Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Last November, executives from all segments of the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) ecosystem got together at the inaugural Leadership Roundtable meeting organized by Command Alkon (a Talking Logistics sponsor) to discuss a couple of simple questions: Are there opportunities to elevate the performance of the HBM industry?

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Resilinc

MAY 31, 2022

Electrical machinery and electronics is Malaysia’s largest export category, and the nation of 33 million people is an important source of assembly, test, and packaging (ATP) for the semiconductor industry. But the country’s fourth and fifth largest export industries—palm oil ($15.4 billion in 2021) and rubber products ($13.9

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 24, 2017

Are industrial manufacturers seizing all the opportunities of a more digital world? A recent article suggests that, by 2018, only 30 percent of manufacturers investing in digital transformation will be able to maximize the outcome. The industrial internet of things (IIoT) has exponentially increased the amount of data produced.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

At the original Thanksgiving feast, the pickings were much slimmer and all ingredients were sourced locally. 1] She note there are only two known historical sources describing the three-day long feast shared by the Pilgrims and Wampanoag natives at Plymouth Colony in 1621.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2018

A look at the supply chain trends and technology that will come into play in 2018. The promise of IoT is disrupting all industries – and it seems like the future is bright. These concerns will extend into 2018, as companies work on a regulatory standard – though nothing has emerged yet. Standardizing IoT.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

This announcement comes in a backdrop where a federal court lawsuit brought by a group of Tesla shareholders regarding CEO Elon’s Musk’s infamous 2018 “ tweet ” that the company would be taken private, allegedly caused significant financial harm to investors. More to come. All rights reserved.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 4, 2018

Globalism has been a boon to the supply chain by expanding sourcing, opening new markets, accelerating growth and highlighting opportunities to save money. IoT, in fact, is being imagined as the next big thing to happen after the industrial revolution. It’s unfortunate but very likely that there will be more such cyberattacks in 2018.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 27, 2018

There’s never been a time that’s more challenging for a CEO in the industry,” explains David Garfield of consultancy AlixPartners in the article. Nulogy xChange 2018: Why Courage is So Important Today. Source: Nulogy. Video Interviews with Industry Executives. They’re facing unprecedented change.” Tim Koers (Visual Pak).

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Techgistics

MARCH 12, 2018

Source: The Daily Dot. The world runs on trade and traditionally the industry has been plagued by inefficient processes, middlemen, and archaic technology. Blockchain startups have the potential to dis-intermediate the logistics industry and provide full transparency into products, services, costs, and transactions.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 14, 2022

1 spot on both the 2018 Inc. Hollister is a guest lecturer for the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as a sought-after speaker on the advancement and disruption of the transportation industry. SwapLeap is a next generation TMS and the #1 company on the 2018 Inc. About SwanLeap.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

But I did manage to keep a pulse on what was happening in the supply chain and logistics industry; here are the items that caught my attention: KFC restaurants could remain closed for ‘remainder of the week’ due to chicken shortage crisis (Independent). Apple in talks with miners to secure cobalt supplies: sources (Reuters).

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Material Handling & Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The single biggest challenge facing the industry is lack of qualified workers in all aspects of logistics.” As the results of the MH&L 2018 Salary Survey indicate, the size of the paycheck has become almost as important. “If For instance, are there specific industries that tend to pay better than others?

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Provenance

MAY 16, 2019

Food brands have always recognised the importance of sourcing the right ingredients. A category that in 2018 was valued at 446 billion USD , growing faster than overall packaged food goods, and has become an important influence on North American and Western European markets. Communicating sustainable sourcing at Balance Festival.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Whether you’re planning on purchasing products from a food wholesaler, or thinking about moving into food wholesaling yourself, this overview of the industry – and what its future holds – is for you. How big is the food wholesaling industry in the UK? billion deal to become an industry behemoth.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 17, 2018

Cass Truckload Linehaul Index (July 2018). This change in go-to-market approach could be a way to gain the support of other industry players, including Hapag-Lloyd and CMA CGM, who haven’t jumped on the Maersk-IBM bandwagon yet. Shuttered Sam’s Club in Matteson to find new life as e-commerce fulfillment center (Chicago Tribune).

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Unleashed

JULY 25, 2021

From reducing the quantity of on hand foodstuffs to JIT inventory control – or less food delivered more frequently – optimising inventory control assists businesses to better manage food waste and reduce it at the source. Industrial food waste management. To help achieve this goal the Australian Government invested 1.2

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

His mission is to help craft the firm’s growth strategy while assisting with deal sourcing, capital raising, and the creation of value within portfolio companies. Clarendon remains 100% focused on the transportation & logistics industry, broadly defined. Larkin joined Legg Mason (later sold to Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.)

