Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Near the end of 2021, I had the chance to make the early call on Logistics Viewpoints on what 2022 would look like across five major logistics themes. Unlike the folks projecting election results these days, I was a little more accurate and the 2022 projections have set the stage for what will happen in 2023.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 9, 2025

As Chair of the ACSA Transportation Committee and a member of the National Shipper Advisory Committee, Michael works across the aisle with shippers, service providers, and regulators to improve export efficiency and data transparency. Understanding these macro factors is vital for success.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In our recent GlobalTranz 2022 Logistics and Supply Chain Trends and Outlook white paper, our experts review some of the factors that will shape logistics in the coming year and beyond. It covers macro trends in the LTL, Truckload and Managed Transportation Service sectors and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The reality, however, is that SAP (a Talking Logistics sponsor) has a significant presence in the logistics realm too, and logistics remains an important focus area for the company moving forward. Read more Key Takeaways From SAP Logistics Info Days 2022. This was one of.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 2, 2022

It’s been an eventful first quarter of 2022, and the outlook for the rest of the year remains risky and uncertain (just like it’s been the past two years). Read more Top Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes – Plus Indago Highlights (Q1 2022). Could the Russia-Ukraine War turn nuclear? I pray that it doesn’t.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

.”[1] The staff goes on to report, “Adoption thus far is highest in the transportation sector, where 63% of respondents reported being in the early stages of quantum adoption. 1] Staff, “ Report: 69% of enterprises embrace quantum computing ,” Venture Beat, 9 January 2022. [2] ” Footnotes. [1]

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 19, 2022

Without further delay, here is the supply chain and logistics news that caught my. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (August 19, 2022). The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (August 19, 2022) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 22, 2022

Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (July 22, 2022). The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (July 22, 2022) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Plus, you don’t need a funny-looking VR headset.” My wife and I just returned from The.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 17, 2022

Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (June 17, 2022). The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (June 17, 2022) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. I finally got to see Midnight Oil last night, my first concert since.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 3, 2022

Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (June 3, 2022). The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (June 3, 2022) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 29, 2022

Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (July 29, 2022). The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (July 29, 2022) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

While we’re happy to leave 2021 in the rearview mirror, many of the same trends will impact the truckload market in 2022. In our white paper, 2022 Logistics and Supply Chain Trends and Outlook , we cover many of the lingering effects of the past two years, and the newest challenges truckload shippers can expect to face in the year ahead.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2022

Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (May 13, 2022). The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (May 13, 2022) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. My boys wear 13 on their baseball jerseys. My wife was born on the 13th.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 12, 2022

Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain and Logistics News (August 12, 2022). The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain and Logistics News (August 12, 2022) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. The latter can only happen if we find.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2022

Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (March 4, 2022). The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (March 4, 2022) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2022

— In this week’s supply chain and logistics news: Containers Stack Up at China’s Ports. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (April 8, 2022). The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (April 8, 2022) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (December 16, 2022) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Maybe it’s the cold rain outside, or the sound of water gushing down the gutters that… […blink, blink, blink, blink, blink…] The Greenhouse Gas Import Tax It’s official: As reported.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Milk Processing : After collection, milk is transported to regional processing plants, where it is pasteurized and packaged. Technology Integration : Use of technology in logistics, inventory management, and supply chain tracking has helped improve efficiency and transparency.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 13, 2022

As an engineer by training, I’ve come across many mathematical formulas, but I hadn’t seen this one until a couple of weeks ago when I attended Manhattan Associates’s Momentum 2022 conference: D x V x F > R = ? Read more Manhattan Momentum 2022: Assemble Agents of Change. V: The vision of.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2022

Understanding and assessing the tradeoffs between the costs of labor, inventory, transportation, and carbon footprint while going through these pivots will be crucial. As demand for last mile logistics intensifies, warehouses become the prime candidates for automation. Supply Chain Design is essential in tackling these.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2022

This article is from Asena Denizeri & Anil Gurbuz at Solvoyo and examines the challenges around supply chain planning for 2022 and beyond. As we welcome 2022, we also welcome new supply chain challenges. As we welcome 2022, we also welcome new supply chain challenges. Insufficient materials to meet customer demand.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 10, 2025

