GlobalTranz

JUNE 8, 2017

More findings on the cloud cargo transportation and warehouse management systems you may discover on the web. The cloud-based supply chain software can be customized to suit your industry, your transportation , freight-forwarding and warehousing specialty, import-export regulations. A Better Scope Management.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2019

With the national warehouse vacancy rate hovering at record lows and warehouses bloated with inventory pulled in from China during 2018 to get ahead of impending tariffs, companies can combine flexible storage options with advanced technology to create an end-to-end supply chain solution that works. The Momentum Continues.

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2024

Key Economic Indicator #3: Recession–Business Cycle Contraction As of December 2023, the Wall Street Journal reported that a soft landing was in the making. This flash metric registered at 50.3 It assesses supply chain conditions by integrating transportation costs and manufacturing. percent before seasonal adjustment.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 13, 2018

Companies across all industries are dealing with rising transportation costs and a key question many CEOs, CFOs, and supply chain executives are asking is, “What can we do to better manage and control our freight spend in today’s market?” The second question we get is what strategies can we implement to lower our transportation costs.

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Accelogix

AUGUST 12, 2020

He explains his personal journey from supply chain AI/ML skeptic to optimistic believer and how these technologies will radically transform supply chain planning and warehouse automation in the future. I got my start in consulting for enterprise warehouse systems right out of college. I confess that I was once an AI and ML skeptic.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Warehouse selection. Finally, manufacturers and wholesale distributors must consider changing where product is stored, requiring a review of available warehouses and alternative shipping strategies. Align metrics and incentives with unique e-commerce goals. Trouble blending organizational silos.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 21, 2021

This blog is based on an article that recently ran in the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Procurement, “ Supply chain agility: An imperative in an unpredictable world.”. Please stay tune for part 3 on more about networks, new definition of collaboration, and on-demand transportation, labor and warehousing. [1]

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2019

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon to invest in French firm’s technology for self-driving forklifts (Reuters) Warehouses Test a New Breed of AI Robots (WSJ – sub. Robots in the Warehouse. New in Transportation Management Systems (TMS).

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Turvo

JULY 27, 2021

A report based on a survey by Finances Online found that the most critical inventory management practices for companies were forecasting (61.3%), warehouse management (50%), logistics (46.8%), and back-end technology (32.3%). And technology can go a long way in promoting end-to-end visibility, including: Inventory visibility.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Key factors influencing inventory levels, supplier quality, demand forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, production planning, transportation management and more are becoming known for the first time. Journal Of Business Logistics , 37 (1), 6-17. Journal Of Management Information Systems , 32 (4), 4-39. 15th, 2017 (PDF.,

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 23, 2017

Carrier warehousing, anyone? (DC transportation assets) to the equation. Consumer Convenience” will become a new supply chain metric (more on that idea in a future post). According to the Wall Street Journal : Wal-Mart Stores Inc. CSCMP 28th Annual State of Logistics Report: Accelerating into Uncertainty. DC Velocity).

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 22, 2019

” Warehousing – “[Warehousing] finds Stock Accuracy and OTIF combined a winning combination!” ” Logistics – “To control one of a business’s largest costs after wages, why not use Transport as a Percentage of Sales with OTIF to ensure service levels remain while costs are driven down? Footnotes. [1]

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

This morning, my mailbox was bombarded with the news of tentative agreement of the settlement of the nine-month labor conflict between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). The flows assume that transportation can move without an interruption. The ships are getting larger.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Many of my clients talk about a customer-centric supply chain but rely on useless metrics from an annual survey or a net promoter score. Additionally, the Company operates several warehousing and assembly locations to over 100 core markets. Late-stage assembly in the warehouses enables five-day delivery.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

With the 2021 peak season, RFP and modern supply chain management remains essential today in the shipping and transportation market. According to the Journal of Commerce : “In the early days of the pandemic, March through May, UPS and FedEx reported B2C volumes represented 70 percent of total ground volumes.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

exact location of goods (on order, in transit, or in a warehouse)). Products we infrequently order are not stored in regular Amazon warehouses. Nicolas Hubbard is Director of Programmes in the Faculty of Transport and Logistics at Muscat University. billion (based on 2018 sales).

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2019

The latest example is Walmart “raising its delivery goal posts for suppliers, asking them to deliver more goods on time,” as reported by Jennifer Smith and Sarah Nassauer in the Wall Street Journal. More stringent customer delivery requirements is certainly one factor, with On-Time In-Full (OTIF) becoming a more critical metric.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 16, 2023

By maintaining its own trucking fleet, Walmart gains greater control over transportation and delivery schedules, leading to improved efficiency and timely product replenishment. Through VMI, Walmart empowers its suppliers to take on the responsibility of managing their inventory stored in Walmart’s warehouses.

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RFgen

MAY 8, 2016

A few things prompting this growth are a global demand for pharmaceutical products in new countries, an aging population and large molecules created through biotechnology that depends on very cold transport. Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization, demand companies provide temperature data during transport.

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RFgen

MAY 8, 2016

A few things prompting this growth are a global demand for pharmaceutical products in new countries, an aging population and large molecules created through biotechnology that depends on very cold transport. Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization, demand companies provide temperature data during transport.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

On May 12, 2017, a headline in the Wall Street Journal read “ Major Cyberattack Sweeps Globe, Hitting FedEx, U.K. If they actually follow through on their promise and oil prices continue to rise next year, how will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in response? Hospitals, Spanish Companies.”

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

So the CSR score too is more of a popularity contest than a consistent metric. Omni-channel has become a huge part of Home Depot’s business, as 45% of the company’s online orders are picked up from stores, and according to The Wall Street Journal, Home Depot will spend $1.2 population in one day or less.

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