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Will the Internet of Things (IoT) Help Eliminate Information Latency and Deficiency in Supply Planning?

Kinaxis

More and more sensors are getting embedded in the “things” and leading to an explosion of information availability. So when I started to think about planning processes in the context of IoT, I was wondering if we can conquer those two old enemies of planning effectiveness: information deficiency and information latency.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

Moller-Maersk A/S , the maritime shipping giant that has been diversifying into land transportation, is betting that driverless trucks will help make deliveries more reliable. Israel’s aviation regulator advised carriers to review security and threat information and to carry more fuel, and they changed some flight paths to the capital.

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Evans Distribution Systems Named Top 100 3PL for 19 Consecutive Years

3PL Insights

Evans offers a full spectrum of 3PL services including warehousing, transportation, fulfillment, value-added services, staffing and packaging. Evans Distribution Systems, headquartered in southeast Michigan, was founded in 1929 as the Central Detroit Warehouse Company. Find more information on our website, www.evansdist.com.

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Evans Distribution Systems Named a Top 3PL by Multichannel Merchant

3PL Insights

January 10, 2023 — Evans Distribution Systems, a full-service third-party logistics provider of warehousing, transportation, fulfillment, value-added, and staffing solutions, has been recognized as a 2023 Top 3PL Provider by Multichannel Merchant (MCM). For more information, visit our website at www.evansdist.com. MELVINDALE, Mich.

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Evans Distribution Systems Welcomes New Warehouse Operations Manager

3PL Insights

November 8, 2022 — Evans Distribution Systems , a full-service third-party logistics provider for warehousing, transportation, fulfillment, value-added, and staffing solutions, welcomes Scott Vanderpool as its newest Warehouse Operations Manager. Elliott facility in Detroit. For more information, visit our website at www.evansdist.com.

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How To Overcome Supply Chain Disruption

GlobalTranz

Other companies have lost intellectual property or customer information and have not found out until the damage was done. Your transportation consultant can help develop response strategies to ensure your supply chain continues to operate while the problem is addressed. Capacity constraints and transportation delays.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

face mounting cybersecurity threats, executives in the sector say, spurring them to formalize how they share information with each other. Information-sharing on threats within the industry has been patchy. Food and agriculture companies in the U.S.