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Insights from Ryder Innovate 2014

Talking Logistics

The value of peer-to-peer learning and networking was evident at last month’s Ryder Innovate conference — “an exclusive gathering of senior leaders in transportation, logistics, and supply chain seeking strategic insight, new ideas, and thought leadership to improve their supply chain and fleet operations.”

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Top Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes (Q2 2018)

Talking Logistics

Start Managing Your Inbound Freight More Effectively Today. Highlights from 3Gtms Innovate 2018 User Conference. CFO Beating You Up Over Rising Freight Costs? Talent Management in Logistics: Why It’s More Important than Ever. BASF Video Case Study: The Value of Real-Time Freight Visibility.

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Insights from the 2022 Gartner® Supply Chain Symposium, Part 1

BlueYonder

She highlighted the trend of increasing ocean freight capacity, but she maintained that the capacity will not be enough. Therefore, there are three key success criteria: scalable digital innovation, sustainability initiatives, and talent management. In this environment, mergers and acquisitions will continue.

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Logistics Past, Present, and Future

MIT Supply Chain

Now the differentiators are more strategic: benchmarking, innovation, and network modeling, for example. In the ocean mode, for instance, the consolidation of steamship lines means that more than ever shippers and 3PLs need the leverage that comes from high freight volumes when negotiating with carriers. It’s a competitive advantage.”.

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Robotic Process Automation and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Quirk cites a 2017 study published by the Information Services Group (ISG) that concluded, “This kind of automation technology is allowing for a 43 percent reduction in resources needed for order-to-cash processes, 34 percent for invoicing, and 32 percent for vendor and talent management.”

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Global study reveals increased use of third party logistics providers and outsourced logistics services key to success in emerging markets

Supply Chain Network

In addition to documenting the evolution of the third-party logistics market, this year’s report also provides an in-depth analysis of logistics operations in emerging markets and the electronics industry as well as talent management to address the skills shortage in the logistics industry. management positions. “As

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2013 Third-Party Logistics Study

Supply Chain Movement

As found in past Annual 3PL Study surveys, transactional, operational, and repetitive activities such as transportation, warehousing, and freight forwarding tend to be the most frequently outsourced. Supply Chain Innovation. Many 3PL-shipper relationships are not set up to support innovation.