The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Chris Caplice and Joe Lynch discuss MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and a wide range of logistics and supply chain topics. He is also the founder of the MIT FreightLab – a research initiative that focuses on improving the way freight transportation is designed, procured, and managed. He received a Ph.D.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Gary Allen and Joe Lynch discuss automating the warehouse. Gary is Vice President of Supply Chain Excellence at Ryder System, Inc. , a leader in supply chain , dedicated transportation and fleet management solutions, that has been recognized by FORTUNE magazine as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies® for 2023.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 5, 2021

Scott is an astute leader with more than 30 years’ logistics experience, including international freight forwarding, domestic transportation and freight management, warehousing, distribution and fulfilment, as well as more complex domestic and global supply chain management. With 58 locations and 3.5

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

I thought I understood all the major supply chain implications of the pandemic until I began reading Yossi Sheffi’s new book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy beyond Covid-19. The potential supply chain impacts of this conflict dwarf any other supply chain news that might be reported.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Jeff is the CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide , the oldest privately-held freight brokerage in North America, specializing in notoriously complicated freight, like temperature-controlled, oversized, and high-value, high-security shipments. Jeff Tucker and Joe Lynch discuss the Breakbulk Americas conference. About Jeff Tucker.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. and J-P Rodrigue (2004)).

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Shipchain

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Please enjoy Part 2 of our two-part webinar series focusing on high-value and controlled substances supply chains. This webinar will cover the pharma supply chain. We will delve into understanding the supply chains for any goods or substances that are high-risk and high-security. Freight Carrier.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

UPS is seeking alternative strategies for its truck brokerage business, which has seen sales plummet amid a freight recession marked by declining rates and over capacity. More than $728 million is on the way to communities around the nation to bolster intermodal freight infrastructure. technology from helping China’s military.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 20, 2016

Chang'an's deputy director Tan Benhong says the company will work on improving its vehicles' sensors and processing technology next in order to prepare the car for mass production. In the process, driverless cars will join a number of technologies that will have an equally profound effect on logistics in the next decade.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 23, 2015

History of Supply Chain Management. Over the last 100 plus years of the history of supply chain management has evolved from an initial focus on improving relatively simple, but very labor-intensive processes to the present day engineering and managing of extraordinarily complex global networks.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Speaking from Seed Valley in the Netherlands, Global Head of Supply across Syngenta, Scott Kuhn, describes some of the challenges in evolving to a more customer-focused operating model. They are increasingly also used as a Cross Chain Control Centre (4C) in order to combine several different companies’ flows of goods.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 8, 2019

Nowhere is change more evident than in the supply chain arena. Trends affecting supply chain operations. ”[2] Below are some of the trends subject matter experts suggest will impact supply chain operations in 2019. More often, though, technology augments the work people do. ”[1].

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

If we take a closer look, we can see that global aviation, including domestic and international; passenger and freight accounts for 2.5% And only last month US company Boundary Layer Technologies announced that it is working on a zero-emission, hydro foiling container ship. Solving The Cold Chain Challenges. Slow Boat to China.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

We salute the year’s top advancements in supply chain technology and processes. Thanks to omni-channel distribution, 3-D printing, self-service logistics and other avenues of disintermediation, traditional supply chain roles are rapidly being transformed into all-new opportunities. Warehouse Automation.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 31, 2022

Global supply chains were starting to recover from two years of upheaval caused by the pandemic when the military crisis hit. The further disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could cause major disruptions to the global supply chain and impact South Africa. Supply chain challenges.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In our white paper, 2022 Logistics and Supply Chain Trends and Outlook , we cover many of the lingering effects of the past two years, and the newest challenges truckload shippers can expect to face in the year ahead. When freight capacity is this tight, carriers are selective about who they do business with.

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Savi

MAY 28, 2020

As the CEO of a supply chain visibility technology company, I am well aware of the irony of my own firm becoming a victim of supply chain disruption. But as the world deals with the immense and unprecedented impact of the coronavirus, even Savi was not able to avoid supply chain issues.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Over the last 100 plus years of the history of supply chain management has evolved from an initial focus on improving relatively simple, but very labor-intensive processes to the present day engineering and managing of extraordinarily complex global networks. History of Supply Chain Management: Roots.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 20, 2016

