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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Robinson Worldwide announced the release of a mobile app that extends the reach of its Navisphere platform, “allowing users to access critical shipment information with Apple or Android™ mobile devices.” This is also another example of how the lines between 3PLs and technology companies continue to blur.

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Mastering Menards Delivery through Retail Specialized Logistics

Zipline Logistics

Delivering to Menards can be a challenge for brands that do not have an efficiently optimized logistics function or extensive experience working with the retailer. They have created a supplier scorecard system that utilizes must arrive by dates (MABDs). Work with a Retail Logistics Specialist to Optimize Menards Delivery.

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We Need Supply Chain Immunity, not Resiliency: A Position Paper

NC State SCRC

So how do we make sure that in a post-Covid world, we continue to not just optimize and design our supply chains based on lowest cost, but ones that do the least damage and have an ability to flex under pressure? Supply chain immunity is similar to the idea of your body’s recognizing invaders through its immune system. How to do this?

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DELMIA Communities Month in Review

DELMIA Quintiq

Take a look at highlights from the factory tour that was hosted by MetalQuest at their Nebraska location where they showcased manufacturing solutions – including a digital twin – in the 3DEXPERIENCE Works portfolio! Planning & Optimization Community. We look forward to seeing you there! Global Operations Community.

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‘Truckemon Go’ trucking software app

Tailwind

For these truckers, the new Truckemon Go trucking software app has been a godsend as their business has dried up with the recent economic downturn and slow summer season. ’ We thought that if we give them some incentive… like a weightless load…then they could pick them all up and optimize their fuel consumption”.

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A GPS for Your Money?

Tailwind

The other day the city council, in a small community in northern interior region of British Columbia, passed a motion that all serial crime offenders will be tracked by a GPS system. ” But all this GPS talk did get me thinking about all the wonderful ways we could use GPS technology in our society. Know what it is?

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Life is a Highway

Tailwind

Your dispatch software printed out a BOL that told you where what you were picking up, where you were going, and when you had to get it there. Your routing and mileage tracking software told you the most optimal route to travel. Pratt VP Marketing & Sales Tailwind Transportation Software