The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Bill is the President and CRO of Transflo, the trusted industry leader in mobile, telematics, and business process automation solutions to the transportation industry. Bill Vitti joined Transflo as President in early 2022, with more than 25 years’ experience in the transportation industry. About Bill Vitti . Bill on LinkedIn.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2022

Increased shipping lead time: More than 6,000 miles of railroad runs through Russia and connects Eastern China with Western Europe. Even air transportation from the east is taking longer time as several carriers are avoiding Russian airspace and the conflict-torn region. This further adds to lead times. He received his Ph.D.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 12, 2024

Mike is Co-Owner and Vice President of JKC Trucking , a leader in temperature-controlled transportation industry for over three decades. Mike discusses the complexities of refrigerated LTL shipping, his experiences growing up in the trucking industry, and the potential impact of new regulations on costs and efficiency.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 12, 2014

Here’s how the scheme works, as described in an AP article published last October ( Thieves Pose as Truckers to Steal Huge Cargo Loads ): Thieves assume the identity of a trucking company, often by reactivating a dormant Department of Transportation carrier number from a government website for as little as $300.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

On the supply side, material shortages, staffing challenges, and shipping capacity constraints are all happening at the same time. The product flow paths and modes of transportation altered radically as well even without accounting for any network node changes, owing to port closures or shortages in various transportation lanes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

transportation, warehousing) or materials – direct, indirect, MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations), goods for resale. Listed below are some attributes you may be looking for in supplier responses: Total costs including unit cost, shipping cost, and any overhead costs. The key to this lies with sourcing. Order delivery lead time.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

cents, reports Transport Topics, and oil costs are expected to continue to increase. Cities along the Gulf are still recovering from Hurricane Harvey and Irma from last year, and Michael’s recent swells and reign of terror brought the Florida panhandle to its knees. In early October 2018, the average retail price for diel rose 7.2

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BlueYonder

JUNE 25, 2024

Nucleus Research recently published its TMS Technology Value Matrix 2024 , which provides an overview of the current market for Transportation Management Systems (TMS), while also assessing the software providers in this space. Brennan cited Blue Yonder’s integrated platform approach to transportation management.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Drought conditions at the Panama Canal are not a good match for its high water demands; it takes at least 50 million gallons of water , with some sources citing much more, to move a single ship through the 51-mile waterway. Under normal operating conditions, the Panama Canal handles 36 to 38 ships per day. This year, the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2022

At the beginning of June 2022, a 40-foot ocean container cost about $10,000 to ship from southeast Asia to Northern Europe This is compared to about $1,500 for the same route about 2 years ago. This means transportation costs account for up to 8% of the sale price of a pair of shoes, as compared to 1% just three years ago.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 2, 2023

This is especially prevalent in organizations that have experienced growth through mergers and acquisitions and now need to reconcile multiple ERP, WMS, shipping, and transportation systems. The larger the company, the greater the danger of duplicative, conflicting, or siloed systems. Let’s take a closer look.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2021

Ryan was born and raised in Tampa Florida. Ryan earned a degree in History from the University of South Florida and then a Law degree from Michigan State University. Ryan is a skilled technologist and strategist who has helped transform many leading transportation and logistics companies. About Ryan Schreiber. About Joe Lynch.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

For example, we can have “Texas Small Volume” customers and “Florida Peak Season” customers, or “East Coast High Margin” customers and “Carolinas High Priority” customers. However, this model would aggregate the details of the ten thousand SKUs that are stocked and shipped.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 11, 2025

Hunt Transport Services ( NASDAQ: JBHT ) said the headlines have been exaggerated and that intermodal demand has been relatively stable. It pointed to meaningful inflections in data points (tender rejections and spot rates) during one-off events ( Roadcheck and the produce shipping season) as signs. Management from J.B.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

Walmart previously scaled back its drone deliveries in 2024, when it ended the service in Utah, Arizona and Florida, in favor of focusing on remaining operations in Dallas-Fort Worth, Arkansas and Virginia. SupplyChainBrain Container Ship Explodes, Catches Fire Off Coast of India More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter!

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 3, 2014

It’ll come to me eventually, but in the meantime, here’s the news that caught my attention this week: Kewill Acquires the IBM® Sterling Transportation Management System (TMS). Shipping Vendor ABOL Software to Help Retail Customers Drive International Sales. Shipping startup Shyp comes to New York and soon Miami (VentureBeat).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

As shown in the map, the company has 4 distribution centers wherein each location is shipping to several places across the US (for the sake of simplicity we are not showing the manufacturing and sourcing locations here). He received his Ph.D. The post 5 Recommendations towards a Resilient S&OP appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 29, 2013

In this case study we present two Ocean Spray initiatives – distribution network redesign and intermodal shift from road to rail – that in combination led to a 20% reduction in transportation CO 2 emissions, while achieving comparable cost savings across the transportation network.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For example, when a UPS strike was looming last year, the Interos solution automatically highlighted Cooper’s strategic suppliers that relied on UPS for shipping. Last summer a hurricane was coming up through the Gulf and across the Panhandle of Florida.” Do you have a contingency plan for transportation emergencies?

