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Yards Are Hard

Logistics Viewpoints

Managing yard and warehouse operations has long been one of the thornier aspects of transportation logistics. Yards are a choke point between transportation and warehousing — and wherever you have choke points, you have a higher risk of inefficiencies that drive up labor costs, detention fees and delivery commitments.

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Reshoring to the US and Europe Accelerating, Now Also Serving CO2 Emission Reduction Objectives

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The proximity to main customers, a more resilient value chain and reduction of transportation costs favor decentralisation of production. Luc has worked with a wide range of clients in the areas of supply chain optimization and analytics, operational improvement, SCOR implementation, strategic benchmarking and technology deployment.

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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

While the supply chain pressures that have built up over the last two years continue to abate as transportation capacity problems ease and consumption shifts from goods to services, newer challenges and opportunities lie ahead. I asked him to provide his perspective on today’s warehouse labor dynamics.

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Better Inventory Management Requires International Suppliers To Step Up to Digital Transformation and Collaboration

Logistics Viewpoints

How do we create systems that allow everyone in the ecosystem, from suppliers to transportation partners to retailers, to be not only more agile and responsive in the face of rapidly changing market conditions, but to be able to predict issues in advance and prevent them? Is it sitting at the warehouse yard, or has it reached the store?

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Highlights from TPM 2023 with Peter Tirschwell

The Logistics of Logistics

S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. TPM annually presents the industry’s most in-depth program delving into the most pressing challenges affecting container shippers in North America and globally.

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Taking a Big Picture View of Supply Chain Networks

Logistics Viewpoints

The more users and the greater the usage, the richer the data set for benchmarking, analysis and, ultimately, insights to help organizations improve their KPIs. Our strategy was to lead with shippers, then onboard their vast networks of carrier, broker and 3PL partners. More users = more data = more potential value. Data integrity.

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Quarterly Report for On-Demand Warehousing Pricing and Usage: 2016 Summary

FLEXE

We wanted to know how pricing and usage of on-demand warehousing trended in 2016. From electronic document management to real-time visibility into transportation logistics, software is modernizing the supply chain. On-demand warehousing is no different. The Demand for New Warehousing Solutions Increases.