Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

It means being able to see where a shipment or an order is while it’s in transit — whether on a truck, a railcar, an ocean liner or a cargo plane — anywhere in the world. This is the portion of E2E that is most commonly referred to as “real-time transportation visibility”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

This year, with the LA Rams being Super Bowl champs, Good360 said it will ship thousands of “unsellable” Bengals-branded hats, T-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, COVID-19 masks, and scarves to struggling people in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. And now on this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In logistics and supply chain management, however, transport and warehousing are the most significant sharing processes thanks to a welter of economic benefits for all parties—and the trend is accelerating despite the dampening effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why Businesses, Large and Small, Think it’s Fair to Share.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

Roughly the size of a small cooler, Amazon Scout vehicles can transport small packages along sidewalks at walking pace. According to Mark Schurman, a spokesperson for Gordon Food Service: “there are also constraints in transportation, with real capacity challenges in moving product, whether in ports or overland trucking.”.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

· More than a fifth of the distance driven by European cargo trucks in 2021 was “deadhead mileage,” where vehicles traveled empty, often on the return leg of a journey. · · This means that trucks travel with no cargo at all for billions of miles — with a significant financial and environmental cost for shippers and carriers. ·

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 17, 2017

In the meantime, here’s this week’s supply chain and logistics news: Amazon Plans Air Cargo Service for Chinese Customers (WSJ – sub. warehouses from Chinese merchants selling on its site—taking on a role it previously left to global freight-transportation companies.” Europe and Japan. Intel Buys Mobileye in $15.3

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

That said, implementing Lean concepts would undoubtedly be part of that strategy, for example, - Lean Warehousing : Many firms (both retailers and manufacturers) are now aggressively rolling out Lean in their warehouse operations. Eliminate Before You Automate : Automation is critical to large, efficient warehouse operations.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 8, 2016

Air cargo firms feel the pressure from plunge in freight prices (Reuters). Honeywell To Acquire Intelligrated, A Leader In Supply Chain And Warehouse Automation Technologies. Adorable self-driving robots will start making deliveries in Europe this month (Quartz). Sucking robot arm wins Amazon Picking Challenge (BBC).

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Supply Chain Matters once again highlights some positive news for global supply chain management teams, specifically transportation and logistics related teams. A container shipment from China to Europe is down 42 percent. Our research arm recently pointed out this transportation trending in a mid-year assessment commentary.

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Multichannel Merchant

JANUARY 3, 2023

Amazon, facing a continued slowdown in its ecommerce business and under pressure to boost flagging sales, is looking to sell excess capacity on its commercial cargo jetliners used to move goods among its network of warehouses here and in Europe, Bloomberg reports. billion, which is $48.6 billion more than in 2019.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), air cargo demands grew at double the rate of capacity in 2017. The growth of ecommerce is expected to add continued momentum in the air cargo business worldwide in 2018. The first thing to know is that tight air capacity isn’t limited to the Transatlantic.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 14, 2020

and Europe. The empty container supply has also dwindled in regions where China trade has been a catalyst, primarily North America and Europe, this can have a ripple effect if these empty containers do not get repositioned back to China to support the increase demand that is anticipated at the tail end of March into April.

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Locus

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Presently, their major focus lies on local production, warehousing and strategic sourcing. Transportation: Trade routes blockage – Congestion at ports. This issue has affected shipping goods from Asia to Europe and the Middle East. Determine the ideal number of nodes and warehouse service level. Cyber attacks.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

There are shortages of factory workers, warehouse workers, truck drivers as well as big challenges in finding supply chain planning talent to help address the demand/supply imbalances that the businesses are currently trying to manage. Transportation and Distribution. grew by 10 years in 90 days in 2020.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 19, 2020

Only freight that can account for added transport time is a good fit for expedited LCL shipping. By using shipments in transit as “inventory in transit,” LCL shipping can even help lower warehousing and inventory costs, which in turn can help reduce your tariff spend per shipment. Dependable transit times. Service providers, like C.H.

