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Will Trucking Challenges Transform JITS in North America?

QAD

Naturally, over the course of the next decade, this workforce is expected to dwindle significantly. Trucking Challenges in North America. While the challenge may be looming globally, the North American automotive manufacturing base may be more inclined to try and dilute their just-in-time-sequence (JITS) supply loops.

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Intermodal Association of North America Launches Online Course

Supply Chain Brain

The course is made up of eight modules covering topics such as seaport operations, container terminal operations, truck transport and rail operations.

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How Do You Plan for the Unpredictable? Advice for Supply Chain Planners in 2020

ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup’s GM of North America, David Barton, sat down for a video interview with Robert Bowman, managing editor at Supply Chain Brain , to share anecdotes and advice for supply chain planners in a year no one could have planned for. Of course, demand forecasts are the biggest concern people have.

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DHL Supply Chain’s Digital Transformation in the Warehouse

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2018, DHL Supply Chain announced its plans to deploy emerging technologies in 350 of its North American facilities. Of course, we subsequently share interesting insights in Logistics Viewpoints articles. Currently, DHL North America has over 2,000 bots deployed. Autonomous Mobile Robots and AGVs.

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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The Global Warehouse Automation Market is “En Fuego”

Logistics Viewpoints

Do they have reason to believe it has run its course? Regionally, growth in North America and western Europe was most pronounced. Anecdotally, it appears that customer postponements were more pronounced in Europe than in North America. It makes me wonder, are professional investors aware of this growth?

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

cities over the course of the year, bringing the total number to 110. Department of Transportation, which has selected 37 projects to be given funds made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s (BIL) Mega Program and the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant Program.