Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 18, 2022

We were also joined by over 1,500 people from around the world who attended the conference virtually. The theme for the conference was “Ready. This came in the form of unexpected absenteeism at factories, warehouses, and on the road, as well as boats being stuck in ports which created container shortages. and Supply.AI.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

I love the stories but question the fit of the metaphor(s) for a supply chain conference. While shipping craziness is abating, the issues and implications of the Russian-Ukrainian war, energy shortages in China and Europe, food instability in Africa, and the global water crisis reverberate as disruption after disruption in the supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

This was certainly another strange year, but the in-person conferences I usually look forward to were a mixed bag this year. I attended my first in-person conferences and attended a number of virtual ones as well. The FedEx program will accept unboxed, unlabeled returns, then consolidate returned items and ship them back to merchants.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

I had the opportunity to sit in on a very thorough presentation by a member of the Economist Intelligence Unit at the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies meeting today. Some of the supply constraints are also due to the destruction of key infrastructure in the Ukraine for shipping of these commodities.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Ensure that your warehouse operation is safe. Analyze labor reduction for any warehousing operation. There are Labor Management Software systems that can help manage work in the warehouse. Incentive programs for warehousing employees do work. Try warehouse mobility in your four walls. They have great ideas.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Next year’s conference will be on September 8th-11th in Franklin, TN, south of Nashville, TN. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. The number one question that I am asked today by manufacturers across all industries is “How can I improve customer service?”

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Since we promised to update you regularly, we’ve collated some of the latest stories from the world of freight shipping, warehousing, logistics services, and supply chain technology, so that you can keep your finger on the pulse of the fast-changing logistics landscape. SMEs vs. the big boys in the battle for US warehouse space.

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Kinaxis

JULY 19, 2017

That in turn is changing how organizations are manufacturing and delivering goods. HP has a printer that can order ink and have it shipped directly to your door automatically. Assess your company’s ability to read, warehouse and act on IoT demand signals. The gig economy is providing limitless opportunity.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 31, 2019

Three shippers answered that question during a panel discussion at the 2018 DAT User Conference in Portland, OR. From left to right, Cori Purrington, David Domencic, and Gerald Hahn during a panel discussion at the DAT User Conference. – David Domencic, Senior Manager of Transportation Procurement, Armada Supply Chain Solutions.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Alexa Heads to the Warehouse (WSJ – sub. Warehouse Space Growing Tighter on Rising E-Commerce Demands (WSJ – sub. So if you can provide warehousing, transportation and/or material handling equipment to support disaster relief efforts, I encourage you to contact ALAN. Alexa in the Warehouse.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Brick-and-mortar stores also allow shoppers to return unwanted purchases. Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. Petco takes back dead fish,” Demer said.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 31, 2019

Three shippers answered that question during a panel discussion at the 2018 DAT User Conference in Portland, OR. From left to right, Cori Purrington, David Domencic, and Gerald Hahn during a panel discussion at the DAT User Conference. – David Domencic, Senior Manager of Transportation Procurement, Armada Supply Chain Solutions.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Inventory is then put on pallets and shipped as freight. Distributors will inbound to a manufacturer the inventory needed and transportation management, especially inbound freight management, efficiency is paramount to an effective vendor managed inventory model. No Purchase Orders were used. VMI is all about collaboration.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Key factors influencing inventory levels, supplier quality, demand forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, production planning, transportation management and more are becoming known for the first time. Source: Machine Learning – A Giant Leap for Supply Chain Forecasting, Material Handling and Logistics Conference (PDF, 28 pp.,

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 9, 2023

The biggest retail challenges from the NRF and Appriss survey include the following: Self-service returns Damaged returns or policy abuse Re-processing goods at a warehouse on digital returns Indeed, a lot of work still needs to be done in reverse logistics. Looking forward to moderating RLA’s first startup pitch contest!

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

After a three-day stoppage of rail operations impacting transcontinental shipments of key commodities and manufactured goods, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have reached a settlement calling for final and binding arbitration of differences. West Coast ports and in inland warehouses earlier.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Source Wikipedia. Consumers became more loyal to retail brands, and retailers increased the number of products manufactured and marketed as house brands. Each year I go to the Consumer Goods and Technology (CGT) conference where speaker-after-speaker talks about retail/supplier collaboration. I am a disbeliever.

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Veridian Solutions

MARCH 20, 2019

The four-day conference brings together 950 exhibitors and the thousands of supply chain and manufacturing software vendors. The conference is so expansive that it can be hard to decide which seminars and booths to visit. The conference is so expansive that it can be hard to decide which seminars and booths to visit.

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Cathy Roberson

APRIL 19, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in dramatic shifts in volume characteristics for many transportation providers - first in supplying retailers in inventory restocking and direct to consumer and then, along with retail restocking and direct to consumer, supporting manufacturers as facilities reopened during the second half of the year.

