Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

A sobering combination given that over the past 10 years, labor requirements in logistics facilities have effectively doubled. In addition to his VP role, John is an adjunct instructor at The University of Massachusetts Lowell where he teaches a course on supply chain and logistics.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 22, 2020

Andrew Kelley is the Chief Commercial Officer at BoxLock is an experienced technology executive and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in supply chain, logistics, SaaS, software, and technology-enabled services businesses. The Logistics of Logistics Podcast. About BoxLock. Learn More: Andrew Kelley. BoxLock Video.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

However, commonly used KPIs used by supply chain executives are usually focused on logistics performance (e.g., Reducing lead times from suppliers can help turn inventory faster, freeing up cash and ultimately satisfying customers. Requiring suppliers to contract only sub-suppliers who follow certain standards could be a good start.

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MIT Supply Chain

DECEMBER 12, 2013

These are: the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (Cambridge, USA), the Zaragoza Logistics Center (Zaragoza, Spain), the Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (Bogotá, Colombia), and the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (Shah Alam, Malaysia). Obtain more information and register here.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a collaborative blog post series about mobility in manufacturing & logistics along with Catavolt, who helps manufacturing organizations drive operational excellence with mobile apps. He later co-founded the Auto-ID Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Last month on Talking Logistics , Adrian Gonzalez, Keith Nash (VP Supply Chain Logistics at Lennox International ) and I discussed “Lennox International’s Complete Supply Chain Redesign.” Some of the key benefits we’ve realized are lower transportation costs, record service levels and shorter cycle times, and better inventory accuracy.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 14, 2022

Sheffi observes, “One argument is that the just-in-time discipline enables companies to cut inventory carrying costs even if that comes at the expense of the integrity of their supply chains. He explains, “[The aim of JIT] isn’t simply to minimize inventory costs but to improve product quality.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 13, 2016

is fighting to get equipment and inventory from a family-owned auto parts supplier that filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week, saying a contract dispute threatens to shut down 19 GM assembly plants in North American and lead to ‘tens of millions of dollars in losses.’” The article goes on to say: Clark-Cutler-McDermott Co., (CCM)

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MIT Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

On September 30, 2014, supply chain education will take a major step into the digital age with the start of SCx, an on-line educational program developed by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) for thousands of professionals across the globe. SC1x – Supply Chain and Logistics Fundamentals (fall 2014).

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

For big grocery chains, it means anxiously overseeing a network of suppliers and shippers as they move vital ingredients across the country (and around the world), all while working in tricky weather that demands solid logistical execution to avoid late - or spoiled - deliveries. How can retailers avert waste this year?

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

For big grocery chains, it means anxiously overseeing a network of suppliers and shippers as they move vital ingredients across the country (and around the world), all while working in tricky weather that demands solid logistical execution to avoid late — or spoiled — deliveries. How can retailers avoid waste this year?

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

With peak shipping season just around the corner, the logistics industry is looking forward to a smoother supply chain than previous years have provided. However, transportation management experts caution logistics providers not to get too excited. Experts Weigh-In on Peak Season 2022. Despite High-Profile Retail Cancellations, U.S.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 9, 2023

Harry’s supply chain team plans, sources, and manages the logistics of producing these products by using Arena PLM integrated with their enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. For a product company, those sources include PLM for product and change information, ERP for inventory and financials, and CRM for customer feedback.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

There are several elements in an effective logistics strategy, with the ultimate goal of identifying the most cost-effective service levels and developing plans and processes that enable the company to operate as close to those optimal service levels as possible.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Moreover, Amazon refused even to discuss the situation in good faith with Gilimex, locking Gilimex’s CEO and management team out of Amazon’s headquarters in North Reading, Massachusetts after the Gilimex team had traveled thousands of miles from Vietnam for a meeting.”

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, writes, “Today, an estimated 90% of the world’s goods are transported by sea, with 60% of that — including virtually all your imported fruits, gadgets and appliances — packed in large steel containers. ”[2]. A Brief Shipping Container History.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 27, 2019

The staff at Logistics Management notes, “E-commerce has changed the way the logistics and supply chain game is played. The world of digital commerce has introduced more risk and complexity than logistics and supply chain professionals have ever faced. ”[2]. ”[2]. The evolution of e-commerce.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 14, 2018

However, a number of drone-tech companies, following an interesting breakthrough made by MIT technologists, are now producing UAVs designed specifically for warehouse inventory management. Count on Warehouse Drones to Save Costs. What Do You Think About Drones in Distribution?

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Elementum

JUNE 5, 2020

Ken’s Foods started out as a restaurant in Framingham, Massachusetts called Ken’s Steakhouse. Deploying Elementum was such a success that they resolved over 200 logistics related incidents in the first month alone at a rate 8–10x faster than before. and warehouse staffing issues compounded.

