Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

That was my opening question to the executives attending last month’s Elemica reveal 2014 Conference in Frankfurt. Moving forward, BASF is working on different projects to improve end-to-end supply chain visibility, like track and trace for products from BASF to end users and transport visibility.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Looking beyond digital waybills to digitalizing business processes, we always like to focus on bookings as the bellwether of digitalization. Instant eBookings on the Freightos platform have enjoyed a staggering compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 272% in the last 3 years, with growth dominated by airline bookings. Time and money.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptions that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. At these times of the year, you should see less risk to your standard ocean shipping strategy.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 14, 2021

The creation of the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) and an increasing number of startup challenges, incubators etc. Logistics service providers set up their portals to more efficiently deal with and manage ad-hoc quotations and bookings. The book author is FT, Forbes, Fortune, BI and Nikkei contributor.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 4, 2015

COP21, the Paris Climate change conference taking place this week got us thinking what the carbon cost was for shipping the TV. A quick check showed that shipping the TV from Taiwan to Nashville (ocean & trucking) led to about 6.7 Transportation ’s share of global emissions: 14%. kg of carbon emissions.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2016

Second, we just released our second Talking Logistics YOUniversity course, Building a Strong Transportation Management Foundation. GameStop expects fewer price markdowns with ship from store service ( Dallas Business Journal ). Now, we’re shipping from stores. E2open Acquires Terra Technology. It has added greater complexity.”.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 24, 2015

Lots of supply chain and logistics news this week, so let’s go straight to the items that caught my attention: Amazon now ships to your Audi’s trunk ( USA Today ). JDA “Writes the Book” on Supply Chain. For related commentary, see Drones – The Birth of a New Transportation Mode.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 8, 2016

That was the main question I addressed during my keynote presentation at the SMC3 Connections Conference last month, one of the leading events for transportation and logistics professionals. Amazon expands logistics reach with move into ocean shipping (Reuters – Jan 2016). 3 million sellers].

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

It won’t be good for many industry players if we don’t work together to build a modern shipping experience with the end user at heart first on our own. At our FreighTech 2018 conference, I spoke to 50 top-tier logistics executives about the major themes – four of them – that should guide our evolution.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

Transport Intelligence, the well-respected U.K. Shipping Gazette Daily News. One of the most comprehensive daily summaries, and by far the leading Asian-based summary, China’s Shipping Gazette provides daily information about carriers, forwarders and technology. Transport Topics. American Journal of Transportation.

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Freightera

JUNE 29, 2017

Transport News INTL has just selected Freightera as “Best Online Freight Marketplace – North America” in their Logistics, Warehouse & Supply Chain Awards 2017! Freightera creates partnerships and systems and promotes new technologies that allow business to find the best price and lowest emission transportation options.

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TMC

MAY 8, 2019

Then you’ll be able to leverage your transportation management system (TMS) to execute, automate, and optimize those processes, as well as gain visibility to business intelligence to drive continuous improvement. Adherence to these guidelines resulted in reductions in same-day shipping and detention costs.

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MIT Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

For example, a Just Transition Declaration was signed by 16 governments in October 2020 at the COP26 conference in Glasgow, Scotland. One example is the transition to green freight transportation, and more specifically, how the adoption of fuel-efficient vehicles and practices could have negative outcomes for labor.

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Cathy Roberson

APRIL 19, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in dramatic shifts in volume characteristics for many transportation providers - first in supplying retailers in inventory restocking and direct to consumer and then, along with retail restocking and direct to consumer, supporting manufacturers as facilities reopened during the second half of the year.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

As we discussed this drawing the dialogue flowed in the conference room. The use of customer segmentation strategies to define order policies for lead times, discounts, allocation, and shipping priorities. Each year we organize the best-read posts in a more readable format and publish a softcopy book. Order Policy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Next year’s conference will be on September 8th-11th in Franklin, TN, south of Nashville, TN. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability. 4 Maximize Buffers.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

“Despite challenges, we have successfully obtained bookings for ocean freight and over 90% of the merchandise we will need for our peak third and fourth-quarter selling season, Joann’s CFO Matt Susz told analysts. ports we use to take advantage of the shipping availability, Dollar General’s CEO Mike Witynski told analysts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

This week, I will speak at Llamasoft’s conference on improving supply chain network design. I also think that Quintiq’s leadership in concurrent planning to solve new problems is promising, especially in the design of transportation and inventory flows. Is it duties, or is it transportation? Find out what it is.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2017

Two judges smack down notorious patent holder “Shipping and Transit” in one week (Ars Technica). Although the company launched with a marketplace where shippers could book trucks directly, Transfix gets a growing share of its revenue from managing transportation for large companies [emphasis mine], Mr. McElroy said.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 1, 2022

The metaphor was reflective of when global shipping lines elected to take advantage of such disruptions to drive up shipping rates and ancillary charges to unprecedented levels with ongoing financial impacts to multiple industries. Every game is different, and every challenge requires a different play book.

