The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

Shortage of commodities, raw materials, electronic components, computer chips, ships, lorries etc. Throughout history, people have been farmers, craftsmen, traders, artists, innovators, creators, self-employed, freelancers, entrepreneurs. Sourcing, production, inventory, supply, delivery, logistics – all outsourced.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The number of alternative and dual-fuel propelled container ship orders out numbers the traditional ICE only engines for new ship orders. Aeronautics engineering innovation is sadly only paddling forward in comparison to the ship building industry. I’ll be hoping to see some innovation, but my hopes are not high.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

In that spirit, we’ve combed the MH&L archives for the most innovative supply chain developments of the past year, as reported in our print magazine, on our website, in our e-newsletters, or our various social media channels. We hope you enjoy this salute to the best of 2018, and we look forward to even more innovations in 2019.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

When I was advised that this month’s LogiSYM Magazine would have some focus on digitization, I immediately thought about the absence of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data in our everyday life. Digitizing logistics technology is innovating fast. In one case the fuel and emissions per kilogram shipped was actually halved for a customer!

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Border controls, China’s zero-covid policy and global shipping costs and energy prices is putting increasing pressure on supply chains throughout the Asia Pacific region. Multi-Sourcing. The same computer intelligence can also be used to optimise the sourcing and onboarding of new suppliers. Inventory and Capacity Buffers.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Today’s innovators are making some amazing inroads for this. We can help business leaders by providing insight on the environment benefits or disadvantages of their different sourcing options to start with, but after that comes the physical moving of goods. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – September 2022.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In essence, a lot of logistics planning boils down to finding the quickest possible route between various points of delivery before returning back to the source. Aside from route planning and optimisation, some other avenues worth exploring include: Sustainable Sourcing of Goods. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – September 2022.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In fact, IDC predicts that manufacturers across Asia who digitally transform and accelerate sustainable innovation to improve supply chain operations, will increase their revenue by 20 percent in 2025. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – September 2021. Data is critical to delivering a sustainable supply chain.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

CEVA Logistics actively reaches out to support social innovations and engage local communities. CEVA Logistics is taking a lead in the air cargo industry to reduce the logistics-related impact on the environment at the source by creating demand for more sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Photo Credit: L’Oréal. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

At the same time the largest container shipping liner, Maersk Line, has ordered eight large ships powered by carbon neutral methanol carrying approximately 16 000 containers each, and made a call for “pit stops” for appropriate infrastructure to source green methanol.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 15, 2023

Indeed, it is these innovative pairings that have seen the company recognised for several awards. There was nothing wrong with the coffee beans themselves or the way they were being shipped. Mike has valuable experience in Blockchain, e-commerce technology, and driving innovative digital capabilities in complex supply chains at scale.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

Katie describes herself as “ passionate about driving efficiency & innovation in Supply Chain through technology” – a quality that is very relevant to face-up to the many supply chain challenges in our path ! We are pleased to continue our 2021 series our fire-side chat column with key people in the supply chain industry.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Companies emphasized offshore sourcing, single suppliers, and centralized warehousing to optimize their operations. To enhance resilience, supply chain strategies have shifted from cost-saving to redundancy by engaging multiple suppliers, particularly from local or nearshore sources, to mitigate supply disruptions.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

The tight capacity and shipping downtime can increase rates and severely disrupt freight flow for months. As it takes time for shipping to reset back to ordinary capacity levels and flows, this change impacts rates, and can also influence other supply chain decisions where transportation rates and on-time performance play a major role.

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QAD

JANUARY 4, 2022

Supply chains are more fragile than ever, shipping and trucking backlogs have hit multiple industries endangering holiday celebrations and causing general shortages, and the lack of certain products (read: semiconductor chips ) are crippling industries. International and domestic shipping disruptions. More disruption.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 13, 2021

RPA tools can help to capture, store, and extract data/records/files from unstructured sources. Better Compliance –Logistics, freight and shipping companies have to follow many international regulations, trade policies and global compliance rules ,thereby increasing the work complexity and hindering their agility.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. is one of the industry’s most respected logistics sources. Shipping Gazette Daily News. This was the result. Journal of Commerce (U.S)

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Focussing on lowering logistics costs by coordinating time charters or invest in joint shipping lines to capture ship-owner returns. Supporting localisation – To increase resilience, means to decentralise sourcing. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – September 2020.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

This evaluation also needs to consider sourcing the technology, implementation and support services necessary to enable the desired outcomes. This becomes increasingly important when we look at the overall digitalization trend, with factory data expected to grow by 400% from 2021 to 2025 (source IDC Manufacturing Insights).

