Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 20, 2022

Locanis is a warehouse technology supplier headquartered in Germany with clients located in Europe, North America, and Asia. It is likely that many of you are not familiar with how Locanis optimizes warehouse operations. It is equally reasonable to call it a warehouse control system ( WCS ).

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Kanban Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2022

As your business grows, a North Carolina logistics hub could make sense for many reasons. North Carolina offers a dynamic economy in a place where people want to be. Statistics show that North Carolina is growing at twice the national average. North Carolina’s value as a logistics hub is no small reason why.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

So, without further delay, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: UPS, Overwhelmed by Online Orders, Warns of Delivery Delays (WSJ – sub. JDA and SATO Partner to Deliver the Future of Warehouse Management. Fetch Robotics raises $25 million to automate warehouses (VentureBeat).

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 24, 2017

Moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Walmart Secures Patent for Drones to Carry Products Inside Stores (Digital Trends). MercuryGate Launches Industry First – A Logistics Integrator Program to Address Specific Shipper Requirements around Design, Delivery, Operation and Transfer of TMS Capabilities.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 3, 2016

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Wal-Mart says it is 6-9 months from using drones to check warehouse inventory (Reuters). China’s logistics sector grows steadily in 2015 (Xinhua). Natarajan said drones can reduce the labor intensive process of checking stocks around the warehouse to one day.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

As was confirmed for me yet again this week at a conference, the most utilized supply chain and logistics application, the reigning champ of them all, is the Excel spreadsheet. XPO Logistics Announces Third Quarter Earnings 2013. XPO Logistics Announces Third Quarter Earnings 2013. What is a warehouse?

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2016

We’ve found we needed to serve our customers at peak; we needed more of our own logistics to supplement partners,” said [Amazon Chief Financial Officer Brian Olsavsky] in a call with analysts. In other supply chain and logistics news… This is How Google’s Project Wing Drone Delivery Service Could Work (Fast Company). from 10.9%

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Recent studies have shown that among the challenges frustrating warehouse and distribution centre managers this year, rising energy and labour costs are two of the most often cited. We hope the tips and ideas in this article will help you make inroads into warehouse energy and labour cost reduction.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news: Amazon in the news: Amazon closes, abandons plans for dozens of U.S. warehouses. Driving training programs overwhelmed by interest. Amazon experienced “critical fire or arc flash events” at six sites in North America with solar installations, representing about 12.7

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 7, 2021

The technology is built on automated pick and pack tasks in warehouses with some human intervention. Even before that, Amazon is known for fast delivery due to its vast warehouse and distribution network. Amazon has 175 fulfillment centers all over the world, 75 fulfillment centers, and 25 sortation centers in North America.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

“All great enterprises are about logistics. Not genius or inspiration or flights of imagination, skill or cunning, but logistics.” — Tom McCarthy. This was majorly due to their inability to understand and adapt to the changing logistics trends. A decade back these developments in logistics might have seemed impossible.

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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. Warehouse Automation. Content Summary: Honeywell and Carnegie Mellon Partner to Bring AI to the Warehouse. Media Type.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

Canadian Pacific is the sixth-largest North America freight railway, and in December 2021 completed an agreement to acquire U.S. Upwards of 3,000 rail workers reportedly returned to work yesterday to resume rail operations across North America after a breakdown in labor settlement talks occurred last Saturday.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Supply Chain Nation recently sat down with Automotive Logistics Group Publisher, Louis Yiakoumi, about the hot topics in this industry. But you logistics guys, you’re doing a terrible job because your logistics costs have gone up by half a million dollars.” The Indian government is also investing in driver training.

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Supply Chain Network

APRIL 12, 2014

This is simply a reflection of blunt reality, before any firm can even think of accomplishing a full Matrix Commerce implementation, they and their organizations will have to master and implement the basics of Omni-Commerce logistics.

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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., That said, implementing Lean concepts would undoubtedly be part of that strategy, for example, - Lean Warehousing : Many firms (both retailers and manufacturers) are now aggressively rolling out Lean in their warehouse operations.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As the logistics industry continues to recover from pandemic-era supply chain disruptions, shippers are adjusting quickly to the expectations of a new normal. Falling ocean rates and volatile fuel costs have logistics professionals across the supply chain searching for innovative efficiency solutions throughout their operations.

