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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

FourKites , a provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions, has a big data set around transportation. Interos, a company providing supply chain risk management solutions, did an analysis of likely impacts on the global raw material and commodity supply chains. But if the supply is totally cut off, the impacts will be dire.

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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. This isn’t just about purchasing power. Image via StarAir.dk). Behind the Maersk shift.

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

Located in the United Kingdom (UK), he has more than twelve years of experience in progressive roles driving demand-drive projects for their global supply chain. It is just not enough to do a software upgrade or slowly push continuous improvement projects. He needed to find new solutions. Incrementalism Is Not Enough.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 31 – November 4, 2016)

Talking Logistics

And with that, let’s move on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention: ELD mandate upheld in court, compliance date remains December 2017 (Commercial Carrier Journal). Logistics software space heats up as Routific and Virtace join forces. Whatever happens on Tuesday, this too shall pass.

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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3 Ways Warehouse Managers Can Respond to the Amazon Effect

RFgen

Amazon has a reputation for relying heavily on warehouse automation technologies and similar solutions to streamline operations. The release was published in February 2017. The website communicates with the enterprise resource planning system which, in turn, can interact with the warehouse management software.

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3 Ways Warehouse Managers Can Respond to the Amazon Effect

RFgen

Amazon has a reputation for relying heavily on warehouse automation technologies and similar solutions to streamline operations. The release was published in February 2017. The website communicates with the enterprise resource planning system which, in turn, can interact with the warehouse management software.