Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This relationship between YMX and Orange EV is a significant step forward in transforming yard operations across North America. As the logistics industry increasingly embraces electrification, yard operations have become a focal point for significant, impactful change.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 13, 2025

She plays an active role in campaigns like Wreaths Across America and supports initiatives for organizations such as WeMake, which empowers adults with autism through creativity and inclusion. About Bettaway Bettaway is a privately held, family-owned Supply Chain Services company headquartered in South Plainfield, New Jersey.

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QAD

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The advantage of a ‘pull’ system, over more traditional push based manufacturing, is that we only produce what is needed when it’s needed. Cost savings in warehousing and floor space along with associated reduction in personnel required. Trucking Challenges in North America. But why just in North America?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

McCormick Place North Entering the grand concourse and riding the escalator up one floor, we will take a left hand turn into the North Hall, home to the North Manufacturing and Assembly Solution Center and the Robotics and Automation Solution Center. Automate was not co-located with ProMat as it has been in years past.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2024

Over the years, individual locations—the company has several manufacturing locations in Europe and North America—have behaved increasingly autonomously. While KRONOS (NYSE: KRO) was incorporated in 1989, the company’s roots are over 100 years old. Users continued to work as they always had and then input data into SAP.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2023

Paul Brashier is Vice President Drayage and Intermodal at ITS Logistics , a third party logistics (3PL) company that offers creative supply chain solutions with an asset-lite transportation division that ranks #21 in North America, a top-tier asset-based dedicated fleet, and a Top 12 intermodal and drayage division.

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PINC

JANUARY 5, 2021

Leaders in yard management services and technology to collaborate to bring transparency and efficiency to hundreds of facilities in North America. Founded in 1996, Lazer Spot provides yard spotting , shuttling, trailer rentals and specialized yard services in 400+ locations in North America. and Canada.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 22, 2025

This week: Supply chain invest in new cross-border facilities; Japanese industrial supplier investing $5M in Mexico expansion; and Benchmark Electronics opens manufacturing facility in Guadalajara, Mexico. Evans Transportation is a full-service, third-party provider of custom logistics solutions for a range of North American shippers. “We

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Goods move through 25 ports of entry into North America and 10 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. VF had committed itself to largely selling goods to consumers in the same region they are manufactured in. BOMs are critical for sourcing and manufacturing. Achieving Agility with Regional Supply Chains.

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Freightos

APRIL 2, 2024

Schedules were quickly disrupted and capacity shifted to China – Europe and North America lanes to accommodate the longer voyages. Joyce Tai Joyce is an e-commerce veteran with over 17 years of experiences in digital transformation across manufacturing, distribution, sell and marketing sectors. That reached air cargo quickly.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

That includes everything from raw materials and manufacturing to packaging and logistics. In North America, 81% of consumers said they would stop buying products from brands they learned were harming the environment. Known as Scope 3 emissions, these are also the most difficult to measure and manage.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 7, 2024

In late 2023, we conducted a survey of 1,000 supply chain and logistics decision-makers across North America and Europe across three sectors: manufacturing, distribution and retail; carriers; and logistics services providers. drivers and warehouse workers) as high to extreme (see Figure 1).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 31, 2023

This multinational operates 280 factories and 500 warehouses, that source raw materials from 52,000 suppliers in over 150 countries, processes 25 million customer orders annually, that are then shipped to customers in over 190 nations. Unilever started in North America in 2020.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 28, 2024

The company said that it has already replaced 95 percent of the plastic air pillows with paper filler in North America and is working toward complete removal by year’s end. It is the company’s largest plastic packaging reduction effort in North America to date and will remove almost 15 billion plastic air pillows from use annually.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2022

The available talent pool of drivers, warehouse associates and other employees is small, which creates staffing volatility. A North America?n Manufacturers, retailers, and third-party logistics providers can all benefit from digitized logistics. Customers’ needs and expectations are constantly changing. With nearly $21.3

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

It was precisely the industry’s inability to make real-time decisions (based on real-time data) that was at the root of depleted store shelves, clogged ports and warehouses overflowing with excess inventory. Some examples: Procurement and Co-manufacturing : What is the impact of inbound transportation issues on materials?