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Supply Chain Network

JUNE 14, 2014

At SCI Logistics in addition to fulfilling millions of e-commerce orders on an annual basis, we also spend a significant amount of time studying the optimal methods of helping our customers serve consumers in Canada. Without this you don’t have a hope of delivering even a basic level of satisfactory omni-commerce customer experience.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2022

The saga of fitness hardware and services provider Peloton Interactive took yet another turn last week with an announcement of the pending closing of the company’s owned North American warehouses and the shedding of field customer support teams, along with other moves. over the coming months.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

It’s hard to imagine that Cargill began as a grain storage warehouse in Iowa, USA, in 1865. Cargill Animal Nutrition (CAN) is clustered around five major regions: North America; Latin America; EMEAR, including Russia; South Asia and East Asia. What is your responsibility regarding the supply chain?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2023

Police in Hagerstown are deploying a surprisingly large fleet of low-cost drones and training more than 20 percent of the department’s officers on how to fly them. And now on to this week’s logistics news. The logistics provider has already deployed 3,000 AMRs globally with over 2,000 in North America.

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QAD

MAY 16, 2019

The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and Odette International are releasing the fifth version of the Materials Management Operations Guideline/Logistics Evaluation (MMOG/LE) assessment this summer. MMOG/LE is used by automotive customers to select and evaluate production and parts, service and warehousing processes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This is one case where I search not for the truth, but for the answer I seek (Afterall, Major League Baseball pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training next week). And now on to this week’s logistics news. Gap’s GPS Platform Services and UPS-owned Ware2Go are teaming up to provide an asset-lite co-warehousing solution.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 9, 2022

With more truckload freight than anyone in North America, being digitally connected to C.H. Using TMS integrations means an intuitive process for booking loads in the software you are already familiar with—no training required. Capacity assurance. Robinson means unrivaled truck capacity assurance. Conclusion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As it turns out, there are a certain number of “scheduling use cases” that require a warehouse manager to leave our system and work within another vendor’s app. Take onboarding and training new employees. With tools like GenAI, new workers can get real-time answers to questions and highly-personalized training.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

This trend is a direct result of the fact that centralized DC networks have relatively more transport and less warehousing cost, and thus higher CO2 emissions, while decentralized distribution networks have more warehousing cost but less transport cost and thus a lower CO2 footprint.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Many are finding the answer to be voice-enabling their warehouse. The use of voice picking solutions in the warehouse is gaining momentum. For some IT thought leaders, voice has become a catalyst for re-engineering warehouse best practices and technology systems. Training time was cut in half. A Short History of Voice.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 2, 2021

A few years ago, I took a family vacation to Copenhagen, where the autonomous train system brought joy to my whole family. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amazon to open robotic warehouse in Alberta. As Amazon continues to expand its warehouse footprint, it also continues to automate more tasks.

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Tailwind

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

You travel the highways of North America to deliver it to some business or organization awaiting its arrival. The concept of “Just –in- Time” logistics is tied to the Total Quality movement that looks at removing any excess waste – materials, time – from a supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

The goods flow through 2 import centers, 14 strategically located distribution centers in North America, 66 final mile shipping hubs, and nearly 1,700 branch locations. The company also does internal climate scores of employees at corporate, the branches, and the warehouses. Training is also clearly important.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

According to the 30th Annual State of Logistics Report by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), companies spent $1.64 trillion on logistics and transportation services in the United States in 2018, an increase of 11.4% Overall, logistics spending in 2018 reached 8% of U.S.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Alibaba to pay $807 million for majority stake in logistics firm Cainiao (CNBC). CX North America Adds Replay Technology to Its Freight Visibility Solutions. E-Commerce Mania Spreads To Warehouse Market (WSJ – sub.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The organization currently serves 45,000 professional members in 100 countries, with 190 chapters in North America alone. Eshkenazi : For many years we’ve trained individuals to be functional and technical experts in their organizations, and that used to be sufficient. That’s where APICS had its roots as an organization.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Material Handling & Logistics ). Material Handling & Logistics ). Logistics Management ). Air cargo carriers in North America posted an 11.4% Logistics Management ). Logistics Management ). Logistics Management ). How the Supply Chain Crisis is Impacting Businesses and Consumers.

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The Lean Supply Chain

JULY 7, 2015

The other software companies that sell YMS below, sell it in conjunction with a Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Transportation Management System (TMS) so there is no way to gauge those YMS sales as they could be with, or without, the YMS system depending on the customer’s needs. YMS vendors : High Jump. They are tailor made for YMS.

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BlueYonder

MAY 13, 2021

During Blue Yonder ICON 2021, I had the pleasure to speak with Johnny Ivanyi , the Global Head of Distribution Excellence of Bayer Crop Science, and Kishore Yarlagadda , Global Distribution Deployment Lead of Bayer Crop Science, for the session “Next Wave of Logistics and Distribution Transformation.” Global Scale Digital Journey.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2017

While the growth in the third-party logistics market has slowed somewhat, 90% of the major companies in the U.S. third-party logistics market has grown to become a $166.8 The service most frequently outsourced to a 3PL is transportation management (24%), followed by warehouse management (19%). CEVA Logistics (The Americas).

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