Cerasis

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

WorldShipping.org cites data from The Network for Transit and the Environment that shows that measured by grams/kg/km air freight as the largest carbon footprint impact and steamships as the lowest. Creating more sustainable logistics is even more important for the trucking industry. While trucks have a smaller carbon footprint/kg/km than air freight, the enormous volume of truck freight explains why reducing the carbon footprint is a priority goal.

Sustainability 224

Sustainability Logistics Packaging Lean 224

Enterra Insights

JANUARY 17, 2019

Over half-a-dozen years ago, Brookings Institution analysts, Susan Helper, Timothy Krueger, and Howard Wial, asserted, “Manufacturing matters to the United States because it provides high-wage jobs, commercial innovation (the nation’s largest source), a key to trade deficit reduction, and a disproportionately large contribution to environmental sustainability.”[1] Manufacturing trends. The changing manufacturing environment is often described as Industry 4.0

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Trends Manufacturing Phoenix Internet of things 100

Cerasis

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Today, we kick off our annual year-end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 5 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , Transportation Management , Freight. Top Manufacturing Blog Posts for 2017. Manufacturing

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Manufacturing Sustainability eBook Trends 196

Cerasis

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Now is the Time for Manufacturing to Look at Logistics Efficiency. Additionally, by employing an outsourced provide of freight accounting services, a company can save 2 percent to 5 percent of their total freight bill by catching inaccurate charges or duplicate payments.

Manufacturing 308

Manufacturing Third Party Logistics Freight Capacity 308

Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 10, 2019

Sustainable logistics solutions like recycling and reusing delivery packaging are affordable ways for online businesses to make same-day deliveries eco-friendly and satisfy their customer base. This article is the first in a series on creating sustainable logistics for last-mile delivery.

Sustainability 61

Sustainability Packaging Logistics Shipping 61

Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. Transportation has followed the same evolutionary pattern, moving upstream from day-to-day freight transactions to an integral component of top-level corporate planning and procurement strategy. Disaggregate freight spend data. When analyzing freight spend, the devil is in the details.

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Procurement Freight Chicago New York City 180

Cerasis

DECEMBER 17, 2015

It is that time of year again where we feature the most viewed articles on the Cerasis blog in each of the six main categories we write about: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. . Most Read Manufacturing Articles of 2015. We will first start with the top Manufacturing Articles that were published in 2015. It is very clear that the most popular articles in the manufacturing category are mainly focused on technology.

Manufacturing 183

Manufacturing Internet of things China Metrics 183

Cerasis

JANUARY 12, 2015

This is the first post in a two part series on the “Changing Face of Manufacturing.” ” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain.

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Manufacturing Libya Iraq Vietnam 343

Cerasis

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Editor’s Note: We love talking about and reporting on technology which effects and also makes the lives’ of manufacturing companies much better. It was not until the 2010s that additive manufacturing became more widespread. Laminated Object Manufacturing.

Manufacturing 343

Manufacturing Haiti Electronics Aerospace 343

Cerasis

JUNE 1, 2015

Customer expectations of reliable quality and rapid delivery forces today’s manufacturers to either shorten cycle times or lose business. There are multiple good models for lean manufacturing operations. Who Needs Lean Manufacturing? A company in need of lean manufacturing practices tends to be easy to identify, typically displaying multiple of the following symptoms of operational deficiency: Inventory amasses in buffer stocks. Manufacturing lean manufacturing

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Lean Manufacturing Quality Guidelines 263

Cerasis

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

When you want to drive down your logistics and transportation spend, the very first thing that you need is freight and transportation data. Accurate freight and transportation data is particularly important. Identify factors that impact your freight shipping costs.

Transportation 309

Transportation Data Freight Report 309

Freightos

JANUARY 12, 2016

How Freight Disrupted Itself. In the last year, a new dynamic has begun to reshape the freight industry. Phil knows his (freight) stuff. In his PhD thesis he developed a product to secure ocean freight rates with financial derivatives. Declining Freight Rates.

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Freight Industrial Industry Germany 199

Cerasis

MARCH 15, 2017

WorldShipping.org cites data from The Network for Transit and the Environment that shows that measured by grams/kg/km air freight as the largest carbon footprint impact and steamships as the lowest. There’s an alarming paradox in the world of consumer packaged goods sustainability.

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Sustainability Louisville Packaging Lean 162

ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

ThroughPut spent most of Q4 working with production, logistics, and manufacturing operations. Hitting your targets is everything in operations, manufacturing, drilling, production, logistics, and hands-on blue-collar work.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing America Government Sustainability 52

Supply Chain Network

JULY 27, 2011

Purolator, Canada’s leading integrated freight and parcel solutions provider, is pleased to announce that it was recently awarded Logistics Quarterly’s 2011 Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Sustainability Award for demonstrating leadership in sustainable supply chain practices. Purolator received the prestigious award at Logistics Quarterly’s Sustainability Study and Awards Symposium held in Toronto on July 14.

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Third Party Logistics Sustainability Canada North America 87

Cerasis

MAY 26, 2015

Manufacturing Renaissance?…… This sounds like a comparison to warring civilizations; however, this concept remains applicable to the manufacturing industry of modernity. During the industrial revolution, manufacturing became the go-to career for the majority of Americans.

Manufacturing 343

Manufacturing Industrial Industry Third Party Logistics 343

Freightos

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

The Tesla Semi Truck Will Change Freight. Freight innovation frequently focuses on moving data better – like visibility, eBookings , and the new generation of forwarders and brokers. What The Tesla Semi Means For Domestic and International Freight.

