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Transportation Sourcing in an Omni-channel World

Talking Logistics

Unfortunately, many retailers are jumping in without a plan — that is, they are taking a short-term, silo’ed approach to transportation sourcing and execution, and as a result, are failing to meet their desired outcomes. Also, is multi-functional engagement important and, how does omni-channel impact transportation sourcing?

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How Machine Learning is Transforming Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

Namely, how does machine learning help with predicting shipping transit times? Watch the attached video for the full interview. Prediction of shipping transit times sounds simple but is actually extremely complex. We asked Derek to provide greater detail on a few key points. Below are some key points made in the discussion.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

Video released by police shows the riders speeding through the city, and at times, riding off road on pedestrian walkways. Amazon has been focusing on a so-called “regionalization” effort to ship products to customers from warehouses closest to them rather than from another part of the country. The audit determined that CPW emitted 1.2

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From Exports to Delivery: Simplifying PPE Shipping

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Over the past several months, China has been the main source for PPE. For a closer look at how China’s regulations impact PPE shipping, check out our recent PPE exporting video featuring our director of product development, Vincent Wong. Exporting PPE from China. and Canada customs best practices. Importing PPE into Canada.

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Breaking Boundaries: Exploring Generative AI’s Impact on Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Generative AI can use models with billions or even trillions of parameters trained on massive datasets (think the size of the internet), enabling it to produce increasingly complex outputs such as speech, text, and videos. It can then generate new content using prompts that resemble the original training data.

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The Year the Ports Stole Christmas? Hopefully Not.

Logistics Viewpoints

The photos of the cargo ships at anchor waiting for berth at the ports of LA and Long Beach certainly generate an emotional response, “what in those containers will affect my work or personal consumption plans?” Source: Ports of LA, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle-Tacoma. There were 12 days of ships sitting, waiting for berth.

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Importing From China! The Essential Guide! (Video)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Blog post and video, and permission to publish, provided to supplychaingamechanger.com by Simon Pleass, Managing Director at [link]. If you are interested in learning more about importing from China, we recommend that you check out this handy video guide from the team at 2Flow which covers everything you will need to know.

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