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Cathy Roberson

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Photo courtesy of GLS UK-based postal operator, Royal Mail further expands its international operations through its subsidiary, General Logistics Systems (GLS) with the acquisition of Canadian freight operator, Rosenau Transport, announced on Oct 8. However, perhaps one of its great assets is its GLS subsidiary.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017 : exoskeletons, autonomous forklifts, flying warehouses, last-mile delivery, and more. Warehouse Automation. Content Summary: Honeywell and Carnegie Mellon Partner to Bring AI to the Warehouse.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

TomTom launches toll reporting to help transport companies manage costs. Port truck drivers on West Coast protest costs, working conditions ( Cargo Business News ). Over the past 20 years, the company has built a network of 52 offices with over 1,000 employees throughout Europe. Robinson Enters Switzerland Marketplace.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2021

Washington farm exports crimped by cargo-container shortage. Global transportation is at the forefront of sustainability efforts. The effort would raise $5 billion through “mandatory contributions” by containership companies in a push to decarbonize the maritime transport sector. That forecast only includes the US and Europe.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

This morning, my mailbox was bombarded with the news of tentative agreement of the settlement of the nine-month labor conflict between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). The flows assume that transportation can move without an interruption. This is not going to be pretty.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 1, 2015

New Capabilities from JDA Create Transportation Resiliency – Enabling Shippers to Balance Service and Cost Pressures. Latest Versions of SAP® Transportation Management, SAP Extended Warehouse Management and SAP Event Management Now Available. Ports See Costly Delays as Cargo Ships, Volumes Grow (WSJ – sub.

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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 Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

For fast moving products, they use the production facilities in Europe. 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.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Labor shortages in transportation and warehousing are quick to make headlines, but job opportunities across the supply chain continue to go unfilled despite promising pay and benefits. And within the sector, the warehousing and storage category has added the most jobs. Now, as demand for renewable energy explodes, the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

Some UK supermarkets have run out of peppers after a cold snap in Europe led to a shortage. Supermarkets were forced to ration a range of fruit and vegetables earlier this year due to poor weather in Europe and Africa leading to shortages. There are more than 450,000 such warehouses nationwide, with nearly 16.4 million U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 14, 2022

Robots are everywhere these days, from warehouses to stores to even restaurants. JD.com opens robotic shops in Europe. US cargo airlines up in arms over Saudia flying rights request. Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has made a lot of news over the last few years with its push for automated warehouses and delivery services.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Automotive News Europe ). In response to the Ukraine invasion, Europe’s wholesale gas price surged by 69%. Natural gas prices in Europe and curbs on exports from Russia and China are expected to keep fertilizer in high demand through 2023, which will lower crop yields.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Typical manufacturing products made in Belgium include engineering and metal products, automobile assemblies, transportation equipment, scientific and precision instruments, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, textiles, glass, petroleum and food and beverages. Belgium’s transportation and communication pathways are robust. percent, France 9.5

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2019

Simply put, OTIF spells OPPORTUNITY for transportation technology providers. I highlighted how Walmart is bringing operations at two California warehouses, which it had outsourced to Schneider Logistics for the past 13 years, back in-house. project44 Adds Ocean Visibility to Platform.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2023

One of the world’s most successful drone delivery companies will be expanding to mainland Europe and the United States in 2023. pounds of cargo in a hold with about 1,800 cubic inches of space. JD.com has been rapidly growing its logistics unit by focusing on warehousing growth, including in international markets.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2023

Chile has long been a hub of second-hand and unsold clothing, made in China or Bangladesh and passing through Europe, Asia or the United States before arriving in Chile, where it is resold around Latin America. At 2022’s end, the company had around 17 million square feet of “healthcare-compliant warehousing,” according to its 10-K.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

What is a warehouse? And what is a warehouse management system? In North America, average truckload rate per mile charged to customers increased about two percent while truckload transportation costs increased about four percent, excluding the estimated impacts of the change in fuel. Truckload net revenues, however, decreased 1.3

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2023

We also saw a lot of technological advances in transportation, warehousing, supply chain planning, robotics, and last mile delivery, just to name a few. Americold employs 17,000 people worldwide and operates more than 24 temperature-controlled warehouses across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 3, 2020

Have you ever considered changing your traditional mode of transportation? Now is the time to utilize all modes of transportation in the most efficient way possible. For example, you might be surprised how beneficial rail service between Europe and Asia can be for your business today. . Reasons to consider rail service.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

Just last year many were chartering their own cargo ships to get all these goods to their destinations.) Is it sitting at the warehouse yard, or has it reached the store? Transportation teams could drill into their top bottlenecks by facility, carrier performance, dwell time and volume. What’s in manufacturing?

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Freight Plus

APRIL 20, 2021

March 2021 - Transportation Market Report. While it is wonderful news that Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is pledging to ease the port congestion and help exporters, there will not be any immediate relief. ?. . And then even getting it from an ocean terminal to a warehouse is taking time. Key takeaways.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2022

Cargo losses escalate as thieves target cars, electronics. The Port of Oakland reported cargo in April dropped 7 percent compared to the same period a year ago due to factory and port shutdowns in China. With the reduction in cargo coming out of Shanghai, some carriers aren’t able to fully load a vessel. s CargoNet.

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