Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

If you are buying widgets, there are many ways to make your purchase, from going to a retail location, ordering online or using a standard procurement software tool that allows you to order lots of widgets and receive them over a specified period of time. Here are the top five reasons you need a transportation sourcing solution: 1.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

This blog was co-written by Terence Leung and Jen McQuiston Our customers depend on Blue Yonder Transportation Management to achieve customer-centricity and operational resiliency across the globe. Transportation Optimization microservice: top-tier Blue Yonder planning made available to wider audience via a standalone API.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 5, 2021

From humble beginnings in 1919 as a moving company in Jacksonville, Florida, The company has grown into a $600-million global transportation, relocation management and logistics company, serving 180 countries with 2,000 employees around the globe. About Scott Perry. About Suddath.

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3rdwave

MARCH 20, 2020

That is a question that anyone involved in the global supply chain is asking…sometimes hysterically. Without inbound international transportation, product level visibility organizations are flying blind – or, they are at a minimum, severely visually impaired. Covid-19 wreaks havoc with global supply chains.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

I’ve worked in the supply chain for 30+ years, working for major retailers including Kmart, Michaels and Five Below, as well as on the 3PL and logistics side with companies including FedEx, where I was Vice President of Global Transportation, and UPS, where I worked as Vice President of Supply Chain Design. The result? .

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TransAudit

JUNE 27, 2023

Use Cases of Machine Learning in Retail and Manufacturing Supply Chains In retail, machine learning aids in stock level analysis, identifying when products are declining in popularity and are nearing their life cycle’s end. Europe, China, and Singapore.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Now that online retail shopping volumes have stabilized to a relatively new level of 15 percent of total retail sales, online merchants and platform providers are deploying new means for capturing added efficiencies or enhanced benefits for online merchants and respective consumers.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

For those of us in the fresh produce , logistics, retail, and foodservice industries, the holidays are also synonymous with spikes in demand for seasonal produce, like sweet potatoes, asparagus , cranberries, green beans, and oranges. Do you know which commodities can be coupled and transported together? Source: C.H.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The year featured continual component shortfalls, explosive inbound materials cost increases and continuous global transportation disruptions. In March, global equity investment firm Black Rock founder Larry Fink declared that the conflict has put an end to globalization that has been experienced over the last three decades.

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TransAudit

JULY 6, 2023

Use Cases of Machine Learning in Retail and Manufacturing Supply Chains In retail, machine learning aids in stock level analysis, identifying when products are declining in popularity and are nearing their life cycle’s end. Europe, China, and Singapore.

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MercuryGate

AUGUST 30, 2022

In 2018, the global transportation industry produced 8.26 gigatons of carbon dioxide, accounting for roughly 26% of global CO2 emissions. Even as companies struggle with supply chain challenges, figuring out how to cut carbon emissions in their supply chains remains a top priority.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2022

During this unprecedented period of non-stop global supply chain disruption, the Supply Chain Matters blog provides readers with additional industry specific examples, along with their implications. In this update we highlight General Motors , Nike , and retailer Bed Bath and Beyond. General Motors. Bed Bath & Beyond.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2022

In this particular assessment, we reflect on our prediction that cost inflation trends that occurred among global logistics and transportation modes last year, would be unsustainable, and would drive remediation efforts. Mid-Year Global Transportation Assessment. Additional Thoughts and Perspectives.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 28, 2022

Practitioners, students and of supply chain management are likely quite familiar with Spain based fashion clothing retailer Inditex and its various retail brands including Zara. Many supply chain management case study curriculums include the notions of how this retail chain pioneered what is today termed “ fast fashion.”.

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Tompkins Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2014

For years now the transportation industry has been using the “Retail Sell” to attract customers. Do you know what we mean by the “Retail Sell?". Creating Supply Chain Excellence Blog by Jim Tompkins Global Transportation Logistics Supply Chain Benchmarks Transportation'

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 20, 2021

Ali Amarsy, Senior Vice President of Global Product Strategy at Publicis Commerce, writes, “COVID-19 has catapulted us into the future. In 2020, global e-commerce sales growth jumped three years in the first three months of stay-at-home mandates, with a share of overall retail matching 2023 predictions.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 9, 2022

Bloomberg had reported that the sudden departure had signaled that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is seeking changes in the consumer retail division, which was admittedly overbuilt with excess warehouse capacity in 2021.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The announced rate hike was justified by executives by a need to boost revenues amid an estimated 11 percent decline in daily package volumes and acknowledgement that the company now has more capacity than current transport demand.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 24, 2017

