Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

FourKites , a leading real-time supply chain visibility platform, has announced that its European customer conference, Visibility 2021, will be held virtually on 7th October. The theme of this year’s conference, “Go Beyond,” presents a bold vision for supply chains of the future, centred around automation, innovation and collaboration.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2018

The 2018 supply chain conference season kicked off for me last week. I gave a keynote presentation on emerging technologies (drones, driverless trucks, 3D printing, blockchain, etc.) at the SMC3 Jump Start 2018 conference in Atlanta, GA. Tighter Trucking Capacity, Higher Rates Until 2019 (or Beyond).

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Blue Grace Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2017

This year, BlueGrace Logistics held their National Conference at the beautiful SandPearl resort in Clearwater Beach, FL. To no surprise, the conference was jam packed with fantastic speakers including Don Hutson, Alex Sheen and Brian Holloway. The next presentation was by Andy Burke, V.P. Monday | Day 1. Featured Speaker| Day 1.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Last month, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry. The elevation journey actually began the day before the conference officially started. So, what are some of the data challenges the industry faces?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2022

I’d say that the conference did not disappoint on any of those three points. In his presentation, Matt discussed the future of supply chain optimization. SEE and RESPOND: the ability to get ahead of data, see the data and respond accordingly. The big piece here is you need to be able to break apart the data silos.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In addition to the presentation of new vehicles, the focus will be on logistics, transport and the digitalisation of commercial vehicle transport on the way to climate neutrality. To give exhibitors and visitors the best possible exposure to their target audience, the IAA Conference will focus on different key topics over four days.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 24, 2024

Last week I attended the Blue Yonder ICON conference. Data on Wednesday showed inflation resuming its downward drift after surging in the first quarter, with consumer price growth moderating in April after posting solid gains for two straight months. My write-up gets into all of the great things I saw while at the show.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

In addition to the presentation of new vehicles, the focus will be on logistics, transport and the digitalisation of commercial vehicle transport on the way to climate neutrality. To give exhibitors and visitors the best possible exposure to their target audience, the IAA Conference will focus on different key topics over four days.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

A few weeks ago, I revisited the age-old driver shortage question (see Truck Driver Shortage: Getting Better, Worse, or No Problem at All? ). As the title of my post suggests, the answer to the question depends on who you ask, when you ask it, and what data you use. Number of Truck Drivers: The ATA vs. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Tom France, the vice president of distribution at Trane Technologies, gave an entertaining presentation in early October of this year at a FourKites online conference. The equipment they ship is often too large to go in one truck and needs to ship in multiple pieces. There is more demand for trucks than supply.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Or it could be a conference presentation or webinar your prospect just delivered. . Go through this information carefully; it will give you numerous clues how to position your sales presentation to align with how it serves your prospect’s customers. . #2: 3: Freight data. 5: Conferences . 2: Company news.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 17, 2022

To learn more about the future of logistics, tune as they give a preview of the topics for their upcoming Manifest conference happening in 2023 like sustainability, connecting the ecosystem, machine learning, and intelligent infrastructure. By the way, we should also mention Manifest had its first conference in 2022, right?

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Penske Move Ahead

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Sonthalia presented an update to the report during the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' virtual conference this week. The report was introduced by CSCMP and presented by Penske Logistics on June 23. "It is going to be a hard road ahead and resilience will be tested over and over again.".

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Just last week, my colleague Clint Reiser wrote an article about the top logistics and supply chain conferences to attend in 2024. Best Logistics and Supply Chain Conferences to Attend in 2023 ; Clint Reiser Welcome 2023! And with the new year comes an increasing return to in-person supply chain conferences and trade shows.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 30, 2018

Big Data in Logistics. Truck Capacity Shortage: The Past, Present and Future. Highlights from 3Gtms Innovate 2018 User Conference. The Data Needed to Transform Supply Chains. Big Data in Logistics. Supply Chain Visibility: Past, Present, and Future. Realities and Misconceptions of 4PL Relationships.

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Automotive Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Volvo Trucks is testing a tyre management service in Sweden in a move which it says will help it take care of potential malfunctions before they become serious. We’re looking at uptime from a customer perspective,” said Markus Efraimsson, vice-president of Uptime at Volvo Trucks. The time is now down to 24 hours, he said.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 3, 2019

While driver turnover and the ongoing driver shortage tend to go hand in hand and, more often than not, with a typically negative connotation, data issued today by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) is on the positive side. But, at the same time, this ATA data is encouraging. About the Author. jberman@peerlessmedia.com.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

The usual themes were still very present as solution providers and retailers alike were more than happy to talk about omni-channel, mobility, robotics, and machine learning, to name a few. This year, a recurring theme that I saw was about using supply chain data to improve the customer experience across the entire value chain.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

If you’ve attended any logistics conferences lately, or just tried covering a load in recent weeks, you know that the tide is turning in the transportation market. At the CSCMP conference in late September, I heard a lot of speakers talking about the aggregate equipment loss — 50,000 to 70,000 units were taken out of service.

