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Top Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes (Q2 2018)

Talking Logistics

Start Managing Your Inbound Freight More Effectively Today. CFO Beating You Up Over Rising Freight Costs? Talent Management in Logistics: Why It’s More Important than Ever. Continuous Pool Optimization – Putting Creativity to Work in Transportation. Smarter Approaches to Freight Matching.

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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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Insights from the 2022 Gartner® Supply Chain Symposium, Part 1

BlueYonder

What are the latest trends in transportation? Broch Johns, in his session “Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems,” answered in several dimensions. She highlighted the trend of increasing ocean freight capacity, but she maintained that the capacity will not be enough. Insights from Magic Quadrant Sessions.

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Insights from Ryder Innovate 2014

Talking Logistics

The value of peer-to-peer learning and networking was evident at last month’s Ryder Innovate conference — “an exclusive gathering of senior leaders in transportation, logistics, and supply chain seeking strategic insight, new ideas, and thought leadership to improve their supply chain and fleet operations.”

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Developing the Perfect Quote with Zeke Ziliak

The Logistics of Logistics

As Global Vice President, Transportation & Logistics Industries at PROS, Zeke, and his team help transportation and logistics companies develop fast and accurrate freight quotes using dynamic pricing. . Zeke Ziliak is the Global Vice President, Transportation & Logistics Industries at PROS. About Zeke Ziliak.

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Which supply chain and procurement skills will best equip us for the future?

Procurement Academy

carbon freight?carrying Think too about the emergence of sustainability as a competitive paradigm: ethical sourcing, the circular economy, and zero-carbon warehousing facilities and transport. Partly—but only partly—those changes have come about through technology. Think shipment?level level real?time based track?and?trace Automation?enhanced

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Reports Indicate Walmart Cutting Salary Staff

Supply Chain Matters

In September, the company initiated an effort to hire an additional 20,000 workers across more than 250 distribution, fulfillment, and transportation facilities. Roles reportedly included that of order fillers, freight handlers, lift drivers, technicians and operational management positions.