Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

TBSx3 Launches Consortium With Freight Industry Giants to Fight Trade in Fake Goods with Blockchain (BlockchainNews). Ocado uses £150m from shareholders for warehouse robots (The Guardian). CX North America Expands Driver Mobile App with Digital Proof of Delivery Update. BNSF joins blockchain alliance (Railway Age).

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Parade

MARCH 28, 2022

Turvo offers freight brokers, 3PLs, and shippers the ability to connect with their customers, carriers, and third parties for full order-to-cash shipment execution. Turvo helps provide visibility across the supply chain, from suppliers to the warehouse to distribution centers to over-the-road to the end customer.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

That said, implementing Lean concepts would undoubtedly be part of that strategy, for example, - Lean Warehousing : Many firms (both retailers and manufacturers) are now aggressively rolling out Lean in their warehouse operations. Eliminate Before You Automate : Automation is critical to large, efficient warehouse operations.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Focus on warehouse automation has come full circle since the last big automation movement of the ‘90s, but today with a significantly better set of tools and technological improvements enabling more robust digital transformation and warehouse automation. Brief highlights of logistics investments over the last three decades.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Containers from Asia were shipped to North America, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, almost nothing moved in the opposite direction. And it wasn’t just about docks and warehouses. Unfortunately, freight rates are also forecast to remain high throughout the year. Fewer ships in operation .

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2018

HighJump Launches Warehouse Control System at CSCMP Edge 2018. For Cloud Logistics, this acquisition will help the company expand its solution footprint (which today is mostly over-the-road and intermodal transportation) and grow its geographic presence beyond North America.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

Andrew Lynch is President and Co-Founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 24, 2017

January 2017 North American Freight Numbers. The latest example: Walmart was issued a patent for “A Method to Carry an Item within a Retail Shopping Facility” — that method being a drone. NAFTA freight totaled $88.0 NAFTA freight increased from the same month of the previous year. Looking at U.S.-Mexico

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 24, 2015

Swisslog acquires warehouse automation provider FORTE Industries in the United States. February 2015 North American Freight Numbers. AWS revenues grew 49 percent in Q1 2015 compared to Q1 2014, while the rest of its North America business grew 22 percent. JDA “Writes the Book” on Supply Chain.

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Zipline Logistics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This notion rings especially true with CPG shippers since the freight requires higher service levels than other non-time-sensitive freight to arrive at its destination on time. For example, when a logistics provider specializes in CPG delivery, it can build distinct processes, strategies, and technology suites.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Warehouses promised lots of jobs, but robot workforce slows hiring (Los Angeles Times). DAT’s Accelerated Freight Matching Launches with New Load Board App for Carriers and Paperless Onboarding Service for Brokers. R2 Freight & Logistics, Inc. Ryder has a network of over 800 service locations in North America today.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 9, 2015

After China, other regions that have growth potential, according to 3PL and supply chain executives, are North America, Asia (not including China and India) and Western Europe, in that order. Other emerging markets include South America (not including Mexico), India, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Mexico.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

For example, carriers plan to reduce the capacity for the Asia-to-North America West Coast trade lanes by as much as 29% in the weeks following China’s Golden week in early October. As tensions within the supply chain begin to relax, shippers increasingly leverage blank sailings to prepare for lessening demands.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

… Authorities have now imposed restrictions on Beijing, while the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, a gateway for air freight, also limited the movement of people in May.” … Beijing’s zero-tolerance approach to Covid has idled factories and warehouses, slowed truck deliveries and worsened container logjams.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2016

Robinson Opens Second Air Freight Screening Facility. November 2015 North American Freight Numbers. rural vs. city environment, developed vs. emerging countries, inside the warehouse or yard vs. public airspace). Trucking Companies Throttle Back Expansion Plans (WSJ – sub. Moving on to 3PL news, C.H.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 11, 2019

For example, a carrier posts data to the blockchain and allows customers and agents to use the data. Let’s dream of a world where we don’t rely on email to tender 90 percent of TL freight! In our context, the business network is the TL carriers, their customers and agents. That way, information can be shared but remain secure.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2015

GEODIS acquires OHL (Ozburn-Hessey Logistics) and enhances its Freight Forwarding and Contract Logistics offering in the US. 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. JDA Creates a More Profitable Omni-Channel Supply Chain.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 3, 2016

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Wal-Mart says it is 6-9 months from using drones to check warehouse inventory (Reuters). DAT Launches Streamlined TMS for New Freight Brokers. Natarajan said drones can reduce the labor intensive process of checking stocks around the warehouse to one day.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

On the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, where the remains of a 200-year-old canal built to connect Cleveland with Cincinnati snake around new warehouse parks, a modern tributary of the global economy widens a little more with each planeload of goods that roars down its runways. International freight being unloaded at Rickenbacker airport.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 2, 2022

