The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In addition to having a weekly column in Logistics Viewpoints he also has a regular Forbes column where he covers imperative industry topics including important trends, developments, and any recommended actions professionals in the industry should take. Podcast, which focuses on trends and innovations in supply chain and logistics.

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3PL Insights

MAY 3, 2021

Our customers identified a need for a data insight tool that shows trends in their inventory and transactions,” Evans says. The interactive dashboards allow customers to spot trends and understand activity on multiple levels. The idea for the proprietary tool was generated from a customer focus group. About Evans Distribution Systems.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

As part of the panel, four ex-AMR analysts –Roddy Martin, Mickey North Rizza, Lora Cecere and CJ Wehlage– will share insights on the results and the trends. Detroit, Michigan. This methodology, termed the Supply Chain Index, was developed in partnership with the Operations Research team at Arizona State University. Learn More.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 14, 2024

Blue Yonder and Microsoft co-hosted the annual Blue Yonder Automotive Connect event in Detroit, Michigan, bringing together 67 supply chain practitioners from 15 companies in the Automotive OEM, Tier 1, and Aftermarket sectors.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 3, 2020

”[2] The pandemic shined a harsh light on this trend. Heydon explains, “COVID-19 has transformed and accelerated these trends, triggered by factory closures, transport restrictions and mounting national security concerns. Lone Wolves. ” Footnotes. [1]

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Wal-Mart seeks to tether small stores to big ones ( The Detroit News ). Also this week, The Detroit News and others reported that “Wal-Mart Stores plans to open more small stores as it links them to its supercenters, which will serve as mini-warehouses for their smaller cousins [emphasis mine].”. Be Sociable, Share!

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

A virus in China disrupts auto manufacturing in Detroit , or a flood in Thailand takes out a cluster of research and production facilities. While supply chains are recovering, a recent survey found that 57% of shippers experienced longer lead times from suppliers in China.

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4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

The top trends impacting manufacturing in the next 3 to 5 years. So I’m from Detroit, you may not have known that. Both my grandfathers worked the line on the River Rouge plant in Detroit. And you don’t see that, even in Detroit, at its high point for manufacturing… Large facilities, but not on this scale.

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4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

The top trends impacting manufacturing in the next 3 to 5 years. So I’m from Detroit, you may not have known that. Both my grandfathers worked the line on the River Rouge plant in Detroit. And you don’t see that, even in Detroit, at its high point for manufacturing… Large facilities, but not on this scale.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 12, 2023

I went to the University of Detroit, Mercy and majored in Accounting. But as someone who’s been doing this for 20 years now, I learned so much from people who join my team because maybe they are more up to speed on certain new trends and ways of doing things. Susan: I’d like to go back to the beginning.

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QAD

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Recently, I attended a dinner outside of Detroit hosted by QAD, the Korean Battery Industry Association and NAATBatt (an organization dedicated to the development and commercialization of advanced battery manufacturing in North America).

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QAD

OCTOBER 13, 2022

This episode with Sherise Brown and Katrina Allen of Detroit Manufacturing Systems (DMS) may be one of our very favorites. Anyone notice a trend here? Episode #12: The Many Dimensions of Supply Chain Success. Celebrating successful women in the automotive supply chain is a theme that’s very near and dear to our hearts.

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QAD

AUGUST 17, 2023

That’s because Cathy Fisher of Quistem, Jan Griffiths of Gravitas Detroit and I never miss a beat when it comes to breaking down the auto supply chain with actionable insights that will help your business prepare for the next season, fiscal year or 10 years into the future.

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IQMS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Somachini produces heavy truck timing gears for Detroit Diesel and Daimler to Germany, specializing in high precision, high volume production. To do business in the automotive industry, Somachini has to comply with the ISO 14001 standard.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 16, 2019

Jobs trends. That might be of little comfort to a Detroit assembly-line worker. ” So, regarding work, is the future dark or bright? For the near-term, Wladawsky-Berger reports jobs sustainability looks good. Concluding thoughts. Mims concludes, “The bulk of economists argue that automation ultimately creates more jobs.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Season 1 of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast is a wrap and Cathy Fisher of Quistem , Jan Griffiths of Gravitas Detroit and I couldn’t be more proud. If you haven’t yet listened to or read about them, take a look at our wrap-up blogs covering past episodes of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast.

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QAD

MAY 30, 2023

Change is constant in the automotive world and Cathy Fisher of Quistem, Jan Griffiths of Gravitas Detroit and I strongly believe that building a resilient supply chain requires the work of so much more than one company or a few thought leaders. Trends such as this are especially exciting for the EV supply chain.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 28, 2023

The Toyota way eventually swept across the industry, and a new jargon (and mindset) made its way to Detroit, with terms like Kaizen , Kanban , and Genchi Genbutsu. Census Bureau is tracking WFH trends. In the 1970s, Japan rocked the automotive world by mass producing high-quality, fuel-efficient vehicles at highly competitive prices.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

A key battleground region that stretches from Detroit in the north to Houston in south is especially sensitive to such trade-offs. The trend to build bigger vessels culminated in the construction of Triple E containerships; mammoth vessels that can carry 18,000 TEUs. Vessel size is a further consideration.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2016

