Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

We know transportation plays an important role in the supply chain – it’s the line in a flow diagram between the little buildings and smoke stacks – and transportation disruptions happen on a daily basis. Visibility. The ability to oversee the activities and events associated with your shipments is the first step.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 16, 2024

For professionals in logistics and supply chain management, understanding the implications of this technology is crucial, as it has the potential to fundamentally change the way goods are transported and delivered. Nuro has developed an autonomous vehicle designed for transporting groceries and small packages.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 14, 2025

System Integration and Data Visibility Orchestration requires connecting warehouse systems, transportation platforms, and ERP data so that status updates, inventory levels, and shipping exceptions are visible without needing to log in to separate systems. This doesnt eliminate those systems, it organizes the data they produce.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 20, 2025

The demand, supply, transportation, and warehousing plans are created on the Blue Yonder platform. Daily transportation and warehouse plans are developed that go down to the level of what will be picked, packed, and shipped. Eventually, these plans are executed. The production plan is fed into the MRP for production execution.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Appliances and furniture, food and beverages, and electronics are hot commodities. Cargo thieves love the holidays. That time of year when the industry ships a higher volume of desirable, in-demand goods. Warehouses and distribution centers are top targets.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2025

Political instability has disrupted transportation corridors. In one case, a consumer electronics manufacturer used AI to reoptimize its supplier base in response to U.S.China trade tensions, proactively shifting production to Southeast Asia and reducing potential cost impacts by double digits.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 23, 2017

Their testing spans across many industries including aerospace, automotive, surface transportation, construction, energy, and sports. I found it interesting to discover that one of their current projects has direct impact on supply chains; more specifically, on freight transportation. In the U.S. of domestic freight tonnage.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

There are a variety of ways that companies can manage their transportation spend. The three traditional methods are the use of a transportation management system (TMS), transportation execution system (TES), and managed transportation services (MTS).

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Our vision at TRAMES, is to reduce global trade barriers through digitalizing international freight and transportation. a) Across the various actors in any single transport chain. Suppliers render transportation services, and typically commit service levels in the process. What TRAMES Aims to Tackle. b) Authenticity.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

While electronics, automotive, and consumer goods’ supply chains promote their products, the food supply chain represents a basic human necessity–food. The post The Ever-Expanding Role of AI and AR in Food Logistics appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis. The food supply chain is unlike any other.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2025

But with the explosion of IoT devices across transportation, warehousing, and distribution, logistics providers face a critical challenge: how to ensure continuous, reliable, and cost-effective communication across diverse physical environments and use cases.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 11, 2019

The transportation industry has long discussed blockchain with a healthy dose of skepticism or has taken a wait-and-see approach to its adoption. Even though most have little-to-no IT support or technology, they dominate a mode of transportation that can’t be ignored. Small but mighty. with eight trucks or less.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 23, 2024

The stoppage is set to “cripple shipments” of grain, potash, and coal while also slowing down the transport of petroleum products, chemicals, and autos. Department of Transportation, rail transport accounted for 14% of total bilateral trade of $382.4 According to the U.S. billion in the first half of the year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2024

In logistics, simplification was supported by reducing the number of physical distribution nodes and improving the execution layer by adding a transportation management system and digitization in the form of better electronic connectivity to all partners across warehousing and transportation. Visibility also promotes this.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Michael is Sector Vice President of Trimble , a global technology company that provides hardware, software, and services to improve efficiency and productivity in industries like construction, agriculture, and transportation. This gives transportation companies more options and control over their technology stack.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2021

GlobalTranz’s main service lines are freight brokerage – less-than-truckload and truckload – and managed transportation services. Robinson’s last quarter earnings in North American Surface Transportation, up 10.8% – which many companies would be delighted with – seem paltry in comparison. Robinson and Echo Global Logistics.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 8, 2022

