ShipBob

OCTOBER 1, 2021

As long as you are tracking the right metrics, data reveals where you can eliminate waste within your supply chain. ShipBob has multiple fulfillment centers in the US, one in Canada, one in the EU, and one in the UK, and all locations filter back into one centralized warehouse management system. Data-driven decision-making.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

Source: Google. This was not a trivial transition because the software industry, until relatively recently, was long fixated on measuring its health and success by new license revenue (sales of products) instead of customer-centric metrics, such as realization of ROI and payback objectives. Where is Descartes today?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

Ferguson provides plumbing and heating products to 9 specialist customer groups – over a million customers – in the US and Canada. The company sources goods from 34,000 suppliers out of 30 nations. The company has shown sustained improvement on this metric. 22,000 containers move annually through 53 ports.

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Requis

MARCH 23, 2021

The pressure to be more sustainable also comes from outside sources like governments, banks and customers. There is carbon present at all stages of the building, from producing the steel, to transporting the steel (and other materials), to erecting the building, and to operate the building, and eventually to the decommission stage.

Material Savings 52

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BlueYonder

JUNE 3, 2021

The second highlight is the emphasis on identifying sustainable upstream operations in material sourcing, suppliers, and manufacturing. Will organizations just continue with business as usual and then tag on to the sustainability gains, based upon their own reduction of cost to serve metrics? Canada, or Mexico.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 98

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Intelligent Audit

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Maersk , a global leader in transportation, supply chain and logistics management, and general freight, announced February 9, 2022, “The intended acquisition of Pilot Freight Services (Pilot), a leading U.S.-based Future-Proof Your Shipping Strategy With a Single Source of Truth in Logistics Data With Intelligent Audit.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 5, 2023

They have forks at the front that can be raised or lowered to pick up palletized goods and transport them within the warehouse. They have forks that can be inserted under a pallet to lift and transport it short distances. They can be used for transporting products for sorting, packing, and loading goods onto trucks.

Inventory Reduction 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2016

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy and sell-side markets) bi-directionally with near-real time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. GT Nexus evolved as a Software as a Service (SaaS) application for transportation while GXS/OpenText evolved from the EDI VAN technologies.

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Freightera

MAY 9, 2022

The differences between transport and freight trains are numerous, ranging from technical to operational. The obvious difference is that one is built for hauling heavy cargo while the other is designed to transport people. Freight trains can be as long as 700 meters (roughly 2300 feet) and can weigh up to 1600 metric tons (over 3.5

Purchasing Training 37

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

As if this wasn’t enough, transportation costs are rising and forcing companies to constantly adjust and optimize. “When addressing transportation of goods, the biggest issue my prospective customers face that I can address and correct simply is…” Communication, communication, communication.

Supply Chain Planning Software 96

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Nippon Express owns more than 31.7

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Elementum

MARCH 27, 2018

million metric tons (or 60% of the world’s supply). million metric tons. However, as standards for sourcing become more strict, these big players may lose business if they fail to provide visibility into their supply chains. The famously idealistic Silicon Valley company has pledged to source all of its cobalt in North America.

Resource Reduction 87

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Elementum

MARCH 27, 2018

million metric tons (or 60% of the world’s supply). million metric tons. However, as standards for sourcing become more strict, these big players may lose business if they fail to provide visibility into their supply chains. The famously idealistic Silicon Valley company has pledged to source all of its cobalt in North America.

Resource Reduction 60

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Source: Evan, Flikr. “I SophiaTX Open Source Platform to Integrate SAP, Blockchain. Mexico and Canada are heading into 2018 with no clear plan for saving the North American Free Trade Agreement,” states a Bloomberg article published on December 15. UPS Joins Top Alliance To Create Blockchain Standards For Logistics.

Predictive Analytics Software 92

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Freightera

APRIL 17, 2020

The medical response is one thing, and in Canada, it feels like it’s been based on a lot of evidence, but an economic response feels a bit more like we’re making that up as we go. So how do we put all these different sources of supply together to make a virtual power plant, and then connect it to everything?

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

No economy or business in the world can be successful without a reliable source of electricity. Another fear involves the transport and storage of nuclear waste. Countries like France, Japan, and Canada kept costs fairly stable during this period. A topic to which we next turn. Nuclear Waste. But this wasn’t universal.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 19, 2024

Walmart in the news: Walmart launches pilot program for customers to recycle reusable shopping bags Walmart Canada says robots are coming to 2 Ontario warehouses, but jobs not at risk Amazon has become the largest private EV charging operator Biden calls for steep hike to tariff on Chinese steel S. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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