Talking Logistics

JULY 8, 2016

It was a relatively quiet week for supply chain and logistics news, with robots and weak freight demand dominating the headlines. 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.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

We’ll look at their warehouses, their delivery tricks, and even how they use new technology to make things faster. Content creation: Amazon Studios – Produces original films and series available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video. In this blog post, we’ll explore how Amazon does it all.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2016

We kick off today a month-long focus on trends in the following categories: Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transportation Management. 2016 Supply Chain Trends: The First 7 of 12. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 10, 2016

Now, on to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Thoma Bravo Announces Acquisition of Elemica. iContainers, Expedia for transporting freight internationally, raises $6.7 Freight Rates Push Lower as Truck Capacity Outweighs Demand (WSJ – sub. It’s why I coach. million (TechCrunch).

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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. Leaning on AI Technology. million (AUD), up from $11.4

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Intelligent Audit

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In freight auditing, freight audit advisors work with freight shippers to ensure that all charges are accurate and to prevent wasting money. Shippers can ensure they are getting the best possible rates from their carriers by working with a freight audit consultant. What Freight Auditing Is and Why It’s Important.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 7, 2016

Freight tons moving on the nation’s transportation network will grow 40 percent in the next three decades while the value of the freight will almost double, increasing by 92 percent, according to the latest projections by the U.S. Take cargo airships, for example. trillion in 2015).

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

If you’re like me, staying up to date on supply chain news is critical. So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. Experts’ Choice: Supply Chain and Logistics Email Newsletters.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 30, 2021

Instead, customers can interact with its experts via chat, audio, video, and screen sharing depending on their preference and be able to see live demos, displays, and physical products. Supply Chain Implications Smaller stores typically mean less inventory. Because most customers want… fast.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is the Digital Supply Chain? In the next few years, the technologies you’ve taken for granted, and the ways we interact with them, are going to change forever—and rework our lives along the way. Watch for these technologies to change our culture in the next five years.

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

It has radically transformed supply chains, fundamentally changed domestic and international economies across the world, and changed societies in the process – all the while driving trillions dollars in annual trade. Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 29, 2016

Now, before I spontaneously combust in my house-turned-sauna, let’s go to this week’s supply chain and logistics news: Amazon to step up UK tests of delivery drones (The Telegraph). Freightos Launches First International Freight Marketplace to Power $2 Trillion Worth of U.S. Delgado-Jenkins] said.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

The Freightos System is SaaS for freight contract management, automatic price quotations, and business intelligence. It has radically transformed supply chains, fundamentally changed domestic and international economies across the world, and changed societies in the process – all the while driving trillions dollars in annual trade.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

James Winebrake, Dean of College of Liberal Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology There are a number of important trends happening in the freight industry, spanning all modes of transportation: trucking, shipping, rail, pipeline, and air.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 16, 2015

— In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… DSV agrees to acquire UTi Worldwide Inc. August 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Port of Long Beach sees highest Q3 cargo volume in history (Cargo Business News). Below is one of two promotional videos for UberRUSH.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The mad dash begins to finish all the work that needs to get done before 2018 arrives, so without delay, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: E-Commerce Boosts U.S. Mercedes Plans More Drone Deliveries After 100 Perfect Flights (Bloomberg Technology). Shipping Networks (WSJ – sub.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 28, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. No matter what sector of the merchant shipping industry you are a part of – dry cargo to tankers, container shipping to smaller coastal tonnage or specialised units – satcom for maritime shipping solutions are crucial if you are going to keep your ship connected to the shore.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 5, 2016

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news…. As reported by The Seattle Times , “Amazon will fly its latest Boeing 767 widebody jet freighter, publicly revealing the new ‘Prime Air’ branded livery of its fast-growing fleet of used cargo planes” at today’s Seafair aerial display over Lake Washington near Seattle.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2016

The Hyperloop and drones headlined this week’s supply chain and logistics news, so let’s go straight to it: Hyperloop One Accelerates Toward Future With High-Speed Test (WSJ – sub. March 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). UPS-backed Rwandan blood deliveries show drones’ promise, hurdles (Reuters).

