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This Week in Logistics News (April 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

These inventory limits determine how many units of various products sellers can send to a warehouse at any given time — thus, any changes made to inventory limits could impact whether or not a seller is able to keep enough product in stock. This funding is for the temporary staging of loaded export containers.

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Top Logistics & Supply Chain Blogs We Followed in 2018 & Suggest You Follow in 2019

Shipchain

The Cerasis blog posts a steady stream of blogs, whitepapers, e-books and infographics, all written by Adam Robinson. The More Than Shipping blog is a comprehensive resource for shipping trends, supply chain planning, project and specialized cargo and more. DC Velocity. More Than Shipping. Logistics Management.

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Supply Chain Case Study: the Executive's Guide

Supply Chain Opz

Zara also works with Air France, KLM Cargo and Emirates Air in order that they can coordinate directly with the airlines to make the outbound shipments to its stores and bring back some raw materials and semi-finished materials with return legs. . Another 80% of orders are handled by both warehouse and cross dock system.

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Amazon: Disruptor or Distraction?

Talking Logistics

Amazon Partners with Atlas Air Worldwide for Cargo Services (WSJ – May 2016). And just last Friday, Amazon revealed Amazon One, it’s first branded cargo plane. Amazon to compete with Fedex, UPS and Alibaba with secret ‘Dragon Boat’ plan, report says (GeekWire – Feb 2016). Is Amazon a disruptor or a distraction?

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The Definitive Guide to Transportation and Logistics Terminology

GlobalTranz

Describes the nature of the cargo, amount of cargo by weight, size and/or number of pieces, and the origin and destination of the cargo. Distribution Center (DC): A location where goods and materials are stored until they are ready to be moved to their end destination. Dead-Heading: Operating a truck without cargo.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

With how quickly new technology, tips and warehouse management techniques are emerging, wouldn’t it be nice to take a page from someone else’s book? Boot Barn @bootbarn In 2016, Boot Barn improved operations at its distribution center in Fontana, California by implementing HighJump’s Warehouse Advantage WMS.

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3 Technology Companies Disrupting Shipping

FLEXE

The speakers cover everything from air and ocean freight to trucking and warehousing. We are a marketplace for warehousing services. So if you operate a warehouse, if you rely on 3PL to operate your warehouse, we are a networked marketplace of, essentially, 3PL services. Why does your cargo get rolled? Transcript.