Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Bigger Container Ships Pose Bigger Risks (WSJ – sub. With more than 30 cargo ships anchored offshore, countless supply chains scrambling, and the prospect of a $2 billion per day hit on the U.S. The larger ships will further test the capacity of ports and canals and the skill of their captains and crews.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Let’s take an example. Examples include first pass yield, schedule adherence, hands-free orders, orders shipped complete, and minimization of waste. Apparel is an example. Technology change is moving faster than process innovation. This creates many issues. Supply Chain Trade-offs. . #4 4 Maximize Buffers.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Changing shipping demands are pushing businesses to gain even more visibility into their supply chains. The outbound logistics of shipping, delivery and order fulfillment services are often the most complex part of any supply chain transaction. The problem is consumers now want stuff shipped directly to their house. ” 2.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Changing shipping demands are pushing businesses to gain even more visibility into their supply chains. The outbound logistics of shipping, delivery and order fulfillment services are often the most complex part of any supply chain transaction. The problem is consumers now want stuff shipped directly to their house. ” 2.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 29, 2022

Traverse City, Michigan based provider Starboard provides an innovative and interactive digital twin of a physical supply chain network leveraging gaming technology to allow users to explore what-if supply chain and business scenarios. Supply chain planning technology provider Logility, Inc., million daily shipments. million daily shipments.

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Requis

JUNE 25, 2020

Susie Bodnar is part of the generation that is driving supply chain innovation forward. She is VP of Membership for the CSCMP Chicago Roundtable and was the 2019 CSCMP Edge conference chair. For example, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was high traffic for delivery times, but wait times went down.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 4, 2023

Unlike other goods and services, a passenger on an airplane, cruise ship, or train cannot simply go somewhere else if you don’t have the soda or the meal that they want. Take airlines as an example. In other cases, such as cruise ships, the ship is the warehouse. However, at the item/location level (e.g.,

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 4, 2022

From contractor controversies to rising fuel costs, logistics professionals across the transportation industry are turning to innovative solutions to persistent problems. Postal Service announced intentions to consolidate roughly 21% of delivery units into large-scale shipping centers.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

There’s no question that innovative technologies aid in logistics and supply chain management, but when it comes to the many labor-intensive processes that take place in the warehouse, some fear that robots could make human warehouse workers obsolete. And it is humanity, not machines, that innovates.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Last week I attended FourKites Visibility 2023 in Chicago, IL. These disruptions occur for myriad reasons, such as factory disruptions in China or ships getting stuck in the Panama Canal. One of the aspects of the FourKites innovation roadmap that is compelling is that the company co-innovates with its customers.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Yet the inability to pivot quickly from fossil fuels has the Biden administration considering innovative ways to build more batteries. PepsiCo, the nation’s largest food processor, monitors trends by reaching out to innovation-hungry consumers. sustainability strategies. Aldi Invests in Curbside with New Partnership.

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2015

Logistics is the prime example of a changing industry – colossal, ripe for disruption and utterly opaque. And it’s about to get hit by a freight train of innovation. How much do we love freight innovation? And we found that freight innovation is hot. Chicago only. Holland Container Innovations.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 21, 2015

Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland and Chicago have already moved to raise their wages and there are proposals for minimum wage increases across the country including in New York City, Washington, D.C. Alternative Solutions : An innovative solution is leveraging our neighbors to the South in Mexico. and Kansas City, MO. . Don’t Wait.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 22, 2015

It’s even considering leveraging existing delivery routes—pizza, for example —and using the extra space to deliver packages. In the past few years, warehouses have seen significant innovations that they had not seen for decades. But for other companies who offer fast delivery, smaller urban warehouses are the best bet. Building trust.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 17, 2018

Here are the ones that caught my attention: Maersk and IBM Introduce TradeLens Blockchain Shipping Solution. Shuttered Sam’s Club in Matteson to find new life as e-commerce fulfillment center (Chicago Tribune). Customer Experience is Driving Supply Chain Innovation, Says Report from BluJay Solutions and Adelante SCM.

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Kinaxis

MAY 24, 2018

During her keynote speech, Dana Stiffler, research VP at Gartner shared statistics highlighting how hard it is to find professionals who have the supply chain domain competence and strong knowledge of AI/ML technologies in the greater Chicago area. Population of greater Chicago ~ 3,600,000. of these, those with AI/ML skills ~ 35.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Not the Chicago Cubs, of course, but the Little League Cubs of our city. Wal-Mart Won’t Promote Free-Shipping Deals Over Holidays (WSJ – sub. Some follow-up thoughts based on the comments received: First, from a supply chain and logistics perspective, I believe Walmart continues to innovate and lead the industry in many areas.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2015

It will be available soon in New York, Baltimore, Miami, Dallas, Austin, Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta and Portland. Meanwhile, Cloud Logistics introduced its Same Day TMS program “designed to allow shippers to start shipping – and saving – the day they start the project.” You can work as much or as little as you want.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Typically, that destination would be a personal residence or business, and last mile delivery would be provided by the biggest shipping providers, such as UPS, FedEx, or the USPS. One of the main examples of the difficulty many startups have faced trying to get a foothold in the logistics industry is the recent failure of Shyp.

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ShipBob

APRIL 2, 2021

For instance, ShipBob is a Shopify Plus Certified App partner for fulfillment and shipping, which helps fast-growing brands on Shopify Plus streamline ecommerce fulfillment to reduce logistics costs and automate shipping. 9 examples of successful Shopify Plus websites. 9 examples of successful Shopify Plus websites.

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FLEXE

MAY 25, 2017

Chicago, Illinois. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indianapolis is a staple in supply chain operations because of its central location and proximity to Chicago. For example, in Q4 when the holidays hit, companies like Walmart and Urban Outfitters hit about 80% of their warehouse capacity. Seattle, Washington. Los Angeles, California.

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