Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

The second goal was to work with a fourth party logistics (4PL) partner that had invested in cutting-edge transportation management and visibility solutions. A 4PL is a company that plans and executes transportation on behalf of their customers. The company chose 4Flow to do transportation planning and execution in Europe.

Supply Chain Planning Software 208

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Source E2open Shipping Index). Market inflation sits at 7%–the highest since June 1982.

Procurement Analytics 217

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Stord

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The award evaluates transportation providers across several categories including on-time pickup and delivery, compliance, and accuracy. Stord’s performance metrics in servicing Veritiv were 99 percent or higher for on-time pickup, on-time delivery, tender acceptance, and invoicing accuracy.

North America 60

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Source E2open Shipping Index). Market inflation sits at 7%–the highest since June 1982.

Procurement Analytics 195

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Supply Chain Collaborator

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

“The Value in Orchestrating a Scheduled Transportation Plan”. These three headlines from Transport Topics and Food Shippers of America magazine tell the story of one of the most important challenges facing shippers in North America leading into 2018. The bellwether metric – spot rates – are pegging the meter.

Just-in-Time 60

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

The peak season definition is a continued evolution of the seasons in transportation. Even once a vaccine was available, additional breakouts of new variants in Shanghai put the brakes on transportation expectations for the Produce Shipping Season in 2022. When and What Is Peak Season ? Q2: The Produce Shipping Season.

Supply Chain Planning Software 237

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

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. BE READY FOR THE NEW NORMAL.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 17, 2022

When it comes to food waste, the environment takes a double whammy — water, packaging, transportation, and agricultural resources get used up for naught, and that leftover sandwich or container of expired spinach you bought in hopes of healthy eating releases greenhouse gases as it decomposes in a landfill.”[2] ”[5].

Waste Reduction 130

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 17, 2022

When it comes to food waste, the environment takes a double whammy — water, packaging, transportation, and agricultural resources get used up for naught, and that leftover sandwich or container of expired spinach you bought in hopes of healthy eating releases greenhouse gases as it decomposes in a landfill.”[2] ”[5].

Waste Reduction 130

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2013

XPO Logistics to Acquire 3PD, the Largest Provider of Heavy Goods, Last-Mile Logistics in North America. ” I wonder if Mr. Anderson is factoring in the difference in labor costs between stores and distribution centers in his calculation, as well as the cost of transporting the goods to the stores in the first place.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 18, 2022

Supply chain planning and response management technology provider Kinaxis announced this week the completion of the acquisition of MPO , a provider of a B2B SaaS based platform supporting multi-party orchestration of order fulfillment, inventory and transportation services management. Customers span not only Europe but North America.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

It strained production functions and increased the need for trucking services, which led to falling performance metrics that rippled across organizations. According to the report , the largest brands in North America reported an 8% decline in on-time in-full (OTIF) delivery performance at retail customers throughout 2020.

Procurement Analytics 69

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The Event The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) recently concluded its ASCM CONNECT 2023 North America Conference. While schools view these metrics as positive to their programs, they sometimes do not seek businesses input to the desired skill needs. “ Starting salaries are second only to data engineers.

Conference 105

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

Andrew Lynch is President and Co-Founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. For CPG brands, the road map to category leadership isn’t shaving pennies off transactional transportation costs. Perform a network analysis.

Security 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. The race for excellence will be won on other continents than North America and mainland Europe. It is exciting to see a country so excited about building global transportation infrastructure. Supply chain leaders make progress in three-to-five years. It is clear.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 150

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 2, 2016

So it is important to have several mechanisms in place to track performance, including: key performance metrics, regular reviews and processes for making adjustments. Challman spent more than 20 years in the transportation industry, most recently serving as Senior Director, Transportation Management at DHL/Exel Supply Chain.

3PL 100

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2022

Functional transportation is incredibly important for anyone, but it is also a very expensive risk. The major metrics that make up the cost are the make and model of the vehicle, and the economic conditions when you’re buying your insurance. Carriage Trade is regarded as one of America’s largest public auto auctions.

New Hampshire 94

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Talking Logistics

JULY 2, 2014

Meanwhile, Omitracs has been a leading telematics solution provider for more than 25 years, serving over 2,500 private and for-hire fleet customers and more than 270,000 vehicles throughout North America and Latin America.

Conference 142

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 15, 2021

According to a report from the Food Marketing Institute, the largest consumer goods brands in North America reported an 8% decline in on-time in-full (OTIF) delivery performance at retail customers throughout 2020. As specialists in the industry, logistics providers can offer much more than transactional transportation.

Cost Reduction Strategies 52

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Robinson Introduces Navisphere App for Customers.

