The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Brandon is the CEO of Exiger , a global risk and regulatory intelligence company that helps organizations build resilience and achieve sustainable growth. Throughout his career, he’s appeared in virtually every major business outlet, including CNBC, Fox Business, Financial Times, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 22, 2022

In his role Peter leads The Journal of Commerce, the historic New York City maritime newspaper founded in 1827, today a team of specialized business journalists focused on the end-to-end international shipping supply chain including shipping, ports, airfreight, trucking, rail and home delivery, addressed to the needs of shippers.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. What is Logistics and Supply Chain Management?

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 25, 2022

in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, all from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA. Donnie has a passion to build a bridge between the logistics/supply chain industry and academia, seeking to build relationships that will benefit students, practitioners and faculty in a collaborative environment. Donnie’s LinkedIn.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

John is Strategic Advisor of Transportation & Logistics at Clarendon Capital , a private equity sponsor focused on developing investment opportunities and providing strategic advisory services to the transportation, logistics and distribution sectors. Larkin headed up Stifel’s transportation and logistics research effort.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Jeff is the CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide , the oldest privately-held freight brokerage in North America, specializing in notoriously complicated freight, like temperature-controlled, oversized, and high-value, high-security shipments. Jeff was recently appointed chairman of the Transportation & Logistics Steering Committee for BSMA.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2023

Paul Brashier is Vice President Drayage and Intermodal at ITS Logistics , a third party logistics (3PL) company that offers creative supply chain solutions with an asset-lite transportation division that ranks #21 in North America, a top-tier asset-based dedicated fleet, and a Top 12 intermodal and drayage division.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 1, 2022

As reported by Dion Rabouin in the Wall Street Journal last week, “top executives at large U.S. companies are increasingly talking up bringing workforces and supply chains back home — known as ‘re-shoring’ — during second quarter earnings calls. appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 22, 2020

“The addition of 11 Chinese companies to a U.S. trade blacklist of entities Washington says are linked to human-rights abuses of the Uighur minority group in Xinjiang is entangling major brands and likely to further a reordering of supply chains that feed American consumers,” write Dan Strumpf and Liza Lin in the Wall Street Journal.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 10, 2023

Jorge is Co-CEO of The Nearshore Company , where he helps North American, European, and Asian manufacturing companies to successfully establish reliable manufacturing operations in Mexico. For more than 20 years, Jorge has connected Mexico’s rich financial and industrial resources to companies and individuals the world over.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 17, 2021

In today’s Wall Street Journal, in an article titled Retailers Try to Solve Labor Imbalances by Retraining Staff, Suzanne Kapner highlights how Levi Strauss & Co. is “confronting a problem faced by companies in a range of industries from finance to retail to technology. Read more Reskilling Employees for Supply Chain Jobs.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 12, 2021

The post Screening Suppliers for Human Rights & Environmental Abuses appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Read more Screening Suppliers for Human Rights & Environmental Abuses. Read more Screening Suppliers for Human Rights & Environmental Abuses.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Material Handling & Logistics ). Material Handling & Logistics ). 75% of companies felt negative or strongly negative impacts on their business due to supply chain disruption ( Accenture ). Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The post Supply-Driven Supply Chains appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Read more Supply-Driven Supply Chains. Read more Supply-Driven Supply Chains.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Last mile logistics is among the most misunderstood parts of transportation networks. In addition, growth in e-commerce is radicalizing how shippers view last mile logistics. What Is Last Mile Logistics? . Most often, last mile logistics involves the use of parcel or small package carriers to deliver products to consumers.

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DAT Solutions

JULY 30, 2015

Jeff Tucker 's guest column in yesterday's Wall Street Journal pointed to the pivotal role of technology, including DAT Load Boards , in freight logistics today. Jeff has been a leader in freight logistics since 1992; he is president and CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide and Chairman of the Transportation Intermediaries Association.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 3, 2022

Are you looking for logistics management books? In this article, we will show you 5 books that'll help you learn logistics faster than any other logistics book. In the United States, the median wage for a Logistics Manager is around $70,000 annually. Best Logistics Book for Beginners: 1.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 8, 2017

Small and middle-sized companies are pushed by the aggressive competition to be more flexible and adaptive. The transition from an on-site data handling to the cloud one opens the new opportunities in the overall company management. Each industry has its peculiarities, among the others, in the logistics, manufacturing, and supply.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

In last Thursday’s Wall Street Journal there was a front page article titled U.S. Logistics Outsourcing Logistics Technologies Petroleum Industry Supply Chain Planning' Boom Can Stand Further Fall in Oil Prices. “Oil Oil prices would need to fall at least another $20 a barrel to choke off the U.S.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 18, 2022

Seven ways companies, consumers, and the government are responding. Supply chain shortages, global events, and inflation all make it harder than ever for companies to accurately predict customer demand. Image source: Sturgis Journal. How did one company recall cause a nationwide crisis?

