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Top Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes (Q2 2018)

Talking Logistics

Start Managing Your Inbound Freight More Effectively Today. 5 Things to Know Before Negotiating Ocean Shipping Contracts This Year. CFO Beating You Up Over Rising Freight Costs? Talent Management in Logistics: Why It’s More Important than Ever. Smarter Approaches to Freight Matching.

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Amid Peak Season Surprises, Worries Persist

Intelligent Audit

After years of pandemic stress, shippers look forward to a ‘normal’ holiday shipping season. As customers slowly return to in-person pre-pandemic shopping habits, mega-carriers like UPS expect shipping volumes to surge later in the holiday season than in previous years. Customers Return to Pre-Pandemic Holiday Shopping Habits.

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Logistics Past, Present, and Future

MIT Supply Chain

Robinson (CHR), the world’s largest provider of truckload transportation services, visited MIT CTL recently to give his view of the changing face of logistics. Most people thought of transportation as a part of their overhead.” Another determinant of competitiveness, freight network density, is also a function of scale.

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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.” ”[6].

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New Opportunities for Students in Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Students studying supply chain management have a greater opportunity to learn and seek ways to benefit from the present and future opportunities. Talent development. Due to e-commerce, the conventional positions of retailers, distribution centers, and transport companies have changed drastically.