Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2017

So, without delay, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week with some brief commentary: Target to Buy Grocery Delivery Startup Shipt for $550 Million (WSJ – sub. Christmas Becomes Inventory War Game for US Fashion Brands (Business of Fashion). And with that, have a happy weekend!

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Another Friday where I have limited time, so let’s go straight to this week’s supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention: Uber to move freight, target trucking for the long haul (Reuters). Flexport Raises $65 Million in Venture Capital to Expand Operations (Transport Topics). and global operations.

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Turvo

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Third-party logistics, or 3PLs, help outsource business operations such as supply chain and logistics. The global demand for 3PL (third-party logistics) services is increasing due to the rapid rise of e-commerce. The worldwide 3PL industry, estimated at roughly $1 trillion in 2020, is predicted to reach $1.75

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2023

“Around 0600 Pacific Time Tuesday morning, multiple Waymo vehicles in San Francisco encountered very dense fog and determined they should pull over temporarily,” a company spokesperson said. And now on to this week’s logistics news. to smaller logistics operators scrambled to fill jobs at fulfillment centers.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2015

My daughter’s second grade class is sharing their work this morning, so in the interest of time, let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Descartes Acquires Oz Development, Inc. Final ‘Driver Coercion’ rule is published in Federal Register, will take effect in January (Logistics Management).

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Talking Logistics

JULY 18, 2014

DHL launches new logistics service for life sciences products handled at extremely low temperatures. Penske Logistics Joins CargoNet to Enhance Supply Chain Security. I wrote those words in December 2010 , one of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2011. We are a transportation company – we are not law enforcement.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

However, I’ve been hearing more and more stories about how the rapid over-expansion of many brands and retailers in 2021 has proven to result in all kinds of problems, specifically around additional inventory, excess capacity, and over-expansion of the workforce.

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Turvo

MARCH 1, 2022

Worldwide third-party logistics (3PL) has emerged as a viable option for meeting global distribution demands. It is a new shipper-carrier collaboration approach to enhance supply chain visibility, reducing transit times, and inventory-carrying costs for retailers and suppliers while improving carrier asset utilization levels. .

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 13, 2022

Online commerce platform provider Shopify , often compared to Amazon in the ability to support small and mid-sized businesses create and maintain an online shipping presence, announced thi9s week its intent to acquire end-to-end online logistics San Francisco based fulfillment provider Deliverr for a reported $2.1

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

number of flights, road congestion, distance to ocean ports); and in the presence of top 100 logistics IT providers. San Francisco Bay area. San Francisco Bay area. The following slideshow offers a look at how the seven cities studied ended up in the overall rankings of their digital supply chains. Media Type.

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Freightos

APRIL 16, 2015

Logistics startups are popping up everywhere. Logistics start-ups investments shot up from 0.1% We’ve rounded up the top 20 logistics technology innovations changing the way over $18 trillion dollars of goods are shipped annually. Here we go: Technology Innovations in Logistics. We know how you feel.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 16, 2015

— In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… DSV agrees to acquire UTi Worldwide Inc. SMC³ Acquires Transportation Costing Group. August 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Furthermore, DSV will now be truly global within contract logistics and expand into road freight activities outside Europe.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Logistics Start-Up Loop Announces $35 Million Series B Funding Logistics industry audit and payment services platform provider Loop has announced that the start-up has raised $35 million in a Series B investment round co-led by J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners and Index Ventures.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 22, 2016

Hyperloop is a theoretical transportation technology, a long-awaited “fifth avenue” of transportation that uses vacuum tubes and linear induction motors to shuttle pressurized air capsules along a track, using a lack of friction to achieve speeds as high as 700 mph (approx. 1126km / h).

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2021

And now to this week’s logistics news. Pandemic has ‘forever altered’ need for logistics space. Global transportation is at the forefront of sustainability efforts. The effort would raise $5 billion through “mandatory contributions” by containership companies in a push to decarbonize the maritime transport sector.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 23, 2021

A Director of Fulfillment is a logistics management professional who is responsible for leading all of a company’s operations related to order processing and fulfillment. Logistics Operations Manager. Forecasting demand to facilitate inventory management. Tracking inventory levels to prevent stock-outs and/or deadstock.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 19, 2020

Almost 75 percent of US companies are experiencing capacity shortfalls in their supply chains, due to Coronavirus-linked transport disruptions , a new study has shown. The US auto industry is expected to follow suit as stockpiled inventory becomes depleted. More than 60 percent of firms said delays were related to orders from China.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

I knew nothing about the world of logistics, inventory management and order optimization. Warehouse Management and Transportation Management were in their infancy. It should not be functional, with a narrow focus on a singular function like manufacturing or transportation. Stage 2: All about Transportation.

