Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

LG Acquires Majority Stake in Bear Robotics LG Electronics has strengthened its robotics capabilities by acquiring a majority stake in Bear Robotics, a Silicon Valley startup specializing in AI-driven autonomous service robots. The removal of the de minimis exemption, which allowed shipments under $800 to enter the U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 20, 2025

Jake is the Chief Technology Officer of Gnosis Freight, a logistics tech company focused on the lifecycle of a shipping container as it moves around the world. Jake is the Chief Technology Officer of Gnosis Freight, a logistics tech company focused on the lifecycle of a shipping container as it moves around the world.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

For those unsure of what EDI is, it stands for electronic data interchange, is the concept of businesses electronically communicating information that was traditionally communicated on paper, such as purchase orders, advance ship notices, and invoices. EDI minimizes the risk of errors associated with manual data entry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 20, 2025

Daily transportation and warehouse plans are developed that go down to the level of what will be picked, packed, and shipped. We have many types of rules, tolerances and variances that are electronically detected as this data flows through the system. Mr. Jordan describes the Blue Yonder user interface as being very user-friendly.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2025

This multi-modal approach ensures robust connectivity across different segments of the logistics journeyfrom remote shipping yards and urban fulfillment centers to moving trucks and temperature-sensitive containers. Why Logistics Demands Hybrid Connectivity Logistics environments are inherently heterogeneous.

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

Key Features: Both spot and contract rate benchmarking Air and ocean freight coverage Lane-specific insights Customizable analytics dashboards Historical trend analysis Proactive alerts for rate changes Benchmark Your Rates Against the Market Find out if you’re overpaying on your key shipping lanes See Terminal in Action Freightos Procure – (..)

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Thin film electronics is a rapidly evolving technology that has the potential to revolutionize supply chains and shipping as well as other industries.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 6, 2021

Another shipping crisis strikes, threatens Black Friday shopping. Volansi completes first-ever autonomous ship-to-ship drone delivery. As Ford sees it, engaging directly with semiconductor fabricators and other key electronic-components makers in its supply chain allow the company “to better align supply and demand.”

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 3, 2018

A shipping capacity crunch is a necessary evil. Unfortunately, a shipping capacity crunch tends to occur during already stressed periods, like winter, after tropical storms and during peak shopping seasons. 3PLs Bring Better Freight Shipping Rates During Shipping Capacity Crunch Hikes.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 7, 2018

Demand for record-breaking speed of delivery and free shipping are only making the case for greater use of technology in full truckload freight shipping management, and shippers need to understand why. Access our complete Full Truckload Shipping White Paper Series. Full Truckload White Paper Series. Download Here. New Series.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Just in time for the holidays, the Ship It Zero campaign is bringing visibility to the impacts of dirty ocean shipping caused by mega retailers all year round but especially as they ship their goods during the holiday season.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Retailers offering competitive deals across high-demand categories like electronics, toys, and home goods captured significant attention. Focus on delivering convenience and urgency: Offer express shipping and curbside pickup. Retailers with smooth, fast, and intuitive digital experiences came out ahead.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 17, 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to transform the supply chain from incoming materials, through production, quality inspection, packaging, and shipping. Application 3 : Electronic Component Vision Inspection. Key Takeaways: Transforming the Supply Chain Using AI.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Investing in autonomous trucks can therefore streamline primary shipping routes, addressing long-term logistics demand. By concentrating on high-volume, regional, or national routes, companies can benefit from automation’s cost-efficiency and scalability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2021

Solutions that fall under the definition of SCCN would include EDI VANs (electronic data interchange value added networks), industry marketplaces, and collaborative supply chain applications that are built on public cloud architectures. The electronic exchange of information improves the quality of the data and improves the process.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

But Molex, a global electronics and connectivity solutions company, has been investing in their intelligent digital supply chain strategy to improve their supply chain agility and customer experience. Those industries include data communications, medical, industrial, automotive and consumer electronics. But they were very basic.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Krenar Komoni has developed breakthrough ideas in data analytics, logistics, and electronics design for nearly 20 years. Tive is a cloud-based platform that uses IoT sensors to capture critical real-time shipment sensor data as products are shipped worldwide. Damage Alerts for Electronics Shipments. About Krenar Komoni.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 10, 2014

We built one of the first Mobile TMS apps , have the only end-to-end LTL eCommerce Freight shipping applications for B2B shopping carts, continue to innovate on internal systems, and have won several accolades for our digital marketing efforts. Electron Beam Freeform Fabrication. You can say technology is in our DNA.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2022

