AIMMS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

To do this, we assume that these sample new customers will initially optimize based only on their current distribution assets and constraints (such as lead times), and simply allow the technology to make the best of what they already have by optimizing customer/DC associations. ” – Tweet this. Summing up.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Like most transformative innovations in supply chain automation, the end state – in this case, a completely touchless supply chain – is an aspirational goal. This technology ensures easy, accurate data flow through the logistics portion of any enterprise supply chain tech stack. Are you ready to go contactless?

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Anne is the President & CEO of Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) , the trusted voice for third-party logistics companies of all sizes. Before joining CSX, she worked at the Association of American Railroads and High-Speed Ground Transportation Association. Anne Reinke and Joe Lynch discuss the state of freight.

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PINC

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

A valuable supply chain asset, the physical area “outside of the four walls” of the typical warehouse or distribution center (DC) is becoming a focal point for companies that are realizing the value of their yards. The pandemic is creating longer dwell times for carriers, more congested yards and DC operations, and other inefficiencies.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

The Experts’ Choice of the Top Online Logistics Resources. So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. Experts’ Choice: Supply Chain and Logistics Email Newsletters. Ti Logistics Briefing.

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C3 Solutions

JULY 22, 2020

Let's take a look at the absolutely fundamental importance of the software systems that underpin DC operations: Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). With the concurrent innovation in computing technology, inventory tracking systems were created that could generate automated reports. Learn more about it now! 5 Min Read.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The most advanced demand-driven Logistics Solution to rapidly prioritize and optimize Logistics Spend for amplified Top-line and Bottom-line Impacts. the Industrial AI Supply Chain pioneer, today announced several platform updates to its new high-impact Logistics and Distribution Module. PALO ALTO, Calif., PALO ALTO, Calif.,

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

To do this, we assume that these sample new customers will initially optimize based only on their current distribution assets and constraints (such as lead times), and simply allow the technology to make the best of what they already have by optimizing customer/DC associations. ” – Tweet this. Summing up.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

While I think this through, here are the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon to Launch Delivery Service That Would Vie With FedEx, UPS (WSJ – sub. Embark Self-Driving Truck Completes Coast-to-Coast Test Run (Transport Topics). What do you do with a deceased guinea pig?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 20, 2016

You get on the M25 and before long you have a front seat view of the biggest transportation challenge facing companies in England and many other countries around the world: traffic congestion. I used that hypothetical headline to highlight a trend I saw in the industry: the convergence of logistics services, technology, and consulting.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Menlo Logistics Keen to Build on 2014 Growth in South Asia. DHL Supply Chain commits EUR 218m to develop logistics infrastructure in China. Here are some details from the press release: Airclic’s cloud-based mobile solutions help streamline and automate complex ‘last mile’ logistics processes. WSJ – sub.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 8, 2022

According to FreightWaves , the founder of UPS Inc found his purpose optimizing current processes instead of innovating new ones; “His mission, encapsulated in three words during a 1957 speech to mark UPS’ 50th anniversary, was to ‘keep sawing wood.’” Last Mile Services Get a Facelift with Logistics Startup Veho.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 21, 2013

I spent the day in Washington DC listening to a variety of really intelligent people talk about transportation planning models. Private industry is challenged by the issues posed by poor government infrastructure, increased regulatory issues, and talent shortages, particularly for truck drivers and other transportation professionals.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

For decades, the realm of transportation management , warehouse management, and order fulfillment remained set in near-prehistoric hands of isolated silos, inefficient processes, and limited accessibility. The app could let drivers know to pick up a nearby load for return to the DC or to drop off at another destination.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JULY 26, 2019

TMS users in transportation logistics organizations are sitting atop a gold mine of actionable data captured by their TMS solutions. The shrewd operators are leveraging these data to support predictive analyses with the goal of achieving more accurate planning and execution of logistics as product moves through their supply chain.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 20, 2018

Podcast Summary: In this podcast, Joe interviews Troy Goode, Co-Founder and CTO of Lanetix, about increasing transportation and logistics sales for companies using customer relationship management (CRM). Troy oversees the Lanetix product management, user design and engineering teams between the San Francisco and Washington, DC offices.

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NC State SCRC

JULY 17, 2017

Based on these blogs, you can see that they tend to cluster around the following areas: Technology – Supply Chain Matters (impacts of technology), Supply Chain Shaman (enterprise applications), Next Gen Transportation (Transportation Innovation).

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 22, 2021

Many innovative advancements have occurred in the past few years within the transportation network , including a focus on last mile delivery costs and shipping rate management through analytics. Many transportation service providers have been unable to keep pace, causing capacity and drivers to fetch a premium rate.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 13, 2018

Instead, why not use innovative tech solutions to do an end run around the hassles caused by the ELD mandate and onerous Hours of Service regulations? Case in point: innovative new Advanced Scheduling technologies offered by supply chain management solution providers. How can these technologies neutralize the pain of these regulations?

