Unleashed

APRIL 2, 2024

In this issue: The latest in global supply chain news Insights from an ecommerce niche-market pioneer Tips for reducing transportation costs Job opportunities from Sony, Patagonia, and more In supply chain headlines Food & Beverage sector sees continued growth and innovation. The F&B industry added 1.4

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… BluJay Solutions Acquires Leading Mobility Solutions Provider Blackbay. World-Class Logistics Solutions providers MercuryGate and Banyan Technology Announce Integration Partnership. These Giant Drones Could Seriously Disrupt the Shipping Industry (NBC News).

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 17, 2024

I’ve been there for more than four years and sit in the retail sector and had the fortune to work with big brands to drive change and efficiency across their omni-channel logistics and fulfillment. I was probably the first-ever graduate that received a hybrid degree of fashion and computing studies from my university in New Zealand.

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Freight Plus

JULY 31, 2020

In this episode, Consulting Logistics host, Kyle MacNaught, will chat with Richard Duncan at DKN Supply Chain. Richard Duncan started out on a farm in rural New Zealand. Richard Duncan started out on a farm in rural New Zealand. Tell us a little bit about the quirks of Australian Logistics. .

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Unleashed

JULY 4, 2021

This article considers what a bonded warehouse is, and how they are managed across different jurisdictions such as the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Once the logistics are in hand, however, bonded warehouses can be extremely useful for companies in terms of inventory efficiencies and cashflow.

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Freight Plus

JULY 31, 2020

In this episode, Consulting Logistics host, Kyle MacNaught, will chat with Richard Duncan at DKN Supply Chain. Richard Duncan started out on a farm in rural New Zealand. Richard Duncan started out on a farm in rural New Zealand. Tell us a little bit about the quirks of Australian Logistics. .

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Today we continue our series on successfully working with a logistics company, often called a third party logistics company by focusing on how to properly understand the success of the engagement by knowing all the key performance indicators that a shipper could put in place. This starts with deploying the S.M.A.R.T.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2023

There have been stories of autonomous vehicles crashing which seems to set the industry back every time. And now on to this week’s logistics news. The 30-megawatt solar-generated system will be located in the North Huntsville Industrial Park, surrounding the Toyota engine plant. Employment at U.S. million workers. .”

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QAD

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

And most importantly, the consumers are changing their minds faster than the industry can respond. Healthier but Quick and To-Go The movement to healthier lifestyles is not new. Whatever the reason, the surge in online food buying has changed the manufacturing industry as well as the food & beverage value chain and supply chain.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Wouldn’t it be amazing if someone could cut through the hype and summarize the key freight and logistics trends every month? If you prefer to find the news yourself, head over to our free roundup of nearly 100 digital logistics and supply chain news sources. Nothing but good news ahead. Prefer the summary?

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 29, 2015

As our customer presence in Australia is growing, we are learning new things from our Commonwealth cousins from ‘’Down Under’’. Although we have much in common, the transportation laws in Australia and New Zealand have a distinct difference with those in Europe, the U.K. COR is law in Australia and New Zealand.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In addition to accelerating as well as improving the design, reinforcement learning has grabbed attention for its wide application in a range of areas — time-series forecasting in highly dynamic conditions, solving complex logistics problems, and coming up with recommendations based on the behaviors and preferences, to name a few.”[2].

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Savant Events

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Australia, France, Switzerland, the USA (and individual states) and Mexico also have legislation in force, while the Netherlands, South Korea and New Zealand are among the countries with legislation either proposed or passed but yet to come into force.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 1, 2020

We love sharing information and discussing the latest industry developments with supply chain aficionados. We will be offering this webinar across a range of time zones, with the first one timed for the Australia-New Zealand audience—at 10.00 It is just something that we use to share knowledge with our ever-growing audience.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 19, 2020

Anybody who knows me well is aware that in addition to working with my wonderful colleagues at the Logistics Bureau, I run several spin-off businesses. Worldwide, One-Man Logistics Seminars. Supply chain and logistics outsourcing. Career development in supply chain and logistics. New Zealand – Auckland, Hamilton.

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Shipchain

AUGUST 12, 2020

Take Australia and New Zealand, for example, as reported by BBC. Counterfeiting has always been an issue in the logistics industry, but in the era of COVID-19, the consequences could be deadly. The routes that goods and people typically take from Point A to Point B have been disrupted. Counterfeits.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Cross docking is an option to consider if you’re thinking about ways to streamline your supply chain – it’s a popular distribution system for fast-moving consumer goods, but can be used in a variety of other industries. This removes the ‘storage’ element of warehousing logistics, and saves on costs, warehousing space, time and labour.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In logistics and supply chain management, however, transport and warehousing are the most significant sharing processes thanks to a welter of economic benefits for all parties—and the trend is accelerating despite the dampening effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why Businesses, Large and Small, Think it’s Fair to Share.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 29, 2018

