Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Background Ocean container shipping and logistics are the lifeblood of global supply chain movements. The invention of the ocean container as a means for inter-modal sea and surface transportation movements have orchestrated the march toward lowest cost global based sourcing of components and materials.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

The past 12 months have been a year unlike any other for suppliers and providers in the CPG logistics world. A new report from the Food Marketing Institute and Boston Consulting Group highlights the effects increased demand had on organizations in the CPG marketplace. COVID’s Effects on CPG Logistics . cost per case.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

“All great enterprises are about logistics. Not genius or inspiration or flights of imagination, skill or cunning, but logistics.” — Tom McCarthy. The year 2021 has proved it once again that Tom McCarthy was right. This was majorly due to their inability to understand and adapt to the changing logistics trends.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 19, 2023

The first BR Williams load was delivered to Boston, Massachusetts, in July 1958. We partnered with McLeod Software on December 15, 1993, because we believed that their trucking software helped our transportation operations run smoothly and efficiently. 30 years of Partnership. 65 years of Service. 1,000,000 loads delivered.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Thoma Bravo has other noted investments in supply chain tech providers, including end-to-end transportation and logistics provider project 44 and aerospace industry Cloud platform provider Exostar. Trimble to Acquire Transporeon in the Logistics and Transportation Technology Segment.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

BOSTON and MILAN (Sept. BOSTON and MILAN (Sept. She continued her transformative work by optimizing transportation management, diversifying suppliers, and allocating shipments to provide the highest customer service at the lowest cost to the company. In 2020, RAJA experienced exceptional demand increases of up to 45%.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2022

Last week, Boston based home goods and furniture online platform provider Wayfair announced it will shed nearly 5 percent of its global workforce and upwards of 10 percent of this provider’s corporate level staffing, amounting to upwards of 900 people. This has resulted in increased initiatives to now scale-back operations and trim staffing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 28, 2022

Ortiz was a larger-than-life figure in the Boston sports scene for 14 years, with more memorable moments than anyone other baseball player I can think of. And of course, there was his famous speech following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, where he declared “this is our f—— city and nobody is going to dictate our freedom.”

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

Founded in 2014, this Boston based robotics technology firm leverages capabilities that are described as mimicking human hand-eye coordination, leveraging machine-learning to a vision system on a gripper and allowing mechanical fingers to bend and twist around objects to perform piece-picking tasks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 16, 2023

Two months ago, I assumed this was going to be championship week for the city of Boston. Instead of two championship parades, Boston fans could only sit back and watch two franchises win their first ever championships. And now on to this week’s logistics news. It seemed like a run to the Stanley Cup was inevitable.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 3, 2023

Jordan Graft and Joe Lynch discuss freight has an identity crisis, which refers to rampant fraud and double brokering in the transportation business. About Jordan Graft Jordan Graft is a seasoned entrepreneur and business leader with a passion for technology and transportation. Morgan in New York City.

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Freight Plus

JULY 26, 2022

Innovative managed transportation provider brings on LTL industry leader to continue to support rapid growth. QUINCY, Mass — FreightPlus, a data-driven managed transportation solutions provider, has announced the expansion of their company with the hiring of Curtis Garrett, joining as Senior Vice President of LTL.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 15, 2021

The day before I traveled to Boston, I spoke to a client. I loved the summary in the Economist article published on July 3, 2021, The Long Goodbye to COVID 19. Today’s supply chains assume that logistics is readily available. The rude awakening is that Supply Chain Leaders have no ability to manage logistics as a constraint.

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Requis

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

For years I’ve dreamed about reaching the point in my career where I lose my frequent flyer status, and it looks like I’ll finally achieve that goal in 2021! In the last five years, MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics has launched an online program called the MITx MicroMasters in Supply Chain Management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2024

It easily surpassed the previous record holder, Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, which lagged behind at a steady 5.59 And now on to this week’s logistics news. West Coast containers has reached its highest level since September 2021, when the spread between short-term rates and the long-term rates was $2,900. m/s, equivalent to about 7.4

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 6, 2022

However, while both last-mile carriers noted strong revenue growth, the combined parcel volume from smaller carriers outpaced UPS and FedEx volume growth rates in 2021 according to Pitney Bowe’s latest estimates. UPS and FedEx lead the US parcel market in terms of volumes and revenues. One such provider is OneRail.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

It’s hard to believe that after so many years, a legend of Boston has officially called it quits. The Bosstones were a classic Boston band that somehow even featured a member that simply known as the Dancing Bosstone. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Record robot orders in 2021. percent in 2021.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 18, 2022

Like the chicken shortage and other issues surrounding the supply chain crisis , infant formula shortages originated with COVID-19 disrupting the supply chain , triggering the lack of labor , transportation, and raw materials. And when lockdown hit, fear of the unknown led many parents to stockpile formula. – Ben Reich, CEO, Datasembly.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. It’s more than doubled the number of robots deployed in its fulfillment centers and warehouses in the last three years, from 350,000 in 2021 to 750,000 by last June. It is led by the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) and kicked off in August 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 24, 2023

In a later phase, deliveries are targeted to expand to large, dense cities including Seattle, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, and Hoboken New jersey. According to Amazon’s 2021 Sustainability Report, 12.1 Initially, the program will operate in 23 states and focus on rural areas. a package. This program is a step backwards.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

To date, however, Boston Consulting Group analysts assert, “Digital agriculture has not yet lived up to its potential.”[1] 2] Lenore Newman and Evan Fraser, “ 3 technologies poised to change food and the planet ,” The Conversation, 18 February 2021. [3] ” Equal Times, 11 January 2021. [5]

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. percent from November to December 2023 as militant attacks on merchant vessels in the Red Sea led to a plunge in the volumes of cargo transported in that key region, a German economic institute said on Thursday. Uber purchased Drizly in a cash-and-stock deal back in 2021.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 22, 2021

A recent study conducted by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) for the World Economic Forum (WEF) concluded:[5] Many companies can multiply their climate impact by decarbonizing supply chains. 2] Staff, “ The Day of Reckoning for Sustainability Claims ,” Logility Blog, 2 March 2021. [3] 6] Leonard, op.

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Kanban Logistics

JULY 21, 2022

And factors related to logistics in North Carolina are a big part of the reason. Logistics in North Carolina at a Glance. Prime East Coast location: North Carolina sits smack in the middle of the East Coast, midway between Miami and Boston, with easy access to several vital interstate highways like I-95, I-85, and I-40.

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