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Third-party logistics companies ( 3PLs ) specialize in distribution, warehousing and fulfillment services. Today, there are many top 3PL warehousing companies that handle warehousing, fulfillment, logistics and distribution services for companies of all sizes. Revenue: €63.3 billion/$72.43 Smith 4.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

As a result of shifting manufacturing networks across the world, distribution networks will change substantially in the next few years. 50% of the interviewed companies have implemented re-shoring initiatives in the last 3 years for up to 20% of their Asia-based production capacity.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

At least this is the story for consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies in North America. Today, 63% of consumer manufacturing organizations have a digital path to purchase initiative. Relating to, using, or storing data or information in the form of digital signals. Growth has slowed. Complexity has increased. What to do?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2024

Medline is a medical supply manufacturer, distributor, and solutions provider. And through that, we’ve invested more than $2 billion back into our manufacturing footprint, our distribution footprint, and technology and systems to make sure that we’re continuing to be very resilient.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Raw materials are in short supply, many manufacturers have temporarily mothballed production lines, transportation costs are rising, and labor is getting tight on our roadways , railways and ocean vessels. And what is sitting in the warehouse. The impact? We should know how much product is sitting in the port of origin.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

” E2E also means being able to see things when they are not in transit, such as raw materials upstream, inventory in a warehouse or yard, products in retail outlets, or shipments stuck in customs. According to McKinsey, an auto manufacturer, on average, has around 250 tier-one suppliers – and 18,000 across the full value chain.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Clients have included third party logistics providers (3PL’s), asset-based providers, shippers (manufacturers and distributors) and vendors to the industry (transportation technology/fleet solutions). We partner with clients across North America to help them identify the most qualified candidates for their niche hiring needs.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. It is safe to say that if a warehouse operation is not implementing Lean, it is falling behind its competition. But, it can be overdone.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 6, 2024

Mike further shares details on the upcoming Jarrett Supply Chain Summit and associated charity events, setting the stage for a comprehensive discussion on the importance of efficient supply chain management from manufacturer to retailer for maximum customer satisfaction. Jarrett makes a promise to its customers. The customer is important.

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TransAudit

MARCH 25, 2025

The logistics landscape is evolving rapidly as more manufacturers relocate production closer to domestic markets. China trade tensions driving businesses to reconsider offshore manufacturing. Tariffs and rising import costs make overseas production less attractive, prompting companies to shift operations back to North America.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic followed by supply chain disruptions around the world has sparked a resurgence of companies bringing sourcing and manufacturing back to the United States or closer to U.S. These factors have encouraged manufacturers to move closer to the source of consumption — the U.S. trade with Asia.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 14, 2020

ToolsGroup’s GM of North America, David Barton, sat down for a video interview with Robert Bowman, managing editor at Supply Chain Brain , to share anecdotes and advice for supply chain planners in a year no one could have planned for. What are your customers experiencing this year in the wake of COVID-19?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Consumers became more loyal to retail brands, and retailers increased the number of products manufactured and marketed as house brands. Today, as shown in figure 2, 57% of retailers have a perpetual inventory signal in the warehouse and 47% have a perpetual inventory signal in the store. Why Is It More Important Now?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

Porsche looks to advance its efforts against CO2 emissions by calling upon its nearly 1,300 suppliers to only use renewable energy in manufacturing components for its vehicles. Notably, the 767 is around 30 percent more efficient than the MD-10s that were phased out. Rob Spilman Jr.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. But in North America, distribution is predominately through their company-owned fleet. There are continuing efforts to reduce the weight of their tractor and trailers in North America.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 26, 2024

Thousands of flights were grounded or delayed at the world’s largest air freight hubs in Europe, Asia and North America. based carrier’s role in Mexico as nearshoring manufacturing trends drive more cross-border trade. market,” UPS Chief Executive Carol Tomé said in announcing the agreement Monday.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

What’s in manufacturing? Is it sitting at the warehouse yard, or has it reached the store? Complete visibility requires us to break down the silos between various critical supply change management systems – e.g., warehouse management systems, order management systems, visibility platforms. And it requires visibility everywhere.

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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

A recent Thomas survey found that 64% of manufacturing companies are likely to “bring production and sourcing back to North America” in view of COVID-19. What we’re seeing is not just a trend towards changing materials/part suppliers, but also warehousing and logistics suppliers. .

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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. Across the US, Ferguson has 6.5 Conclusion.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Global challenges, including port congestion, fuel costs, governmental policies and the ongoing pandemic will be among the factors affecting over-the-road hauling across North America as we look forward through this year and beyond. Class 8 manufacturing capacity has slowed to record levels, with backlogs of a year or more.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

Employees at an Amazon warehouse on New York’s Staten Island voted late last week to join a union, which is a painful defeat for the e-commerce giant that has aggressively fought unionization efforts in recent years. Mexican factories gain in supply chain revamps. Jokr prepping world’s first carbon-negative grocery delivery.

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