Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 18, 2018

And in July 2018, Seattle imposed the first U.S. Seattle-based Starbucks, recognizing the mood of its customers, announced (shortly before the Seattle ban became public) that they will eliminate all plastic straws by 2020. ban on straws, following the lead of Vancouver a few months earlier. Portland, Ore.,

Waste Reduction 85

Waste Reduction Supply and Demand Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain Planning 85

GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2018

WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. According to Angel Gonzalez of the Seattle Times , systems alignment is essential to leveraging gross and fine movements from robotics to human workers. Download white paper. Bring disparate systems together. Re-assure your workforce.

Distribution 179

Distribution Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Vendor Strategies 179

BlueYonder

JUNE 29, 2018

Hundreds of industry leaders gathered in the Emerald City of Seattle for Future Stores 2018. One interesting example we saw at Future Stores 2018 came from Sugarfina. And in line with the event’s theme, “Retail. Make Retail More Experiential.

Seattle 40

Seattle Retail Procurement Solutions Internet of things 40

Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Boeing Acts Swiftly According to reporting from Bloomberg , Boeing CEO David Calhoun immediately cancelled a planned annual senior leadership retreat which was scheduled to begin today, and has since summoned company employees to an all-hands meeting to be webcast on Tuesday from the company’s 737 production facility in Seattle.

Quality 52

Quality Alaska Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

January 2018 is forecast at 1.66 After a record-setting year, however, the rate of import growth is expected to slow in 2018. “We The total for 2017 is expected to come to 20 million TEUs, topping last year’s previous record of 18.8 million TEUs by 6.3%. That compares with 2016’s 3.1% increase over 2015. million TEUs, up 7.5%

Warehousing 61

Warehousing Los Angeles Forecasting Long Beach 61

Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Bowery, a New York-based, Alphabet-backed startup that also uses robotics, has two farms so far, though it raised a $90 million round of investment in late 2018 and plans to expand. Plenty itself had planned to open a farm near Seattle by this point, but decided to focus on building its tech platform.”

Supply Chain Planning Software 160

Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Design Software Optimization Software 160

USC Consulting Group

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

You name the year or the poll, consuming better, more wholesome food is always a priority for most Americans, as a 2018 Gallup survey showed virtually all of the people polled said they at the very least “tried” to include fresh fruits and vegetables in their meals. billion , up 11% from 2018 and 18% from 2017 at $3.4

Beverage 75

Beverage Food Trends Manufacturing 75

Freight Plus

MARCH 14, 2019

Seattle to Salt Lake City, Buffalo to Chicago, and various lanes in California all saw the biggest declines in rates. 310,000 Class 8 truck orders in 2018 marked the fourth strongest year for heavy duty truck purchases on record. 2018 — I mean — wow! Trucking rates stabilize after 8-week dive. The national van rate closed at $1.88/mile,

Los Angeles 40

Los Angeles Indiana Memphis Supply Chain Software 40

Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2017

January 2018 is forecast at 1.64 ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle and Tacoma on the West Coast; New York/New Jersey, Hampton Roads, Charleston, Savannah, Port Everglades and Miami on the East Coast, and Houston on the Gulf Coast. Growth has slowed from the first half of the year but 2017 is expected to total 19.8

Retail 49

Retail Forecasting Los Angeles Long Beach 49

Freightera

APRIL 18, 2019

Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt selected as a keynote speaker for the 2019 CleanTech Innovation Showcase at Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle on June 24. The post Eric Beckwitt Selected as a Keynote Speaker at CleanTech Innovation Showcase in Seattle on June 24th appeared first on Freightera Blog.

Seattle 21

Seattle Innovation Morocco Cost Reduction Strategies 21

DAT Solutions

MARCH 6, 2019

Seattle is the closest U.S. Outbound volumes from Seattle were up by double digits. Those increases in truck freight were small compared to Seattle’s, which tells us that we could see a surge of van freight out of California this week and next. Seattle to Salt Lake City gained 13¢ to $1.84/mi. loads per truck.

Los Angeles 70

Los Angeles St. Louis Cleveland Seattle 70

Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

Their early 2018 competition assessment noted that “companies that provide fulfillment and logistics services for themselves” are competition. About half of these jobs are in the US, and half of them based out of their Seattle headquarters. Fulfillment and global logistics is increasingly a goal in and of itself. Team Analysis.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 133

Logistics Network Optimization Software Data Logistics Supply Chain Planning Software 133

Proxima

AUGUST 3, 2020

billion in 2018 and is expected to reach $96.2 For areas impacted by Covid-19 like Seattle, freight managers reported periods of 10 loads inbound for every load they shipped outbound.”. In order to optimize the correct supply patterns, addressing business, needs, specifications and demands are a must. billion by 2024.

Supply Chain Software 52

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Strategy 52

DAT Solutions

JANUARY 3, 2019

While this past December might have been slower than expected, 2018 ended much the same way it started: Not enough trucks to keep up with demand. Los Angeles to Seattle was down 14¢ to $2.65/mile. For the first time since 2012, the national average van rate was lower in December than it was in November.