While the revenue growth in transportation management was not discussed, their Cloud TMS business is growing. In the last six months, we have not seen a single transportation deal that does not include network capability. In 2023, Blue Yonder acquired Doddle, an application for returns and reverse logistics.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Mark Vickers and Joe Lynch discuss Mexico transportation risk. Mark is the Executive Vice President and Head of International Logistics at Reliance Partners , one of the nation’s fastest-growing commercial insurance agencies. While at TQL, Mark developed a passion to optimize cross border transportation. Mark earned a B.S.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 23, 2024

To my surprise and a quick Google search, Frito Lays announced in 2022 that it will deploy over 700 electric delivery vehicles in the U.S. I thought this was a very topical introduction to this week’s Supply Chain and logistics news Canadian Railroad Work Stoppage Threatens U.S by the end of 2023. According to the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

When it comes to executing mode-specific freight moves from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively, transportation execution and visibility solutions play a critical role. Transportation execution solutions allow shippers to connect to multiple carriers and then tender, track, and pay in the system.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

After 10+ years of writing the weekly news roundup, as well as a bi-weekly column for Logistics Viewpoints, today is my last day at ARC Advisory Group. Over these 10 years+ I have learned a lot about supply chain and logistics through conversations with end users, suppliers, and my colleagues. Cargo imported into the U.S. from May’s 2.24

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. In 2023, Amazon experimented with new logistics strategies and technologies to quickly fulfill and deliver orders, and these changes paid off big. Amazon shipped last-minute Christmas gifts faster in 2023 than in 2022, according to data from analyst firm Momentum Commerce.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

“The logistics industry was built for a world that we no longer live in.” If you had to boil down why the past two years have been so challenging for supply chain and logistics professionals into a single sentence, that would be it. The quote is by Lior Ron, CEO of Uber Freight, from his.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 2, 2023

When looking at over the road transportation, there are first mile, middle mile, and last mile deliveries. First mile is a trip to a local or regional transportation or distribution hub. billion tons of freight (primary shipments only) was transported by trucks in 2022. percent of the nation’s freight by weight.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 30, 2022

MODEX 2022 kicked-off on Monday and I spent the full-day Tuesday on the floor. The solution comes with a pre-developed logistics data model and over 100 dashboards pre-filled. Blue Yonder highlighted its solution for end-to-end unification of logistics and order management.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2022

Read more It’s Now 2022: Are Consumers Growing Tired of Supply Chain Shortages and Rising Costs? The post It’s Now 2022: Are Consumers Growing Tired of Supply Chain Shortages and Rising Costs? appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

million vehicles cross the bridge annually, or about 30,000 per day, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Walmart first announced its next-gen fulfillment center model in 2022. An estimated 11.5 Amazon estimates it spent about $1.2 million-strong workforce.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 25, 2023

That means that we are getting ready for the annual holiday logistics bonanza. As we’ve done in years past, let’s check in to see how some of the largest logistics providers and retailers are handling the holiday logistics rush. In 2022, the retailer was aiming to hire 40,000 associates, down from 150,000 in 2021.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 3, 2025

Transportation metrics saw little change in May as capacity, utilization and pricing remained in expansion territory, according to a monthly survey of supply chain professionals. The Logistics Managers’ Index – a diffusion index in which a reading above 50 indicates expansion while one below 50 signals contraction – had a 54.7

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 6, 2022

RouteSmart Technologies, a provider of route optimization solutions for newspaper, postal/parcel, public works and utilities clients (and a Talking Logistics sponsor), introduced a new tagline recently: “Intelligent Planning for Efficient Operations.” Read more RouteSmart INTERSECT 2022: Intelligent Planning for Efficient Operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2025

Digital infrastructure is now integral to logistics execution. Among Tier 1 retailers and logistics service providers, AI is embedded in planning, inventory control, and exception resolution. The company dynamically positions inventory within its fulfillment network using projected demand heat maps and transportation cost models.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. This follows a series of incidents in which Flex drivers, who use their own cars for deliveries, have reportedly been met with violence or threat by residents: since 2022, five Flex drivers have been shot in four different incidents and five others said they have had guns drawn on them.

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