Talking Logistics

JANUARY 26, 2018

Drones, driverless vehicles, and global trade all made the headlines in this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Teamsters Tell UPS: No Drones or Driverless Trucks (WSJ – sub. Alibaba’s logistics arm works on driverless technology as automation pace picks up (South China Morning Post).

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2014

to Provide Next-Generation Supply Chain Resiliency Capabilities. Maersk Container Industry to Launch New technology with Big Potential. Ratings for President Obama’s “State of the Union” address were the lowest since 2000 , but if you tuned in, he raised a couple of points related to supply chain and logistics.

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Bristlecone

JANUARY 19, 2021

Rajesh Mani, Director of Presales, Supply Chain Apps, Bristlecone. Ever since the onset of the COVID-19 disruption, I have come across many organizations and ‘initiatives of the month’ focusing on improving supply chain visibility. Supply chain visibility means different things to different audiences.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2018

I’m short on time this morning, so let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Maersk and IBM to Form Joint Venture Applying Blockchain to Improve Global Trade and Digitize Supply Chains. LTL rates seen zooming in excess of 5 percent this year (Logistics Management).

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 12, 2024

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides a further update on the ongoing production quality, corporate reputational and cultural challenges that collectively surround commercial aircraft producer Boeing. Ongoing supply chain disruptions related to late arrivals add to the pressures for maintaining a monthly output cadence.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2016

Author’s Note: Below is an excerpt from Moving Up the Supply Chain Maturity Curve: The Process Industry Executive Agenda for 2016 and Beyond , a white paper recently published by Elemica with research conducted by Adelante SCM. When it comes to supply chain management, however, many companies are far from achieving that swing.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Shippers and Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) are constantly evolving – more rapidly than ever due to increasing activity in mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs, changing client and consumer demands, converging business models, and decreasing IT costs. In designing this, you should create several documents similar to the current state.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 5, 2015

But, before getting lost in the weeds by documenting every word said during an interview, mapping every process in Visio, and designing systems integrations and data flows, there is a simple one-page diagram that you should develop at the beginning of this exercise that will focus your subsequent steps – the Spend Diagram.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

If you were to tell me that your company had never looked at its supply chain costs and sought to deliver reductions, I would be mightily surprised. On the other hand, if you told me your company hasn’t been able to sustain any progress in supply chain cost reduction, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Labor and management work out deal at Port of LA/Long Beach ( Logistics Management ). In addition, users are able to view events of a shipment, imaged documents, and can email their account representative with questions on a particular move. Robinson, Con-way, and Transplace are Logistics Viewpoints sponsors).

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

. – September 9, 2015 – XPO Logistics, Inc. (“XPO Logistics” or “XPO”) (NYSE: XPO) and Con-way Inc. (“Con-way”) (NYSE: CNW) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for XPO Logistics to acquire Con-way. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich.,

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 16, 2018

percent), and Washington (4.5 Well actually…no… just ask anyone who works in the logistics sector, especially if they rely on contingent workers. There is an estimated shortage of 50,000 truck drivers at any given time in the US supply chain network. The rates in Arkansas (3.4 percent), California (4.7

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 11, 2019

As the global environment is shifting based on political debates, EU/British negotiations, tariffs driven by the Trump administration, as well as the sudden shifts in country-level policies, supply chain executives and planners are working to plan for future uncertainties. However, some categories are capacity constrained.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a two part series about how to get your logistics and transportation practices in order in time for holiday shipping or peak season crunches. If you’re shipping in Oregon, Washington, or the Carolinas then lanes are at capacity. Use Technology, like a Transportation Management System.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Editor's Note: This is our second post in a two part series about how to get your logistics and transportation practices in order in time for holiday shipping or peak season crunches. If you’re shipping in Oregon, Washington, or the Carolinas then lanes are at capacity. Use Technology, like a Transportation Management System.

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6 River Systems

JULY 3, 2020

The type of warehouse automation equipment a warehouse uses can impact design requirements. Warehouses that make use of flexible automation solutions like collaborative mobile robots , on the other hand, have greater design flexibility. Renting extra warehouses during peak season can be expensive in so many ways.

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