Shipping companies added capacity, but now containers are stuck in port. Cargo losses escalate as thieves target cars, electronics. During the peak of port congestion in 2021, as many as 30 ships were waiting to enter an Oakland berth. Ship operators and brokers say that at the start of 2022, there were around 50.5

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Exiger Perspectives

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Industries dependent on these metals, including defense , renewable energy , electronics, and manufacturing, may experience supply chain disruptions, including delays, price increases, and supply bottlenecks, due to China’s leading role in their production.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 17, 2021

In shipping, this translates to taking every precaution necessary and delivering exactly to a consumer’s specifications. White glove shipping may include these particular services and solutions: Home delivery that involves assembly, installation and setup. That may amount to hiring added delivery drivers or movers for bulky appliances.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2014

In my work at Clorox we were starting to ship to Walmart using Retail Link. Companies are shipping fewer and fewer cases using VMI processes. the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal force. It was 1988. I was involved in early Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) pilots. We were excited. What do you think?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2024

Many carriers can’t provide advanced ship notices or other shipment data electronically. However, because the shipping documents can have highly variable formats, OCR can struggle to extract the pertinent data. Joule can be told to do an optimization run around this confined set of scenarios and suggest the best answer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2025

During the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, sectors such as automotive, electronics, and consumer goods experienced severe disruptions due to factory shutdowns and shipping constraints, primarily because of dependence on suppliers concentrated in Asia.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

These workers will be used to store, pack, and ship items from its warehouses. Additionally, Shipt same-day delivery, meanwhile, will be available for a wider range of products across Target’s assortment, including apparel and accessories, Ulta Beauty items, electronics, toys and now adult beverages.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Previously, he spent 13 years at SpaceX in various roles including Head of Avionics where he led a department of 300 people in the design and testing of space electronics. Parallel Systems is creating autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles to move shipping containers cleaner, faster, safer and more cost effectively.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2022

As more consumers flock to e-commerce, purchasing big & bulky goods such as furniture, appliances, and wholesale electronics online is becoming more common. Larger types of retail goods such as furniture and appliances, also known as oversized, are more challenging to ship than small packages. On-site delivery experience and cost.

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QAD

JANUARY 17, 2023

With a standardized global shipping solution, all sites operate and adhere to the same procedures, workflows and processes. Additionally, global shipping is further complicated with fluctuating fuel costs, increasing customer expectations, soaring parcel shipments and other factors. Step 1: Automate Compliance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Walmart said it will host its Walmart Deals – Holiday Kickoff savings event, featuring deals on thousands of holiday gift items across categories such as electronics, home, fashion, and toys, from Monday, October 9 through Thursday, October 12. Amazon Renewed, which repairs and refurbishes products returned for resale.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The company differentiates itself by solving a problem for high-end electronics makers and luxury brands – owning the final part of the customer experience. The timing is particularly bad, with the shipping industry already facing congested supply lines that are delaying deliveries of clothes and toys for the year-end holidays.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Demand for ocean freight was lower than anticipated, and Hanjin Shipping, another top ten ocean liner, was already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping. While not outrightly linked to this release, Maersk, now a shipping line and forwarder, terminated its key account status.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2018

After further investigation, they realized that an increasingly larger percentage of goods inbound from China were direct-to-customer shipments of electronics and other goods. The distributor/retailer of those electronic goods would have sold them across their region or even across Europe. The Traditional vs. Direct-to-Consumer Model.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

I want to be part of the evolution that helps leaders to redefine strategies based on the changing physics, electronics and capabilities in value networks. High-Tech and Electronic Supply Networks. Tipping points are fascinating to watch. They are even more fun to create. Tonight, I am stranded in a hotel in Chicago.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2022

Descartes Systems Group , a global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that it has spent $65 million to acquire a Utah firm that provides e-commerce multi-carrier parcel shipping solutions. This week, the company announced that it has expanded that program to include non-electronic Fisher-Price toys.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Traylor’s technology streamlines the shipping process, reduces cost, and facilitates collaboration. Drop and hook shipments became more popular after the hours of service (HOS) and electronic logging device (ELD) mandate took effect in 2019. The company specializes in drop and hook shipments (power-only) and open-deck transportation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2024

Healthcare supply chains can also have precise shipping and storage requirements for medicines and other biologically at-risk supplies. That means planning, inventory, and order management must be very closely aligned and optimized.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2023

Some sellers have said their customers return items at a higher clip on Amazon than when bought from other outlets, a discrepancy they chalk up to Amazon’s easy checkout process and fast Prime shipping. America shipped, received and returned 21.2 Walmart is looking to AI to make the shopping experience better. By 2028, annual U.S.

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