Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

to the region of Texas that was affected by Hurricane Harvey, and 300 of them are in the Houston vicinity. Second, Texas’ chemical industry is a foundational block of the interconnected global supply chain. “Get Second sources may also be overwhelmed with business and shifting customer priorities.

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QAD

JUNE 23, 2022

With each podcast episode, we talk with automotive industry experts about a range of insightful topics, all focused squarely on the global automotive supply chain and its challenges. I am proud to co-host the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast with Quistem Founder and President Cathy Fisher. Here’s a wrap-up of the latest episodes.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A resins expert in Houston shared with me the following insights last week: We are through the impact of the freeze – and the LS Force Majeure clauses finally ended, but not until September! The delayed impacts of the petrochemical industry was urgent after the freeze, but is also testament to the fragility of this supply chain.

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GTG Technology Group

APRIL 22, 2019

A few areas with high rates of cargo theft are Los Angeles, New Jersey, New York, Miami, Houston, and Chicago. The security industry has modernized, but there’s no reason not to employ low-tech security systems as well. Sources: [link]. Don’t Let Trucks Sit for Too Long. Trucks can be sitting ducks in certain high-crime areas.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

So many changes are buffeting the industry that such a mission might seem futile. Although container shipping is in dire straits with several other lines at risk of failure or in the throes of restructurings, it is by no means the only source of unpredictability in freight markets. Consider, for example, the Panama Canal puzzle.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 26, 2021

By Vikram Murthi and Dr. Stijn-Pieter van Houten, both Vice President, Industry Strategy, o9 Solutions. The need to respond to those changes while maintaining margins, service, and efficiencies with optimal planning of inventory, sourcing, transportation, and fulfilment. Houston – We have a Supply Chain Problem.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 26, 2021

By Vikram Murthi and Dr. Stijn-Pieter van Houten, both Vice President, Industry Strategy, o9 Solutions. The need to respond to those changes while maintaining margins, service, and efficiencies with optimal planning of inventory, sourcing, transportation, and fulfilment. Houston – We have a Supply Chain Problem.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 14, 2018

Much of that activity is centered in the Houston market. The top four flatbed lanes in the country originate or end in Houston: #1 Houston market to Houston market. #2 2 Houston market to Midland, TX market (the Permian Basin). #3 3 Houston market to Dallas market. #4. Dallas market to Houston market.

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GTG Technology Group

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Houston is a Major Transportation Hub. Harvey flooded Houston, turning the fourth largest city in the U.S. Here’s why Houston is so significant to transportation: Most goods transported from Mexico and South America go through Houston before being routed to their end destinations. Sources: [link]. into a lake.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 24, 2017

Natural gas and oil by-products also feed into plastics production, which has led to a building boom for the petrochemical industry as well. According to www.plasticsnews.com , the plastics industry creates annual sales of $418 billion of which $300 billion is domestic consumption. The Houston Hub. Gulf Coast.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 256 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $60 billion in real transactions. Exceptions included: Houston to New Orleans increased 12¢ to $2.32/mile

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Requis

JANUARY 22, 2021

Philip Black is a proven technology implementation leader in several industries, including energy. As the global emerging solutions lead at Wood PLC, he currently specializes in developing blockchain solutions for multiple industries including infrastructure, mining, industrial, and power. I’m a chemical engineer.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 256 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $60 billion in real transactions. Exceptions included: Houston to New Orleans increased 12¢ to $2.32/mile

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 31, 2018

Demand also cooled out of Houston, the largest flatbed market in the country and the top market supplying Midland and its surrounding counties. Regional van markets like Dallas and Memphis —which send freight to Houston—seem to be impacted by the slowdown in oil drilling as well. New pipeline projects underway.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

After, I explained this, I granted Peter permission for the council to use the Index (the use of the Supply Chain Insights content follows the principles of open source), I then said to Peter, “I am glad that you called. Companies that have the most to lose, will drive the fastest rate of change on the Index.

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 31, 2017

Trucks can’t get in or out of Houston , which is a huge freight hub – it’s the number 1 source of loads for flatbeds, thanks to the oil and gas industry, and one of the top 5 or 6 markets for both van and reefer freight.