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 4, 2021

Logistics in the city might not be as entertaining as the television show “Sex in the City,” however, topically it’s more important. Migon suggests, if traffic woes are to be overcome, “cities, automakers, app makers, mobility companies and the general public will all need to get comfortable with new mobility habits.”

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 5, 2018

Well, it used to do those things until the company called it quits last Tuesday and shut down its operations. As Harry McCracken wrote in Fast Company last week: [Shyp’s service] was a pricey business, a fact [CEO Kevin] Gibbon understood all along. to small couriers,” wrote Greg Bensinger in the Wall Street Journal last week.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

So, without further delay, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: UPS, Overwhelmed by Online Orders, Warns of Delivery Delays (WSJ – sub. Trucking Companies Boost Big-Rig Orders on Rising Shipping Demand (WSJ – sub. As reported by the Wall Street Journal : United Parcel Service Inc.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Background For some time now, Supply Chain Matters has published viewpoints on the disruptive threat that online platform provider Amazon will and has had on both online and physical retail, but also package logistics, transport and last mile product fulfillment strategies surrounding many industry sectors.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2018

While I thaw out a bit, here are the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Tight Trucking Market Has Retailers, Manufacturers Paying Steep Prices (WSJ – sub. One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2018 was that companies will focus on integrating the long tail of supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2023

In fact, retail and other verticals such as logistics providers (parcel) experienced rapid growth from 2019 – 2021. Companies in emerging markets are increasing investment in warehouse automation. Automation offers companies a means of achieving a certain level of reliability and order fulfillment accuracy. Plans for the 2.8

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2017

So, without delay, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week with some brief commentary: Target to Buy Grocery Delivery Startup Shipt for $550 Million (WSJ – sub. and Nousot partner to deliver predictive logistics analytics. and Costco Wholesale Corp. or Albertsons Cos., UPS launched its U.S.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

Reverse Logistics: 5 Steps for Better Backward Operations. What is reverse logistics? Reverse logistics is often seen as a clerical function. Reverse logistics is often seen as a clerical function. Most companies see reverse logistics as the way to satisfy customer but there is no specific performance measurement for it.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 20, 2016

While many companies have invested significant time and money over the years to improve their demand, supply, and manufacturing planning capabilities, they have underinvested in workforce planning and optimization, and they’re now starting to feel the consequences. So, how are leading companies approaching workforce planning?

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2023

UPS Labor Contract Negotiations to Resume After labor contract renewal negotiations stalled earlier this month , parcel carrier and logistics services provider UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters representing upwards of 330,000 workers, are planning to return to the bargaining table next week to hash out the remaining issue of wages.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2021

Amazon appears to be one of the large platform companies in their gun sights. Khan reframed the debate over what kinds of companies should face antitrust suits. The Biden team also includes Tim Wu, a longtime proponent of breaking up Facebook and other large companies.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 31, 2023

transportation and logistics services activity. Reportedly, a formal statement by the trucking company is expected some time today and could likely include bankruptcy proceedings. Major customers of the trucking company included retailers such as Home Depot and Walmart , along with many other businesses.

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Jaggaer

JUNE 23, 2020

Pharmaceutical companies have complex supply chains that are often not optimized to their full potential. Furthermore, analyses of the industry, like IMS Health reports, show a change in companies’ portfolio distribution. Drug Discovery Today also emphasizes the changing markets these companies are distributing to.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2021

and is transforming the $800 billion transportation and logistics industry with its digital freight marketplace platform. and is transforming the $800 billion transportation and logistics industry with its digital freight marketplace platform. Michael Leto is Co-CEO at Emerge , a company that is reinventing freight procurement (RFP).

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 26, 2019

Swipe, click, this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Google Spinoff’s Drone Delivery Business First to Get FAA Approval (Bloomberg) Amazon to invest $800 million to make one-day free shipping the standard for Prime members (WSJ – sub. Speaking of Amazon, the company reported a record $3.56 The First Drone Airline.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 12, 2018

Well, I could turn to an AI-powered robot to my write my post for me (see Wired article, “ What News-Writing Bots Mean for the Future of Journalism ”). Or I can just wing it and go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week. I’ll let you guess which option I took this morning.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 2, 2019

Sun Tzu, the famous Chinese general, military strategist, writer, and philosopher who lived in the 6th century BC, wrote, “The line between disorder and order lies in logistics.” Weissman had a better idea, he dreamed of naming a trucking company “Best Way” in order capture the unintended market share.

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