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 16, 2017

A study by MHI and Deloitte found more than half (51%) of supply chain and logistics professionals believe robotics and automation will provide a competitive advantage. It’s been four years since Amazon spent $775 million to acquire Kiva Systems, a Massachusetts-based startup that makes warehouse robots and software. At least for now.

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Vanguard Software

APRIL 22, 2021

Inventory : Vanguard Predictive Planning enables supply chain professionals visibility across the entire network to optimize the fulfillment of each order and to purposefully position inventory closer to the consumer providing both faster availability and lower emissions.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 7, 2023

Dan graduated from Endicott College with a degree in international business and marketing, and currently lives with his family in Boston, Massachusetts. has developed a weather intelligence and climate security platform that is custom-built to help logistics and transportation companies reduce the impact of weather on their operations.

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RELEX Solutions

MARCH 29, 2019

We worked alongside Dan Covert and Joaquin Ortiz on their Master Thesis “Dynamic Customer Service Levels: Evolving Safety Stock Requirements for Changing Business Needs” for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. To build trust in an inventory policy, the insights and experience of key stakeholders should be used in developing the policy.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

15 in best Massachusetts hospitals. According to Becker’s Hospital Review, Johnson worked at the Virginia logistics organization Owen & Minor and the purchasing company Yankee Alliance. What logistic and purchasing components go into buying a new product? News and World Report, ranked the 268-bed institution No.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

15 in best Massachusetts hospitals. According to Becker’s Hospital Review, Johnson worked at the Virginia logistics organization Owen & Minor and the purchasing company Yankee Alliance. What logistic and purchasing components go into buying a new product? News and World Report, ranked the 268-bed institution No.

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Vanguard Software

APRIL 22, 2021

Inventory : Vanguard Predictive Planning enables supply chain professionals visibility across the entire network to optimize the fulfillment of each order and to purposefully position inventory closer to the consumer providing both faster availability and lower emissions.

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AB&R

JANUARY 10, 2019

Massachusetts. California. Connecticut. District of Columbia. Mississippi. New Hampsire. New Jersey. New Mexico. North Carolina. North Dakota.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 8, 2016

When the uncertainty is in product demand and supply, the insurance is the stockpiling on inventory “just in case”. Holding inventory costs money in more ways than one. Depending on the item concerned, inventory holding costs of as little as one month can eat up the entire profit margin on that item. Uncertainty. Supplier city.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

G, the official groundhog of Massachusetts made her 16 th annual Groundhog Day forecast at Drumlin Farm in Lincoln, MA. And now on to this week’s logistics news. The Logistics Managers’ Index came in at 57.6 Once again warehousing metrics are the primary driver of logistic activity. And find it I did. Our very own Ms.

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Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 17, 2024

We have another one that is commercially available as well called Stretch, which is a logistics and warehouse robot used for moving boxes, say, up to 50 pounds. We’re based here in Waltham, Massachusetts, not too far away. It’s in their inventory, but financially, it’s not in their inventory.

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Locus Robotics

MARCH 17, 2025

Mike Johnson, Al Dekin, Sean Johnson, and Bruce Welty founded Quiet Logistics, a third- party logistics provider in Devens, Massachusetts. The setting was a modest corner of Quiet Logistics. They were among the first 3PLs to automate fulfillment centers using robots from Kiva Systems. That was 13 years ago.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2023

The company, headquartered in Stoughton Massachusetts, is now headed by Adam Franklin. Or, alternatively, a company carries too much inventory, storage for excess inventory must be purchased, and cash flows become tight. This warehouse provides inventory storage for goods not yet ordered that will ship later.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Trucks, warehouse space, and logistics services are needed in Florida, Georgia and even Texas, and they may be required soon in Massachusetts or New Jersey. After the storm has passed, there will be a lot of stores and warehouses that need re-stocking, because inventory was either sold out or ruined by the floods.

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My Office Apps

MAY 5, 2020

. “The structure of the workforce is changing, but I don’t think artificial intelligence is essentially replacing jobs,” said Dr. Hossein Rahnama, founder and CEO of artificial intelligence concierge company Flybits and visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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My Office Apps

MAY 5, 2020

. “The structure of the workforce is changing, but I don’t think artificial intelligence is essentially replacing jobs,” said Dr. Hossein Rahnama, founder and CEO of artificial intelligence concierge company Flybits and visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from our friend Kelli Harris, a consultant and recent college graduate in Logistics Management. Today, Kelly shares the top 14 Logistics and Supply Chain Management training programs and courses available in 2016. However, wrong understanding and usage of logistics management is just a waste of time.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Notable appointments include work in the federal government as Attorney-Advisor (International Affairs) in the Office of the General Counsel at the Federal Maritime Commission and work at a public port authority as Maritime Project Manager for the Port of Boston at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The Logistics of Logistics Podcast.

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