Big Data Freight Logistics Supply Chain Risk Management 
Talking Logistics
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
With a holiday weekend upon us, let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Retailers Seek U.S. Robinson Expands Global Network, Acquires APC Logistics. GE Acquires Top Supply Chain Software Provider ShipXpress to Expand Digital Rail Offerings. Rate Changes.
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
But, more commonly there are downside surprises: customers lower the volume they want on an order, delay their order, there are manufacturing problems, logistics problems, staffing issues, to name the most obvious downside risks. Real-time location and IoT data such as condition statuses (e.g., billion transactions annually.
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Talking Logistics
DECEMBER 11, 2014
I use this example to illustrate the challenges (or, perhaps, the futility) of making supply chain and logistics predictions. So, here is my invented future for 2015, starting with my most audacious prediction: Google will acquire a logistics service provider (3PL) and/or a logistics software vendor.
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
For at least a decade, few supply chain professionals knew about these solutions. Buying organizations use this technology to monitor and analyze supplier risk events in real-time. So, suppliers were asked if they used carriers or their own trucks to haul freight. The pandemic changed that.
SCM Research
JULY 14, 2016
The Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Freight Transport by Pooling Supply Chains. Ensuring Supply Chain Resilience: Development and Implementation of an Assessment Tool. Journal of Business Logistics, 34 (1), 46-76 DOI: 10.1111/jbl.12009. 2010.10.023. Croxton, K., & Fiksel, J.
GlobalTranz
MARCH 4, 2015
Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence and associate professor of supply chain. Whitman faculty and students will analyze big data on customer orders and make adjustments in inventory deployment decisions to create further efficiencies. The work brings out a new perspective in supply chain risk management.
Enterra Insights
MAY 30, 2018
Logistics have always been data driven. Historically, logistics data can be found on cuneiform tablets, pieces of parchment, and paper. Most supply chain professionals understand this, which is why the interest in blockchain technology is growing. Were other accessorials required?).
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