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Requis

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The following article is a sample from Loic Coyot’s presentation, “Insights on New Technologies Across Industries,” that he will be presenting at the 2020 Conference and Trade Show in Scottsdale, AZ , April 19 – 22. __. Logos on boxes and/or vehicles to determine the manufacturer. Lose the hype and hysteria. Paper documents (i.e.,

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Requis

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The following article is a sample from Loic Coyot’s presentation, “Insights on New Technologies Across Industries,” that he will be presenting at the 2020 Conference and Trade Show in Scottsdale, AZ , April 19 – 22. __. Logos on boxes and/or vehicles to determine the manufacturer. Lose the hype and hysteria. Paper documents (i.e.,

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 20, 2018

A total of 137 respondents completed the survey from Manufacturing, Retail, Logistics Service Provider, and other companies in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Source: “Competing on Customer Experience: The Driving Force Behind Supply Chain Innovation,” Adelante SCM & BluJay Solutions, August 2018. and 51.5%, respectively).

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

It’s hard to imagine that Cargill began as a grain storage warehouse in Iowa, USA, in 1865. We look at where we need to enhance our technology program, optimize transports and warehousing, segment and increase services to our customers, all within the matrix of improving the global supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? It’s also important to note that shipping and aviation, two industries with significant greenhouse gas emissions, are not included in the COP21 agreement. Aligning Warehouse Labor Management with Omni-Channel Strategy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

In my work with manufacturing companies recently, I am thinking a lot about the need for diagnostic testing. We draw a timeline on a conference room wall and using customer shipment and compliance data, we plot the issues with customer service and product outages. As a group, we drill into root issues.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Free-Shipping Offers Abound This Holiday Season, According To Shop.Org. Onshoring: Manufacturers capitalise on goods ‘made in the USA’ ( Financial Times ). Decaying Bridges, Highways Raise Costs for Truckers, Manufacturers ( Wall Street Journal ). As a result, the answers to “What is a warehouse?” percent last year. .

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Cathy Roberson

DECEMBER 17, 2022

(Source: Reddit ) There’s been a lot of supply chain pains over the years, many of which are well documented – port congestion, capacity issues, rising spot rates, plunging spot rates, hidden fees, maxed out warehouses – just to name a few but one that I’m still trying to wrap my head around is access to bathrooms.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Next week, I’ll be speaking at the Ryder Innovate Forum in Chicago and the Elemica reveal 2014 conference in Frankfurt. I look forward to learning and networking with all the attendees, and I’ll share my takeaways from those conferences in future posts. Here are some details from the article: Amazon’s space at 7 West 34th St.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

While traditional forecasting approaches use statistics to model history assuming that historic shipments and order patterns represent future market patterns, in the times of market volatility, especially for manufacturers two-five levels back in the supply chain, traditionally forecasting is not adequate.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 1, 2015

Latest Versions of SAP® Transportation Management, SAP Extended Warehouse Management and SAP Event Management Now Available. Ports See Costly Delays as Cargo Ships, Volumes Grow (WSJ – sub. Ports See Costly Delays as Cargo Ships, Volumes Grow (WSJ – sub. Infor Announces Major Enhancements to Supply Chain Management.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 15, 2022

Mind you, some retailers may indeed be pleased with their inventory levels, but others may be trying to figure out where to store the excess inventory since so many warehouses are beyond full. As such, some of these sales will shift to later in the year," Wolverine Worldwide CEO Brendan Hoffman told analysts on August 10. "We

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Shipping Networks (WSJ – sub. Shipping firm Clarksons braces for data leak after refusing to pay hacker (The Guardian). Kane Is Able Purchases Vintners Logistics. Mercedes Plans More Drone Deliveries After 100 Perfect Flights (Bloomberg Technology). UPS To Launch eBike In Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Answer at the end.).

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2021

All the while, Mike would purchase old fixer-upper homes and remarket them – long before it was the chic thing to do! She spent her childhood and much of her professional life managing people, originally on processing ships in the Bering Sea, then later in manufacturing. Cathy was born into a fishing family in Alaska.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2016

This self-service 4-session course provides an overview of how to build a strong transportation management foundation, with a focus on strategy development, procurement, the role of technology, and the importance of enabling a continuous improvement culture and processes. Now, we’re shipping from stores.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

Throughout the conference I met with several software and hardware providers to get a glimpse into what they were showcasing. The most interesting thing that Blue Yonder is doing from an OMS standpoint is driving promising and pre-sourcing to retailers. The ongoing issues in the Red Sea are wreaking havoc on ocean shipping.

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ShipBob

MAY 21, 2020

The data is aggregated from over 3,000 ecommerce merchants who collectively ship out millions of items every month through ShipBob’s fulfillment centers. Employees who can work from home are most likely spending their work days on video conference calls. Despite unemployment rate jumping to 14.7

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GlobalTranz

JULY 6, 2015

The world has changed from the oil days of machine assisted assembly lines and manufacturing processes as more robots have entered the workforce. Robotics is not just a way to help companies, but many manufacturers have recognized how robots can improve their supply chain processes, benefit the company, and drive their future success.

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