Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

The people on the ground–my contacts in the 3PL, freight forwarding and transportation industry–know that the labor strife is only a part of the larger story. I don’t think that the ports are up to the challenge of moving the high-levels of freight with larger ships without rethinking unloading space, equipment and flows.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 8, 2017

The cloud-based supply chain software can be customized to suit your industry, your transportation , freight-forwarding and warehousing specialty, import-export regulations. The cloud-based logistics has lots of metric tools. Journal rated her articles as "chart-topping storytelling" in the field. A Better Communication Model.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 31, 2013

Retailers’ Dilemma: To Ax or Help Fix Bad Factories ( Wall Street Journal ). Under CI Capital Partners, Transplace made several acquisitions to grow its business and service footprint, including Celtic International, SCO Logistics, and Torus Freight Systems (now Transplace Canada). Trucks Transported 60% of U.S.-NAFTA

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Supply Chain Collaborator

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

“High freight, fuel and labor costs are forcing food distributors to streamline their businesses,” begins the recent article in the Wall Street Journal. The piece revealed a rise in operating expenses of 6% at world’s largest food distributor, Sysco Foods and a boost of 2% at US Foods.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Reducing freight costs, improving supplier delivery performance, and minimizing supplier risk are three of the many benefits machine learning is providing in collaborative supply chain networks. Journal Of Business Logistics , 37 (1), 6-17. Journal Of Management Information Systems , 32 (4), 4-39. no opt-in). Preston, D.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Deloitte Global). Deloitte Global).

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2019

per square foot—the highest level since it began tracking the metric in 1989. Up to 53-feet long and ranging in width from 8-8-1/2 feet (and 12-1/2 to 13-1/2 feet in height), these roomy vessels give companies a portable and reusable way to store their freight pretty much anywhere that it’s allowed. during the third quarter to $7.21

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 22, 2015

According to the press release : The proposed standards are expected to lower CO2 emissions by approximately 1 billion metric tons, cut fuel costs by about $170 billion, and reduce oil consumption by up to 1.8 billion barrels over the lifetime of the vehicles sold under the program. appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

EU Energy Chief Sees Hurdles to Carbon Overhaul ( Wall Street Journal ). FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager. 20 Years of Highway Data Shows Roads and Bridges Aren’t Crumbling ( Reason.org ). Labor and management work out deal at Port of LA/Long Beach ( Logistics Management ).

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

According to the Journal of Commerce : “In the early days of the pandemic, March through May, UPS and FedEx reported B2C volumes represented 70 percent of total ground volumes. On the heels of COVID-19, the fast-moving volatility of current market trends and customer demands make shipping, planning, and logistics more critical than ever.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

req’d) How Blockchain Could Benefit Levi’s Worker Well-Being Initiative (Sourcing Journal) Companies Plan for Tariffs, More Paperwork in Case of ‘No-Deal’ Brexit (WSJ – sub. Uber Freight: Transportation Facility Brand Managers. The same ratings and reviews also are available to shippers within Uber Freight’s shipper platform.

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Turvo

JULY 27, 2021

These metrics are closely followed by training data scientists (21%), returns management (21%), and data interchange technology (17.7%). Enable digital transformation and better freight management with tendering through POD uploads. Remember to include freight settlement processes and to account for disruptions and deviations. .

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Resilinc

AUGUST 24, 2021

“The trucking industry is facing government anti-pollution requirements as well as cargo customers eager to eliminate carbon from their supply chains,” wrote the Wall Street Journal in an August 9 story about technology pilots to remove carbon-dioxide from truck exhaust. of domestic freight tonnage in 2019. MPG gains won’t be enough.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2019

This week, for example, MercuryGate (a Talking Logistics sponsor) announced “the availability of a new Customer Portal that offers greater visibility on freight movements to all users.” Moreover, logistics service providers (LSPs) can give their shipper customers a clear view of the location of their freight.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2016

In late February, LeanLogistics introduced LeanGlobal , a new TMS module that facilitates ocean freight transportation (see my comments at the time), and last week the company announced LeanFleet , a tool designed to streamline fleet planning and execution. What if you’re a TMS vendor somewhere in the middle?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

On May 12, 2017, a headline in the Wall Street Journal read “ Major Cyberattack Sweeps Globe, Hitting FedEx, U.K. And since so many aspects of supply chain management affect both customer experience and financial metrics, supply chain innovation efforts need to take these factors into consideration too. Hospitals, Spanish Companies.”

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

As it is, even Amazon’s full potential is stifled by the existence of silos, as revealed in a Wall Street Journal report in 2017. Offshoring cost advantages were often a delicate matter in any case: lower worker wages had to be balanced against increased freight charges, duties, taxes, and damages during transit.

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