Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Container Ship Leasing Trends Downward. Maybe try Boston next? population with next or two-day shipping. The facility will also fulfill Marketplace items shipped by Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS). American Shipper reported that indexes measuring container-ship rental rates are now dropping rapidly.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 13, 2023

Trying to manage an effective ship-from-store program only exasperates this issue. A significant addition to our Inventory Hub® product, Dynamic Fulfillment leverages advanced optimization logic to determine what to ship, from where, in real-time, to reduce shipping costs, improve margins, and satisfy empowered customers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Today, more than 1% of the world’s container ships are stuck off major ports. Warehouses are full–often with the wrong stuff resulting in the slowing of the forty million shipping containers around the world. In 2004, I joined AMR Research, a Boston Analyst firm. Supply chain shortages abound. Reflection.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 27, 2017

Inbound freight management is receiving a lot of attention as businesses continue to look for ways to manage shipping costs. If you’re looking to save costs on shipping, take a look at inbound shipping. Thorough tracking of all logistics activities provides more informed shipping history when negotiating new contracts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2024

Robotic arms Robin and Sparrow were designed and manufactured at its Robotics Innovation Hub near Boston and help sort customer orders. Global shipping lines have become increasingly strained as the Houthi militia in Yemen broadens its attacks on cargo vessels, one of the largest companies in the industry warned on Monday.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 11, 2021

MIT spin-off ISEE brings autonomous trucks to shipping yards. Late last Friday, the US Air Force launched a new rocket cargo program with the Space Force to study the use of commercial spacecraft to ship supplies around the world, and they may look to NASA’s lunar lander program for ideas. US trade deficit dips to $68.9

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 21, 2024

Sixteen years to the day, the Boston Celtics are once again NBA champions after dismantling the Dallas Mavericks in five games. The container shipping industry continues to make strong progress in reducing the number of boxes lost overboard. The boys are back! West Coast and North Europe.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2022

E-commerce companies may look for ways to pack multiple goods into one package before shipping, increasing efficiency while also reducing waste. Woodsum holds a master’s degree in communications from Emerson College and was formerly an adjunct lecturer at Boston University’s School of Communications. She lives in the Boston area.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

2024 Typhoon Season has Caused Billions in Agricultural Losses This year’s typhoon season has been particularly disruptive, severely affecting port operations and shipping across the western Pacific, with significant storms such as Gaemi, Ampil, Shanshan, Yagi, and Bebinka impacting Taiwan, China, Japan, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Beagen has extensive experience in oceanborne commerce and maritime law, with specific emphasis on maritime transportation, Shipping Act issues, supply chain management, international antitrust law, and port and terminal operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

companies were further rattled after Chinese authorities recently questioned workers at Boston-based consulting firm Bain & Co. Walmart added new functionality that lets sellers purchase shipping labels for domestic orders on its marketplace. Ship with Walmart (SWW) was previously available only for cross-border orders.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 6, 2021

Another shipping crisis strikes, threatens Black Friday shopping. Volansi completes first-ever autonomous ship-to-ship drone delivery. As a result, the 2021 holiday shopping season could be marred by out-of-stock goods and shipping delays. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Shoppers were informed of a $9.95

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 16, 2016

A Boston Scientific medical device is used somewhere in the world every two seconds, but the company is much more than a medical device manufacturer. In the late 1970s, Boston Scientific’s initial success was built on guide catheters and balloon catheters for coronary artery treatments. By Caroline Linssen. Read more ….

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

Pickle Robot , a Boston-based privately-held robotics company demonstrated its mobile trailer and container unloading robot. And work assignments can be dynamically prioritized by adjusting configurable rules such as ship date or order types. First stop, Pickle Robot.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 2, 2018

If you’re looking to save costs on shipping, take a look at inbound shipping. Depending on the industry and size of the company, a business can spend more than 40% of its annual freight budget on inbound shipping, according to the Aberdeen Group, a research firm in Boston. Share This: Read More. [e-Book]

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

If a location is low on stock, you will incur poor service levels or will need to ship from a more distant inventory location at a much higher cost. The downside is transshipping costs – the cost of picking, shipping, and receiving goods internally. MIT Study at Boston Scientific. Inventory balancing.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2025

Named customers include Yale New Haven Health , Stanford , Geisinge r, and Boston Children’s Hospital , among others. As demand for low-cost, efficient, and flexible shipping options rises amidst an extended freight recession and trade war, Flock Freights Shared Truckload service reportedly stands out as a long-term solution.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 12, 2023

Retailers can now supercharge their OMS with Dynamic Fulfillment’s advanced optimization logic that reduces markdowns and shipping costs, improves margins, and satisfies customer SLAs.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 4, 2016

It’s hard to believe that we’re more than a quarter of the way through 2016 already — and that it’s snowing here in Boston today, the first Monday in April. The Boston Globe: A Home Delivery and Outsourcing Failure. The Impact of SOLAS on Ocean Shipping and Data Management. Time to Squeeze Carriers for Better Rates?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

