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Welcome to A Day at ProMat 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

A worker stages the robot in front of container doors, and it autonomously moves forward into the container under its own power and direction as it picks boxes, up to 60 lbs from the face and more weight if picked from the top, and places them onto attached conveyor that transports the loads out of the container.

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Ocean Freight: Key Trends & Planning For Peak Season 2023

Ware2Go

In this age of globalization, using ocean freight to transport goods is increasingly important to emerging brands. Manufacturing Costs Manufacturing costs in North America are higher than those in other global areas, such as China. Likewise, other alternatives include India and Latin America.

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The India supply chain revolution

Supply Chain Movement

India is on the cusp of a supply chain transformation that may end up being nothing short of a major game changer. At IMD, we often discuss the distribution footprint of L’Oréal which had an outsized 15% of distribution centers located in India. Unilever, for example, has 38 factories in India out of more than 300 factories worldwide.

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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Logistics Viewpoints

But in North America, distribution is predominately through their company-owned fleet. The company is using Blue Yonder for transportation management, Coupa’s Supply Chain Guru for network design, and FourKites ( see the webinar ) for transportation visibility in certain regions or departments to help with this.

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State of Logistics Outsourcing: Plenty of Room for Growth as Shipper Dissatisfaction & Technology Expectations Increase

GlobalTranz

After China, other regions that have growth potential, according to 3PL and supply chain executives, are North America, Asia (not including China and India) and Western Europe, in that order. Other emerging markets include South America (not including Mexico), India, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Mexico.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017 : exoskeletons, autonomous forklifts, flying warehouses, last-mile delivery, and more. Warehouse Automation. Content Summary: Honeywell and Carnegie Mellon Partner to Bring AI to the Warehouse.

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Overcoming Automotive Logistics Challenges – Part II

BlueYonder

Before, they might say to purchasing, “You guys have done a brilliant job; you’ve reduced your costs by a million dollars because you’re buying everything from India. And the logistics guys would say, “Yeah, but you’re buying everything from India, so the logistics costs have gone up.” That recognition is very, very important.