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

” Innovation isn’t enough. ” The magazine notes, “[Prescriptive planting] is a system that tells [farmers] with great precision which seeds to plant and how to cultivate them in each patch of land. They explain, “Innovators have been growing crops indoors since Roman times. ” Markets matter.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2022

According to Rogers, “Policymakers, innovators and international leaders agree that we must seek different pathways to ensure food security and move beyond the current status quo of prioritizing efficiency over security. Rogers pointed out three sources of food supply chain woes: war, COVID-19, and climate change. Footnotes. [1]

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As the months continued and the supply chain and shipping industries weathered numerous storms, the maturation of process digitalisation and remote management continued at speed. These include Inventory vs. Service; Local vs Global Sourcing; Multiple Depots vs. Single Distribution Centre. Mark Lau – Chief Commercial Officer.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Planning for industry changes and shipping costs in 2022 remains critical as companies look ahead to the new year. Current disruptions and upheavals have shown clearly that older models and methods no longer work in the modern digital age of shipping and transportation. Shippers Will Look to Increase Carrier and Driver Retention.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Today, procurement drives up to 67 percent of sales, explains Johnathan Webb of Forbes magazine, as procurement professionals look for innovative ways to produce effective, superior products. Moreover, customers can make purchases online and have them shipped to the store or their home. This is contingency planning.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 3, 2018

Money is just one resource that can constrain innovation efforts and force people to think more creatively. Even if an organization is blessed with resources, some pundits believe innovation teams ought to be given constraints under which to work in order to ensure they think more creatively. Innovation and affordability.

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RFgen

JULY 12, 2017

At this point, the introduction of third-platform technologies, increased use of mobile devices and the introduction of Internet of Things devices are laying a foundation for innovation. This is just a smattering of the innovation that is ahead in the manufacturing sector, and mobile devices are at the center of the changes.

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RFgen

JULY 12, 2017

At this point, the introduction of third-platform technologies, increased use of mobile devices and the introduction of Internet of Things devices are laying a foundation for innovation. This is just a smattering of the innovation that is ahead in the manufacturing sector, and mobile devices are at the center of the changes.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Other industries that don’t ship physical goods (for example Financial Services or Insurance) have adopted sophisticated Strategic Sourcing methodology for their Procurement. As a result, educational opportunities have increased. More schools are offering Supply Chain Management as a degree than ever before. What’s more?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Greater visibility creates new opportunities and innovation for trade financiers, risk managers and insurance companies. There are many sources for those pieces of information, such as IoT devices, and systems of records for engaging LSP’s that provide data on agreements and achievements within a system of production.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Inventory is then put on pallets and shipped as freight. Cutting the Right Costs with Technology by Sourcing Innovation. Further, Fleet Equipment magazine identifies six emerging trends in the dynamic commercial vehicle aftermarket. So why do we feature content related to Vendor Managed Inventory?

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GlobalTranz

MAY 9, 2016

Behrer of Real Truth magazine , impacting everyday drivers and the logistics industry. Rather than pouring funding into the Highway Trust Fund blindly, the FAST Act is operating similar to education funding sources. Highway Trust Fund? Highway Trust Fund had gone bankrupt.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

This strategy particularly applies to international shipping, where rates vary wildly. Establishing relationships with reliable shipping companies will allow you the freedom to count on them to charge you the correct rate for the country you’re delivering to. Once you have set it up, have them collected, shipped and delivered.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 28, 2017

In this edition of the third party logistics study, 97 percent of 3PLs and 91 percent of shippers see existing partnerships as beneficial to their organization, explains Jeff Berman of Logistics Management magazine. An additional 31 percent of shippers fear a loss of personalization among 3PL services will follow increased M&As.

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