Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, E2open is the largest provider of transportation execution solutions. For example, when one company orders from a supplier in Asia to be delivered by a certain ocean carrier, the lead time is 24 days. The company is focused on ocean shipping.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

A Positive Example. Terence holds an MBA from the University of Texas, Austin and an Electrical Engineering degree at MIT. Fifty-four percent of respondents agreed that their use of data/analytics/AI/machine learning (ML) will be central to adjusting more effectively to dramatic supply chain disruptions.

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QAD

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The use of a virtual power plant leveraging home-based stationary storage to stabilize the California energy grid this summer is an example that batteries are solving the problem now. . Recently, Tesla discussed diverting battery manufacturing equipment meant for Berlin, to Austin. to capture these credits.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

That was the main theme of a panel session I led at last month’s MercuryGate User Conference 2013 , which included the following 3PL executives: Shelli Austin , VP at Integrated Distribution Services (IDS). What is the path to building successful and lasting 3PL-customer relationships? Michael Bartz , CIO at ReTrans.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

For example, they might browse products online, but visit a brick-and-mortar store to finalize their selection. As just one example, Nike’s online sales grew by 75% in 2020 — but its profit margins fell from 45.5% Terence holds an MBA from the University of Texas, Austin and an Electrical Engineering degree from MIT.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

In my Logistics Viewpoints article in April 2021, Building Profitability with Agility while Digitally Transforming the Supply Chain , I mentioned that we will continue to explore here the concrete steps in the digital journey and examples of determination from the top in addition to logistics operations.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 24, 2015

Although many retailers and other companies are charging ahead with their same-day delivery offerings (see Amazon and Macy’s , for example), others are taking a step back or shutting down their efforts. That signal is automatically relayed to Dell’s marketing department and to Dell.com and to all Dell operators taking orders.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

One of the best examples of this is the infamous story of one of Google’s Waymo cars freezing at the sight of a woman in an electric wheelchair chasing a duck around the intersection with a broom—it wasn’t prepared for that. It may be rare, but it can happen and vehicles will need to know how to respond to it. .

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Conferences are a great example of peer-to-peer learning in action, but with so many supply chain and logistics conferences available, how do you decide which ones to attend? Transplace : Shipper Symposium , May 8-10, Austin, TX. As I’ve shared in the past, here are three questions you should ask yourself: 1.

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Arena Solutions

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

For example, a typical first phase implementation goal is to bring product information under control and communicate this accurate information to suppliers. For example, are you using Requirements Management to align new product development and delivery? For example, did you or some of your users get snowed in on vacation?

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SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The fashion industry is an excellent example of this. And headlines touting new milestones in disclosure and socially responsible investment are often just fanciful “greenwishing” (in the coinage of Duncan Austin, a former ESG investment manager). Measurement is often nonstandard, incomplete, imprecise, and misleading.

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SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The fashion industry is an excellent example of this. And headlines touting new milestones in disclosure and socially responsible investment are often just fanciful “greenwishing” (in the coinage of Duncan Austin, a former ESG investment manager). Measurement is often nonstandard, incomplete, imprecise, and misleading.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2016

For example, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is phasing in fuel efficiency standards starting with trailers in 2018, truck standards in 2021, which are estimated to provide 2-4 year payback periods. Austin Chrzanowski is the Product Manager of Network Optimization and Transportation Optimization Technologies at LLamasoft.

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Since 1980 the company has grown from 19 employees in its small Austin location to almost 500 sites across North America and the UK. For example, Dash, an app that’s currently under development, will help consumers monitor when items are running low and create lists that they can then send to their nearest Whole Foods store for fulfilment.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

The two companies will pilot the in-store pickup option at select Austin and Boston stores in the next month…In the coming months, Instacart and Whole Foods Market expect to expand the in-store pickup option to all [15] cities Instacart serves.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 1, 2016

Here are more details from the article: [DB Schenker] said it’s paying “tens of millions of dollars” for exclusive rights in Europe to a digital freight-booking platform developed by Austin-based uShip. Others have pursued acquisitions, including United Parcel Service Inc.,

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Some of our clients with very complex supply chains, for example, are leveraging demand classification, inventory optimization, and simulation technologies that can incorporate large data sets and include end-to-end modeling of flows down to the SKU-level to understand inventory stocking levels. Austin State University.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

cities – Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas and Virginia Beach, Va. Amazon Launches Free 2-Hour Delivery From Whole Foods. On Thursday, Amazon introduced free, two-hour deliveries from Whole Foods stores to Amazon Prime members in neighborhoods of four U.S.

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DynaSys

APRIL 16, 2020

For example, the coffee market in the US declined 1% in 2018, whereas those coffee products with a sustainable image grew on average 1%. At the Apple Laboratories in Austin, Texas, there is a robot that can dismantle any one of four different models of iPhone and sort all of the componentry in 8 seconds[vii].

