Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

We salute the year’s top advancements in supply chain technology and processes. Thanks to omni-channel distribution, 3-D printing, self-service logistics and other avenues of disintermediation, traditional supply chain roles are rapidly being transformed into all-new opportunities. Warehouse Automation.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

These are all forms of retail logistics. From managing inventory flow to ensuring that customers receive shipments on time, retail logistics streamlines the different stages of your ecommerce supply chain to keep your business running smoothly. What are retail logistics? COVID’s impact on retail logistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2020

It’s the last few weeks of the year which means it is time to look back at the year in logistics. And 2020 was certainly quite the year in logistics. As always, it was a busy year covering the latest supply chain and logistics trends, emerging technologies, mergers and acquisitions, major news announcements, and more.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 5, 2018

It seems that a clear understanding of the technology is a key barrier to adoption (29 percent), followed by the lack of a clear business case (26 percent). Source: The 2018 MHI Annual Industry Report: Overcoming Barriers to NextGen Supply Chain Innovation. These sentiments were supported by the panelists and audience.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 28, 2023

It quite accurately shows the current situation in the world: Executives prioritize immediate challenges in their supply chains, neglecting actions and investments that can transform supply chains and create long-term value. Tracking Challenges: Tracking and tracing products can be challenging and time-consuming.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 26, 2015

Casey and Paul Vigna – that opened my eyes to bitcoin’s true potential: as a new operating system for supply chain networks. The WSJ article and other sources, such as this Khan Academy video series , explain how bitcoin works, so I won’t go into it here. Source: [link].

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Talking Logistics

JULY 25, 2018

Source: IBM. Watson also builds digital playbooks that documents and learns the actions taken in a particular case, and when a similar disruption or issue occurs in the future, Watson can make recommendations based on accumulated knowledge in those playbooks. Source: IBM).

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 16, 2016

This convergence and the opportunities it creates for supply chain innovation and transformation is a big reason why investments in Supply Chain Operating Networks are on the rise. Where to Find Supply Chain Innovation (Source: Adelante SCM). Source: Adelante SCM web survey 2013.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, invited attendees of the 2020 NextGen Supply Chain Conference to attend the session “Pushing the Efficient Inventory Frontier at The Kraft Heinz Company,” led by David Villalpando, senior analyst, logistics analytics at The Kraft Heinz Company. Company and Technology.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 29, 2015

Historically, one of the most labor-intensive and time-consuming aspects of a traditional TMS implementation is network connectivity — i.e., establishing electronic communication with carriers, suppliers, logistics service providers, and other external trading partners.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Check out 5 Seismic Shifts in Supply Chain Technology! In our ongoing technology series, we have concentrated on the Informational and analytical innovation applications which are reshaping supply chain technology as we know it. Driver-less technology will not replace the truck driver.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

With government trade policies favoring more domestic sourcing of deemed strategic supply networks such as semiconductor devices, there are already indications across the U.S. and Europe for programs to train workers in specialized technical dimensions of such production.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. With globalization, the need to partner with local logistics service providers becomes an imperative.

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

The overall impact of mobile has been well documented in the press. Even Amazon offers a B2B marketplace, Amazon Supply. Inventory management and replenishment as well as reverse logistics can now be managed by mobile as well as payments. Augmented reality’s role in supply chains appears to be well in its infant stages.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 19, 2015

Author’s Note: I was completely unplugged on vacation last week, so it wasn’t until I returned to the office on Monday that I learned Infor is acquiring GT Nexus (a Talking Logistics sponsor). Brooks Brothers: “SAP is our internal ERP system, @GTNexus is our external (supply chain) ERP system” #Bridges2015 #logistics #SCM.

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6 River Systems

JULY 9, 2019

Data isn’t the only driver of effective supply chain management; other factors such as good vendor and supplier relationships, effective cost control, securing the right logistics partners and adopting innovative supply chain technologies make a big impact, too.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 21, 2017

At the next Logistics Bureau Free Executive Breakfast (which will take place in August), I’ll be discussing the alignment of supply chain and business strategy along with eight other important levers for supply chain performance improvement. Appropriate choice of assets or outsourced logistics services.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 17, 2018

Back at work, getting caught up on all of the supply chain and logistics news from the past two weeks. Back in January, IBM and Maersk announced plans to form a joint venture focused on “applying blockchain to improve global trade and digitize supply chains.” CBP launching blockchain testing (American Shipper).