The Boston area is a hub for warehouse robotics companies. This new infrastructure will allow the retailer to expand ecommerce assortment while reducing both shipping time and cost. A resilient supply chain is able to recover quickly from these disruptions. These terms perfectly describe the Asian Paints supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 10, 2021

We got our first dusting of snow in Boston this week. When you wake up on Tuesday thinking it’s Wednesday, you know you’re in for a long week. Not enough to shovel or make snowballs…or stop delivery robots in their tracks, as happened to this poor fleet in Estonia. The morning in the Estonian capital.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Caroline Proctor is ToolsGroup’s chief marketing officer, leading global marketing and communications from ToolsGroup’s Boston office. People took that for granted for a long time in a way that I don’t think they do anymore. For those who already worked in logistics, there will also be changes.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Recently, Rob Anthony, SVP Global Supply Chain and UK Country Manager at Kongsberg, and Virginia Gonzalez, Head of Procurement at Boston Beer Company, sat down in an exclusive session with JAGGAER to share their insights and methods on streamlining category complexity. Successful companies make this look easy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 8, 2022

For example, if a shipper needs to ship goods from Chicago to Detroit, the TMS will have a record that on this lane, the transportation planner should contact Carrier A first. Jane is asking for the best route from Boston to Chicago. In a TMS, there is a record of preferred carriers by lane.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 6, 2022

BOSTON—June 7, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, today announced its acquisition of Onera, a provider of real-time inventory availability and fulfillment software solutions to retailers. Solutions enable real-time inventory availability and fulfillment optimization for retailers.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 30, 2022

BOSTON (May 31, 2022) – ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, announced today that Joe (Yossi) Shamir will retire from his role as CEO. Before joining 1010data, Kuznetsova was the President and COO of INTTRA, the largest digital network and analytics provider for the ocean shipping industry.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 21, 2020

Boston and Paris, 21 January 2020 – ToolsGroup, a leader a global leader in supply chain planning software, announces that Allopneus, France’s number one tire retailer, has chosen ToolsGroup Service Optimizer 99+ supply chain planning software to optimize inventory and respond ever more swiftly and effectively to customer requirements.

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Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 17, 2024

So joined here, Chad Wright from Boston Dynamics, as well as Heatherly Bucher from Arena, and Todd who I just met, Todd Fuller, who I just met today from Rootstock. I’m the Chief Information Officer at Boston Dynamics. Actually, I will say that Boston Dynamics had Arena when Chad joined. My name is Rony Kubat.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 2, 2021

Unless you’re a cargo ship, anchored and waiting.) —- Suez Canal Opens, but Shipping Will Be Snarled for Months (WSJ – sub. The pandemic is still with us, but we have vaccines and toilet paper, so an improvement from last year. Onward and upward we go! req’d) America’s Imports.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

What do the Germany World Cup Team and the Boston Red Sox have in common? Simply put, it’s a regulation that went into effect a couple of years ago requiring companies to verify that goods shipped from Germany to another EU member country actually arrive there.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 11, 2024

Last week, a large container ship lost control of its engines and narrowly averted another disaster thanks to quick thinking of on-board personnel and local maritime officials. The ship was eventually ordered by the U.S. Coast Guard in Boston logged a problem with the vessel’s steering gear alarm. Coast Guard to set anchor 8.5

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Talking Logistics

JULY 12, 2017

Can your suppliers direct ship? Martin Verwijmeren is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of MP Objects , a leading provider of smart cloud software for supply chain orchestration with offices in Boston, Rotterdam, Tokyo and Hyderabad. Identify which partners are innovative vs. a commodity through their capabilities.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 19, 2015

My travels this week took me to California and Boston. Today, on average, there are 10-25 ships sitting on the water waiting to unload. Today is a rainy day in Philadelphia. I am recovering from bronchitis. I am reflective as the rain sheets down my window. but underneath this bravado, there was some grim news: 1) West Coast Ports.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 7, 2023

Supply Constraints : Mapping and modeling of all relevant supply chain constraints like shipping/receiving calendars, supply lots, order frequency, order constraints, and replenishment dates. Version 8.60

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 15, 2021

BOSTON (June 16, 2020) – Supply & Demand Chain Executive , the only publication covering the entire global supply chain, selected Polaris to receive a “Top Supply Chain Projects Award for 2021” for its project with ToolsGroup.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 19, 2017

The weather finally warmed up in Boston, although temperatures in the 90s so early in the season is not what I had hoped for. Port of Los Angeles and GE Transportation launch solution to digitize maritime shipping. UPS Revs Up Customer Experience, Integrates Chatbot With UPS My Choice. Ryan, Descartes’ CEO.

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American Global Logistics

AUGUST 1, 2023

An Insider's Look at the Current State and Future Trends of Global Trade Introduction to Ocean Shipping in 2023 Ocean shipping plays a vital role in the global trade landscape. The sheer scale and efficiency of ocean shipping have made it an indispensable component of the global supply chain.

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