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 23, 2017

Call it a cop-out if you like, but seriously, predicting which logistics and supply chain trends will make a difference to businesses in any given year has become notoriously difficult, given the speed at which technology in particular can suddenly disrupt the way things are done. Key Logistics Trend #2: Autonomous Road Transportation.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2018

It would be tempting to think of reverse logistics as forward logistics done backwards. Reverse logistic isn’t simply a reverse gear. Reverse logistics can also have a dramatic effect on steering a company’s fortunes. Reverse logistics is therefore worth doing, and worth doing properly.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 22, 2015

Regardless of your point of view on truck fuel efficiency standards, the reality is that it only addresses part of the opportunity available to shippers, carriers, and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) to reduce transportation costs and carbon emissions. appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 14, 2015

on the one hand, the breakthrough of omnichannel business means increasingly complex logistics processes because of smaller order quantities and shorter delivery times. on the other, we are seeing new technological advancements such as google glass, smart watches and tablets on the market for innovative process improvements.

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Supply Chain Network

JUNE 15, 2011

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) released its 22nd “Annual State of Logistics Report®,” presented by Penske Logistics, today at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The report reveals that business logistics costs rose to 8.3 business logistics system jumped up 10.4

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Why do some rival firms that battle with each other downstream in retail outlets manage to work well together upstream in their transport and warehousing? And by comparison and with apparently so much to gain, why do some logistics service providers and their clients fail to team up effectively? Shared logistical expertise.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Why do some rival firms that battle with each other downstream in retail outlets manage to work well together upstream in their transport and warehousing ? And by comparison and with apparently so much to gain, why do some logistics service providers and their clients fail to team up effectively? Shared logistical expertise.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 8, 2016

Is Amazon a disruptor or a distraction for the logistics industry? That was the main question I addressed during my keynote presentation at the SMC3 Connections Conference last month, one of the leading events for transportation and logistics professionals. Is Amazon planning to do the same in logistics?

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2023

At this DC , robots unload cases of goods from truck trailers while autonomous forklifts move materials within the facility. This move reportedly required hundreds to information technology workers to relocate to other existing tech innovation centers either in San Bruno, California or corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

But what do these terms mean for the logistics industry? Should we be excited or scared by the possibilities created by today’s rapid technological innovations? If advanced technology intimidates you, consider that the exponential pace of innovation we’re seeing today is not new. Transportation management system (TMS).

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 15, 2014

The Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI) has developed two optimization models that help companies find the most cost-effective packaging format for emerging markets. Which packaging configuration serves all these needs of these customers at the lowest overall logistics cost?

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Among distribution centers with three or more buildings, 28% had six or more buildings in 2016, 22% had six or more buildings in 2017, and 27% had six or more buildings in 2018, according to Logistics Management. According to Logistics Management , the average clear height of distribution centers was 32.7 feet in 2016. ” 14.

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MIT Supply Chain

JANUARY 24, 2014

Master’s students from the MIT Global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Network presented their thesis projects to supply chain professionals and the MIT community on January 22, 2014. Logistics Roadmap round table meetings last summer. To learn more about SCALE, visit [link]. So, what did I see?

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 12, 2014

Fab Brasca, vice president of global logistics at JDA Software, explains how retailers must do a better job of leveraging their transportation and logistics network investments holistically to take advantage of the dynamic strategies necessary to achieve a profitable multi-channel experience.

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Multichannel Merchant

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The new round was led by Tiger Global, which figures in most ecommerce and logistics funding deals these days, with participation from existing investors General Catalyst, Bling Capital, Construct Capital, Industry Ventures and Origin Ventures. billion valuation, just six weeks after its last $125 million round made it a unicorn.

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Supply Chain Network

MARCH 19, 2016

Not since the advent of price tags, cash registers and the ubiquitous apparel hanger has there been a retail industry innovation poised to create such major change. Potential with omni-channel is to harmonize your store and e-commerce logistics by moving to each picking, or inner pack/case level where makes sense.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 15, 2018

But I believe that by the late 2020s, fully automated warehouses will be the norm rather than the exception, especially in larger logistics operations. A combination of automated trucks, conveyor systems, and picking robots will enable inventory to pass through the DC with very little direct human intervention. On the Road. In the Air.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2022

The company has a continuous innovation process. In 2021, for the tenth consecutive year, Saint-Gobain was named one of the world’s 100 most innovative companies, according to the Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovator ranking. To support supply chain operations, Saint-Gobain has a Transport Control Tower.

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