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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Such meetings are generally hyped as platforms that can bring sweeping global action which makes it very hard for the participants to live up to the expectations. Also, tools have been developed to enable horizontal partnerships to reduce empty truck miles.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

Artificial intelligence has been applied to just about every supply chain application imaginable, including transportation management and execution, demand planning, supply chain planning, warehouse management, and order management. The trucks have human safety drivers on board, but they’re being driven by Kodiak’s autonomous-driving system.

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How to Weather the Hurricanes of 2017 (and more) with a Heavy-Duty TMS Platform

Supply Chain Collaborator

All shippers are affected by this – fuel being integral to everything from agricultural production to actual freight movement. Houston, one of the top six freight transportation hubs in the US is still struggling to recover and this affects the distribution of fresh fruits and vegetables from the Rio Grande Valley.

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Bleak Peak 2022 Leaves Shippers Feeling Less than Thankful

Intelligent Audit

Despite carrier hopes of volume normalization as the market contracts in 2023, FreightWaves warns, “ 2023 is likely to be another year of sub-replacement level builds due to parts and components shortages as well as Europe’s struggles with sourcing energy to power vendor manufacturing site. ”. YoY Volume Lapses Worry Air Cargo Companies.

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Can Supply Chain Management Fix Supply Chain Woes?

Enterra Insights

They write, “Mainstream news reports are full of claims that supply chains are broken, citing widespread product shortages, overflowing ports and spiking freight costs. Supply and Demand are Out of Whack. And there was no corresponding demand disruption. In fact, there was more demand than ever from the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 23-27, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Kuebix Announces the First Free Multimodal Transportation Management System (TMS). Latest Use for a Bitcoin Technology: Tracing Turkeys From Farm to Table (WSJ sub. This state-of-the-art technology doesn’t simply replace a key with a digital passcode. UPS announces U.S. rate hikes, new peak surcharges for 2018 (Reuters).

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A Few Thoughts about Supply Chain Management

Enterra Insights

Large- and mid-sized businesses are often pitted against small and active new ventures, making the implementation of supply chain management systems more crucial.” He singles out four areas causing that change: Technology, visibility, risk management, and customer segmentation. I would a sixth area: Sales and marketing.