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Top Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes (Q2 2015)

Talking Logistics

Guess Who Announced New Transportation Management Software (TMS) Functionality Yesterday. The Panama Canal Expansion: The Impact on Logistics Strategies and Operations (1,410 views). Amazon Tests Robots for Warehouse Item Picking. Find the Money – How a Transportation Spend Diagram Can Help. Top Episodes. 1,379 views).

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What are the true causes of ongoing supply chain disruptions?

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

There are many causes, for example, container ships from Asia are now too large to traverse the Panama Canal (20 years ago they were not), so they offload on the West Coast of the United States and are compelled to truck all goods to the East Coast. The AI, for example, should flag any orders that are way beyond the normal demands. .

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Panama Canal to Launch State-of-the-Art Vessel Scheduling and Maritime Management System

Supply Chain 24/7

New software will help how the Panama Canal plans and schedules transit operations, and for the first time, the Canal will be able to execute a completely integrated operating plan for all of its critical resources, including tugboats, pilots and line handlers.

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Panama Canal to Launch State-of-the-art Vessel Scheduling and Maritime Resources Management System

Supply Chain 24/7

New Software will help how the Panama Canal plans and schedules transit operations.

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Changing SRM Behaviors in a Period of $70/bbl Oil

Supply Chain View from the Field

The event was sponsored by Coupa, one of the leading providers of software, and several of the Coupa executives from the Houston area and from California were present. Business at the Port of Houston is robust, and the volume is growing, based on the hope that the Panama Canal expansion will drive more cargo into the port.

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10 Controversial Freight Predictions for 2016

Freightos

50% increase in major rail and road projects , widening of both the Suez and Panama canals), and with freer trade (e.g. Or moving into more lucrative services, like freight software (e.g. But with a 7% growth prediction for India, a strong US and the EU continuing its slow recovery, short term growth is good. Like reach (e.g.

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10 Controversial Freight Predictions for 2016

Freightos

50% increase in major rail and road projects , widening of both the Suez and Panama canals), and with freer trade (e.g. Or moving into more lucrative services, like freight software (e.g. But with a 7% growth prediction for India, a strong US and the EU continuing its slow recovery, short term growth is good. Like reach (e.g.