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GTG Technology Group

JUNE 29, 2016

The transportation industry represents a complex matrix of logistics, communication, and data. Combinations of tangible and virtual devices are now required to best approach business in the transportation industry. Combinations of tangible and virtual devices are now required to best approach business in the transportation industry.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 27, 2020

FreightWaves’ news, content, market data, insights, analytics, innovative engagement, and risk management tools are unprecedented and unmatched in the industry. Steve wrote a book called The Third Wave which deals with a deep understanding of how industries work. FreightWaves’? Creating credibility has been the key to our success. [21:27]

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USC Consulting Group

MARCH 3, 2020

By just about every measure, natural resources such as these are significantly more efficient than legacy sources like coal, natural gas and oil. “Which energy source gets you the most power delivery for your investment dollar? As is so often the case, the answer is somewhat muddy.” Fossil fuels weak in efficiency.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

China says almost all of its major industrial companies have resumed production and that its ports are again running at near-full capacity after a two-month Coronavirus-linked shutdown. The Port of Houston suspended operations at two container terminals after a staffer tested positive for COVID-19.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Recent estimates suggest that Hurricane Harvey destroyed a minimum of 100,000 homes in the Houston-Beaumont, Texas, area. That translates into some $1.8 billion in new demand for lumber, windows, roofing, insulation, wallboard and siding, the research and consulting firm Principia estimates.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2019

Steve wrote a book called The Third Wave which deals with deep understanding of how industries work. At FreightWaves, we’ve combined our tribal knowledge with influencers who are connected throughout the industry. I think the next generation of venture capital will be in places like Detroit, Des Moines, Houston, Cleveland, etc.

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 13, 2018

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 270 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $57 billion in real transactions. Dallas to Denver lost 25¢ at $2.59/mile.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 3, 2019

We do it throughout entire industries, enabling leaders to smooth-out their Supply Chains, lean-out their Logistics, optimize their Operations, and maximize their Manufacturing throughput, all with their existing teams and often disaggregated data sources. In one case, I have even seen our own pilfered slides up there on stage.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2022

percent year on year in June, driven by double-digit surges in New York/New Jersey, Houston, and Savannah, Georgia. To meet demand, 3PLs increasingly tapped the spot market to source carriers to cover shipments. According to The McCown Report, imports to the top 10 US ports rose 5.9 percent year on year to 2.16 percent gain in April.

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GTG Technology Group

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Additionally, the report serves as a justification to the trucking industry’s worries about the state of the Highway Trust Fund. The next four worst bottlenecks are located in the Houston, TX area. These bottlenecks don’t just affect the trucking industry; they impact all motorists on the road. Sources: [link].

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

RFID tags and robotic warehouse systems generate and transmit data that, when combined with other data sources, allow companies to optimize the supply chain and make better predictions and forecasts to improve efficiency and boost the bottom line. They can also be used to track the provenance of adulterated products to identify the source.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 29, 2016

By tapping on flight statuses between my source and destination locations, I looked for other flight paths with different connecting cities to see if I had any alternatives. Thinking back to when I started my career as a supply chain consultant, the travel industry has come a long way with technology to support the traveler.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 2, 2017

Natural gas and oil by-products also feed into plastics production, which has led to a building boom for the petrochemical industry along the Gulf Coast. Fossil fuels aren’t the only energy source fueling flatbed demand. Source: American Wind Energy Association. Wind Energy. Construction. million units in December 2016.

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Material Handling & Logistics

MAY 5, 2018

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2022

Recently, I presented at the Informs Analytics Conference in Houston and challenged companies to “ think out of the box” and define outside-in processes in Supply Chain Planning. The processes of indirect procurement have little in common with direct material sourcing. This is my life’s work. Tackling Procurement.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 31, 2015

The Houston-based company hired Leadpoint Business Services to staff a recycling facility in California. There’s already a joint employer precedent in the logistics industry. The use of temporary workers is very common in the 3PL industry, and the practice has led to criticism over worker pay, treatment, and safety.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The natural-gas industry blames the Panama Canal Authority for holdups, and the canal authority blames the industry for being lackadaisical about transit timetables. For gas exporters, it’s critical to establish credibility as a reliable new source of fuel for clients in Asia. “The in Houston. New Terminals. Can traders?”

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The natural-gas industry blames the Panama Canal Authority for holdups, and the canal authority blames the industry for being lackadaisical about transit timetables. For gas exporters, it’s critical to establish credibility as a reliable new source of fuel for clients in Asia. “The in Houston. New Terminals. Can traders?”

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The goal is to create redundant sources based on supplier-specific and country-of-origin, to ensure that each product category has redundancy as a form of insurance on the supply chain. Andrew Partis shared his views from ThermoFisher, a global contrat manufacturer for the pharmaceutical industry. They said “Let’s do it!”,

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 11, 2018

Congested ports, complicated regulations, less than optimal modal capacity, undesirable taxation regimes, dilapidated roads, and overall operational inefficiencies are constant sources of anxiety within the business community. How is Global Shipping Growing in India? How to Take Advantage of Increased Shipping in India.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2022

A semitruck equipped with Kodiak’s autonomous driving system is making daily delivery runs from an IKEA warehouse near Houston to a store close to Dallas, roughly 300 miles away. Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics said that it has begun a pilot program with IKEA in Texas. percent higher than the average for the region.

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