Companies in Asia Pacific eager to innovate with Supply Chain Optimization: The adoption of advanced analytics has moved at a much slower pace in Asia Pacific compared to Europe or North America.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. Readers' choice! Significance.

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

The History of the Shipping Container. 26 April 2016 marks the 60th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Ideal X and the birth of modern container shipping, a development that played a critical role in spurring the global economy. But the modern shipping container has changed much more than one industry. Category Key.

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AIMMS

JULY 19, 2017

Chris Gordon, AIMMS VP North America, discusses this on our blog. Companies in Asia Pacific eager to innovate with Supply Chain Optimization: The adoption of advanced analytics has moved at a much slower pace in Asia Pacific compared to Europe or North America.

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SupplyPike

JANUARY 21, 2019

Freight and parcel shipping. In 2017 alone, over $1 trillion in goods were moved by freight across North America, with truck continuing to be the most heavily utilized mode at $721 billion. Freight shipping includes larger goods that exceed parcel specifications. What is Freight? Image source. What is Parcel?

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

CX North America Expands Driver Mobile App with Digital Proof of Delivery Update. Manhattan Associates Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2017 Performance. Shipping with Amazon. Infor and Integration Point Partner to Create Comprehensive, Network-based Global Trade Management Solution. and FedEx Corp.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2021

They also have 20 sourcing locations across North America from which they can ship make to stock products. The sourcing centers shipped over 130,000,000 pounds of product last year. The implementation journey began in mid-2017. Making refractory products is complicated and challenging. They went live in early 2019.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

In addition, looking back to the summer of 2017, the June-August peak that typically happens was slower than anticipated. The 2017 holiday season was very strong and that carried through into the Chinese New Year. It is continually important to be proactive about identifying capacity trends and daily shipping reality.

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Stord

MAY 5, 2019

Increased demand in January-March, partially driven by trade between Europe and North America, came as a surprise to many carriers. 65% of respondents said finding candidates with digital skills was their greatest challenge, up from 64% in 2018 and 63% in 2017. and China has lowered grain shipping volumes in 2019.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Prime Membership: Amazon Prime – Subscription service offering benefits such as free two-day shipping, access to Prime Video, Prime Music, and exclusive deals. billion (net profit) Profit by Region/Country: North America is a major market, followed by Europe and Asia.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 26, 2022

This week, in conjunction with General Motors reporting of Q2-2022 financial performance, the auto maker disclosed that it had secured strategic supply agreements to support one million electric powered vehicles in North America by 2025. GM efforts for entry into the electric vehicle segment began in 2017. Some Broader Context.

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Vinculum

APRIL 8, 2020

in the global e-commerce revenue from 2017 to 2021. When seller brands dream of penetrating the international e-commerce markets, they usually picture North America – and they have justifiable reasons for this: As of 2018, the average revenue per online shopper is the highest for the United States. The land of e-commerce.

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QAD

APRIL 11, 2023

That said, Autokiniton, the second-largest Body-In-White and vehicle-frame supplier in North America, was as ready as any business could be when an EF-3 tornado struck its Eastgate Plant in Tennessee and damaged another nearby. They would print product labels for Eastgate, do shipping paperwork and send ASNs.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 12, 2018

After a strong finish in 2017, flatbed demand has continued to soar in 2018 resulting in historic supply and demand imbalances across North America. Flatbed shipping is known for its cyclical and seasonal trends, fragmented marketplace and carrier demographics, and variability in demand. 3 Factors driving flatbed demand.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

” The Christmas tree was introduced in North America by Germans in the 17th and 18th centuries though adoption was not widespread until the 19th century. and in 2017 over 21 million artificial trees were bought. The cost of trees in all cases will be affected by all of these factors, including higher shipping costs.

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Freightera

JANUARY 13, 2021

Starting in North America, Freightera is automating freight transportation and increasing operating margins for carriers and businesses shipping freight. In cooperation with SmartWay and Natural Resource Canada, Freightera created the first Lower Emission Freight Marketplace in North America.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 17, 2021

Christoper Matthews points out that a number of critical areas were impacted… “The power outages brought the world’s largest petrochemical complex to a standstill, forcing more plants in the Gulf of Mexico region to shut down than during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. as supplies tighten.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

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. The biannual Fall/Winter 2017 edition of Food Shippers of America magazine includes an article sharing the solution to these challenges.