Los Angeles 70

Los Angeles Charlotte Cleveland Denver 70

SupplyOn

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In February at PNAA in Seattle we learned that Boeing and Airbus had delivered a record amount of aircraft in 2018 while projecting even more in 2019. Looking back at the 2019 events in the American Aerospace and Automotive industries Aerospace in 2019 and beyond This was an exciting year in Aerospace!

Aerospace 8

Aerospace Automotive Wichita South Carolina 8

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

This will be the team’s first World Cup game since 2014, as it failed to qualify in 2018. A dispute between two unions over which workers get certain jobs at a cargo-handling terminal at the Port of Seattle is holding up labor talks between West Coast dockworkers and their employers. So a quarterfinal run is the reasonable ceiling.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 39

Logistics Network Optimization Software Logistics Qatar Manufacturing Procurement 39

NC State SCRC

JUNE 5, 2019

from the last three months of 2018, U.S. The properties being acquired by BREP are in high-growth markets such as the San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles areas, Seattle, Miami, New Jersey and Portland, Oregon, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. Online shopping in the U.S. is climbing. billion, an increase of 3.6%

Real Estate 40

Real Estate Warehousing Supply Chain Strategy Modeling 40

Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 26, 2022

The shipper saved money by zone-skipping the leg through Seattle for an additional 100+ pounds. In September 2018, well before the pandemic hit, reports surfaced that Amazon had spent $28 billion on shipping just during the previous year alone, according to FreightWaves.

Negotiating Skills 52

Negotiating Skills Freight Negotiate Pricing Purchasing Skills 52

Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 17, 2023

The software provider will continue to be led by its existing CEO Zig Serafin and reportedly will remain headquartered in Provo, Utah and Seattle, Washington. SAP acquired Qualtrics in November 2018 in an all cash deal of $8 billion in what was billed as the enterprise software provider’s largest acquisition to date.

Supply Chain Design Software 52

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design 52

Material Handling & Logistics

MAY 5, 2018

The following slides examine why these 12 companies appear on the 2018 "Dirty Dozen" list. Content Summary: Amazon , Seattle, WA: Seven workers have been killed at Amazon warehouses since 2013—including three workers within five weeks at three separate locations in 2017. Media Type. Media Caption. Privacy Settings. Media Image.

Company 64

Company New York Houston Optimal Sourcing 64

DAT Solutions

JUNE 19, 2018

Load-to-truck ratios and rates have peaked in June in previous years, and 2018 appears to be following that seasonal trend. Stockton, CA, to Seattle rates jumped up 31¢ to $3.80/mile. Los Angeles to Seattle also jumped up 23¢ to $3.75/mile. loads per truck, the ratio is still crazy high. Last week it was $2.98/mile.

Los Angeles 70

Los Angeles Memphis Dallas Seattle 70

Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

This time I’ll be returning from enVista’s FUEL 2018 conference where I am giving a keynote presentation this morning on Defining Your Own Logistics Competitive Weapon. Europe investigates Amazon’s use of merchant data that could give it anti-competitive edge (Seattle Times). Another Friday, another flight home from a conference.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 101

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Design Software Logistics Inventory Management Software 101

DAT Solutions

MARCH 21, 2018

HOT MARKETS : Houston is the leading van market in terms of spot-volume growth in 2018. NOT SO HOT: Both Buffalo and Seattle had strong outbound volumes last week, but outbound rates dropped 2%. Overall, rates were up on 54 of the Top 100 lanes last week, while 41 lanes had declining rates, and five were unchanged. Volume jumped 4.6%

Boston 70

Boston Oklahoma City Houston Oklahoma 70

6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. The company was started in 1907 as a small messenger service in Seattle with $100 in borrowed capital. billion (fiscal year 2018) Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan CEO: Mitsuru Saito 6.

Warehousing 111

Warehousing 3PL Company Third Party Logistics 111

Talking Logistics

JANUARY 25, 2019

in 2018 US shippers voice anger at new ‘street turn’ fees (Lloyd’s Loading List) Boeing’s first autonomous air taxi flight ends in fewer than 60 seconds (CNN Business) EU Eyes Tariffs on $23 Billion of U.S. Amazon’s Pitch to Woo Shippers: Fewer Fees Than FedEx, UPS (WSJ – sub. req’d) ATA Truck Tonnage Index Increased 6.6%

Logistics Network Optimization Software 20

Logistics Network Optimization Software Logistics Cost Reduction Strategies Los Angeles 20

Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Seattle; and Washington, D.C.). 1] Kalyan Parbat, “ How 5G technology can play crucial role in agricultural growth and smart cities initiative ,” Gadgets Now , 7 April 2018. [2] 5] Richelle Elberg, “ Hey, utilities, 5G is a thing ,” Smart Cities Dive , 4 January 2018. [6] Bernardsville, N.J.; Footnotes.

South Korea 100

South Korea Supply Chain Network Software China Government 100