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

At the same time, carriers have turned to leaner operations to keep costs down, and the transportation industry is ready to implode with a capacity crunch that lasts well into 2018 and may only get worse from there. Now, the driver shortage is more than just a slight hiccup in the industry. percent by the end of the third-quarter in 2017.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2025

Typical supply chain risks include: Natural disasters: Earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires, and pandemics that halt production or transport. Whether its political unrest in a region, shipping delays, or a sudden price hike, relying too heavily on one source can bring your operations to a grinding halt.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

More than a year into a freight capacity crisis that shows little sign of weakening, it’s time for all parties involved in logistics and freight transportation to meet this issue head on. The recovery efforts in both areas sucked up a lot of capacity, just as many retailers and agriculture companies were headed into peak shipping season.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The retailer can sell via a plethora of websites – their own website, AliExpress or they can use a platform like the Freightos Marketplace to arrange shipping to the US online. In other words, Alibaba just connected two small businesses around the world, while third-party businesses arranged transportation and logistics.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 5, 2016

Logistics, the discipline that manages the shipping and distribution of goods to consumers, has made momentous strides in recent years with help from new technology. The studies of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) have shaped the logistics industry into what it is today. is directly affecting their interest in STEM careers.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 4, 2018

Today’s truck capacity shortage can be linked to several market forces, some that the transportation industry has dealt with for years and others that are new and unfolding. economy in 2017 and so far in 2018, manufacturers have been producing more goods than usual and requiring more freight to be shipped. What are the real causes?

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2018

Amazon shipped over 5 billion items with Prime in 2017 (TechCrunch). Peloton holds 1,000-mile platooning demo in Florida (CCJ). By the end of last week, just one truck was available for every 12 loads needing to be shipped, according to online freight marketplace DAT Solutions LLC,” reported the Wall Street Journal this week.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Peak produce shipping season refers to the time period when the largest volume of fruits and vegetables are harvested and subsequently shipped to markets across the US, impacting truck capacity.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Trimble Acquires Brazil-Based Veltec to Expand its Global Portfolio of Transportation Solutions. Hurricane season is upon us, and the latest one, Hurricane Michael, has caused serious damage and disruption in the Florida Panhandle region and beyond. Amazon Patents Drone Chute For Quiet Deliveries (CB Insights).

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2017

Global shipping feels fallout from Maersk cyber attack (Reuters). It’s only a question of time, I believe, before these words from Matthew Mather’s book CyberStorm becomes an actual headline: ‘FedEx and UPS have ground to a complete standstill today due to what they say is a virus in their logistics shipping software.’”.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Hundreds of Cafe Bustelo cans washed ashore in Florida this week. Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… CMA CGM to acquire NOL, reinforcing its position in global shipping. China Approves Merger of Cosco, China Shipping (WSJ- sub. October 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI).

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 9, 2023

As the transportation industry waves goodbye (and good riddance) to 2022, innovative logistics professionals are already working hard to make 2023 a banner year for the global transportation industry. surcharge on shipments to domestic packages shipped to remote ZIP codes. Airfreight Demand Plummets as Shippers Flock to Ocean.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 3, 2020

Last week, I couldn’t find some backup facial masks in all of southern Florida. I think that’s exactly the point of why we are still attending expositions in Yokohama, running deployments in Milan, and visiting investors in Florida. Southern Florida. At the same time, a Brazilian customer also asked if we could visit Sao Paulo.

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Since 2009, when ScottsMiracle-Gro began implementing its new distribution model, the Company has reduced the number of miles traveled to ship products to home center customers by approximately one-third. ScottsMiracle-Gro is consolidating the warehousing and distribution of its bagged products that are shipped to home center stores.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager. Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. Mexico trade.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

In North America we certainly hear a lot about Florida oranges and as such I myself have certainly assumed that Florida was the Orange capital of the world. 70% of production comes from Florida, followed by California. Most of this production is shipped in the form of Frozen Concentrated Orange juice (FCOJ).

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A similar story could be told for manufacturing industries whose supply chains extend into Florida. Florida is a major hub and home to a variety of industries including: aerospace, high tech, healthcare, electronics, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, agriculture, manufacturing, security, and more.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 19, 2025

Gregory is a renowned expert in personal finance and lending solutions, with a Master of Science in Finance from Florida State University and a Certificate in Accounting & Finance from the University of West Florida. Transportation Networks Long-distance delivery is highly expensive. in CAGR by 2030.

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