Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 3, 2022

This was on a day I was busy analyzing the global warehouse automation market. There are many other similar growth examples in warehouse automation. Below are a few interesting tid bits from the publicly available information I have reviewed so far in my analysis of the global warehouse automation market. percent to 3.79

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Warehouse Labor Woes are Worse than Ever. Contract logistics – companies that provide warehousing services – certainly falls into that category. The Warehouse Labor Shortage. The warehouse and transportation industry had a record 490,000 openings in July. Unemployment had fallen to 4.8

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 26, 2024

Tom Moore is a visionary entrepreneur with a track record of establishing and growing thriving supply chain software companies. Furthermore, Tom’s hands-on experience running manufacturing, warehousing, and trucking operations has provided him with invaluable insights into the intricacies of these industries.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Fuel prices and a shortage of drivers are putting transport logistics under immense pressure. The biggest challenge in the transport sector today: there just aren’t enough drivers. Taking all aspects into account is the only way for logistics companies to have a solid foundation for decision making and holistic optimization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 28, 2021

I am working on my latest Transportation Execution and Visibility Systems study, which looks at the total size of the market, the forecasted growth through 2025, and the leading suppliers across a number of categories including industry, region, customer size, and mode. Transportation visibility is clearly not only for trucks.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 17, 2022

The manufacturing industry faces many challenges, such as a skilled labor shortage, supply chain instability, and inventory management issues. GlobalTranz works with manufacturing shippers every day to move their goods and streamline their logistics strategies. 5 Challenges Facing Supply Chain Managers in Manufacturing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

When it comes to executing mode-specific freight moves from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively, transportation execution and visibility solutions play a critical role. Transportation execution solutions allow shippers to connect to multiple carriers and then tender, track, and pay in the system.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 7, 2023

She has a background in journalism and a diverse resume of experience in many communications roles for companies like the Medical University of South Carolina, Amazon, and a major non-profit in the city of Charleston, SC. Its readership includes growers, producers, manufacturers, wholesalers, packagers, and grocers.

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Kanban Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In addition to standard warehousing operations, your third-party logistics (3PL) provider may be able to handle additional value-added services. With these services, your 3PL partner can perform – within the warehouse – many services that go beyond basic pick, pack and ship. The driver is early to a retailer appointment.

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 16, 2024

PTC’s CEO, Neil Barua, said, “In parallel with our SBTi commitments, we’re broadening the ways in which we support manufacturers’ efforts to reduce the environmental footprint of their products.” PTC gives manufacturers the power to create sustainably conscious products and drive environmental sustainability.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 31, 2020

Why switch to a third-party like BR Williams for your warehousing solutions ? Juggling warehousing and fulfillment alongside all the other work you need to run your business can be overwhelming. In that case, your business might benefit from working with a third-party logistics (3PL) provider for your warehousing and fulfillment needs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

Because warehousing and transportation represent significant cost centers, intelligent logistics decisions are critical. Every day, retailers and manufacturers are challenged to balance ambitious customer service promises with profit margin protection. Uberization: Exploring On-Demand Transportation, Labor and Warehousing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2021

I recently completed my latest study on the transportation execution and visibility solutions market. Transportation execution allow shippers to connect to multiple carriers and then tender, track, and pay in the system. Companies are partnering with data aggregators to get a better idea of when shipments will arrive.

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3PL Insights

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

November 8, 2022 — Evans Distribution Systems , a full-service third-party logistics provider for warehousing, transportation, fulfillment, value-added, and staffing solutions, welcomes Scott Vanderpool as its newest Warehouse Operations Manager. MELVINDALE, Mich., Elliott facility in Detroit.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

50 world-leading companies from various industries are gathering to showcase how they are developing activities and evolve business models towards a more sustainable future. Supplying this urban population with fresh food is difficult due to the tropical temperatures and the overloaded transport infrastructure with frequent traffic gridlocks.

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3PL Insights

JANUARY 17, 2022

Companies have historically grown by keeping a large headquarter location and adding smaller, strategically placed locations throughout the areas they operate. This makes outsourcing your warehousing needs an effective way to serve your customers without the large up-front costs. Transportation Capabilities. Seaway: The St.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

How can shippers, including retailers and manufacturers, successfully navigate this volatile landscape? Increasingly, they’re turning their warehousing and transportation activities over to logistics services providers (LSPs) to optimize these activities and generate a fast return on their logistics investments.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2021

But there is a technology gap between gleaming new automated facilities and tens of thousands of existing warehouses and distribution centers that pre-date the warehouse building boom of the past 5-10 years. Modular Vs. Monolithic Warehouse Systems. Distribution Disrupted. DCs were not built for change.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 20, 2013