Paragon Software Systems Ensures Drivers Follow Optimized Transport Plans with Paragon Waypoint Mapping. LOG-NET announces release of Next Generation Global Transportation Management with its version 8.0. Lineage Logistics Announces Strategic Partnership with BluJay Solutions. Price-Fixing Probe (WSJ – sub.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 25, 2021

Ikea’s Singapore operations called it a “global transport crisis” and estimates 850 of its 8,500 products are affected by shipment delays. Chinese tech giant Alibaba’s logistic arm Cainiao launched a container booking service last week in response to the global shortage. Race to build new containers.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 4, 2023

In a communication published to Flexport employees today , CEO Dave Clark indicated that the San Francisco based global transportation and logistics Cloud platform provider will be acquiring the logistics operations assets of online retail platform provider Shopify.

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Supply Chain Network

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

One of the things I most look forward to when attending the RILA Supply Chain conference is all of the great retail global logistics & supply chain professionals and information to be found assembled all in one place. Click here to review the balance of this post on the RILA Checkout Blog !

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The labor issue has so many facets, from the social distancing and safety/regulatory impact on factories and retail establishments, to the fiscal stimulus response of governments and the extended unemployment benefits. Transportation and Distribution. A third major disruptor to supply chains today is transportation and distribution.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2016

The same is true for retail shippers. While you create solid transportation management plans, your skills are often tested when you face a “curve ball” – a delayed shipment, a carrier missing a deadline, product not being ready for pickup. A ball comes directly to your bat and you hit a homerun.

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Tailwind

APRIL 20, 2021

Like most sectors, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the supply and transport industry to evaluate and improve their current processes. For example, mega-retailer Walmart recently reaffirmed its commitment to switch to electric vehicles — including long haul trucks — by 2040. This is where innovations in technology come in.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 17, 2023

With 2022 now in the past, key players in the transportation industry are reflecting on the wins, losses, and toss-ups of 2022. LMI Reveals Bleak Outlook for Transportation Industry. As rates continue to fall, industry metrics are beginning to reflect a new reality for the transportation market.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 12, 2017

Oracle Optimizes Global Transportation and Trade Compliance Processes. Setback for Uber as European court advised to treat it as transport firm (Reuters). March 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Airbus creates new commercial drone services start-up “Airbus Aerial”. Will these ventures work?

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2023

In this update, we focus on our fifth prediction which is focused on global transportation and logistics services sectors. 2023 Prediction Five: Global Wide Transportation, Logistics and Brokerage Services Sectors Will Face a Challenging Year With Significant Consequences. Prediction Background. Prediction Implications.

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 15, 2022

The complexity of the transportation and shipping market continues to complicate even the most basic of transport services. According to Grand View Research, “ The global transportation management systems market size was valued at USD 8.78 Global spending rates are often affected by domestic shipping rates and fees.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

From our lens, they telegraph the likelihood of more declining global supply chain activity levels extending to the end of 2022. Whereas the coming four months are generally viewed as a peak period for production and global transportation resource needs, we sense far more muted levels with added risks of excess capacity prevalent.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 16, 2022

As is occurring among major retailers, assessments will need to determine expected time periods before inventory is likely to sold given a perceived downturn in customer demand. The Logistics Managers Index for May indicated that inventory costs are now one-third higher than they were last year.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JULY 21, 2016

In its 2016 Global Transportation Management Benchmark Study, American Shipper reveals a great deal of data about who is using TMS, who should be using TMS and why. Retailers are among those industries most interested in TMS solutions as they work toward linking transportation management with inventory management.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 1, 2022

This report based its conclusion on the continued decline of global ocean container spot rates due to lower consumer demand for products and consequent reduced global shipping volumes. Business, supply chain and transportation media have all reported this week that the cost of shipping a container of goods from China to the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. Global and Domestic Transportation and Logistics Indices. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 9, 2018

There’s nothing better than being able to drive hard improvements and benefits utilizing these advance AIS and Satellite technologies to get logistics professionals on board and then expand potential uses across global supply chains.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 10, 2014

For retailers, already lean inventory levels could lead to empty shelves. Global Transportation Supply Chain Port Strike' The impact of a strike would have a multi-billion dollar impact on the still fragile U.S. A strike lasting only five days could impact the GDP by an average of 1.9 billion dollars.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

Previous global materials sourcing and just-in-time driven inventory management policies were laid bear with the realization that supply risk was a more problematic and business critical dimension. He later indicated to media sources that such trends would have an impact on global supply chains. For those businesses located in the U.S.,

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