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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. A few months later, a three-strong convoy of Volvo trucks hauled three containers on the interstate highway from the port of Los Angeles , again attracting extensive media coverage.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Here are a few notable findings from the report, released today at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) EDGE conference: . Data sharing between shippers and 3PLs become increasingly important. The publication, available at no cost at www.3PLStudy.com

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The 34th Annual State of Logistics Report was first presented by Penske Logistics on June 20. Brogan provided an update during the annual CSCMP EDGE conference on Oct. There have been a lot of investments in capacity on the trucking side, but it is easy to remove trucking capacity from the market, according to Brogan. "In

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Women in Trucking

MARCH 9, 2020

More than 60,000 new drivers are needed, according to the American Trucking Associations. Presenters at the 2018 Accelerate! Presenters at the 2018 Accelerate! Conference shared a variety of best practices. Data shows that wages do indeed impact driver retention. Pay for private fleets is also rising.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Advanced “lane search” tools enable carriers to search by preferred lanes and city pairs, presents current available loads, continually updated, ranking best lane-specific loads highest. Over time and as more data is utilized, the match continues to fine-tune. Using artificial intelligence tools, the lane search feature goes further.

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Penske Move Ahead

APRIL 29, 2020

It was first presented at CSCMP's 2019 EDGE conference in Anaheim, California. The study lays out a half-dozen common concerns: e-commerce growth; economic uncertainty (this was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic); the truck driver shortage; disruptive technologies (e.g., The publication, available at no cost at www.3PLStudy.com

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Forto

MARCH 17, 2020

In China, trucks are at a standstill, goods are stranded in the country’s transhipment centers, and (refrigerated) containers are missing. After all, it is also about the customer’s business, which comes under pressure if its partners don’t present options for action. . Setting up an internal communication solution .

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Penske Move Ahead

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The 2023 Third-Party Logistics Study, released today at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals EDGE conference in Nashville, Tennessee, provides industry insights into the current state of the 3PL market, the importance of relationships and the value 3PLs provide. 3PLStudy.com to download the publication at no charge.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

So stated Ken Hughes , a leading consumer and shopper behaviouralist, in his keynote presentation at Trasnsplace’s 16th Annual Shipper Symposium a couple of weeks ago. There were a lot of great sessions and speakers during the conference, but I don’t have the time or space to summarize them all today. Blockchain. Digital Freight.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 12, 2019

The exhibition will present 150 new exhibiting companies in exclusivity and 180 private companies’ events. The SIL, eDelivery Barcelona, World Free Zones Congress and InTrade Summit BCN Congresses will gather more than 400 international speakers, more than 200 success stories and a total of 65 different conference sessions.

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Penske Move Ahead

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Increased availability of data and the utilization of technology are driving improvement across the supply chain, particularly as shippers navigate growing consumer and customer demands, complex shipping operations. Presenters included Balika Sonthalia, a vice president at A.T. Penske Logistics sponsors both studies.

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IoT World Today

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Until now, the bulk of big data has come from social, machine and transactional data sources. The broader rollout of 5G will increase the capacity of the network and further enable the proliferation of video data. Additionally, the data garnered from AI-assisted monitoring can help to identify habits to improve driver behavior.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The conference as a whole was fantastic, from the location and networking events to the conversations I had and sessions I attended. The conference did not disappoint. This equates to an economic impact of $350 billion a year, not to mention the environmental impact of idling trucks.

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Penske Move Ahead

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Increased availability of data and the utilization of technology are driving improvement across the supply chain, particularly as shippers navigate growing consumer and customer demands, complex shipping operations. Presenters included Balika Sonthalia, a vice president at A.T. Penske Logistics sponsors both studies.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 1, 2019

This survey captures critical data and information, which helps our leaders better understand the talent landscape in supply chain,” said Jeff Stoicheff, senior vice president of human resources at Penske Logistics. The survey provides useful insights into hiring and employment trends. By “Move Ahead” Staff.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Descartes Evolution Global User & Partner Conference 2019. Another is that visibility enables companies to deliver an enhanced customer experience, which was the theme of this year’s conference. presented a great case study on the company’s journey and success with real-time freight visibility.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 11, 2019

However, some of them are better than others for gaining the essential all-around supply chain knowledge that will not only help you identify where you would like to specialize going forward, but will also boost your value to your employer and present opportunities for advancement. Supply Chain Analyst.

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Automotive Logistics

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Not entirely philanthropic, the contest was also designed to connect the carmaker with agile start-ups offering new approaches to what it terms ‘critical challenges’ in production flow management, big data and digital communications. It’s like crowd-sourcing,” Sargeant says.

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