Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2015

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? Does the event promote peer-to-peer learning and networking or will I spend most of my time sitting through numerous PowerPoint presentations?

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Enterra Insights

JULY 4, 2018

The Declaration laments, “The present King of Great Britain [King George III] … combined with others to subject [the colonies] to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation.” ”[3]. ”[3]. did, however, have helpful allies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. District Court for the Western District of Washington state, backed by the attorneys general of 17 states. Speaking of UPS and the holiday season , like every other logistics provider and retailer, the company is gearing up for the end of year rush. California Gov.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 24, 2022

The staff at American Global Logistics writes, “Supply chains are transitioning from global sourcing to regional sourcing. Concerning people, Gunn notes, “The pandemic was a huge wakeup call for the supply chain and logistics industry on all fronts, but keeping employees happy is key to a successful workforce. Footnotes. [1]

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Supply Chain Network

JUNE 15, 2011

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) released its 22nd “Annual State of Logistics Report®,” presented by Penske Logistics, today at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The report reveals that business logistics costs rose to 8.3 percent of U.S.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 18, 2023

In the latest WEF Global Risks Report , the authors note, “Present and future risks can interact with each other to form a ‘polycrisis’ — a cluster of related global risks with compounding effects, such that the overall impact exceeds the sum of each part.” The post Are We Entering the Era of the Polycrisis?

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Material Handling & Logistics reports frantic shoppers should have no difficulty elbowing their way through the crowds and getting their hands on perfect presents for everyone on their list. Import cargo volume at major retail container ports has been increasing steadily and is on track to meet or surpass last year’s levels.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Pam is the Conference Chair of Manifest a global logistics tech show bringing investors, leaders and innovators from around the world together. She is the Conference Chair of Manifest a global logistics tech show bringing investors, leaders and innovators from around the world together. About Manifest: The Future of Logistics.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Pam is the Conference Chair of Manifest a global logistics tech show bringing investors, leaders and innovators from around the world together. She is the Conference Chair of Manifest a global logistics tech show bringing investors, leaders and innovators from around the world together. About Manifest: The Future of Logistics.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Some exaggerate the degree and duration of change, mistaking a radically shifted present for long-term transformation. Demand sensing technology will help supply chain professionals to become smarter about the sales side, which helps to drive sales but also allows for better planning of logistics and manufacturing capacity.

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 16, 2021

From purchasing channel changes to retailer ordering patterns, many of the present trends before last March have accelerated, condensing happenings that would have needed years to take hold into 12 months. According to an article published by the Washington Post , “Contactless shopping and the elimination of free samples.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 21, 2013

I spent the day in Washington DC listening to a variety of really intelligent people talk about transportation planning models. A very interesting presentation was made by the Jennifer Murray on freight planning in Wisconsin. Analytics Logistics Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Strategy Transportation Planning'

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Enterra Insights

MAY 6, 2019

2018 challenged them in new ways, and 2019 is shaping up to present continued uncertainty as long-standing trade relationships are reconfigured.” ” With both parties already gearing up for next year’s election, dysfunction will remain the operative word in Washington. Weather disruptions. ” Concluding thoughts.

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Elementum

MAY 22, 2015

Washington Post. The Silk Road Clearance Integrated Reform will help speed up customs processes, reduce logistics costs and save resources. Freight rail’s boost in efficiency presents a light at the end of the tunnel. Slow Train to Europe. In 1980, faced with a slow and struggling railroad industry, U.S.

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Bristlecone

JANUARY 19, 2021

In order to quote a lead time, the customer representative had to follow a long, drawn-out process of calling the tile distributor in the state of Washington and leaving a message – only to finally get back to me the next day to tell me that the shipment might be available around next week. Recently, in a conversation with a leading U.S.-based

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 14, 2021

In May of 2019, the Washington Post reported that “inside several of Amazon’s cavernous warehouses, hundreds of employees spend hours a day playing video games. At the Momentum conference, there was also an interesting presentation by Karl Kapp, a professor of instructional technology at Bloomsburg University, on this topic.

