Talking Logistics

AUGUST 27, 2018

From May 2016 through the end of August 2017, “17 CEOs of public Big Food manufacturers and retailers had departed, or announced their intention to,” according to an article published last September in Fortune. The theme of the conference was “Go Boldly Together.” Carl Melville (The Melville Group). Tim Koers (Visual Pak).

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MARCH 15, 2018

With 21 weekends scheduled within a nine-month period, this season’s number of races has only ever been matched once in the pinnacle event of motor sports – in 2016. The DHL Fastest Lap Award has existed since 2007 and is conferred to the driver who has achieved the greatest number of fastest laps during the season.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 19, 2018

Container shipping volumes in December of 2017 were 5 percent higher than in the same month of 2016, noted Yin Ming, deputy secretary general of the Shanghai International Shipping Institute and professor at Shanghai Maritime University. He presented his outlook for container shipping to the TPM Annual Conference in Long Beach, Calif.,

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

Which is why a drone took flight from the stage during Ryan’s keynote address at the Descartes Evolution 2017 Conference a couple of weeks ago and broadcast real-time video of the audience as it flew across the front of the hall. The R&D team delivered about 350 product releases in 2016. Will this include drone deliveries?

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor ·. Speaking on a recent conference call hosted by investment firm Stifel, Costello said that there are a few drivers of the current solid freight activity, including consumer spending, construction activity, manufacturing activity, and inventory levels throughout the supply chain. September 18, 2018.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 13, 2018

vehicles last year, up almost 9% on 2016, and the forecast for 2020 is for 5m units, according to figures presented at this year’s Automotive Logistics Mexico conference. vehicles were exported last year, up 12% on 2016. SSA signed a concession to operate the terminal back in 2016. Mexico made 3.8m Logistics island.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Transplace Acquires Yusen Logistics’ Intermodal & Freight Brokerage Group. Then in December 2016, one of the my predictions for 2017 was that “The Migration from Traditional User Interfaces to Chatbots and Virtual Assistants Begins.”. Transplace Acquires Yusen Logistics’ Intermodal & Freight Brokerage Group.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 17, 2018

Volkswagen Group China has revealed plans to begin shipping cars from the country to emerging markets, beginning with South-East Asia. The German OEM said the move would expand the group’s product line-up in emerging markets and was a milestone in its relationship with its two long-standing partners.

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 24, 2018

s annual Supply Chain Executive Conference held last week in Phoenix, AZ provided the platform for the release of its Supply Chain Top 25, which identifies industry “best practices.”. ” ROA: (2017 net income/2017 total assets)*50% + (2016 net income/2016 total assets)*30% + (2015 net income/2015 total assets)*20%.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Local Caption Defence’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) together with BAE Systems Australia have delivered an essential ammunition capability to the Australian Defence Force three months ahead of schedule. 16] Department of Defence 2016, Defence Industry Policy Statement, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, p 19. [17]

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MAY 22, 2018

If we look at year-over-year growth rates, we’re going to go essentially no growth in the sector from 2015 and 2016 to 2.8% Jeff Berman, Group News Editor. Jeff Berman is Group News Editor for Logistics Management , Modern Materials Handling , and Supply Chain Management Review. About the Author.

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Logistics in War

JUNE 17, 2018

This is the final post from the LIW archives on strategic logistics and logistics challenges prior to the Australia & New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. In 2016, the Australian Government released its 2016 Defence White Paper and the supplemental Defence Industry Policy Statement.

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The Logistics Academy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Over the course of 2016, real revenue and volume growth in the air and sea freight forwarding markets was remarkably similar globally, but this disguises significant differences across important countries and regions, say analysts who keep a close eye on the market. Toll Group. The global freight forwarding market has grown by 2.7%

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MAY 16, 2018

That is a pretty good number, especially when considering back in January 2016, which is really not all that long ago, the ratio was checking in a 1.41. But things started to weaken in 2015 and 2016 and into early 2017, due to higher inventories. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor. It is more important than most people think.

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 8, 2018

billion in 2016; and the USDOT estimates that freight volumes will rise 45% by 2045. And it cited a 2016 USDOT study which addressed the impact of increasing current truck size and weight limits, making the determination that there is not a need for federal policy changes on truck size and weights. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2018

Next month, meanwhile, private operator CSI Group will begin work on a six-storey vehicle storage and processing facility near Pier 4 that will have capacity for 10,000 vehicles on a five-hectare site. Carmakers and logistics providers have expressed frustration over the slow pace of expansion at the congested Mexican port of Veracruz.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2018

Next month, meanwhile, private operator CSI Group will begin work on a six-storey vehicle storage and processing facility near Pier 4 at the port that will have capacity for 10,000 vehicles on a 5-hectare site. The work includes a completely new landside and berth development to the north of its existing facilities.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

One of my first clients back in 1999 was Descartes Systems Group. Descartes Systems Group Revenue 2006-2018 (Source: macrotrends). A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Descartes Evolution Global User & Partner Conference 2019. Where is Descartes today? Descartes, in short, is alive and well. Takeaways from Evolution 2019.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 3, 2018