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Freight Plus

APRIL 16, 2018

percent of the nation's freight by tonnage shipped and 81.5 Wages continue to rise for America's truckers as the trucking industry contends with driver shortages coupled with an increased demand for shipping services.". Freightwaves reports. , "Freight trucks are the lifeblood of America's consumer economy—they represent 70.9

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2017

The quest to identify and achieve transportation cost savings is an ongoing one for transportation and logistics executives. It’s also a focus area for CEOs and CFOs because of transportation’s impact on the bottom line. What is the main roadblock to achieving sustained transportation savings?

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Freight Plus

MAY 30, 2018

Joyce Brenny, head of Brenny Transportation in Minnesota, tells. At last month's CONECT 22nd Annual Trade & Transportation Conference it was clear just how wide sweeping the issue was. Consider this, transportation and logistics account for roughly ten cents of every dollar. The Washington Post. That's real.".

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 11, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptors that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. At these times of the year, you should see less risk to your standard ocean shipping strategy.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 21, 2016

“I need supply chain visibility,” remarked the client over coffee at a break at a conference. I opened my book and started a discussion on the figure Supply Chain Visibility: ‘Important vs. Performance’. As a result, there are few gaps in manufacturing visibility, but large gaps in transportation and sourcing.

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Requis

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The second edition of his book, Supply Chain Management for Dummies, is now available. Along with your 11 courses on LinkedIn Learning, you’ve got a new edition of your book coming out. And it’s not just because I personally like to see a lot of book sales—I think it fills a really important gap.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

Today it operates in 67 countries with 143,000 employees and has 76 business units on six platforms that cover animal feed, food production, energy and transportation, financial services and pharmaceuticals. Which book has inspired you the most and why? “I Still, after nearly 150 years, it remains a privately owned company.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 6, 2015

I have attended many conferences and sat through many keynote presentations delivered by famous and often great speakers, but none inspire me more than my daughter, which is why I’ll be pulling up a seat and sitting with fifth graders this morning to listen to her words and story yet again.

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TMC

JANUARY 25, 2018

Overall, 2017 was a good year for the ocean shipping industry. It’s a big switch from 2016, when the bankruptcy of Hanjin, one of the largest container shipping providers, forced everyone to confront how volatile this industry really is. While this is very positive for the shipping industry, you have to wonder. Choke points.

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Freightera

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The award winners were selected from more than 600 nominees and competed in 16 categories including Manufacturing and Transportation, where Eric Beckwitt won the award along with Mario Plourde, CEO of Cascades, and Sarah Buckle, director of enterprise risk and sustainability at Translink, the greater Vancouver transit authority.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 30, 2015

At the present truckers who need to get around HOS are known to fudge their log books in order to ensure that loads are delivered on time as demanded by their dispatchers, shippers and receivers. A Class C CDL is typically for a bus driver, such as a school bus or public transportation system. Added Paperwork, More time to Plan Needed.

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TMC

JANUARY 25, 2018

Overall, 2017 was a good year for the ocean shipping industry. It’s a big switch from 2016, when the bankruptcy of Hanjin, one of the largest container shipping providers, forced everyone to confront how volatile this industry really is. While this is very positive for the shipping industry, you have to wonder. Choke points.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Big Data and Analytics for Oil and Gas Transportation. At an MIT conference last year, Tom Linton, Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer at Flextronics, presented his top 10 list of supply chain trends. Shipping and delivery capabilities become even bigger competitive weapons. Robinson Acquires Freightquote.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 22, 2015

Massive ships. While container terminal operators certainly feel the pressure, freight forwarders and the shipping lines themselves have a few planning puzzles to sort out on their own. Capacity of container ships handled in 2014. Shipping lines alliances. Slow steaming. Alliances and consolidation. Mass consolidation.

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TMC

JANUARY 25, 2018

Overall, 2017 was a good year for the ocean shipping industry. It’s a big switch from 2016, when the bankruptcy of Hanjin, one of the largest container shipping providers, forced everyone to confront how volatile this industry really is. While this is very positive for the shipping industry, you have to wonder. Choke points.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

I also provided an early look at one of the supply chain physics laws that I will be working on with my colleague Tom Linton, who also presented at the conference: Supply Chain Physics Law 3 : Shorter distances between parties in the supply chain improve efficiency, communication, and speed of execution. and will operate more efficiently.

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Freightera

MAY 1, 2018

May 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Freightera, North America’s rapidly growing online freight marketplace, celebrated its 4th birthday today as it booked over 10,000 shipments. When complete, Freightera will allow business shippers get instant quotes and ship freight between any two locations on earth. VANCOUVER, B.C.,

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