Optimal Sourcing 100

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Coming out of Y2K, more logistics operations focused on improving labor management, transportation management and green initiatives such as advancements in lighting technology, safety features with automated dock ramps with trailer locks and more. Investments in Transportation solutions is imperative.

Supply Chain Planning Software 71

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. It is worth noting that North America has a much higher emission intensity than sub-Saharan Africa, despite Africa being significantly larger and housing more countries. Transportation is an energy-intensive activity in logistics. parts per million.

Negotiating Skills 52

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

It’s the reason why On Time In Full (OTIF) is a critical supply chain metric today. I spend the bulk of my time these days reviewing young technology companies primarily in North America, Europe, and Latin America,” said Dan. “I I think I have personally looked at no less than 50 digital freight companies.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 20, 2020

For example, if your dock space is limited, a regular schedule through the consolidation program eliminates the need to accommodate pickups of small order quantities from multiple transportation providers. Robinson also has the largest network of contract carriers in North America and nationwide consolidation services.

Inventory Reduction 44

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

Sourcing from local suppliers to support the local communities and save costs on transportation. In 2019 , 72% of consumers in 11 countries across North America, Europe, and Asia reported buying more environmentally friendly products than they did five years ago, and 81% said they expected to buy even more over the next five years.

Optimal Sourcing 52

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

At LogiChem, attendees interacted through roundtables and panel discussions on topics that identified best practices around inventory and supply chain metrics, third party logistics provider (3PL) management, rail logistics strategy to combat the driver shortage dilemma, and a host of other topics. ChemSolutions®, a division of C.H.

Conference 34

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ShipBob

JANUARY 23, 2023

Same-day delivery and last-mile logistics in North America is estimated to grow by $62.71 Last-mile delivery is a logistics term that is defined as the transportation of a package from a fulfillment center to the package’s final destination, which is usually a personal residence. billion between 2023-2027.

3PL 98

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NC State SCRC

JULY 11, 2017

The American Transportation Research Institute estimates that of the total cost per mile of driving a rig that drives between 80,000 and 125,000 miles per year, the average cost (including drivers wages and benefits) is $1.593 per mile, or which tire cost are $ 0.043 a mile, and fuel costs are $.403 403 per mile. Cost per engine hour.

Procurement Analytics 40

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Shipsy

JUNE 20, 2017

In the last five years there has been a triple-digit growth in the implementation of industrial robots in manufacturing and warehousing especially in North America, Europe and Asia. The Rankings Gartner has used three financial and corporate social responsibility metrics for the ranking. Change in revenue from prior year CSR?—?Index

Gartner 40

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FLEXE

MAY 10, 2018

According to Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, they have “invested over $150 billion worldwide in fulfillment networks, transportation capabilities, and technology infrastructure, including AWS data centers” since 2011. With FLEXE, you can: Get fast access to warehouses across North America. See for yourself with our FBA Calculator.

Inventory Reduction 31

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Locus

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Diving deep into these swirling waters, Brian McLean, Director of Sales for North America at Locus, offered enlightening insights in a recent InFocus Webinar. US returns contributed to 16 million metric tons of carbon emissions and nearly 6 billion pounds of landfill waste annually. Transportation glitches.

Reverse Logistics 52

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FLEXE

MAY 10, 2018

According to Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, they have “invested over $150 billion worldwide in fulfillment networks, transportation capabilities, and technology infrastructure, including AWS data centers” since 2011. With FLEXE, you can: Get fast access to warehouses across North America. See for yourself with our FBA Calculator.

Inventory Reduction 28

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

The Normalcy Index calculated weekly by the Economist projects that North America is 67% of the way back to normalcy from COVID, but globally, it is lower at 50% with many flare-ups. Yet, transportation optimization products focus on managing price, not constraints. Expect disruption in transportation cycles.

Modeling 276

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Content Summary: Personal Mover Transports Employees around BMW Plant. To eliminate some of this traveling BMW’s R&D group developed a Personal Mover solution—a one-person means of transport for covering short distances within an operating site. Content Summary: Trucks Platoon Across North Carolina Turnpike.

Supply Chain Design Software 110

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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 has shown sustained improvement on this metric. They operate, both their own fleet and a dedicated fleet, that has 5,300 trucks.

Supply Chain Design Software 221

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In addition, logistics within the country and in international traffic are complicated by heavy snowfalls in Turkey, said Georgy Vlastopulo, head of the Optimalog company: “As for maritime transport, it is worth saying that due to difficult weather conditions since last week, ferries have been unable to land on the Turkish coast.”

Logistics Network Optimization Software 206

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Leaders from Wynn Transport, Inc., Callaway Carriers, and 7 Hills Transportation provided their unique perspectives on C.H. Wynn Transport, Inc., As an owner/operator, Dinh Nguyen of Wynn Transport, Inc., 7 Hills Transportation expands into new lanes with online booking.

North America 44

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