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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

This year I am especially looking forward to ProMat. If you haven’t attended recently, it is an unmatched display of warehouse automation, robotics, and software systems. Just last week, my colleague Clint Reiser wrote an article about the top logistics and supply chain conferences to attend in 2024.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 1, 2017)

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BluJay Solutions Raises up to $500 Million New Financing to Drive Accelerated Growth. Manhattan Transportation Management Enhancements Enable the Acquisition and Supervision of Additional Shipment Capacity. Freight Companies Scramble to Reroute Goods in Wake of Harvey (WSJ – sub. Robinson acquires Milgram & Company.

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Software is Not Enough: SAP and Descartes Partner on TMS Connectivity

Talking Logistics

How will you establish and manage electronic communication with carriers and other trading partners? That is one of the most important, yet often overlooked, questions shippers should ask before implementing a Transportation Management System — specifically if they’re implementing a traditional, behind-the-firewall solution.

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Collaboration at the Logistics Sharp End – Can It Work?

Logistics Bureau

Why do some rival firms that battle with each other downstream in retail outlets manage to work well together upstream in their transport and warehousing? The only logical reason to collaborate with another enterprise is to be better off than before. What Can Companies Gain from Collaborating in Logistics? Foods a few years ago.

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

One of my first clients back in 1999 was Descartes Systems Group. Descartes Systems Group Revenue 2006-2018 (Source: macrotrends). There are a lot of niche supply chain and logistics solutions in the market and Descartes is good at finding and acquiring them. Source: Google. Where is Descartes today?

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Collaboration at the Logistics Sharp End – Can It Work?

Logistics Bureau

Why do some rival firms that battle with each other downstream in retail outlets manage to work well together upstream in their transport and warehousing ? The only logical reason to collaborate with another enterprise is to be better off than before. What Can Companies Gain from Collaborating in Logistics? Foods a few years ago.

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The Digital Supply Chain Needs to Include Trade Compliance Systems!

Logistics Viewpoints

Better systems at customs agencies can lead to increases in cycle times for companies that are not on top of the complex documentation requirements associated with trade. Better systems at customs agencies can lead to increases in cycle times for companies that are not on top of the complex documentation requirements associated with trade.