LLamasoft : SummerCon 2017 , June 12-16, Detroit, MI. Infor : Inforum 2017 , July 10-12, New York, New York. JDA Software : Focus 2017 , April 25-28, Las Vegas, NV. LeanLogistics : LeanLogistics ClientConnect , May 1-3, Chicago, IL. Manhattan Associates : Momentum 2017 , May 8-11, Las Vegas, NV.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2019

I think the next generation of venture capital will be in places like Detroit, Des Moines, Houston, Cleveland, etc. 38:44] In Michigan, we used to look down on The South because so many people moved away from it to work in Detroit. I love talking about these trends. It helps us attract and retain talent.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 30, 2018

Van rates and load counts have been trending down for three weeks, and the national average van rate slipped to $2.26 Those are all normal January trends. Atlanta and Houston were the only two major van markets to buck the national trends last week. Chicago to Detroit was down 39¢ at $3.86/mile. per mile last week.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The activity on the DAT Load Board shows how the new freight trends play out, and we should see rates rising in December, though probably not as high as they were in June. Chicago to Detroit , up 22¢ to $3.46/mile. Some, like Los Angeles , were flat, mostly because they were already trending up before last week.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 27, 2020

I think the next generation of venture capital will be in places like Detroit, Des Moines, Houston, Cleveland, etc. 38:44] In Michigan, we used to look down on The South because so many people moved away from it to work in Detroit. I love talking about these trends. It helps us attract and retain talent.

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JDA software

APRIL 17, 2019

I was born in Detroit but moved to Arizona at the age of four, so I am almost a native Arizonian! With regulatory changes and changes to company dynamics and trends, it is important to align compensation and benefits to this ever-changing environment. Margie with her daughter, triplet sons and husband.

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DAT Solutions

JUNE 7, 2016

Spot market rates continued their upward trend after the holiday, and retail shipments boosted prices on a few lanes. Chicago to Detroit rose 18¢ to $2.47/mile Most major reefer markets trended upward last week, with the exception of Florida and Northern California. mile on average.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 17, 2019

I was born in Detroit but moved to Arizona at the age of four, so I am almost a native Arizonian! With regulatory changes and changes to company dynamics and trends, it is important to align compensation and benefits to this ever-changing environment. Margie with her daughter, triplet sons and husband.

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SupplyOn

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Automotive trends in 2019 and an outlook to 2020 2019 had some interesting trends in the Americas Automotive sector. One key topic covered during AIAG Detroit and Charleston was OEM’s like Ford and Fiat-Chrysler requiring their supply chain to improve communication with their suppliers by implanting an EDI connection.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Chicago to Detroit was down 22¢ at $3.13/mile. We saw some spikes in prices out of Chicago two weeks ago as a result of that blast of Arctic weather, but those rates started to fall back to earth last week. Chicago to Columbus lost 12¢ at $2.79/mile.

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3PL Insights

JUNE 23, 2021

Technologies such as warehouse management systems, RFID labeling, and internal data portals make it easy to gain business insights and trends. Evans has recently launched a new business intelligence tool, evans365 , to give customers visibility of their account activity and to spot long-term trends. Value-added Options.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 14, 2018

(I explained this longer-term trend in more detail in another blog post: How Natural Gas and Plastics Impact the Truckload Spot Market.). As the graph below shows, total construction spending — residential and commercial — has been trending upward for the past 7 years. Construction. Source: Macrotrends. ELDs and drivers.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

SCN: What were the biggest themes, trends or surprises to come out of your recent Automotive Logistics conference? Yiakoumi: Our conference in Detroit in September had a very positive feel and there was a lot about the continuing growth in North America and what it means for the supply chain.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Chicago to Detroit was down 22¢ at $3.13/mile. We saw some spikes in prices out of Chicago two weeks ago as a result of that blast of Arctic weather, but those rates started to fall back to earth last week. Chicago to Columbus lost 12¢ at $2.79/mile.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Chicago to Detroit was up 27¢ to $3.69/mile. In the rest of the country: Dallas rates were up 6%. Columbus to Buffalo surged 47¢ to $3.36/mile. Big increases on lanes out of Chicago : Chicago to Buffalo rose 37¢ to $3.22/mile. Chicago to Columbus gained 32¢ at $3.60/mile. FALLING LANES. Not many declines last week.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2018

Winter weather likely affected these lanes: The average van rate on the lane from Chicago to Detroit rose 42¢ to $3.97/mile. All rates below include fuel surcharges and are based on real transactions between brokers and carriers. RISING LANES. Buffalo to Columbus was up 44¢ at $2.51/mile. Philadelphia to Boston rose 41¢ at $4.18/mile

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Demand Solutions

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

My personal experience verifies this trend; about half of all the operations groups I talk to ask me if I know of anyone who’s looking for a job. This is such a long time that these positions are being offered to college students long before they graduate (without future graduation as a pre-requisite!).

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3PL Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2022

While the WMS collects the raw data, the evans365 portal gives customers an interactive dashboard to observe trends. Most businesses working with a 3PL benefit from data insights on inbound/outbound account activity, handling metrics, order accuracy, days to ship, or the number of orders shipped per day. Employee Training.

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