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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The United States Postal Service will slow delivery times for a third of its first-class packages in an effort to cut costs and its dependency on air transportation amid financial struggles. Richard crossed the finish line at 2:52 pm, which was almost the exact time the bombs went off.

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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

Dematic offers a full-range of warehouse automation solutions and subsystems including pallet load AS/RS, mini-load, shuttle systems, AutoStore consulting and implementation, high-speed conveyor and sortation, pocket sorters, palletizing and depalletizing, AGVs, and the Dematic IQ software portfolio.

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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Every industry sector and every business across the board, in APAC and around the globe have been impacted by the Great Supply Chain Disruption over the last two years, causing a blow out of transportation costs and continuous delays at every stage of the channel. increase from the previous year, higher than the estimated 18.3%.

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Plan for greater success: What experts said at Quintiq World Tour Singapore 2015

DELMIA Quintiq

How do you know that your planning software is no longer enough and you should look for something more? Suhas Bhise (Head of PPC, Logistics and Sourcing, Arvind Limited): At Arvind, we began looking for a new solution because there was a limitation to how much our existing planning system could meet our requirements.

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The Importance of Transparency in Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

” The staff at Supply Chain Link notes, “The terms ‘visibility’ and ‘transparency’ are often used interchangeably in the logistics world. Logistics providers market benefits of visibility and transparency, but it has many customers wondering what exactly the difference is between the two terms.

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Speed Bumps on the Road to Growth for China’s 3PLs

MIT Supply Chain

Good transportation links a logistics strength in China. China’s logistics industry is gaining in importance and developing rapidly to support the nation’s manufacturing sector. The key strengths of the logistics industry in China that emerged from the study include good transportation connectivity and new infrastructure.

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Want to Succeed at a Large Firm? Become an Entrepreneur

Logistics Viewpoints

Those sites are primarily located in China, Hungary, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, and the United States. While managed transportation – the outsourcing of transportation planning – is a billion dollar plus market, planning-as-a-service in supply chain planning remains a small market. Entrepreneurs are often rewarded.