Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Last week in Las Vegas, Oracle had its first in person CloudWorld in three years. The journey to modernize legacy applications on cloud architecture is complex and takes time. Larry Ellison on Stage at Oracle CloudWorld. What follows are my top take aways from the event. Oracle’s Technology Value Proposition. That is fast!

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Swimsuits and dresses for weddings—you never buy just one,” says Joanie Demer, co-founder of Krazy Coupon Lady. You just have to be shameless enough to stand in line with the thing you killed.” HOW WE GOT HERE For a long time, a shocking percentage of online returns were simply junked. Petco takes back dead fish,” Demer said.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2015

Last January, I shared 5 New Year’s Resolutions for supply chain and logistics executives to improve as leaders. Of the five resolutions, the one you should always recommit yourself to every year is “Make the time for learning — and teaching.” But learning is not enough — you also have to make the time to teach.

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Stord

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In a recent “ Squawk on the Street ” segment, CNBC host Morgan Brennan highlighted how “We’re already seeing capacity crunches, we’re seeing supply chain issues across industries” and wanted to know how Stord “works with companies to help them manage that in a timely manner.” But then it’s labor in the facilities.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 22, 2024

About Nick Klingensmith After being thrown out of a Las Vegas hotel in a drunken haze, jeopardizing his career and relationships, Nick Klingensmith had to make a change. Nick is an expert at helping achievement-driven professionals and leaders to overcome fear and rejection and push past self-limiting doubts.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2016

The Hyperloop and drones headlined this week’s supply chain and logistics news, so let’s go straight to it: Hyperloop One Accelerates Toward Future With High-Speed Test (WSJ – sub. Wal-Mart cuts delivery time for pilot shipping plan (Reuters). I’ll just restate what I wrote back in August 2013 : Do we really need Hyperloop?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the coming year. Supply chain professionals often cite peer-to-peer learning and networking as the most valuable investment of time and money. Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S.,

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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. container imports are near record-setting.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Supply chain professionals often cite peer-to-peer learning and networking as the most valuable investment of talent development time and money. Conferences are a great example of peer-to-peer learning in action, but with so many supply chain and logistics conferences available, how do you decide which ones to attend?

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BlueYonder

JUNE 8, 2020

Unforeseen volatility, variability and channel shifts saw demands amplify manifold in some industries, while others saw precipitous declines from an abrupt shutdown, social distancing, logistics constraints, or customer’s back-to-basics decisions. Our experts, who have spent years in the supply chain industry, share their insights.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 26, 2017

FOCUS 2017, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, got started in a big way on Tuesday (April 24). Divided into a series of “villages,” the Delivery Zone features innovative products and ideas around retail, manufacturing, distribution, logistics, and community. But it wasn’t all just business. Maybe next time, Captain JDA.

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Shipchain

OCTOBER 25, 2019

We’ve been busy fine-tuning our platform, nailing our pitch, bringing on new customers, demoing for clients, and speaking at and attending different freight and logistics conferences. Chris Kupillas, Regional VP, BlueGrace Logistics. James Osborn, Manager of Logistics and Process Improvement, Hanover Foods. Follow this link ).

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

ELDs have changed the way that carriers score their partners and shippers with long detention times are losing capacity in the form of time, rejected loads, and partnerships. We’ve used our transportation management system to make load times a critical metric for us.”. Hunt believes its owed. Boston Herald.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 26, 2017

FOCUS 2017, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, got started in a big way on Tuesday (April 24). Divided into a series of “villages,” the Delivery Zone features innovative products and ideas around retail, manufacturing, distribution, logistics, and community. But it wasn’t all just business. Maybe next time, Captain JDA.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In a previous Blue Yonder blog post , we defined some of the advanced technologies that are impacting the logistics industry today and provided an overview of how they’re improving companies’ cost and service outcomes. Improved sustainability is directly linked to logistics optimization.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 11, 2013

