The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2023

Having been featured in CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Bloomberg, The Loadstar, CBS News, Freight Waves, and Transport Topics, Brashier lends his expertise on US and global supply chain matters. They specialize in serving industries such as ecommerce, retail, food and beverage, and manufacturing. The Greenscreens.ai

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2021

COVID-19 triggered an unprecedented surge in panic buying of food, beverages, hand sanitizer, toilet paper, and other essentials. Manufacturing and supply chains couldn’t ramp up fast enough. In response, food and beverage producers turned to third-party partners to leverage their expertise, technology, and services.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Just when manufacturers and distributors thought some semblance of “normal” might be returning, the possibility of a railroad strike has resurfaced. Manufacturers and processors know that the supply chain remains battered and fragile. According to a recent Bloomberg article , trains move about 28% of total U.S.

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Zipline Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2020

Despite a pandemic that has disrupted many parts of the global supply chain, the freight market has been on a recent tear. Simply put, there is more freight than available trucks, which has severely tightened capacity and driven up rates. What’s Causing Upward Freight Market Trends? What Is Next for the Freight Market? .

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QAD

APRIL 14, 2020

Manufacturing in Singapore. Typical manufactured products include electronics, chemicals, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, biomedical products, scientific instruments, telecommunications equipment, processed food and beverages, ship repair and offshore platform construction. in the United States. Singapore had a $528.1

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PINC

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Manufacturers, retailers, and distributors have been forced to quickly adapt their supply chain networks and processes to new market realities. According to an industry-leading consulting firm, transportation costs range from 60% of total distribution costs for High Tech companies to 88% for Food & Beverage companies.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Raw materials, parts and services are currently all running through supply chains and manufacturing processes and emitting GHGs. Arcstone sells digital systems to optimize manufacturing. The different stages of manufacturing are broken down into the steps taken in the factory in what they call their “workflow builder” module.

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 2, 2023

year-over-year through November, while retail sales (minus non-store, food & beverage, auto and gas sales) increased 8.0% Compared to the same period in 2019, e-commerce, as part of the non-store segment, is up 73.2%, while retail sales (minus non-store, food & beverage, auto, and gas sales) are up 23.4%.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Food, beverages (for example, beer, health drinks, and water), consumer goods, and apparel will not only be in high demand — but these products will have to be matched very accurately to the preferences of soccer fans converging on Qatar from every corner of the world. Why Not Get an Assist from Blue Yonder?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 14, 2022

Food and beverage manufacturing and distribution companies usually operate on smaller margins than most organizations in other industries. Unfortunately, a significant chunk of food and beverage companies’ raw materials are commodities, whose prices don’t just fluctuate from month to month but can change hour-by-hour.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In fact, today several leading halal production standards (like the Indonesian and Malaysian halal standards) are already requiring a segregation between halal and non-halal in transport and storage for halal certified manufacturers. De-Carbonising Road Freight Operations: Bridging the Know-Do Gap. MORE FROM THIS EDITION. Green Skies?

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Zipline Logistics

APRIL 14, 2020

Food and beverage shippers have a few changes to note in the second round of 2020 NMFC updates. These classification changes are scheduled for the end of the month, as the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) has announced the updates will go into effect April 25. NMFC Updates for Food and Beverage Vendors .

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

With more than 100 co-packers specializing in food and beverage products in California alone, how do you find the right partner? Working with a co-packer means you will lose control to a certain degree over your products and how they are manufactured. You also must factor in shipping the products to / from the co-packer.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

With more than 100 co-packers specializing in food and beverage products in California alone, how do you find the right partner? Working with a co-packer means you will lose control to a certain degree over your products and how they are manufactured. You also must factor in shipping the products to / from the co-packer.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

With more than 100 co-packers specializing in food and beverage products in California alone, how do you find the right partner? Working with a co-packer means you will lose control to a certain degree over your products and how they are manufactured. You also must factor in shipping the products to / from the co-packer.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

With more than 100 co-packers specializing in food and beverage products in California alone, how do you find the right partner? Working with a co-packer means you will lose control to a certain degree over your products and how they are manufactured. You also must factor in shipping the products to / from the co-packer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Additionally, Amazon has doubled its shipping container processing capacity by increasing ports of entry and partnered with more ocean freight carriers to secure space in “critical ports.”. Last week I highlighted that many toy manufacturers were looking to maximize holiday profits by selling more “ squishy ” toys.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

With more than 100 co-packers specializing in food and beverage products in California alone, how do you find the right partner? Working with a co-packer means you will lose control to a certain degree over your products and how they are manufactured. You also must factor in shipping the products to / from the co-packer.