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

Logistics can be traced all the way back to the Greek and Roman empires , but it’s undergone several major transformations as new technologies provide opportunities to more efficiently manage the movement and storage of goods. In the digital transformation age, logistics is once again undergoing a major shift. Hunter Yaw.

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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]. What Must Be Synchronized?

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Supply Chain Matters blog features its latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Technology. This column serves as a news capsule of specific developments occurring in the supply chain technology sector. Our prior full edition of this column was published on January 19 t h.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In many cases, driven by necessity, companies used this period to increase overall investment in digital supply chain technologies, and replace legacy platforms to gain end-to-end visibility and bring risks under control.” . Supply Chain as a Service Will Grow More Invaluable. over the same period.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Exclusive: Amazon expanding deliveries by its ‘on-demand’ drivers ( Reuters ). Elemica Introduces Track Mobile App for Logistics Visibility. AscendTMS™ Announces Document Processing By Text Message. UPS Enhances Flex Global View.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 7, 2021

When it comes to paperwork in the supply chain, however, it’s no joke. The editorial staff at IEEE Innovation at Work notes, “The supply chain industry is filled with obstacles, particularly when it comes to the logistics of getting goods and materials from one place to another.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 31, 2021

The thesis is usually a written document which may also be presented in an oral format. The Professor who sponsors and mentors the thesis for the students may be the sole reviewer of the document, or there may be a committee to which the authors must present and defend the thesis, its content and its conclusions. Sustainability.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 22, 2021

In the future, KPMG projects that the fully autonomous car will likely have eight to 10 times as much semiconductor content as non-autonomous vehicles, thanks to 5G connectivity, LiDAR sensors and image-recognition technologies. Racing Toward Supply Chain Transformation. Scenario planning. They can’t afford to wait any longer.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Connecting with hundreds or even thousands of vendors and logistics service providers is the first step in enabling this process. Source: RevCascade website. The drop-shipping process involves the sharing of information (e.g., inventory, orders, shipping) and synchronization of activities across multiple trading partners.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 9, 2021

The one unique difference that we point out here is that it should not, it should only- not only should it be end-to-end supply chain visibility, but also continuous supply network risk mitigation and monitoring. And the two have to go hand in hand. And are there other options that the business would like to pursue?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 7, 2020

In 2010, I joined global strategy firm CVA to head the global logistics practice. In 2014, I accepted to support the World Economic Forum in developing the supply chain and transport industries. I am judge of the IATA Air Cargo Innovation Awards and the Automotive Logistics Awards Europe. A role that I left end of 2018.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 2, 2021

If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that the importance of supply chain management cannot be understated. After watching customers scramble to source household toiletries and life-saving PPE, supply chains are left wondering, “What comes next?”. New Sourcing and Planning Strategies are Key.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

If you’re not able to clearly see, examine, impact and manage every aspect of your supply chain and inventory processes – order status, shipments, in-transit goods, trade documents, costs, exceptions and more – you might as well be operating with blinders on. Site resources are optimized with carrier appointments.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 9, 2017

These types of B2B networks are called Supply Chain Operating Networks, and they are real game changers, helping businesses to transform and connect through end-to-end visibility and an ability to scale across an infinite number of partners in an evolving marketplace. Supply chain operating networks are real game changers.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Air Force Institute of Technology and Ph.D. After 12 years as an Air Force logistics officer, Michael got his PhD in a top 5 logistics program, and now teaches supply chain management and marketing. University of North Texas.

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Requis

APRIL 9, 2020

The advantages of digitized asset records are many, but include: They create a single source of truth. Real time updates and faster communication of both demand and supply level changes. There is always a delay in the response curve from demand to supply. A global asset base would have been a game changer during COVID-19.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2023

Two previous related news items related to supply chain management focused technology included a report that Alibaba Cloud infrastructure unit will cut its workforce , and that the ongoing U.S. freight and logistics industry recession continues with hopeful signs of recovery in the second half of this year.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 13, 2022

The FMC’s report indicates that that the most productive path forward for shippers and carriers would be to enter into mutually enforceable and binding service contracts that are enforceable commercial documents.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters technology focused commentary, we share our impressions of the announced Movement by project44 ® visibility platform release and the broader implications toward garnering the ultimate goal of end-to-end logistics synchronization and decision-making.

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