Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 29, 2022

Starting this week, customers across the US will begin to see custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian delivering their Amazon packages , with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 17, 2013

Or will companies stumble on the path by mistakenly implementing supply-centric processes and calling them demand-driven initiatives? As a writer of research on demand-driven supply chains for over eight years, I find many amusing. User satisfaction with planning systems is low. Supply chain leaders feel stuck.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 17, 2012

At Supply Chain Insights, we are loyal Amazon shoppers. They deliver pantry supplies to our small office in Baltimore <without charging us shipping> a couple of times a week. We also feel that they are a wonderful case study of how supply chains can make a difference in driving value.

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 5, 2022

In addition, both carriers have invested heavily in automation to improve efficiencies and reduce their costs. For example, during Cyber Week, this technology helped keep 1.9 million Ground economy packages out of constrained sorts.”. In addition, many are expanding service areas.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2024

The subscription plan would allow Amazon’s Prime members to get unlimited grocery delivery at $9.99 While most of the tech world is focused on new generative AI tools, Amazon has been chipping away at an ongoing challenge posed by modern consumerism: the proliferation of shipping materials.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Sounds like a typical day in supply chain and logistics to me. HighJump Software, TrueCommerce EDI Solutions Group Announces Strategic Partnership with Unisun Software. BMW to Mazda Imports Slowed as Strike Shuts Baltimore Port ( Bloomberg ). Einboden, who said he expects the problems to be fixed.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 4, 2014

This continues to be a major challenge as companies think about their long-term strategic planning investments. William also talked about the importance of having an integrated transportation strategy that thinking about packaging and planning issues – and the quality concerns are becoming more important.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2024

This is a significant acquisition that will change the supply chain software landscape. One Network provides supply chain planning, execution and a multi-enterprise supply chain network solution. Supply chain software vendor Descartes Systems Group has acquired OCR Services Inc.,

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 17, 2019

government’s role in supply chains. Specifically discussing how the internet of things will impact supply chains, he said: The internet of things provides companies the ability to source parts and inputs, and sell, globally. Customs clearance process as a significant risk to supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

Amazon plans to cut waste. Amazon has been pushing its same-day delivery model for Prime members over the last year, making large investments in its supply chain infrastructure. While it may only be mid-August, holiday season planning is in full swing. And now on this week’s logistics news.

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American Global Logistics

APRIL 8, 2024

The collapse caused significant traffic disruptions and raised concerns about the fragility of our nation's infrastructure and its impact on supply chains. This blog post will examine the supply chain disruptions caused by the collapse. We will also provide insights for supply chain managers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 12, 2024

The strategy, the latest sign of how companies are adjusting their supply chains in response to geopolitical shock waves and disruptions, comes as European importers are seeking to avoid delays caused by longer voyages around Africa by containerships that usually travel through the Suez Canal. The Biden administration announced a $6.6

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1943. _. Today, nine out of ten supply chains are stuck. Despite two decades of advancement in supply chain technologies, companies are struggling to gain balance at the intersection of operating margin, inventory turns and case fulfillment. For me, this has been discovery.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2021

H Mart plans micro-fulfillment center to fuel online grocery. Dun & Bradstreet and E2open joined together to provide a report highlighting the impact of this incident on global supply chains. Unfortunately, this week, those plans hit a little bit of snag. More trucking companies leverage pay to attract drivers.

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TMC

JULY 7, 2016

The Internet of Things (IoT) is triggering changes that cross corporate silos and force companies to look holistically at their end-to-end supply chain practices—can governments do the same? Today’s global supply chains span multiple geographies and disciplines, including production, customer service, marketing, sales, and finance.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Dave Clark, SVP Worldwide Operations and Customer Service at Amazon, was the keynote speaker on Tuesday, and during his talk he announced this week’s top supply chain and logistics news story: Amazon Flex: Amazon will now pay you to deliver packages (The Verge). There were plenty of announcements this week on the technology front.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 8, 2021

Federal officials and outside vaccine experts say that Pfizer and Moderna shots are easy to modify and manufacture on a large scale, because the mRNA technology they use means very few changes need to be made to the original vaccine before plugging the formula back into the same manufacturing system.

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 31, 2019

"We expect first quarter will be adversely affected by incremental tariffs, unfavorable mix, lost absorption on lower shipments and unfavorable currency, partially offset by lower year-over-year restructuring costs," said Harley Davidson CFO John Olin to Supply Chain Dive. DHL invests $300M in emerging technologies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

For the prior ten years, as a city dweller in Philadelphia and Baltimore, I walked everywhere. I believe that it is an analogy for what is happening in today’s supply chain market. In traditional supply chain planning implementations, I count at least a dozen engines churning to improve outcomes.

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