Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 17, 2022

The ongoing chip shortages continue to be the hot button topic when it comes to supply shortages in the automotive industry, but traditional components are also in short supply. Meanwhile, deliveries to Pohang and Daesan port dropped to zero, affecting the transportation of steel and petrochemicals. That’s all for this week.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 24, 2015

If I ask you to guess who announced new transportation management software (TMS) functionality yesterday, who would you guess? and “What is a transportation management system?” The boxes and labels of yesterday are giving way to a single amorphous category: “Providers of Supply Chain Software and Services.”. Yes, a 3PL.

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Logility

DECEMBER 1, 2021

But a new layer of complexity now presents another existential topic: the chain of custody. Across the fashion industry, brands debate whether it’s best to track the journey of materials across product lines or trace the chain of custody on a specific product category. However, neither approach accomplishes the same objectives.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

lu explained that fruit and vegetable is harder to plan because spoilage and write-offs lead to lower inventory accuracy in these categories. Most of the stores receive 7 shipments per week but some only receive four or five shipments per week because of transportation infrastructure challenges or lower sales. Mr. Cerito?lu

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In fact, today several leading halal production standards (like the Indonesian and Malaysian halal standards) are already requiring a segregation between halal and non-halal in transport and storage for halal certified manufacturers. This new standard has three modules: transportation, warehousing, and retailing.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Few topics in logistics are getting as much attention today as cold-chain storage, distribution and transportation. Terence Leung (TL): It’s impossible to ignore all the headlines and media attention focused on the topic of cold chain recently. But LSPs who want to compete in the cold-chain sector face even greater challenges.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 27, 2019

In practice, however, relatively few companies are using optimization technology, particularly in transportation. What factors are shifting transportation optimization from a “nice to have” to a “must have” capability? Why is transportation optimization key today? Then post a comment and share your perspective on this topic!

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SCMDOJO

JULY 3, 2023

Choose between a broad overview of procurement and a focused course that focuses on certain topics like strategic sourcing, contract management, or supplier relationship management. The Category Management Course is designed to provide the necessary knowledge and skills required to support procurement projects or roles effectively.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

But, in the current international atmosphere of supply chain troubles and widespread shipping congestion, the topic is a timely one. Owners and managers are leveraging the power of massive datasets in areas as varied as warehousing and visual-based analytics to speed up the transport of commercial products. How is it done? Perishables.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 6, 2016

We continue our series on the top 5 blogs in our 4 main categories ( Freight , Manufacturing , Logistics , and Supply Chain ). I encourage you to scroll through the main four categories blogs or the Cerasis blog in general so you can catch some great content. Our last post covered the Top 5 Logistics blogs of 2016.

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crisp

JANUARY 24, 2024

Comprehensive category reporting With the launch of the Luminate Charter, category data has become more accessible for all suppliers, boasting robust feeds for category advisors and new data available to non-advisors. And you may have realized that if you can see what other suppliers are in your category, they can see you too.

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Tompkins Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

RALEIGH, NC — Shippers and carriers this year can expect to see many new trends related to transportation, as well as a continuation of several critical challenges from 2013. Trends in the Transportation Industry , a report by Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium, pulls back the curtain on today’s hottest transportation issues.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In these instances, tradeoffs have been made, such as impeding carbon emissions reduction progress through the use of less sustainable products or carbon intensive transportation options. How to properly assess risk is itself a complex topic which I can barely scratch the surface of here. Shifting Category Strategies.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 28, 2023

Labor management especially on topics such as influencing behaviors and improving staff retention. Overall digital transformation of the warehouse, transportation, or the entire logistics footprint. First-to-last mile delivery and how to improve customer service. Sustainability will become an active KPI as consumers demand it.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

In the transportation industry, there are many moving parts that can impact your day-to-day operations. From monitoring driver shortages to tracking diesel pricing, staying current on the events in transportation means you will be better equipped to make knowledgeable business decisions and drive growth and efficiency into your supply chain.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 4, 2022

This is perhaps a “forgotten art” that was revisited by one of our student teams that worked with the American Red Cross to explore this topic further this semester. Even if the category manager had time to do it, I want them to be more strategic in their focus.”. Maybe Price Analysis’s time has returned!

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2015

Supply Chain is just one of our five main categories we are covering all this week, which consist of: Logistics, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Freight, and Transportation. As you can see, or if you work in the industry, you know that all five of these categories and the functions and processes around them are central to each other.

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Cognira

AUGUST 2, 2023

Table of Contents Understanding the Landscape: Different Categories of Fresh Items To embark on an effective fresh item promotion planning journey, it is crucial to grasp the diverse categories of fresh items. We can broadly classify them into three categories: 1. What about topics related to retail promotions?