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Global Trade Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. Networked Supply Chains Require Better Visibility. As manufactures and retailers increasingly depend on extended rosters of sourcing companies, the resulting networked supply chain requires improved visibility. The size of global trade has nearly doubled since 1990.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

APRIL 17, 2020

Container ships move the vast majority of manufactured products, and operators touted the behemoths as a tool that would boost global trade. This crisis will impact world economic flows and necessitate that we all rethink our supply-chain models,” said Mr. Saadé, whose company ordered nine 23,000-container ships in 2017.

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Elementum

APRIL 22, 2015

The emergence of UAS as a commercial asset has the potential to completely alter the way the world transports physical goods as well as services infrastructure within supply chains. Amazon’s public spat with the FAA highlights a supply chain issue that has been gaining more attention in recent years: last mile delivery.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 9, 2018

Still, if you had ocean freight in 2016, the memory of the bankruptcy of the Hanjin shipping line may linger in your mind. In light of what happened, some companies still look at carriers’ financials and try to avoid putting cargo on carriers that might be at risk. Make technology work for your supply chain.

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Gravity Supply Chain

MARCH 12, 2020

Gravity proudly reveals container tracking, a new cloud based, shipment visibility solution. Learn more from our information-rich podcast here.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 20, 2023

And a big show it was, with over 35,000 people on hand to see the latest innovations in retail technology. The gaming-focused service is complementary to Amazon Prime and Prime Video subscribers. Instances of cargo theft increased markedly in 2022, driven in large measure by thieves using fictitious pickups.

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Turvo

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Hurricane Ida and a February severe frost in Texas wreaked havoc on the petrochemical supply chain, causing delays in manufacturing resins, plastics, and other components needed in everyday items. Here’s a look back at the top 5 logistics stories from this year (2021): Suez Canal blockage that affected global supply chains.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

A common conundrum for companies is how to reduce their freight costs, which due to a recovery in demand following the Covid-19 pandemic have skyrocketed. Putting a lid on escalating freight costs has now become more important than ever. Here, in brief, are 12 of them: Define your freight profile. 1) Define Your Freight Profile.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 18, 2022

Actionable analytics and meaningful logistics intelligence are essential elements in freight. Since logistics intelligence sources data directly from freight systems in real-time, filling in the gap between your real-world logistics and your supply chain management strategies, it becomes easier to use that information strategically.

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Global Trade Management

AUGUST 4, 2008

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. If you define an ‘Effective Global Trade’ as a trade that is executed on schedule, without damage to the cargo and at planned cost, then your threshold for an ‘Effective Global Trade’ is too low. International trade is the engine of global prosperity today.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

FLEXE , Flexport and Convoy –three technology companies adding flexibility to the supply chain–,recently hosted the first Peak Logistics breakfast in Seattle, Washington. The founders of each company came together to discuss the overlap of technology and logistics and how it can be used to solve every day problems.

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Blockchain technology is a major disruptor in the supply chain. It stands to change the game as we know it by giving companies a better way to ensure traceability throughout vast supply chain networks. In order to properly disrupt the supply chain of today, you need to know everything there is to know about it.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. 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? Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics.

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

From a carbon footprint perspective, the Last Mile delivery of single e-commerce parcels to individual consumer dwellings is one of the most inefficient, costly and carbon producing activities in the retail and consumer goods supply chain! Volkswagen will soon introduce the fully electric VW ID Buzz as highlighted in this video.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 17, 2021

Owned by Qurate Retail Group, investments in technology, supply chain networks, and relationship building with brands have been made resulting in total revenue for the Group increasing 5.3% However, like any business, it too has been impacted by supply chain issues. in 2020 to $14.2 Thanks for reading.

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Techgistics

DECEMBER 22, 2016

2016 was an incredible year for tech in logistics as companies both large and small are working on some transformative technologies not just for logistics, but for society as a whole. The software and hardware is available now. A robot, named Freight, follows a human worker around the warehouse and the worker packs items into totes.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 7, 2021

Robinson is “can logistics and supply chains be truly sustainable?”. To sceptics the vision of a sustainable supply chain remains an oxymoron, due to the emissions from 18-wheeler trucks, cargo planes, container ships and delivery vans as they move freight around the world. New technology solutions.

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