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GTG Technology Group

AUGUST 22, 2018

The current age restriction presents a barrier for many younger people to get into truck driving, as many companies require over the road (OTR) experience, as opposed to local routes. It’s especially cumbersome in smaller places such as Washington D.C., The post Changing the Laws of Logistics appeared first on GTG Technology Group.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2015

This past Tuesday, I gave a lecture at MIT on transportation management systems (co-presented with MercuryGate , which gave the students an optimization problem to solve and a demo of its TMS). I began by making the case that companies — at least those that are forward-thinking — no longer view logistics as just a cost center.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 19, 2017

Nonetheless, I put on my cycling gear and went for a couple of rides this week as I begin turning up the training dial in preparation for our Logistics Leaders for Type 1 Diabetes Cure team ride, which is just four months away in Saratoga Springs, NY. Thank you for listening.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 22, 2015

First, I think we must define what that means present day. Does Washington really care about what happens to our creators, innovators, and workers? The same individuals that smirked at me, later presented me with ideas for new projects and wanted to get involved in my future endeavors. Editorial Manufacturing'

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2020

The year’s struggles were pervasive and felt by most carriers, but as the year closes it leads us to the question, what is the logistics market outlook for 2020? The possible thawing of tense relations could spell an eventual welcomed change from the logistics world. Zipline Logistics’ Regional Roundtable.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a two part series about how to get your logistics and transportation practices in order in time for holiday shipping or peak season crunches. If you’re shipping in Oregon, Washington, or the Carolinas then lanes are at capacity. Freight Logistics Transportation holiday shipping'

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 20, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amazon Scout has already performed well in its tests in California and Washington. Postmasters are understood to have received smartphones designed to scan Amazon packages as they arrive, allowing customers to simply present a pickup code before collecting their parcel.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

But this growth presents a unique, global supply chain challenge. One of my career highlights I’ll share with you: a couple of years ago I had a chance to run the Government affairs organization, and that allowed me to participate in a lot of important meetings back in Washington, Dc. You can understand why.

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Elementum

AUGUST 31, 2022

But this growth presents a unique, global supply chain challenge. One of my career highlights I’ll share with you: a couple of years ago I had a chance to run the Government affairs organization, and that allowed me to participate in a lot of important meetings back in Washington, Dc. You can understand why.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Editor's Note: This is our second post in a two part series about how to get your logistics and transportation practices in order in time for holiday shipping or peak season crunches. If you’re shipping in Oregon, Washington, or the Carolinas then lanes are at capacity. They’re full up with giant Christmas trees.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

“As the logistics industry faces extraordinary pressures, maintaining a culture of compliance is more critical than ever. Yet many companies, lulled by efficient and relatively inexpensive logistics and transport, have been applying lean and just-in-time production methods that span global networks.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 5, 2023

If your fleet has evolved into its present scale and composition, there may be opportunities to decrease the number of vehicles you use. Nevertheless, the ideas presented here should provide some food for thought.

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KEPLER Consulting

APRIL 9, 2018

It is presented to the user as a real environment. In order to make the smart factory operational or functional, we will need “Cyber Physical Systems (CPS)” CPS’s are intelligent systems that bridge virtual and physical components used in production, logistics and products. Washington, DC: U.S. Sources : Boud, A.

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

This is the struggle of our times," said Paul Triolo, head of global technology policy analysis at Eurasia Group in Washington. The push by some in Washington for a decoupling has consequences for boardrooms far beyond the U.S. There are presently no other viable sources of these inputs outside of China," Mitsubishi executives warned.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 11, 2019

In support of that global reach, Cheniere has additional offices in London, Singapore, Washington, Beijing, and Tokyo. Overall, we anticipate that in the next 10-20 years China will be a huge powerhouse, and what they are doing to rock the logistics supply chain from China into Europe will lock in many trade routes. I don’t think so.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 22, 2023

Patrick Fox, Senior Director for Customs and Trade Strategy for VF, presented at the SCRC and made a number of excellent observations about the current trade environment. The magnitude of this task was expressed in his presentation as follows. This is all very real. They come to me and say what does this mean?

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QAD

APRIL 8, 2021

Looking back a few decades, the information for decision making was based on a small set of fact tables that had to be nicely summarized and presented in a report (in those days Excel was a revolution!) It will greatly help with decisions on when and where to invest in production capacity and logistics. Data Opportunities.

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American Global Logistics

APRIL 21, 2020

In Washington, infrastructure spending is back on the table… thanks to Covid-19. Both packages identified the need to address present and future […]. Last year both the Democrats and Republicans tried to pass legislation for infrastructure. Democrats floated a 5-year plan worth $760 billion.

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