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Logichain Solutions

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

A product might be attractive for customers but drive unnecessary supply chain costs because of the impact the product design has on sourcing, packaging, production, warehousing and transportation. Transportation. Volume and weight of products drive some of the main costs in transportation. About the Author.

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Logichain Solutions

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

A product might be attractive for customers but drive unnecessary supply chain costs because of the impact the product design has on sourcing, packaging, production, warehousing and transportation. Transportation. Volume and weight of products drive some of the main costs in transportation. About the Author.

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Logichain Solutions

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

A product might be attractive for customers but drive unnecessary supply chain costs because of the impact the product design has on sourcing, packaging, production, warehousing and transportation. Transportation Volume and weight of products drive some of the main costs in transportation.

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Logichain Solutions

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

A product might be attractive for customers but drive unnecessary supply chain costs because of the impact the product design has on sourcing, packaging, production, warehousing and transportation. Transportation Volume and weight of products drive some of the main costs in transportation.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

Walmart would not have the ability to provide such low prices and have consistent inventory in the over 5,000 stores in the United States and over 1.3 Benefits from its supply chain efficiency result in time savings, more cost-effective inventory management and improved product forecasting, the article said. Decades in the Making.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This is leading to an inventory pile-up of processors and memory chips used in PCs. And now on to this week’s logistics news: McDonald’s is testing a new drive-thru concept. Some retailers are learning to love bulked-up inventories. Walgreens takes its delivery service round the clock. The largest U.S. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo.,

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Thanks to omni-channel distribution, 3-D printing, self-service logistics and other avenues of disintermediation, traditional supply chain roles are rapidly being transformed into all-new opportunities. Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2014 : hybrid DCs, 3-D prototypes, location-based inventory system, and more. Warehouse Automation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Retail’s inventory glut means big business for liquidators. The deliveries will take place as part of a pilot that’s being conducted by Waymo and JB Hunt Transport Services to test out self-driving trucks along certain shipping routes in Texas. The congestion has led BNSF Railway Co.,

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Started in the Fintech industry, the blockchain technology behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, has the potential to fundamentally transform the supply chain and logistics industry. where products sit”: the inventories of materials, parts, and finished goods stored and being handled in various stages of the supply chain.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

Many of the general sustainability challenges, such as the use of water, deforestation, poor working conditions, monocultures and genetically modified organisms, are more attributed to agriculture and processing than on the food logistics. Transportation. In the U.S., And most of the vehicles run on fossil fuels.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

Many of the general sustainability challenges, such as the use of water, deforestation, poor working conditions, monocultures and genetically modified organisms, are more attributed to agriculture and processing than on the food logistics. Transportation. In the U.S., And most of the vehicles run on fossil fuels.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

Many of the general sustainability challenges, such as the use of water, deforestation, poor working conditions, monocultures and genetically modified organisms, are more attributed to agriculture and processing than on the food logistics. Transportation In the U.S., And most of the vehicles run on fossil fuels.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

Many of the general sustainability challenges, such as the use of water, deforestation, poor working conditions, monocultures and genetically modified organisms, are more attributed to agriculture and processing than on the food logistics. Transportation In the U.S., And most of the vehicles run on fossil fuels.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

Many of the general sustainability challenges, such as the use of water, deforestation, poor working conditions, monocultures and genetically modified organisms, are more attributed to agriculture and processing than on the food logistics. Transportation In the U.S., And most of the vehicles run on fossil fuels.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Started in the Fintech industry, the blockchain technology behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, has the potential to fundamentally transform the supply chain and logistics industry. where products sit”: the inventories of materials, parts, and finished goods stored and being handled in various stages of the supply chain.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Started in the Fintech industry, the blockchain technology behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, has the potential to fundamentally transform the supply chain and logistics industry. About the Author Rene Jacquat is the principal of LogiChain Solutions, LLC, based in San Francisco, United States.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Started in the Fintech industry, the blockchain technology behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, has the potential to fundamentally transform the supply chain and logistics industry. About the Author Rene Jacquat is the principal of LogiChain Solutions, LLC, based in San Francisco, United States.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Started in the Fintech industry, the blockchain technology behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, has the potential to fundamentally transform the supply chain and logistics industry. About the Author Rene Jacquat is the principal of LogiChain Solutions, LLC, based in San Francisco, United States.

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When it comes to the long-distance transfer of goods, you probably want the best of both worlds: economical rail transport and flexible over-the-road trucking. That’s why many businesses outsource shipping to third-party logistics ( 3PL ) providers like ShipBob. With transloading, you get just that. What is transloading?

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