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Freight Puerto Rico Maryland eBook 242

AFFLINK

JUNE 14, 2016

Whether you're trying to keep up with customer expectations or align with new industry standards, implementing a sustainability program is an absolute must. Could alternative sustainable products be implemented? Reducing greenhouse gasses is an important way to commit to sustainability.

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Sustainability Packaging Strategy Comparison 69

Cerasis

JANUARY 9, 2015

The phrase “Made in China” embodies cheap labor, the outsourcing of American manufacturing jobs, and China’s transformation into one of the world’s economic superpowers. However, it seems the end of the Made in China manufacturing era may be in sight.

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China Manufacturing Czech Republic Brazil 343

Cerasis

JULY 1, 2015

Two weeks ago the Bureau of Labor Statistics handed down some pretty dismal news for American manufacturing—news that was largely overshadowed by the façade of job growth numbers. Yes, American manufacturing is adding jobs. Data Manufacturing

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Metrics Manufacturing St. Louis United States 333

Supply Chain @ MIT

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Companies often collaborate with suppliers and customers to reduce the carbon footprint of their freight operations. Sustainability Transportation

Colombia 85

Colombia Sustainability Innovation Freight 85

Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Gregory (Greg) Lehmkuhl has been named President of Con-way Freight Inc., president and CEO, who has served as interim President of Con-way Freight since August 2010. Greg Lehmkuhl’s team-building experience and management skills have been instrumental in returning operating stability and profitability to Con-way Freight,” said Stotlar. “He These strengths will serve him well as he assumes the leadership reins at Con-way Freight.”. Con-way Inc.

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Oakland Freight Michigan North America 69

Elementum

JUNE 4, 2015

Manufacturing Agendas: So Hot Right Now. China has joined the manufacturing revolution party. At the end of May the Ministry of Industry and Telecommunications Technology announced the introduction of China’s own manufacturing legislation: Made In China 2025.

China 78

China India Asia Germany 78

USC Consulting Group

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Firms in the building materials manufacturing space are, of course, among the numerous industrial businesses dealing with the repercussions of these duties. This situation has put building materials manufacturers in a tough position.

New York 52

New York Comparison Sustainability Groups 52

Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Sustainability : Will the climate change agreement reached at the COP21 meeting in Paris this past weekend change supply chains in 2016? Countries and companies that have already embraced sustainability will continue to lead the way, while everyone else will wait for binding laws and regulations to emerge before taking meaningful action. So, the ball is in the court of those industries and their governing bodies to come up with their own sustainability goals and plans.

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Logistics Supply Chain Packaging Syria 177

Cerasis

JUNE 30, 2015

Editor’s Note: As an older Millennial who landed in Transportation Management & Logistics marketing, our target audience are manufacturers who ship freight. However, what I didn’t expect was how much joy I would get out of understanding manufacturing.

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Manufacturing America Security Sustainability 342

Cerasis

JUNE 8, 2015

The Convenience and Innovation of Light Weight Sustainable Power and Energy. Hearing aid manufacturers needed an affordable light weight battery to create a comfortable unit. Manufacturing

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Automotive Manufacturing Innovation Industrial 291

Freightera

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Eric Beckwitt honored for his contribution to advancing the cause of sustainability and clean capitalism in Canada over the past two years. Clean50 is one of the most important awards for corporate contribution to environmental sustainability in Canada.

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Canada Nevada North America Shipping 26

Cerasis

JANUARY 20, 2015

As we get settled into this new year, we thought we’d share observations from conversations we’ve had with manufacturers and distributors recently. Rather than Count Sheep, Manufacturers and Distributors Should Face these Issues. Few companies have sustainably increased margins.

Manufacturing 341

Manufacturing Reverse Logistics Distribution Research 341

Freightos

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Carbon Emissions in Logistics: The Road To Green International Freight. Two major emitting industries, international freight and aviation, had been exempted from COP21 on a technicality. Carbon Freight Emission Statistics. Green freight doesn’t isn’t only about technology.

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Freight Handbook Syria Cargo 156

ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

I like to think of manufacturing as one of the oldest professions in the world. The post What 3 Things Do Manufacturers Need to Know About Global Logistics? Global & Responsive Commerce freight global logistics real-time sustainability

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Global Food Course Tools 85

QAD

MARCH 28, 2019

Unreimbursed Freight. A high level of unreimbursed freight shows that the team is taking extraordinary measures to satisfy customers. Companies can use these metrics to help ensure they are doing everything possible to satisfy their customers at a manageable and sustainable cost.

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Customer Service Metrics Guidelines Quality 73

Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

Sustainable Freight Action Plan for California is estimated to Improve Freight Efficiency by 25% in 2030. Targets for 2030 Include: Improve freight system efficiency 25 percent by 2030. Foster future economic growth within the freight and goods movement industry.

California 91

California Japan Study Automotive 91

Logistics Trends and Insights

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Robinson, air freight pricing has increased between China and the U.S. Panalpina, DHL Global Forwarding and Flexport are among forwarders that have added additional air freight capacity this year. More importantly, is the demand sustainable through the end of the year?

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North America Los Angeles America Capacity 114

Logistics Trends and Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

Working an intermediary in the freight brokerage business can be a lucrative career over time, so long as the right opportunities are maximized and challenges at kept at bay. For the last three months of 2017, revenues skyrocketed in the freight industry for brokers both large and small.

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Shipping Freight Sustainability Capacity 78