Dean is Driver and Team Safety Instructor for Ruan Transportation , a company that provides Dedicated Contract Transportation , Managed Transportation , Value-Added Warehousing , and Brokerage Support Services to customers across the U.S. About Ruan Transportation . About Dean Key.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 19, 2013

The chemical and consumer electronics industries have made the most progress. The only industry that has made progress in inventory management is consumer electronics. Today, I spoke at the Chief Supply Chain Officer conference in Chicago at the Eye for Transport event on the results of the research. Balance Remains an Issue.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

Some key findings: Most respondents (67%) cited end-to-end freight traceability as their biggest pain point when transporting goods. Across Europe, the most commonly used mode of transportation varied widely. We learned a great deal that can help Europe and, in turn, the globe. For the UK, it’s 71%. For Germany, it’s unanimous at 100%.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2021

And with the ongoing semiconductor shortage, certain electronics are in higher demand. It also means that the prices and values of certain electronics that require chips such as gaming consoles, are increasing. On the West Coast, the computer chip shortage has resulted in higher thefts of electronics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

One such advancement is the integration of warehouse robotics, which has revolutionized the way tasks such as sorting, picking, transporting, and packaging goods are performed. These automated systems are designed to perform tasks such as sorting, picking, transporting, and packaging goods with unparalleled efficiency and precision.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2025

Then came temporary exemptions for electronics like smartphones and laptops, but a new tariff of 25% on all imported passenger vehicles, creating a patchwork of regulations that change almost weekly. He specializes in helping customers navigate the complexities of international transportation and trade compliance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2021

I am wrapping up my Transportation Management Systems market study which looks at the total size of the market, the forecasted growth through 2025, and the leading suppliers across a number of categories including industry, region, and customer size. Transportation management systems include 2 types of solutions. A Proven ROI.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

This roundtable was presented by LogiSYM, in collaboration with Samsung Electronics. Great start to our first on-ground event of the year and thanks to our partner Samsung Electronics for hosting it. On the ground and in person with supply chain industry professionals networking and learning in a safe environment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2022

Then as we slowly started going out and getting used to the new normal, people realized that public transportation was not the best option because of virus transmissions, which increased the demand for cars. Leading to long lead times, shortages, rising prices, and complications in transportation lines.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 25, 2024

My definition of a network is the bi-directional information exchange of manufacturing, procurement, quality, and transportation signals across multiple tiers of trading partners in a many-to-many trading partner information exchange with minimal latency. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) does not meet this definition.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

One of Descartes’ solutions in its cloud-based transportation management software portfolio, Descartes MacroPoint is a multimodal visibility platform designed to help freight brokers, third-party logistics companies (3PLs) and shippers gain better visibility to their freight operations and shipments.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Parallel will achieve this by enabling railroads to open terminals for less and operate new transportation services alongside traditional freight trains. 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.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 4, 2022

Turvo enables users to see everything, from every system, person and organization they do business with in one place.Ron Richardson is a technology pioneer and industry leader in logistics and transportation. Visibility became much easier and more accurate with the widespread use of transportation management systems (TMS) and connectivity.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 10, 2014

We’ve been providing manufacturing companies and shippers with a web-based transportation management system since 1998, before web-based TMS was as prolific as it is today. Electron Beam Freeform Fabrication. Electron Beam Freeform Fabrication (EBF) takes advantage of metal wire and electron beams in a vacuum environment.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Many enterprises have taken heed and determined that inbound and outbound transport and warehousing are consequential processes of their business rather than fundamental or core processes. It is simply not possible to respond quickly to market changes if there is a fully owned or leased network of warehouse and transportation assets in place.

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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

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.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 22, 2021

Much like the Colonial Pipeline, a break in the flow of goods and services within transportation results in a disruption to the customer experience. This is effectively achieved through outsourcing of the maintenance and patching of the systems to trusted digital transportation management partners.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

The proximity to main customers, a more resilient value chain and reduction of transportation costs favor decentralisation of production. This is one of the findings from a very extensive study that BCI Global did with 150 senior supply chain leaders from large international companies.

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