QAD

AUGUST 18, 2022

Pharmaceutical manufacturers and their supply, contract packaging and distribution partners are under constant pressure to comply with government requirements while maintaining high standards for patient safety, product quality and innovation. What are the Two Parts of the Drug Quality and Security Act?

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

In this week’s news… XPO Logistics Acquires Optima Service Solutions. In 3PL news, XPO Logistics announced that it has acquired Optima Service Solutions, LLC, “a leading non-asset provider of last-mile logistics services for major retailers and manufacturers in the United States” for $26.6 Be Sociable, Share!

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In his short tenure, Clark proceeded to recruit a number of additional high power executives, including former Amazon managers, to transform this digital start-up to what we perceived as beyond digital freight forwarding to a full services, almost fourth party logistics services provider (4PL).

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

After a three-day stoppage of rail operations impacting transcontinental shipments of key commodities and manufactured goods, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have reached a settlement calling for final and binding arbitration of differences. Canadian and U.S. Further, U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 2, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights the latest financial performance from bellwether firms in CPG , online retail, high tech and consumer electronics regarding ongoing supply chain related inflationary cost and supply impacts on performance. percent in North America. High Tech and Consumer Electronics. This compares to $4.9

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Those are some of the questions I discussed with Jose Minarro, SVP of Customs at Transplace , in a recent episode of Talking Logistics. It turned Mexico into a manufacturing country. It helped develop skilled workers for the factories and professionals such as engineers and logistics specialists to run them. NAFTA’s impact.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 28, 2024

This funding is reportedly contingent on preconditions which include a delayed filing of its 2023 annual report with regulators and continued negotiations with an established auto maker on a joint manufacturing agreement related to North America based production. production based facilities. Paid subscription ).

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Electronic data and connectivity, in these cases, will ease the burden on carriers and their customers when the new certification requirements kick in. They tie together raw materials providers, suppliers, manufacturers, ocean carriers, retailers, and 3PLs. This also opens the door to a broader way of thinking. Michelle earned a B.A.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2015

One of the emails I did keep and read with interest was the first item in this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Infor to Acquire GT Nexus. GEODIS acquires OHL (Ozburn-Hessey Logistics) and enhances its Freight Forwarding and Contract Logistics offering in the US. OHL’s annual revenue is reported at €1.2

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Supply Chain Network

JULY 27, 2011

Purolator, Canada’s leading integrated freight and parcel solutions provider, is pleased to announce that it was recently awarded Logistics Quarterly’s 2011 Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Sustainability Award for demonstrating leadership in sustainable supply chain practices. About Echo Global Logistics.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 14, 2022

Laura Kelly jointly announced yesterday that the state of Kansas will be a new location for a proposed US-based lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility, pending approval by Panasonic Holdings Corporation Board of Directors. Other battery manufacturers that have elected to invest in U.S. location.

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 3, 2011

At the same time, the report indicates an average of 42 percent of total logistics expenditures being spent on outsourcing, the same as last year’s study. The 2012 Third-Party Logistics Study is based on over 2,250 responses from both shippers and logistics service. world such as the Middle East and Australia. Whilst some.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Other materials are added to both synthetic and natural rubber to instill desired functional properties through the manufacturing process. Unlike natural rubber, most developed countries, as well as emerging countries, manufacture synthetic rubber. More than half of the rubber (approx 60%) produced in the world is synthetic.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 11, 2019

With the ELD mandate, some companies are plugging into ELD manufacturers and retrieving data off the ELD or the carrier’s system (which gets it from their own ELD devices). JP Wiggins is Co-Founder & Vice President of Logistics at 3Gtms , where he manages channels and partnerships for the company.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

One month in, here are our predictions for freight brokers in 2015: Manufacturing Comes Home. Companies have shifted manufacturing outside of North America , and shipping has been consolidated to large, central import locations. As a freight broker , you know the importance of staying ahead of trends in your business.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 11, 2019

The fastest-growing industries included food and consumer goods (48 percent), plastics and rubber (37 percent), life sciences (31 percent), and electronics (22 percent). As companies use more and more robots in their manufacturing and logistics operations, what will the role of humans be?