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

cities – Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas and Virginia Beach, Va. Amazon Launches Free 2-Hour Delivery From Whole Foods. On Thursday, Amazon introduced free, two-hour deliveries from Whole Foods stores to Amazon Prime members in neighborhoods of four U.S.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

In response to Hurricane Harvey, for example, JDRF and other organizations shipped more than 3,750 pounds of donated diabetes supplies to Houston (including 200,000 syringes, 50,000 pen needles and 20,000 alcohol pads) to help people with diabetes affected by the hurricane.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

ARC Advisory Group’s Clint Reiser pointed out that “Pickle Robot is a recent example of the Greater Boston robotics cluster expanding to propel new and innovative warehouse robotics.”. They cited examples such as Los Angeles, the New York Metro region, the Puget Sound region, San Francisco Bay Area, Austin, San Diego, Washington D.C.,

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Freightera

MAY 10, 2022

See some of the examples of our freight rates (1 pallet, 48” by 48” by 48”, 500 lbs, class 100) , for shipments going from major cities in the USA and Canada to Kansas City, Missouri: From Kansas City MO to Granbury TX : $241.91 From Kansas City MO to Austin TX : $234.16 From Poughkeepsie NY to Kansas City MO: $300.49

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2015

It will be available soon in New York, Baltimore, Miami, Dallas, Austin, Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta and Portland. You can choose any available 2, 4, and 8 hour blocks of time to work the same day, or set availability for up to 12 hours per day for the future. You can work as much or as little as you want.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

One of Ricardo’s famous examples shows, for example, that the French have a comparative advantage when it comes to producing cheese, while the Germans are better at producing guns. adding to its Austin, Texas facility. [3]. departments of commerce and defense, as well as with Apple, one of their largest customers.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 17, 2017

Austin, Texas. Think of the potential impact to your supply chain—predictive planning, risk avoidance, and productivity are just a couple of examples that the future may hold. For example, Pfizer employed a Baby Boomer as an intern—Paul Critchlow. SXSW: An Unconventional Place to Find the Future of Supply Chain | Transportfolio.

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Intelligent Audit

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

For example, freezing rain between San Antonio and Austin has led to closures along the I-35 corridor, which might lead to additional stock-outs of produce that comes from Mexico over the coming weeks. In turn, those behemoth sites will lead to delays in delivery across the entire U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2021

An example is carrier network services for executing a cohesive set of first-, middle- and last-mile operations and optimizing common carriers and fleets. Terence holds an MBA from the University of Texas, Austin and an Electrical Engineering degree at MIT. The Crucial Role of Trading Partners.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

For example, Neil Strother ( @neilstrother ), an associate director in Navigant’s energy practice, writes, “Digital transformation is a catchy phrase in corporate circles these days, but it turns out to be more than just hype. It’s not even a project. It’s literally a transformation of your business.”[3]. ”[3].

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Billable weight calculation examples. As you get familiar with the concept of billable weight, it may be helpful to see a few examples of billable weight calculations in practice. Example #1: Stuffed Teddy Bear. Let’s take the example of a large stuffed teddy bear , which is a lightweight item with unique dimensions.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 28, 2019

Suher, a doctoral student in marketing at University of Texas, Austin.[3] Suher, a doctoral student in marketing at University of Texas, Austin.[3] Jeffrey Inman, the Albert Wesley Frey Professor of Marketing at the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate School of Management, and Jacob A.

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Freightera

MAY 28, 2019

For examples of such rates, find below some of the super-competitive FTL freight ones our customers have recently searched for! US Domestic Rate Examples. From Dallas, TX 75201 to Austin, TX 78701 – $707.90 All-Inclusive Full Truckload Rates Ready for Online Booking on Freightera.com. New to shipping FTL?

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6 River Systems

JULY 3, 2020

For example, as a warehouse gets bigger, there can be problems if there are no designated areas for picking, packing and sorting as well as receiving items and processing returns. Thinking through these aspects at the very beginning can help save immense amounts of time searching for products and also prevent stock loss.

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Tailwind

APRIL 14, 2016

The article I was reading stated that it takes the human mind 20-seconds to talk itself out of initiating a “new behavior” The example cited was exercising when it is not part of your usual routine. I started reading an article about the human mind to occupy mine. John C Lilly, M.D.

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2015

Logistics is the prime example of a changing industry – colossal, ripe for disruption and utterly opaque. And it’s about to get hit by a freight train of innovation. How much do we love freight innovation? Movers marketplace matching shipping requirement with freelance student drivers. bellhopnation. Cargomatic. CargomaticHQ.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2021

For example, Traxion, Mexico’s largest logistics provider, brokers services and optimizes loads, capacity, freight and routes via an AI-enabled optimization engine that gathers real-time data and autonomously makes the best decision on the fly, without human intervention.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 31, 2017

iconic places, such as the Route 128 tech corridor around Boston, Massachusetts; Research Triangle Park in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; Seattle, Washington; and, of course, California’s white-hot Silicon Valley. What the Data Reveal About the Technological Innovation Driven, High-Tech Economy.

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