Talking Logistics

MARCH 25, 2016

With today being a holiday for many, let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: FedEx Introduces Global E-Commerce Solutions Under FedEx CrossBorder. One of my predictions for 2016 was that cross-border e-commerce would become the next frontier for shipping and logistics growth.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Exclusive: Wal-Mart seeks to test drones for home delivery, pickup ( Reuters ). 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

JUNE 19, 2018

Very often it comes from a logistics services provider, one equipped with end-to-end solutions designed to meet your needs while you concentrate your time, energy and investment in your core business. The Broader Value Proposition of a Logistics Center of Excellence. The Broader Value Proposition of a Logistics Center of Excellence.

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Vinculum

MAY 3, 2021

There are numerous logistics involved in providing seamless shopping experiences to customers. Getting a seamless shopping experience for a customer involves a lot of logistics. The following activities and logistics should be handled by your store when a customer places an order: Orders and payments need to be accepted by your store.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 24, 2022

In today’s connected digital world, maximizing productivity by reducing uncertainties is the top priority across industries. Gaining Supply Chain Momentum with Artificial Intelligenc e(AI) in Supply Chains & Logistics. Gaining Supply Chain Momentum with Artificial Intelligenc e(AI) in Supply Chains & Logistics.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 28, 2023

The use of complex technologies in managing inventory, transportation, trade, and other supply chain activities has been evolving for ages. One such technology that has had a significant impact on the financial industry is blockchain, which is the underlying technology of digital currency or cryptocurrency.

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DynaSys

JANUARY 20, 2021

The pandemic brought this in abundance across a wide swath of industry, but then it also reduced headcount for some organizations by sickening some employees and their family members. However, these will be subjective to your business and your industry. Logistics issues reduced service levels, which slowed payments.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 5, 2015

I’m on limited time this morning, so let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: enVista Launches New Business Entity, Enspire Commerce®. FAA to name adviser to handle ‘crush’ of industry drone queries. Maersk Line orders 11 ultra-large container vessels.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Google did not acquire a third-party logistics (3PL) company or a logistics software vendor. Making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target. How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? What will happen in 2016?

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Connecting ERPs, OMSs and other systems means everyone has optics of inventory levels and locations, order statuses, shipment tracking, and other key data. A granular overview makes complex logistics planning much easier. Real-Time Data Exchange Interoperability means full transparency across the network.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

It’s a fast-paced, evolving industry that has a lot of challenges, but also plenty of rewards, including a potentially lucrative income. We enable them by providing high-quality supply chain on-demand courses, guides, best practices, tools, and mentoring from industry experts.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2015

In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Pitney Bowes Expands Cross-Border Ecommerce Capabilities with the Acquisition of Borderfree. Industrial Scale 3D Printing Operation on UPS Supply Chain Solutions Campus. XPO Logistics Announces First Quarter 2015 Results. Public Highway, Unveiled at Hoover Dam.

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20Cube Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2022

One more trend that has been highlighted to take place in Asian supply chain is that of a cooling inventory drive. The expansion of capacity by the leading suppliers and manufacturers will keep the inflation rate stable and the supply crunch that occurred in 2020 is going to give way to excessive inventory and supply. .

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2014

If you’re a supply chain or logistics executive and you’re looking for ways to improve as a leader this year, here are my five recommendations: 1. For a long time, C-level executives viewed supply chain management, especially the logistics function, as a cost center. But what about resolutions to help us improve at work? more often.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 6, 2021

With inventory management and other software features built for the wholesale environment, you’ll be able to work towards success in a number of ways: improved profit margins by holding a lean inventory, optimising inefficiencies to cut labour costs, better strategic decision making through data… the list goes on.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 26, 2017

The 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo was one such opportunity. About three hundred supply chain professionals from various pockets of the world representing manufacturers, retailers, logistics providers, and technology vendors took part in the summit.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 13, 2022

That certainly sounds reasonable; however, those kinds of statements prompted Kevin O’Meara ( @Logisticsexpert ), a Vice President at Shaw Industries, to ask on Twitter, “Have the billions of dollars invested in supply chain technology really made a significant difference in the outcomes?”[2]. Talking Logistics, 22 August 2022. [3]

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

percent in constant currency. Overall inventory levels were $64.0 This profit performance benefited from our team’s commitment to efficiency and disciplined inventory management, and I’d like to thank them for their tireless efforts. Walmart U.S. Consolidated revenues increased 5.3 percent to $159.4 billion or 4.3

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3PL Insights

MAY 3, 2021

May 03, 2021— Evans Distribution Systems, a leading provider of third-party logistics and supply chain solutions, launched a new business intelligence tool: evans365. As a logistics service provider, we are always trying to add value to our customers,” says John A. “As Data is the new business currency. MELVINDALE, Mich.,