A warehouse is not a warehouse and a supply chain is not a supply chain. As complexity increases, manufacturers and distributors are seeking new ways to optimize customer service requirements and stem rising labor costs. One of these options is voice-directed warehousing. They vary by industry and product requirements.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

Transportation execution solutions allow shippers to connect to multiple carriers and then tender, track, and pay in the system. This gives a much better estimated time of arrival of shipments to warehouses, stores, and end customers. This also means that companies need more visibility into where products are, for a more accurate ETA.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Automation in the warehouse is essential to meeting the growing demand of e-commerce and the blending of traditional supply chain channels into the omnichannel supply chain. Unfortunately, warehouse capacity around the country is tight, but available capacity is only being used at rates shy of 70 percent. Download WhitePaper.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Transportation 2.) Warehousing 3.) Robert is the Co-Founder and CEO of a company that provides operational, sales, marketing, and technology support to over 100 3PLs, so he has a very thorough understanding of the business. Since the competition for the best talent is fierce companies need an edge that will help them win.

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 7, 2023

Industrial equipment manufacturers today are operating in an increasingly complex and ever-evolving landscape. Pressures to address and adhere to global climate control measures and the demand for more personalized products are pushing companies. Furthermore, the manufacturing workforce gap is a growing concern across all industries.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Original article: Warner’s Top Transportation & Logistics Influencers. In light of the global environment in the past year and a half, we listed the top transportation & logistics influencers. The road hasn’t been easy for the transportation and logistics industries. miles of freight is expected to reach 7.67

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

Nine years ago, my company FourKites pioneered the market for real-time transportation visibility. And in the intervening years — as we’ve leveraged real-time data, ML and AI to help countless companies answer the “where’s my truck” question — I’ve continued to underscore that visibility is a foundational technology.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 7, 2021

When companies implement a demand management or replenishment system, the goal is usually to improve customer satisfaction while holding less inventory. Pinnacle Propane was founded in 2010 through the acquisition of several retail propane companies in Central, South and West Texas. Pinnacle Propane Delivery to a Farm.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

McCormick Place North Entering the grand concourse and riding the escalator up one floor, we will take a left hand turn into the North Hall, home to the North Manufacturing and Assembly Solution Center and the Robotics and Automation Solution Center. First stop, Pickle Robot. Addverb Technologies recently entered my radar range.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2021

I recently completed my latest study on the transportation execution and visibility solutions market. Transportation execution allow shippers to connect to multiple carriers and then tender, track, and pay in the system. Companies are partnering with data aggregators to get a better idea of when shipments will arrive.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2023

ARC Advisory Group, where I work, publishes an analysis of the 25 manufacturers with the most mature digital transformations. Leading companies take a strategic approach, integrating digital technology throughout their value chains. The report identifies the leaders and highlights best practices.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 27, 2018

The application of omnichannel in manufacturing primarily focuses on the collaboration between suppliers, or vendors, and distributors. To understand this relationship, we have to consider its driving forces, how it affects omnichannel experiences , and what it means for warehousing capabilities and capacity. Download white paper.

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OptiProERP

APRIL 25, 2023

As a manufacturer, tracking logistics key performance indicators (KPIs) can help you identify areas of improvement and optimize your supply chain. This blog post will outline the most critical logistics KPIs manufacturers and distributors should track. Shipping Time The time it takes to ship an order from the warehouse to the customer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 7, 2024

With economies cooling and COVID more manageable, the general thinking has been that companies would see the workforce shortages of the past few years subside; however, this does not appear to be the case. drivers and warehouse workers) as high to extreme (see Figure 1).

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2021

The company has a sourcing team that vets the beans. This is a much more complex supply chain than you might expect for a company that has approximately a billion dollars in annual revenues. These DSD warehouses in turn receive less-than-truckload size shipments on at least a weekly basis. The Peet’s Coffee Supply Chain.

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Kanban Logistics

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The modern warehouse offers much more than basic storage. While you can build and staff your own warehouse and perform these services yourself, more and more companies see the value in handing warehousing operations off to a third-party logistics (3PL) provider. Types of 3PL Warehousing. The DIY method.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Warehouse Management. Warehouse management of the IoT is built the same principles of overall IoT-based supply chain management. Meanwhile, the same technology for monitoring can be deployed to indicate potential problems in the warehouse, such as injured workers or damaged or contaminated food contents. The answer is simple.

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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

How are companies leveraging scenario modeling for network design and optimization ? A leading logistics service provider was among the many companies that saw its operations affected by the pandemic. In addition, you can make certain transportation lanes unavailable and measure the impact. .

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