Supply Chain Brain

JULY 30, 2025

Ford’s Kentucky-built Escape crossover faces a roughly $5,000 cost disadvantage to a Toyota Rav4, and as much as a $10,000 handicap between a Japan-built 4Runner SUV compared to a Ford Bronco made in Michigan, he said. It’s really meaningful,” Farley said in a Bloomberg TV interview.

Expense Reduction

Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

The Experts’ Choice of the Top Online Logistics Resources. 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. Ti Logistics Briefing.

Resource Reduction

The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

PAXAFE predicts adverse events through the supply chain to de-risk B2B shipments and enable intelligent cargo insurance. PAXAFE’s platform decreases cargo loss while improving operational efficiencies. The Logistics of Logistics Podcast. About PAXAFE. Recent Podcasts About Trucking.

Predictive Analytics Software

Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Shippers, beneficial cargo owners or non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs) are responsible for verifying weights. This is essential for carriers and logistics providers, who operate key components of the enterprise supply chain. degree in Communications from Michigan State University. What does this mean for you?

Supply Chain Planning Software

ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

companies that rely on East and Gulf Coast seaports have been importing early, shifting goods to the West Coast, and even putting cargo on pricey flights to hedge against a threatened Oct. These ports handle a significant portion of the nation’s containerized cargo, especially for the consumer goods, retail, and manufacturing sectors.

Los Angeles

Talking Logistics

APRIL 25, 2016

“There are no sacred cows here,” said Chris Timmer, Chief Commercial Officer at LeanLogistics (a Talking Logistics sponsor) in his opening remarks at the company’s ClientConnect 2016 conference last week. Later this year, the company will formally roll out LeanParcel, with rail and air cargo capabilities on the roadmap too.

Rail Software

6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Third-party logistics companies ( 3PLs ) specialize in distribution, warehousing and fulfillment services. The core competency of these companies is logistics , and they do it well. Even Amazon used third-party logistics companies when the company first started, until reaching sufficient scale to have a logistics arm of its own.

Warehousing

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. races to expand Michigan locks and secure the supply chain S.-bound DHL Express Teamsters work outdoors, loading and unloading approximately 360,000 pounds of cargo per day. The post This Week in Logistics News (October 14 – 20) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Autonomous cargo ship completes 500-mile voyage. During Suzaka’s 500-mile voyage, the autonomous cargo ship performed 107 collision avoidance maneuvers without the help of a human. The post This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

GlobalTranz

APRIL 4, 2025

Depending on the nature of your cargo, its size, weight, urgency and distance, choosing the right freight shipping method can significantly impact your bottom line. Intermodal freight shipping refers to moving cargo using more than one mode of transport, typically rail, truck or ship, but with a major distinction.

Pricing Training

NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

I have been sitting in on interesting calls the past couple of days, and have also been exchanging emails with my colleague Jason Miller at Michigan State University, and also sat in on a presentation by Bill Villalon, recently retired President of APL Logistics, who presented to the CAPS Board. since January 2018 (4-year comp).

Warehousing

American Global Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2025

TARIFF TITLE PAGE TERRA WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS LLC DBA AMERICAN GLOBAL LOGISTICS (a non-vessel operating common carrier) FMC ORGANIZATION NO.: SUBSTITUTED SERVICE (ALTERNATE PORT SERVICE) This provision shall govern the transfer of cargo by trucking or other means of transportation at the expense of the Carrier.

Cargo

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article outlining how cargo theft is on the rise. In the United States alone, cargo theft is a $15 to $35 billion industry. While cargo theft as a whole has increased 57 percent year-over-year, strategic theft has increased 600 percent from November to March.

Packaging