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Source: Evan, Flikr. “I SophiaTX Open Source Platform to Integrate SAP, Blockchain. Maersk and IBM Unveil First Industry-Wide Cross-Border Supply Chain Solution on Blockchain. What will happen in 2018? Will prices continue to increase in 2018? UPS Joins Top Alliance To Create Blockchain Standards For Logistics.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 18, 2024

Since our inception as a supply chain management focused blog in 2018, Supply Chain Matters has continually provided examples and perspectives regarding what can be best described as an industry dysfunctional supply chain that is replete with key stakeholder conflicts. This is not a new phenomenon.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 15, 2023

Some in the agriculture industry are making changes to be more sustainable and what they are doing helps show a way forward for our future. She provided me with some main emission sources in that sector as well as what some companies are concentrating their reductions work on. Doing that would be a mistake though.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 20, 2019

There is continued buzz about Industry 4.0 — the nickname adopted for the ongoing fourth industrial revolution. We are at the cusp of a fourth industrial revolution driven by artificial intelligence, robotics, and web services. 1] One element of Industry 4.0 The key to success in the Industry 4.0 They are: 1.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2021

TireHub was founded in July 2018 with the idea to transform the wholesale tire industry. The wholesale tire industry is more complicated than one might envision. TireHub is trying to add other data sources for better business insights in terms of customer behavior, churn, or buying patterns. TireHub at a Glance.

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Jaggaer

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

In a year full of recognition from industry analysts, JAGGAER was named by customers as a 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Strategic Sourcing Application Suites. We develop solutions based on actual business use cases, shared by multiple companies in the industries that we serve.”. stars or higher.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 6, 2018

Logistyx Technologies Acquires Transparix to Support and Enhance Its Industry-Leading Parcel Shipping SaaS Solution. The post This Week in Logistics News (July 2-6, 2018) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Confusion as China ports delay U.S. cargoes, disrupting trade (Reuters).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2019

Sustainability is created at the source of our products, services, and consumption. Sustainability is created from Responsible Sourcing. How can you make Responsible Sourcing a Reality? If you can excite the people around you about sourcing responsibly, chances are you’ll be able to formulate a network of internal champions.

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C3 Solutions

JULY 28, 2020

3 Other research is even more conservative, placing the 2018 estimate at seven billion (not including the computers and phones noted above) with growth to 11.6 4] " State of the IoT 2018: Number of devices now at 7B – Market accelerating ", Knud Lasse Lueth, IoT Analytics, August 8, 2018. [5] billion by 2021.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

It’s the reason why more than 300 people attended this year’s Shipper Symposium: to learn about the trends shaping the industry and to discuss how to rewrite the rules for success moving forward. Transplace TMS Screenshots (source: Transplace). The majority of the people in the room raised their hands. Digital Freight.

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SupplyShift

JANUARY 20, 2018

Although we typically focus on supply-chain specific items of interest, I wanted to start this year with a broader look at the business landscape of 2018 and beyond. If we take only one sector – Paper and Packaging, corporate commitments to deforestation-free paper sourcing have soared in the last five years.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Although people have used fossil fuels for thousands of years, the world didn’t begin to carbonize substantially until the first Industrial Revolution. The steam engine made by James Watt became the main driver of the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution changed the way people worked and traveled.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

Our look at the Top 25 (plus 4) Supply Chains of 2018 examines how the best companies in the world excel at managing their global supply chains. So in 2018, McDonald’s joins Apple, Procter & Gamble and Amazon on a separate “Masters” list, as one of the “best-of-the-best.”. Media Type. Media Credit. Privacy Settings. anonymous user.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. As an industry, we struggle to embrace new ways of thinking. The press release is silent on total revenues, but 2018 total revenues were 1B$. For Llamasoft it is sourcing rationalization and risk management network design.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

Source: [link]. Data will be used by the FAA to help expand drone flights and to also test how to balance national versus local government interests in the emerging industry. The post This Week in Logistics News (May 7-11, 2018) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. And with that, have a happy weekend!

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GlobalTranz

JULY 30, 2018

Use of Blockchain in Supply Chain and Logistics Will Put Certain Departments at Risk As explained by Connor DiGregorio of Industry Week , blockchain technology carries a degree of risk for traditional supply chain departments. For instance, Martine Jarlgaard and Provenance are working toward this process in the fashion industry.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Popular with consumers around the world and supporting numerous developing nations as one of their key commodities, the coffee industry is both valuable and – up to the beginning of 2020 – expanding. Here’s our summary of the key factors set to affect the coffee industry in 2021 and beyond. Source: Statista. decline in revenue.

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LevaData

APRIL 12, 2019

The adoption of AI in the procurement industry has opened a gap between those who hopped on the trend early and those who stayed behind to watch and wait. Our Cognitive Sourcing Survey 2018 revealed that the shift towards data-driven, computer-assisted negotiation and decision making is well underway in the procurement industry.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Gartner recently announced their 2018 Top 25 Supply Chains List. The 2018 Gartner Top 25 Supply Chain List. Source: Gartner. But overall most of the list was the same as 2017. In fact if you go back 5 years to 2013 you will find that most of the names are the same as on the 2018 list. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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