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FreightTech Investment Environment with John Larkin

The Logistics of Logistics

John is Strategic Advisor of Transportation & Logistics at Clarendon Capital , a private equity sponsor focused on developing investment opportunities and providing strategic advisory services to the transportation, logistics and distribution sectors. John Larkin and Joe Lynch discuss the FreightTech investment environment.

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All Eyes Remain Focused on the Last Mile

Enterra Insights

In logistics, last mile delivery is defined as being the movement of goods from a transportation hub to the final delivery destination. miles in Phoenix.”[4]. ” Some analyst predict once-thriving malls now suffering from the effects of the retail apocalypse may soon be turned into warehouse space. ”[4].

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

What is a warehouse? And what is a warehouse management system? percent from last year, which includes contributions from the company’s acquisition of Phoenix International Freight Services in October 2012. NAFTA Trade in August 2013 than in August 2012. Global Supply Chains Open Door to Fraud ( CFO.com ).

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Wanted: Supply Chain Architects!

Supply Chain Shaman

So when the warehouse team threatened to unionize, I transferred into a distribution, warehouse environment. Warehouse Management and Transportation Management were in their infancy. It should not be functional, with a narrow focus on a singular function like manufacturing or transportation. The year was 1985.

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Why Large Companies Increasingly Opt for 4PL Services

Logistics Bureau

By contrast, the third-party logistics model is where a manufacturer retains oversight of its supply chain but outsources such processes as warehousing, shipping, packing, and distribution to a 3PL provider. Transporting and storing perishable food requires advanced logistics that is beyond the reach of many companies.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11-15, 2019)

Talking Logistics

NEMF Files for Bankruptcy, XPO Warns on 2019: Is the Party in Transportation and Logistics Ending? This week a sobering reminder from New England Motor Freight (NEMF) that all parties ultimately come to an end. If the downward trend continues in the months ahead, we’ll likely see a downturn in transportation activity too.

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So You Want to Make the Perfect Logistics Model

Logility

You can see three warehouses and almost every warehouse shipped to each destination city. Find the case where a customer node is right near the Alabama warehouse but is shipped from the Nevada warehouse. This means something is going to change — a new port, new warehouse location, new route to the customer.

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