Last week, I attended the SAS Analyst Day at Steamboat Springs and the Logistics and SCM 2013 event in Las Vegas. As shown in the figure below, companies just cannot get to their data to make actionable decisions quickly. Here I share my insights. I find that the larger concern is advanced analytics. for a reason.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 16, 2023

The Bruins were coming off a historic season with an NHL all-time best 65 wins and 135 points. At the same time, the Celtics finished with the second-best record in the Eastern Conference. Congratulations to the Las Vegas Golden Knights and Denver Nuggets. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Everyone agrees that, in today’s volatile business environment, supply chains need to be digitized — connected in real time, and fed by shared data — to identify exceptions, define intelligent resolutions, and maximize both cost and service outcomes. They’re moving fast to not just keep up with innovation, but to lead it.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 15, 2017

The 2017 TIA Capital Ideas Conference & Exhibition is just around the corner, coming up April 5-8 in Las Vegas. This panel features Pete Emahiser, Tadmore Transportation; Justin Frees, Arrive Logistics; Chad Boblett, Boblett Brothers Trucking, LLC; and Jimmy DeMatteis, Des Moines Truck Brokers.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 5, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Woke up with a nice sunrise view as seen from my hotel (Tropicana Las Vegas) window. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure. Industrial Manufacturing. Media and Entertainment. Medical Devices. Pharmaceutical and Biotech. Public Sector.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2022

This time, it is a Santa shortage. And now on to this week’s logistics news. The application, called AWS Supply Chain, was introduced at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. Macy’s, however, will have Santa behind a desk at its flagship store in New York’s Herald Square. Biden asks Congress to avert rail strike.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 18, 2015

In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon in talks to lease 20 jets to launch air-cargo business (The Seattle Times). In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon in talks to lease 20 jets to launch air-cargo business (The Seattle Times). On the bright side, it’s Friday, and I am here.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Background Just over a year ago, this column provided highlights of a new supply chain control layer platform announcement from Amazon’s AWS Cloud computing division. Background Just over a year ago, this column provided highlights of a new supply chain control layer platform announcement from Amazon’s AWS Cloud computing division.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2017

I’m heading back home today from the MercuryGate Velocity 2017 user conference in Las Vegas. I arrived Sunday night, and being on east coast time, I went to bed relatively early. The alarm continued to blare for a minute or two, and just as I thought about getting up, it stopped, so I rolled over and fell back asleep.

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Elementum

JULY 29, 2022

A World on Fire In mid July, major cities across Europe set all-time records for high temperatures. These aren’t cities like Las Vegas or Phoenix, prepared-for and accustomed to three digit temperatures, but now they’re experiencing them nonetheless: London reached 104.5 degrees Fahrenheit; Paris saw 108.7°F;

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Many transportation and logistics software companies were launched in the late 1990s and early 2000s, during the height of the dotcom era, but very few of them survive today — they either went bankrupt or were acquired by others. The results are similar to how shippers and logistics service providers view their relationships.

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AFFLINK

MAY 17, 2017

Logistics Management. To ensure proper logistics management in the hospitality industry, businesses need to take steps to ensure efficient transportation and order pick-up. Some ways to improve logistics management are implementing a vendor compliance program and choosing products that work with staff and facility effectively.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

In general, it focuses on supply chain management of non-manufacturing companies such as those in the logistics and distribution, consulting and hospitality industries. In the past, supply chain professionals are trained to handle the service issues through a planning of inventory , service level and after-sales operations.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 13, 2016

It sometimes seems like S&OP is stuck in a time warp, where the same old things as 30 years ago are being discussed. Introduction. In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses. Whatever maturity model or consultancy support companies use, S&OP seems to get stuck. Where to go from here for S&OP?

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 24, 2020

Jared Council ( @JaredCouncil ) and John McCormick report, “The now familiar phrase ‘Internet of Things’ is taking on a new meaning, according to Steve Koenig, vice president of research at the Consumer Technology Association trade group, which organizes CES — formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show — in Las Vegas.

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