BlueYonder

OCTOBER 22, 2019

About 10 years ago, all competitors of the French car maker Citroen were seeing the offer to personalize a DS3 model (specific roof top, seats, color combination…) as a stupid idea impacting supply chain costs.Yet today, all of them are doing this, as it has become a must-have. And this knowledge must influence the entire supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 29, 2016

Lots of supply chain and logistics news to get to this week, especially on the the technology front, so let’s go straight to it. JDA Empowers Customers to Transform their Supply Chains with New End-to-End Capabilities. Descartes Acquires pixi.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

Managing bid packages, for instance, can be time consuming and complex. Here are seven strategies to elevate freight management in an organization to build a more competitive supply chain advantage. Utilize technology to automate administrative tasks and make smarter decisions. Be demand driven.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 5, 2018

Shyp is a startup that “picks up, packages, and ships anything at the best price, through major international carriers like USPS, UPS and FedEx, for business and everyday use.”. We charge a $5 pickup fee, and that includes the packaging and coming to your home. Shyp and Uber: Pulling the Plug on Disruption. It doesn’t.”.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 22, 2019

About 10 years ago, all competitors of the French car maker Citroen were seeing the offer to personalize a DS3 model (specific roof top, seats, color combination…) as a stupid idea impacting supply chain costs.Yet today, all of them are doing this, as it has become a must-have. And this knowledge must influence the entire supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2014

It was a great costume, and we looked great — except we were living in Arizona at the time and nobody outside of New York City (the only place the Blue Man Group was performing at the time) had heard of them, so every time we showed up at a party that night, people would yell out, “Hey, look, Smurfs !” Con-way Inc.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

Last week I attended the annual National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show in New York City. This year, nearly 40,000 attendees comprising 6,200 brands from all over the world headed to the Javits Center to see what new solutions and innovations software and hardware suppliers had in store for 2024 and beyond.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Since city fathers generally don’t have the luxury of planning from the ground up, they must deal with things as they have evolved. We can’t put all of the blame on city planners and politicians. Prevost concludes, “As urban areas continue to expand and grow, smart city technology will continue to expand as well.

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 6, 2017

And come home to a package waiting for you on the front doorstep. Even if you get a notification that the package has been delivered, it’s a great feeling—mini gifts and tidbits we send ourselves throughout the year (even when it’s toilet paper). The New Last Mile. Packages could travel farther distances because there was time.

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Elementum

JULY 21, 2015

Here's what the event marked the first FAA-approved drone delivery in the US means for your supply chain. When medical supplies are in need, driving isn’t always a viable option. Transportation takes manpower and wastes valuable time in a supply chain, damaging cars on unpaved country roads.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 5, 2016

At NRF Retail’s BIG Show in New York City on January 17-19, 2016, JDA will be offering test drives of another totally different and exciting technology designed to please retail’s new boss—the consumer. Today’s new boss—consumers like you and me—want what we want, where and when we want it.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action ” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer. I was born in New York City and grew up on Long Island.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

The rings are “one of the first pieces of wearable technology to be deployed by Walmart Canada,” the company said. The company’s hope is to bring the technology to all of Walmart Canada’s 408 stores. More than 1,500 of the rings have arrived at more than 130 stores, Walmart Canada said in a corporate blog post.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2017

I’ve never given a supply chain presentation in Spanish. Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx and UPS (Bloomberg Technology). Google AI to Power Rolls-Royce’s Autonomous Ships (Port Technology).

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

Chipotle’s push for humane chicken delayed amid tight supplies. Mexican factories gain in supply chain revamps. 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.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Published with kind permission of MHD Supply Chain Solutions Magazine. When supply chain leaders like Walmart start to test the waters by using Uber and its competitor Lyft to make last-mile deliveries, it’s probably time to take notice – or to start catching up. How close is it to significantly disrupting logistics?

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 22, 2016

I provide the answer below, after sharing this week’s supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention: Amazon is sizing up an Ocado buyout (The Drum). Cities (WSJ – sub. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Begins Construction Process of First Full-Scale Passenger System. Assortment solution.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2015

Next week is the National Retail Federation’s Big Show in New York City and you can bet that even the hot dog vendors outside the venue will have “omnichannel” posted on their carts. The post This Week in Logistics News (January 5-9, 2015) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 4, 2021

”[3] Back in 2019, Jasper Dekker ( @dekkerjasper ), an Associate Design Director at Smart Design, reported, “In New York City, 1.5 As the New York Times points out, the George Washington Bridge, the main thoroughfare for delivery trucks, has become the most congested route in the country.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 17, 2022

However, the company announced earlier this week that Amazon Prime customers in Lockeford, CA, will start receiving package deliveries by drone later this year. UPS said a trial run is focused on New York City and in several cities in Europe.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 7, 2020

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 28, 2023

The UPS-Teamsters contract is the largest collective-bargaining agreement involving a private employer in North America, and a strike could have harmed the supply chains of many companies. Amazon spokesperson Elizabeth Fine stated that the company’s primary objective is to eliminate packaging whenever possible.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Walmart to add 20,000 supply chain employees. Speaking of the holiday season, Walmart is planning to add 20,000 supply chain employees ahead of the anticipated holiday rush. The average wage for a supply chain associate is $20.37 billion in 2020.

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