For an industry that didn’t exist 50 years ago, eCommerce has rapidly taken off and continue to evolve. Within New Zealand, one of the largest B2B and B2C logistics companies CourierPost offer delivery to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch addresses on the same evening the package is picked up.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

During the quarter, SaaS subscription and/or software license agreements were signed with customers located in the following 10 countries: Australia, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. Logility, Inc. and Demand Management, Inc., Company and Technology. Logility, Inc.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

“Third quarter fiscal year 2021 saw continued adoption of our cloud services offerings with a 29% growth in Subscription Fees and a 24% increase in Annual Contract Value, reflecting the increasing momentum across the industry towards cloud-based supply chain transformation solutions,” said Allan Dow, CEO and president of American Software.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 25, 2015

And several aspects of the industry, like bidding for carrier contracts, are highly dependent on idiosyncratic individual relationships between enterprises. Supply chain platforms built on cloud networks nurture a community of shippers, logistics providers, carriers, and suppliers that brings entire supply chains closer together.

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QAD

MARCH 25, 2021

Whatever the reason, the surge in online food buying has changed the manufacturing industry as well as the food & beverage value chain and supply chain. Manufacturers need to have distribution facilities now spread out throughout the country either on their own or through third party logistics providers.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

This can lead to logistical challenges and higher storage costs. Considerations for Just in Case stock control JIC stock control requires knowledge of customer demand, product and raw material lead times, and the most efficient order sizes. Meanwhile, the automobile industry was where the JIT methodology originated and continues to thrive.

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Unleashed

JUNE 2, 2021

Digital manufacturing is a key element of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and is defined as an integrated approach to manufacturing – bringing together physical machines, data and human beings to transform the manufacturing process. Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 What is digital manufacturing?

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2021

Mike and Cathy are the founders of Crystal Creek Logistics , a fulfillment company that specializes in sustainable frozen ecommerce fulfillment. Michael Bradburn is the Co-founder and Vice President of Crystal Creek Logistics. Cathy Hayward-Hughes is the Co-founder and President of Crystal Creek Logistics. About Mike Bradburn.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 15, 2020

Now the entire freight transportation industry, across air, ocean, road, and rail sectors, is awash with disrupted expectations and has retreated into survival mode. However, this year, the Coronavirus pandemic has created havoc in the industry and resulted in unprecedented curtailment levels. Digitization is Surging.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In the initial few months Global demand inevitably crashed affecting virtually every industry save for Essential Services. Supermarkets, food suppliers, pharmaceutical and medical industries were the main beneficiaries. Other FTA partners include Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea (ROK) and China. FTAs and Trade Flows.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Since the release of the final text for the TPP agreement, along with President Obama’s announcement on November 5, 2015, that he intended to sign it, the TPP agreement has been a fairly hot topic—across all industries—with some aspects being more controversial than others. What is the TPP agreement? Well, no one really knows for sure yet.

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Supply Chain Network

JANUARY 26, 2012

Little did we know that 2011 would bring earthquakes in New Zealand, a tsunami in Japan and record floods in Thailand which, looking back made 2010 look like a cake walk. I think Adrian Gonzalez (in his Logistics Viewpoint blog) summarized the situation very well when he commented “risk is supply chain’s middle name.

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DELMIA Quintiq

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Though operating in different industries, these big names in e-commerce logistics, oil & gas and humanitarian efforts rely on the same optimization technology provided by Quintiq. Real-time route and time orchestration is the difference between profit and loss in a low-margin industry. The answer is Quintiq.

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Supply chain and logistics consultant, educator, and podcast host Rob O’Byrne has over 40 years of supply chain experience. He has been helping companies design more profitable supply chains for over 25 years, most of them as founder and CEO of Logistics Bureau. It’s embarrassing to say, but I’ve been in logistics since 1975.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 17, 2022

It most notably helps them react more rapidly to changes in demand, overcoming industry labour shortages and training issues. He is a highly respected leader in the market with more than 20 years of international experience in the logistics and supply chain industry. A Conversation with Don Teng. Charge Me Up!

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

2D barcodes Used in a wide range of industries, 2D barcodes can hold significant amounts of information. 2D barcodes Used in a wide range of industries, 2D barcodes can hold significant amounts of information. 2D barcodes Used in a wide range of industries, 2D barcodes can hold significant amounts of information.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 26, 2014

Neither is the fact that eCommerce sales are beginning to surpass traditional brick and mortar sales in some industries. There are dozens of logistics providers to choose from, and their rates vary wildly. Take a look at your margins, your profits, and your logistics costs and see if doing so makes sense for you.

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SupplyOn

JULY 21, 2020

After graduating from high school in 2011, I spent a few months working & traveling in New Zealand. This helped me to identify the areas of work which I found the most interesting, that is purchasing and logistics. The post What does it take to become a manager in the IT industry, Isabella?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

We are pleased to continue our 2021 series our fire-side chat column with key people in the supply chain industry. But I did not see myself growing up in this industry – did not seem to be a glamorous and exciting and one that was dominated by males. BluJay is results-oriented and this starts with customers’ results.

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