Let’s explore a few examples. Global consumer product goods provider Nestle in its latest report of quarterly financial performance indicated that despite being able to raise prices for a wide variety of marketed products, higher costs for commodities, freight and energy continue eroding profit margins. percent in North America.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Con-way Announces Enhancements to Driver Pay Package at Con-way Freight. North American Freight Numbers July 2014. Here’s an example from the press release: A fashion retailer can now set a rule to delay offering inventory available for sale online that is selling well at full price in certain stores.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

This follows the company’s acquisition of 3PD this past July, another provider of heavy goods, last-mile logistics in North America. This week, for example, C.H. In other transportation-related news, UPS announced that UPS Ground, Air and International, and Air Freight rates within and between the U.S.,

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 14, 2020

The empty container supply has also dwindled in regions where China trade has been a catalyst, primarily North America and Europe, this can have a ripple effect if these empty containers do not get repositioned back to China to support the increase demand that is anticipated at the tail end of March into April. Backup sourcing options.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Unilever, for example, has 38 factories in India out of more than 300 factories worldwide. Past estimates from Mumbai-Calcutta have been as high as a seven-fold delay for freight as compared to a passenger vehicle. For example, Singapore has become a prominent hub due to its trade agreements in the region.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

What is a warehouse? And what is a warehouse management system? This week, for example, JDA Software announced the release date for JDA® In-Store Picking , “a solution designed to enable retailers to accurately and efficiently pick e-commerce orders in a store (in-store).” NAFTA Trade in August 2013 than in August 2012.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Understanding how your company moves freight and the details of why it does what it does is important. For example, why do shipments have to ship the way they do, and when can they change? One common attribute of a good super user is a really keen understanding of transportation as it relates to their company.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 16, 2015

This month’s Market Update highlights key factors that impact the transportation industry in North America and will keep you up to speed on the latest news and topics that matter to your supply chain and business. Large Scale Market Indicators. FTR reports strong U.S. West Coast port employers—and, if so, when they could aid.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2017

For instance, most transportation management system (TMS) users experience 5-10 percent reductions in freight cost, and adoption is growing among small to mid-sized companies. For example, omni-channel, e-commerce and the Amazon Effect are some of the largest influencing factors right now in the shipper community.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 9, 2018

This maximizes achievable freight savings while adhering to pickup and delivery constraints; improves customer service; and may eliminate the need for warehouses or distribution centers.”. Mitch gave several examples of how continuous pool optimization can reduce costs and improve service.

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DAT Solutions

JULY 7, 2016

Meanwhile, look for the geographic emphasis to start shifting a little farther north, in preparation for a possible rebound in the Midwest, later in Q3. End-of-quarter and pre-holiday freight was even stronger than expected last week in Atlanta , Charlotte and Memphis , which were the top three markets for outbound loads on DAT load boards.

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FLEXE

AUGUST 21, 2017

The acquisition of Grand Junction will give Target direct and explicit access to those 700 carriers across North America. Here are three examples. Target currently uses Grand Junction’s platform for same-day delivery in NYC’s Tribeca neighborhood. Why Is This Acquistion Important?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2022

New acquisitions, for example, won’t lead to a prorated calculation that factors out emissions from the acquired company from the carbon target. This control tower includes a supply chain design solution from Coupa that helps them reduce both freight costs and C02 emissions. There were also freight savings.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

From investing in smart automation solutions like collaborative mobile robots to improve warehouse productivity to route and supplier optimization and outsourcing logistics to a 3PL , there are several strategies that can help companies reduce logistics costs. Now, this does not just come down to the staff in the warehouse.

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FLEXE

AUGUST 22, 2017

The acquisition of Grand Junction will give Target direct and explicit access to those 700 carriers across North America. Here are three examples.</p> . </p> <p>Target currently uses Grand Junction’s platform for same-day delivery in NYC’s Tribeca neighborhood.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2015

July 2015 North American Freight Numbers. These include freight rating, carrier selection, load tendering and visibility as well as match pay. SendSuite Tracking Online, which is designed for small and medium businesses, is available in 12 countries across North America, Europe and Asia.” WTO cites China, U.S.,

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In North America, 4 million workers left their jobs in April. In North America, a record 632,000 frontline workers left their retail jobs having been exposed to increased levels of danger while facing low levels of pay, while white collar workers got a taste for remote work and found it made their lives easier to manage.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

Logistics technologies such as robotic warehouse systems make automation a reality, while drones improve last-mile delivery capabilities and better tracking with tools like RFID tags improve visibility throughout the supply chain. For example, key indicators such as blood pressure, glucose levels and weight can be monitored remotely.

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