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Freight Plus

DECEMBER 4, 2017

If you've been to a major freight or logistics conference in the past year or two you may have noticed the sessions shift from a focus on compliance and alliances to digitization, freight future-proofing, and technology. every 5 days a new digital logistics start-up is born somewhere around the world. This is no coincidence.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 23, 2020

At the same time, according to a recent study, annual Industrial IoT (IIOT) spending by growing companies is estimated to be a whopping $500 billion by the year 2020. Here are 6 ways Artificial Intelligence brings radical Efficiencies in the Supply Chain & Logistics Cycle: 1) Bolstering Planning & Scheduling Activities.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

These latter two dimensions are a reflection of overall multi-industry supply network activity levels and momentum. We view such an indicator as clear evidence that sourcing for lowest cost manufacturing is again apparent among multi-industry supply networks. The February 2024 reading of 50.3 compared to a January reading of 50.0,

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2016

Did you come up with any New Year’s resolutions to improve as a supply chain and logistics leader this year? From “5 New Year’s Resolutions for Supply Chain & Logistics Executives” originally published on January 14, 2014: 1. If you have your own list of resolutions, please post a comment and share. Ask “What are the risks?”more

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ToolsGroup

JULY 11, 2017

It’s a problem of “lost in translation”—the differing lingo used by the finance side versus planning, supply, production and logistics. Gartner recommends multiplying the planned unit volume: by price to generate monetized revenue plans, by cost to generate monetized inventory plans, by margin to generate monetized profit plans.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 17, 2022

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon indicated to investors that inflationary costs related to rising fuel and inventory costs created more pressures on margins than previously expected and that the retailer is now adjusting. This week’s financial news regarding Walmart will indeed send tremors across the retail industry and its supply chain networks.

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QAD

APRIL 4, 2023

This includes integrating multi-currency, multi-GAAP, and multi-entity financials, implementing best practice purchasing, and utilizing real-time data and flexible analytics. It provides the production insights needed to rapidly respond to unplanned inventory shortages, equipment failures and productivity slowdowns.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

We answer all these questions and more – including how inventory management software will help you manage your supply chain for your freeport warehouse or factory. Export processing zones are trade districts or industrial estates that import raw materials, manufacture them into goods, then export the finished product.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

We are faced with immense logistical difficulties that range from unpaved roads to armed bandits.”. The challenges can be multi-faceted: High logistical costs. Not knowing how much inventory is at each location. These large distances between demand centers increase the inventory exposure to maintain a consistent service level.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Recent inventory corrections have caused carrier volumes to stagnate, frustrating carriers and highlighting hopes for volume normaliza t ion in 2023. While demand remains high, the lack of volume points to a troubling lack of peak season increases for an air cargo industry already struggling with volatile fuel prices. inflation, the 7.9%

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Unleashed

MAY 10, 2023

Supply chain automation is the use of industry-specific hardware and software to improve efficiencies, reduce mistakes, and get better results from your supply chain processes. High and ongoing costs Automation is a highly competitive industry, meaning most supply chain automation tools are state-of-the-art.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 16, 2018

There are two sides of a bitcoin: a cryptocurrency that enables anonymous individuals to facilitate transactions using a decentralized digital currency without a middleman (such as a bank or credit card company). [1] The notion of private blockchains has sparked interest in the financial service industry. Christopher Tang.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 16, 2018

There are two sides of a bitcoin: a cryptocurrency that enables anonymous individuals to facilitate transactions using a decentralized digital currency without a middleman (such as a bank or credit card company). [1] The notion of private blockchains has sparked interest in the financial service industry. Christopher Tang.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Noted was that 90 developing countries have seen their currencies weaken against the high U.S. UNCTAD Secretary General Rebeca Grynspan indicated that there is still time to step back from the edge of recession by moderating continued global-wide interest rate hikes that are edging developing countries closer to debt default.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2013

We have been taught, as supply chain leaders, that over the last decade supply chain processes have improved costs, shortened cycle times, improved customer service and decreased inventory. Based on our recent research, we find that only 1% of process-based companies are making progress on both operating margins and inventory.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

More common in the grocery and whole food sectors, dark stores are becoming increasingly prevalent in fashion, big box retail and the homeware & furniture industries. Basic warehouse racking is used to store inventory stock, which is strategically positioned for ease and speed of picking. Why are dark stores on the rise?

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 30, 2014

I asked Troy Ryley, Managing Director of Transplace Mexico, that question in a recent episode of Talking Logistics , and here’s an excerpt of what he said: Asia was the buzzword for many years, and it still is the buzzword in many respects. Most industrial countries convert either steel or plastic into products. and foreign goods. .

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Locus

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Africa-based executives had by far the highest rate of reporting logistics shocks (48%), not a surprising result given the poor state of infrastructure across much of the continent. Oil price and logistics operating cost follows a linear pattern, and if we double our fuel prices, operating cost would increase by about a factor of 1.8.

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