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QAD

JANUARY 9, 2020

Manufacturing in Thailand. In addition, manufactured products in Thailand include textiles, beverages, tobacco products, cement, jewelry, appliances, computers automotive parts and agricultural equipment. . Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. About twice the size of the U.S. of the GDP and employ 51.5%

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QAD

AUGUST 8, 2019

Manufacturing in Spain. Spain manufactures textiles and apparel, footwear, food and beverages, metals, chemicals, automobiles, machine tools, medical equipment, footwear, pharmaceuticals, clay and refractory products. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. billion mt-km of air freight in 2015.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

Founded in 2018 in San Antonio, Skipcart is a delivery platform providing same day and on-demand delivery for a variety of industries including e-commerce, pharmaceutical, retail, food and beverage and more, including convenience-store merchandise, with an average delivery time of 30 minutes, the company says on its website.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JULY 22, 2020

With bars, restaurants, sports and concert stadiums all shuttered, beer producers have lost nearly all demand for draft beer in barrels; while at the same time, they’ve experienced overwhelming demand for packaged beverages (in bottles and cans) for the resulting migration to at-home consumption of beer.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Food and beverage companies are experiencing double-digit demand. For years Campbells strove to grow the soup category only to lose share in the soup category due to limited manufacturing capacity for the Swanson’s brand. Today, the bellies of the airplanes are full, and the cost of air freight is too high for many manufacturers.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 10, 2018

Transporting pharmaceuticals is arguably more important than manufacturing them, because it enables these lifesaving medications to make it to where they are needed most. Guarding Against Cargo Theft Cargo theft is one of the largest risks associated with pharmaceutical manufacture and transport. These cargos are also at risk.

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3PL Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Dawn’s career began in the international transportation business working for Maersk and UPS Freight Solutions. “We are excited to have her expertise and energy on our team and to seamlessly expand upon the services Evans provides to our diverse customer base.”.

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Unleashed

MARCH 21, 2023

New research suggests that manufacturers will be able to significantly improve cash flow as they recover from the inventory crisis of 2022. Last year, data from 4,500 manufacturers using Unleashed inventory management software revealed firms were typically spending twice as much on stock as they were before the pandemic.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Cross docking is widely used by manufacturers, but there are alternatives like direct shipping – and there are significant differences between the two. As the name suggests, this means the goods are shipped directly from the manufacturer to the end customer. This brings us to direct shipments.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 13, 2021

Clients across various industry segments, including Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Manufacturing and Retail, are turning to o9’s intelligent, AI-enabled platform to unlock significant business value through superior visibility, predictive and prescriptive insights, and cross-functional collaboration.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

The comment caught my attention because later that morning I was going to moderate a discussion with Dan Dershem , General Partner at Supply Chain Ventures, about emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence and machine learning, autonomous trucks, and digital freight. Digital Freight. Blockchain.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 17, 2022

We will explore OS&D meaning, tips to follow when filing OS&D freight claims, and how Intelligent Audit can help you leverage your organization’s data to prevent OS&D claims. Carriers typically have a week to try and locate lost freight before shippers can file a loss claim. Take pictures of damaged freight.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

All shippers are affected by this – fuel being integral to everything from agricultural production to actual freight movement. sugar will impact food and beverage production later in 2017 as the harvest is due to begin on 1 October and the full implications of the loss are yet to be measured.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Transplace Acquires Yusen Logistics’ Intermodal & Freight Brokerage Group. Freight trucking startup Shipwell gets a $10 million boost (TechCrunch). Transplace Acquires Yusen Logistics’ Intermodal & Freight Brokerage Group. Amazon Patents Drone Chute For Quiet Deliveries (CB Insights).

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 19, 2021

A contributing factor is inventory build ahead of the summer food and beverage season that begins with Memorial Day. How the stimulus is an extraordinary event creating freight demand. In addition to a tight year and normal cyclical events, today’s truck market will receive additional freight from three stimulus packages.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Manufacturing in Belgium. Typical manufacturing products made in Belgium include engineering and metal products, automobile assemblies, transportation equipment, scientific and precision instruments, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, textiles, glass, petroleum and food and beverages. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

So, what must manufacturers and policymakers do to ensure that we have secure and resilient supply chains? He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America. What does the term “supply chain” encompass?

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 20, 2020

There are many other uses for blockchain, including improving the different parties’ cooperative efforts in the food and beverage supply chain. . And that is just one application of the technology. Too often, technology-exclusive solutions get attention without having the capability to deliver at their promised level.

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Freight Plus

APRIL 1, 2020

As more and more warehouses and manufacturing plants are implementing rules around receiving freight, we are increasingly seeing trucks denied entry into facilities. Second, through various software integrations, we have access to roughly $65B of annual freight cost data that we use to forecast and benchmark bids.

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