I’ve spent most of this week in Dorking, England (not far from London) meeting with executives from Paragon Software Systems and several of its customers (I’ll share my takeaways from the visit, including my video interviews with clients, in a future post). Amazon Looking to License or Acquire Freight-Management Technology (WSJ-sub.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Even before the pandemic, global supply chain were fragile thanks to factors such as the US-China trade war, less efficient shipping routes and a huge drive to cut costs by consolidating loads. Unpacking expected disruptions across the supply chain for manufacturers and distributors.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Supply chain management is a multi-faceted process with many stakeholders and even more moving parts. New technology aims to make the supply chain more efficient, yet investing in the wrong technology further complicates productivity while hindering profitability. Here’s some research on this topic.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 14, 2018

As a result, average shipment size has dwindled, driving increases in parcel freight spend. While freight consolidation is commonly applied to the process of combining LTL shipments to create full truckload shipments, parcel hundredweight programs use the same tactic, applied to multiple parcels.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 26, 2018

Global supply chains tie the planet together, providing goods to consumers, jobs to workers, and dividends to shareholders. Proximity to raw materials, increased capacity, and labor costs are just a few of the ways that global supply chains work to save money for today’s top companies. Supply chains get railroaded.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

If you’re like me, staying up to date on supply chain news is critical. So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. Experts’ Choice: Supply Chain and Logistics Email Newsletters.

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Supply Chain Network

DECEMBER 8, 2013

A few years back the Government of Canada introduced the role of Chief Technology Officer or CTO, which ultimately resulted in the formation of Shared Services Canada. Some specific examples where this approach might be effective include: • Supply Chain Data Collection. Connective & Tracking Technologies (RFID & GPS).

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 22, 2015

Editor’s Note: Almost 14 months ago we wrote one of our most popular posts entitled, “ The History of Supply Chain and Logistics Management ” contained a bit of history, definitions, and a great infographic visually going through the history of supply chain and logistics management.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Education and Certification – What’s Missing? The supply chain and logistics fields are among the fastest growing career fields. Subscribe Here! Email Address. This is true regardless of the educational background they have.

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Exiger Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Beyond Dependence: The Power of Supply Chain Diversification September 4, 2024 Article Table of Contents Introduction In today’s globalized market, supply chain diversification has emerged as a vital strategy for businesses. The Suez Canal, one of the most important supply chain routes that accounts for 13.5%

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

The history of Mexican cross-border trade is rife with wars and military actions, legal and illegal border crossings, and more. Rethinking supply chains is a reader-supported publication. Rockwell Automation’s CFO, Christian Rothe, told analysts earlier in February. Note Rothe’s emphasis on quick moves.

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 10, 2015

The tragic loss of Germanwings Flight 9525 in the French Alps has galvanized discussions about pilotless aircraft, and whether we have the technology to safely replace humans with computers in the cockpit. The US military successfully tested fully automated, remote controlled helicopters that hauled goods in Afghanistan, for example.

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QAD

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Since its founding, Turkey has dealt with instability and military coups, although each time, the country returns to democracy. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. Twenty heliports can help with the speedy delivery of air freight when necessary. Its latest constitution was adopted in 1982. of the workforce.

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Shipchain

JULY 17, 2019

But GTX’s smart tags – integrated into ShipChain’s track and trace platform – provide low cost, powerful tool to give our customers even more information about their shipments. We are thrilled to partner with ShipChain and see tremendous value in coupling their blockchain platform with our NFC technology.

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Robert Rebitski is a member of the team over at Predictable Surgical Technologies , a medical supply store. Every business should take advantage of modern technology because it will give your business a very unfair advantage to those that don’t. Robert Rebitski. Sophie Miles. Then implant control methods.

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Turvo

JULY 2, 2020

The simple truth is that the modern idea of tracking and digital supply chains —seeing locations in real-time and following them through delivery—is another innovation in a long line of people asking, “when will it be here?” Of course, Ancient Egypt largely relied on slave labor to make this possible.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides our latest update regarding the Red Sea Transport disruption impacting transport movements to and from European and Asian ports. Our prior published update was on January 19 th. An unknown remains as to whether hostilities across the Middle East widen into broader conflicts.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 15, 2022

For shippers, these supply chain woes can quickly result in blown budgets and unsustainable operational spend. 14706 to the Interstate Commerce Act limits shippers’ liability and allows logistics providers to operate with the knowledge that federal law holds responsible parties accountable for freight loss. . Act of God.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 17, 2022

We will explore OS&D meaning, tips to follow when filing OS&D freight claims, and how Intelligent Audit can help you leverage your organization’s data to prevent OS&D claims. Carriers typically have a week to try and locate lost freight before shippers can file a loss claim. What is OS&D? Required Actions.

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