When Audi opened its assembly plant in Mexico in September 2016, it was a milestone achievement on a number of levels. Audi’s Mexican factory is the first in the Volkswagen Group to implement RFID technology for the complete material and container flow. We have standards for the whole VW Group across the world,” says Koltai.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 9, 2019

At the biennial conference organised by the UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, John Lippe, director of city engagement at Ford Mobility Europe, provided one example of how Ford has been working with Transport for London (TFL), the government body responsible for the capital city’s transport system. “We

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 15, 2018

At the press conference in Paris in January, Nadal said the company was opening up to new industrial sectors including aviation, manufacturing, energy, life sciences and healthcare, among others. At the end of 2016, we realised that to come out of the PSA matrix was not easy,” says Nadal. “We

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MAY 10, 2018

Earlier this month, LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman caught up with Greg Gantt president and CEO of national less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) at the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council (NASSTRAC) conference in Orlando, Fla. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor. About the Author.

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Freightera

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In 2016, the science publication Nature noted that air pollution from ocean freight shipping, specifically nitrous oxides, sulfur oxides and particulate matter, was causing the premature deaths of 60,000 people worldwide. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 8.3 percent of the children in the U.S. have asthma.

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Automotive Logistics

JULY 2, 2018

In April 2016, a fleet of trucks – some of which had driven almost 2,000km – arrived in the Dutch port of Maasvlakte and made modest headlines around the world. The key thing is that regulators appear to be broadly supportive, seeing the obvious benefits that platooning can confer.” . The reason?

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

It’s true that those terms are too often discussed in theoretical platitudes in conference sessions and white papers. As McCrea reports, the company’s first offering was a travel mug that hit Starbucks shelves in 2016 and sold out within weeks. Michael Levans, Group Editorial Director. About the Author.

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Forto

MAY 17, 2021

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 5, 2018

The carmaker also said the use of alternatives to road haulage prepared it for dealing with the capacity issues associated with the new regulation on trailer dimensions for finished vehicle road carriers – GB1589 (2016). He also emphasised the close relationship between the Ningbo VDC and economic network in eastern China.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 15, 2017

Comparing the headlines (September 7, 2016 and May 12, 2017). For example, cyber security was one of the topics we discussed at the Executive Forum track at the Descartes Evolution 2017 conference last month. One of the most popular posts I wrote last September became a reality over the weekend. Hospitals, Spanish Companies.”

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The company was founded by a small group of former APL executives and staff who spent their time at the ocean carrier devising the most efficient means to move containers from the ships, on and off the piers, and into the nation’s commerce. 15, 2017 Apparel Importers Trade and Transportation Conference in New York. “A

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

West Coast longshore labor strike in late 2014 and early 2015, or in the aftermath of liner carrier Hanjin Shipping declaring bankruptcy in August 2016. Cargo owners and trucking companies are normally given a certain number of free days to pick up containers of imported goods from ports after they have been unloaded from ships.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 3, 2019

“It is not surprising that an industry which has exploded into existence and is expanding more rapidly than any before is somewhat turbulent and difficult to navigate,” says Robert Garbett, founder of drone technology consultancy, Drone Major Group, which has so far mapped more than 250 applications for drone systems. miles) to 5km. “The

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 16, 2018

Ian Robertson, special representative in the UK for BMW Group and a former member of the board of management at the carmaker, has echoed points made back in 2016 , highlighting the volume of automotive flows back and forth across the Channel each day. “As As an industry, there are around 2,000 trucks per day through Dover.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 11, 2019

The biggest parts supplier operating in Turkey is Bosch, with revenue of $901m in 2016, largely derived from locally produced brake systems, according to figures published by the country’s investment agency. Parts worth $1.4 billion left the country in 2018, up from $1.2 billion in 2017, according to OSD figures.

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Material Handling and Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

We saw that starting to turn around in 2016 and continued to accelerate into 2017," he notes. However, members of the shippers and providers panel at the CSCMP press conference stressed that the tradeoff is a welcome improvement to safety now that drivers cannot cheat on their logbooks. Kearney and co-author of the report. "In

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Automotive Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

The finished vehicle logistics sector needs to find better ways to communicate and collaborate to meet the challenges of an uncertain future, delegates at this year’s Finished Vehicle Logistics North America conference in California were told in March. Marcus Williams reports.

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Automotive Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

The finished vehicle logistics sector needs to find better ways to communicate and collaborate to meet the challenges of an uncertain future, delegates at this year’s Finished Vehicle Logistics North America conference in California were told in March. Marcus Williams reports.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 25, 2018

The production and export operations of Gaz Group in Russia remain up in the air, after the US first imposed and then delayed sanctions against its owner Oleg Deripaska this month. In addition to Gaz Group, Deripaska is also the owner of Rusal, a major supplier of aluminium to most of Russia’s vehicle assembly plants.

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