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 28, 2015

We continue our top articles from each of our main 5 categories today by covering the top 10 logistics articles that were the most viewed in 2015. We write to five main categories on the Cerasis blog: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. However, all 5 are linked together.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Today, is day two of our annual year-end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 5 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , Transportation Management , Freight. We will feature over the next 4 business days each category's most viewed posts over the course of 2017. Share This: Read More.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As we head into 2016, we are featuring our most read articles of 2015 in our five main categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. We will resume the series and finish the remaining three categories on December 28th. As always our goal is to educate and inform.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Almost 70% of the respondents, and 87% of those in the ‘leading’ category, indicated that the recovery of their businesses from the pandemic would either have no impact or even a positive effect on their logistics decarbonisation efforts. Coronavirus having little or no impact on decarbonisation plans. Alan McKinnon. Professor of Logistics.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Did the transportation group do a good job [consolidating loads]? After watching the episode, post a question or comment for Derrick, or share your perspective on this topic, and keep the conversation going! It’s easy for me to say, “Well, we saved a lot of money this year and I attribute it to packaging changes.”

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 17, 2015

Read this month’s Market Update for more on issues impacting the transportation industry, and then share your thoughts on these topics. Tight trucking capacity could raise costs for freight transportation buyers. The changes are intended to more closely align thresholds of its safety rating categories to crash risk.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Speakers are the SCRC meeting yesterday and today continued to speak more on the topic of transportation strategy given increasing challenges in the transportation sector, and the need for an effective transportation management strategy.

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Zipline Logistics

APRIL 4, 2023

The survey looked at topics including COVID-19 impact on supply chains, priorities in the coming years, and the path to digital supply chains. In just one category – we’ll use juice as an example – that equates to $50.17 In just one category – we’ll use snacks as an example – that equates to $208.65

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Introduction: Procurement Planning for Distribution-Intensive Businesses Procurement planning is not a widely recognized category of supply chain software, but it should be. This results in underutilized transportation capacity, contributing to higher costs per unit shipped.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

As I think about this topic, I find it useful to listen to this song from 1963. Meanwhile, retailers are getting far more sophisticated in their analytical capabilities, which is reducing the importance of the category captain role for the largest CPG brands in each category. S&OP Challenges.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

This enables the modeling of channel data along with order and shipment data to drive a role-based view for finance, promotion planning, manufacturing planning (along with S&OP), transportation planning, and procurement. Here is my response to some recent comments on this topic: Flowcasting? It also helps me to think more clearly.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 16, 2014

In a past episode of Talking Logistics , Nicholas Carretta, President at UltraShipTMS (a Talking Logistics sponsor), discussed some of the barriers companies face in implementing a transportation management system (TMS), and “building the business case” was one of the main challenges he talked about.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Top Transportation Management and Transportation Articles of 2015. Now, under each of these 5 main categories are several sub categories. We encourage you to use the search function at the right of the blog or the category picker to find any content you'd like to read. Top Supply Chain Articles of 2015.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Expertise: Sourcing, Supply Chain Analysis, Logistics & Transportation, Logistics Management Consulting, Freight (Maritime, Land, or Air), Logistics Technology Solutions. He graduated from the Cambridge Academy of Transport and the Chilean and German Commerce Institute with a degree in maritime transport, respectively.

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Jaggaer

AUGUST 12, 2020

Sourcing was in chaos and a topic that concerned many customers was that they were pushing back transportation tenders – and especially any planned mega – bids – while they waited to see how the market would develop. In recent weeks , all that has changed , and organizations are firing up transportation and mega-bids. .

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BlueYonder

JULY 28, 2022

This insight comes from the 2022 State of Supply Chain Sustainability Report , presented by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), sponsored by Avetta, Blue Yonder, C.H. materials reuse, energy efficiency, transportation empty miles savings).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 10, 2021

Solar technology comprises three main categories: distribution through the electric grid, photovoltaic (PV) cells positioned on commercial or private real estate, and solar heating and cooling mechanisms. Where commercial solar panels are installed is another topic driving efforts to improve sustainability.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 2, 2022

Current supply chain snarls, often associated with overseas factories and logjammed ports, have made manufacturing reshoring a hot topic. Environmentalists are also quick to point out that extended value chains increase both transportation and environmental costs of doing business.

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 17, 2022

It’s barely been a month since UPS fuel surcharges were the latest topic, but with fuel prices skyrocketing to surpass records, they are once again on the table and weighing on the industry’s collective minds. . With fuel required across all forms of transportation, parcel carrier fuel surcharges are growing.

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