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Freightera

JUNE 29, 2017

Transport News INTL has just selected Freightera as “Best Online Freight Marketplace – North America” in their Logistics, Warehouse & Supply Chain Awards 2017! In Q2 or Q3 2017 we will start offering air and ocean rates as well. We caught up with Eric Beckwitt to find out more.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 18, 2018

They are pushing costs back on Mondelez while Dell controls a major part of their channel through their direct ship model. 2017 was a tough year for Mondelez. I am a big fan of both his leadership and that of Annette Clayton, now COO of North America. I expected humility. We are pulling the data.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 13, 2022

Online commerce platform provider Shopify , often compared to Amazon in the ability to support small and mid-sized businesses create and maintain an online shipping presence, announced thi9s week its intent to acquire end-to-end online logistics San Francisco based fulfillment provider Deliverr for a reported $2.1 wide fulfillment centers.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Some mornings I would ride my rocket ship, evading asteroids and alien cruisers along the way, and I would barely make it to school on time (I mean, the space station), with just enough fuel to make a safe landing. Ryder has a network of over 800 service locations in North America today.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Frost & Sullivan places Freightera among ‘Key Automated On-Demand Brokerage Solutions in North America’ along with Uber Freight and Convoy. trillion in 2017 to $16.9 percent of $715 billion per year of these transactions were made via automated platforms in 2017. ANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan.

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Freightera

MARCH 29, 2019

The installation of telematics devices in trucks has jumped exponentially and will cover nearly half the trucks in operation in North America by 2025. In an era of smartphones, smart cities and smart mobility, the North American trucking industry is headed toward its “smart” future. billion in revenue in North America by 2025.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 11, 2019

According to the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), a record number of robots were shipped to companies last year , with more non-automotive companies installing robots than ever before. Almost 36,000 units were shipped in 2018, a 7 percent increase over 2017, with shipments to non-automotive companies up 41 percent.

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QAD

AUGUST 18, 2022

A 2017 survey from KPMG found 45% of companies had already invested upwards of $50 million in IT and technological infrastructure to support compliance. The same year, North America saw a record-high number of drug-related seizures stemming from illegitimate pharmaceuticals.

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Elementum

MARCH 23, 2018

In an ironic twist, melting ice caps and rising sea levels may translate to new business opportunities and reduced greenhouse gas emissions for the shipping industry. Many studies now predict that the thick sheets of ice which prevented ships from passing through in the past will thaw by the year 2030. An Upside to Global Warming?

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

James Winebrake, Dean of College of Liberal Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology There are a number of important trends happening in the freight industry, spanning all modes of transportation: trucking, shipping, rail, pipeline, and air. In North America the low hanging fruit for long-haul loads is rail. In the U.S.,

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

New England Motor Freight, a 40-year staple of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, stunned the shipping world Monday by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy liquidation. For the first time since September 2017 national average van rates fall below $2. Northeast LTL capacity tightens as carriers scramble to fill gap left by NEMF bankruptcy.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 28, 2017

EST on August 28, 2017. While the storm is directly impacting south Texas and Louisiana, this supply chain disruption will be felt across North America. Global Forwarding – Ocean and Air Shipping. Current as of 2 p.m. The National Weather Service is calling the flooding “unprecedented” with more rain expected.

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Elementum

MARCH 23, 2018

In an ironic twist, melting ice caps and rising sea levels may translate to new business opportunities and reduced greenhouse gas emissions for the shipping industry. Many studies now predict that the thick sheets of ice which prevented ships from passing through in the past will thaw by the year 2030. An Upside to Global Warming?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Other industries that don’t ship physical goods (for example Financial Services or Insurance) have adopted sophisticated Strategic Sourcing methodology for their Procurement. Only 17% of Chief Supply Chain Officers in North America were women. What’s more?

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RELEX Solutions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Without a distribution center, all inventory ships directly from vendors to stores which further complicates the vendor ordering process. They chose the SaaS-based solution in Sept 2017 and went live in Q1 2018. Lolli & Pops went in search of a solution and selected RELEX’s supply chain planning solution.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

They want not only free shipping but they also may want same day or next day delivery. I have seen examples where Merchants have selected products for which the cost of shipping exceeded the margin on the product many times over, all because the Freight team was not brought into the original decision making and planning process.

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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Some the country’s biggest CPG brands are leaving the old strategy of transactional shipping behind in favor of strategic logistics partnerships. When the electronic logging device (ELD) pricing spike hit the market in 2017, the shipper was negatively impacted by rate fluctuations. How do we know this?

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