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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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. These boxes were called ‘Transporters.’

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news: Amazon’s record-breaking Prime Day Resilinc Releases list of top supply chain disruptions for H1 2023 Department of Labor announces warehouse workplace hazard prevention program China’s exports record biggest decline in more than 3 years Union, employer reach tentative 4-year deal to end B.C.

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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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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. Work with your broker to see if you can get priority on unloading the ship and inland transport.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 14, 2018

Drones could transport boxes around the DC and perform tasks such as palletisation, which automated robots have already proven to be adept at. 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.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 5, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news: Amazon launches same-day delivery from brick-and-mortar retail brands. With the new partnership, retailers will fulfill orders from inventory in their stores, and a Flex delivery driver will pick them up from the retailer. The company is relying on price increases to boost growth.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 8, 2016

They also give you better negotiating information for suppliers and other third parties (transporters, warehousing companies, product assemblers and others) contributing to your supply chain operations. This situation naturally incited enterprises to make more use of parcel and air transport modes. Uncertainty.

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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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Stord

APRIL 26, 2022

After 2+ years of out-of-stock messages, low inventory levels, and sky-high costs, brands are exploring a wide range of strategies to resolve these issues and strengthen their inventory throughput in 2022 and beyond. New Approaches to Transporting Goods Similarly, since it’s taking longer to get goods to the U.S., As the U.S.

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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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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2021

If you don’t have time to watch the video, Stank and his colleagues describe the effect this way: “ The bullwhip effect is a business phenomenon first described in the early 1960s by Jay Forrester at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and more recently explored by researchers at Stanford University.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

For those of us in Massachusetts, with the polar vortex bringing below freezing temperatures, this last part is rather difficult. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Peloton will incur 10 times its usual transportation costs. Uber to offer free rides to Walgreens for Covid vaccines. That’s all for this week.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 18, 2022

Like the chicken shortage and other issues surrounding the supply chain crisis , infant formula shortages originated with COVID-19 disrupting the supply chain , triggering the lack of labor , transportation, and raw materials. And when lockdown hit, fear of the unknown led many parents to stockpile formula. View this post on Instagram.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. helps it facilitate the rapid transport of packages. It strives to reduce waste and increase energy efficiency at its facilities and transportation fleet. Patrick’s Day Boston run, I took my son to his first concert to enjoy the Celtic-punk loudness that is the Dropkick Murphys.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 18, 2021

In Massachusetts, the state is rolling out the Vax Express this week, which is a partnership between the MBTA and private health startup CIC Health. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Additionally, Starbucks has removed oat milk and beverages made with oat milk from its mobile app until the inventory can be replenished.

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