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2020

The world’s most populous country is, after all, a major supplier to the West of electronics, furniture, machinery, plastics, sports equipment, shoes, clothing, toys, and much more. It adds that while all its manufacturing partner sites in that country have reopened, they are ramping up more slowly than expected. Other Industries.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2022

In a reported effort to cut additional costs and increase needed cash flows, the provider announced intentions to cut upwards of 800 jobs within its North America support teams and eliminate its company operated warehouses. based manufacturing strategy, with a decision to source manufacturing at a CMS provider located in Taiwan.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Supply Chain Nation recently sat down with Automotive Logistics Group Publisher, Louis Yiakoumi, about the hot topics in this industry. But you logistics guys, you’re doing a terrible job because your logistics costs have gone up by half a million dollars.” The Chinese government is looking at logistics in its broadest format.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2022

This survey of a reported 750 CEO’s and other C-Suite executives was conducted in May 2022, among executives based in North America , Latin America , Asia and Europe. Inventory Management Assessment- Samsung Electronics. The noted overall theme from this survey were indications that recession. cyberattacks.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

It’s the reason why a growing number of companies are starting to view logistics as a competitive weapon instead of just a cost center. pharmaceuticals, electronics), and to prevent counterfeiting. “In As I wrote about recently, disrupting logistics ain’t easy. Emerging Technologies: Bridging the Gap Between Hype and Reality.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

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. cities have launched Smart City Logistics innovations and protocols, following the lead of Europe and Asia. ? Self-Service Logistics.

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QAD

MAY 16, 2019

The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and Odette International are releasing the fifth version of the Materials Management Operations Guideline/Logistics Evaluation (MMOG/LE) assessment this summer. Full electronic exchange of data with sub suppliers by striving to achieve 100 percent EDI/web. What is MMOG/LE?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In going door to door trying to sell a Freight Management service, as well as in my experience working in companies, I have had the opportunity to see a variety of ways in which companies, large and small, were managing their Freight and Logistics spend. Freight and Logistics. You must manage Freight and Logistics. Organization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This was certainly another interesting year from a logistics and supply chain standpoint, as we saw the emergence of generative AI take center stage. I always find the news round-up exciting to write, as I end up reading more about supply chain and logistics than I would have thought possible. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 26, 2020

Our interactions spanned the full range of Customer-Supply Chain activities: materials costing, planning, materials availability, inventory, delivery performance, and logistics. In my case I graduated with an Electrical Engineering degree in 1990 and started my career with IBM Manufacturing in Toronto, doing test engineering.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 26, 2022

Founded in 2009, with the vision of becoming the next iteration of producer Tesla in technologically innovative EV design, production and distribution logistics, the company spent its initial years in designing and developing what is today the Rivian RiT electrically powered pick-up truck, and the Rivian RiS sport utility vehicle.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JULY 18, 2013

Logistics complexity – in the form of fragmented channels, increased product variations, and consumer demand for customized solutions – has been increasing, according to a global study published recently by BVL International, a worldwide supply chain and logistics membership organization. 4. Globalization. 5. Talent shortfalls.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. Asia, South Africa, Australia/NZ, North America and South America are all largely containerized. Did You Know That …. Shipping between Europe, S.E.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

As a result of shifting manufacturing networks across the world, distribution networks will change substantially in the next few years. 50% of the interviewed companies have implemented re-shoring initiatives in the last 3 years for up to 20% of their Asia-based production capacity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 23, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The Teamsters represent about 340,000 UPS employees, more than half of the company’s workforce in the largest private-sector contract in North America. But a yes vote does not mean a strike is imminent. supplier capability and capacity. Food and agriculture companies in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Our interactions spanned the full range of Customer-Supply Chain activities: materials costing, planning, materials availability, inventory, delivery performance, and logistics. In my case I graduated with an Electrical Engineering degree in 1990 and started my career with IBM Manufacturing in Toronto, doing test engineering.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

After Celestica I went to work for Psion Teklogix before starting my own Solar panel manufacturing company. However Electronics was my passion and after starting out on my own I went back into Electronics for a smaller EMS player in Toronto and China. How has Business and Supply Chain changed over the course of your career?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 2, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Winnebago Industries , the motorhome manufacturer, is working to increase production after its backlog reached record levels amid high consumer demand. The post This Week in Logistics News (June 26 – July 2) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. west of Edmonton.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 12, 2018

After a strong finish in 2017, flatbed demand has continued to soar in 2018 resulting in historic supply and demand imbalances across North America. Global markets and government subsidies can also have an impact on North American agriculture machine production. Manufacturing and automotive industry.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

JULY 22, 2020

Apple’s new carbon-neutral pledge is likely to reverberate across electronics supply chains. The company’s initiative means that it will work to transition its manufacturing suppliers to renewable sources of electricity to power their operations. Logistics Management). Paul Page is editor of WSJ Logistics Report.

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FLEXE

MARCH 21, 2017

From electronic document management to real-time visibility into transportation logistics, software is modernizing the supply chain. It is an illustration of how on-demand warehousing is being used across North America—enabling FLEXE customers and partners to view a benchmark of marketplace data.

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