Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

The answers were revealed at the SummerCon 2017 conference a couple of weeks ago where LLamasoft introduced “Planning by Design” and SupplyChainPlanning.com, which the company describes as “building blocks to improve your current planning capabilities through design technology.”. What would this “next generation solution” be?

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2018

Visibility Enables Faster Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash processes : for example, you can leverage Electronic Proof of Delivery (ePOD) and geofencing to initiate invoicing and payment process. . In case you missed it, check out my short video interview with William and David and our write-up of the case study.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

David Priestman attended Dexory ’s Supply Chain Fast Track conference. For example, the Dexory View dashboard enables pick face analysis of volumes. Simulation can be used prior to construction to study the average flow, slow days and peak operations. Warehouse space is relaxing a bit, depending on the location.” Machine help?

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Industry leaders discussed several topics at this year's CSCMP EDGE conference in Atlanta, and no subject was more important than how companies managed supply chain disruptions over the past year and the top priorities for the future. Here are several of my key takeaways from this year's meeting.

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Women in Trucking

MAY 25, 2020

Conference & Expo. Studies show that the higher men’s awareness of gender bias, the more likely they are to recognize the importance of achieving gender equality.” For example, about 14 percent of active Women In Trucking members are male, and five of the association’s board members are men.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Michael Brandl, Executive VP EMEA for Koerber Supply Chain, told the conference that the company’s objective is to become the global supply chain management (SCM) leader. This provides visibility, for example if there’s a blockage we stop the next process.” The integrator is neutral, so as to make the fleet better.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 8, 2024

” After studying business administration, Silke Herrera’s first job was with Jungheinrich in Hamburg. There were some very standard questions directed to me, for example ‘what do you know about repairing forklift trucks?’ And ensuring we have the right service package for the customer is a big part of the sales process.

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Trinity Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2023

You need to be able to explain the facts in the clearest and most effective way, so make sure you thoroughly study and understand the freight market information you are looking to share. Jennifer Hoffman of Trinity Logistics is sharing freight market information at Trinity’s 2022 Freight Agent Conference. Plan in time to do this.

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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2021

A recent study from Congress found that while 46% of the national workforce is made up of women, females hold only 24% of transportation and warehousing jobs. Convoy’s ERGs are a great example of this effort and are at the heart of our community and key to fostering a sense of belonging at the company. Of that 24%, 12.5%

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 19, 2018

For example, in a poll conducted during an SAP webcast last year, 42 percent of the attendees responded that logistics is viewed as a cost center at their company and 31 percent said it’s viewed as “warehouses and trucks.”. Amazon is the best example today of a company that is leveraging logistics as a competitive weapon.

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Penske Move Ahead

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Logistics experts shared their research findings during the Council for Supply Chain Management Professional’s (CSCMP) EDGE Annual Conference in Anaheim, California. Penske Logistics sponsors both studies. Presenters included Balika Sonthalia, a vice president at A.T. Transportation costs saw a 10.4% The Need for Technology.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 18, 2019

We just finished our conference, Descartes Evolution 2019, where the theme was Transforming the Customer Experience. Visibility, however, has a much broader meaning, and this is a great example of other ways to apply the visibility concept.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 21, 2020

Just to give some idea of what they are facing, these are some of the demands major broadband providers such as China Telecom, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon have to contend with due to complete or partial lockdowns of citizens ordered by various governments: Children studying online as part of home schooling.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

According to the 2020 Third-Party Logistics Study, data analytics is not only becoming more viable in the logistics industry, but it’s also becoming a necessity and make a difference. Langley sites dynamic pricing in freight for an example. Especially, when you consider some of the power plays made by the internet titan, Amazon.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 25, 2018

I haven’t attended an industry conference over the past year, or participated in a client meeting, where blockchain — along with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning — hasn’t been part of the conversation. Take EDI, for example. IBM Case Study: Supply Chain Intelligence, Watson, and Resolution Rooms.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Logistics experts shared their research findings during the Council for Supply Chain Management’s (CSCMP) annual EDGE Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Penske is once again a major conference sponsor. The 3PL Study is produced by Dr. Langley and Infosys. Please visit www.3PLStudy.com The Need for Agility.

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Logistics in War

JULY 3, 2023

This is the second part of a presentation given at the Australian – New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference during June 2023. This conference convened to discuss supply chain resilience at a time of strategic competition. By David Beaumont. Part one can be found here. Supply chains move and flex where demand exists.

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Penske Move Ahead

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Logistics experts shared their research findings during the Council for Supply Chain Management Professional's (CSCMP) EDGE Annual Conference in Anaheim, California. Penske Logistics sponsors both studies. Presenters included Balika Sonthalia, a vice president at A.T. Transportation costs saw a 10.4%

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This is not only fulfilled by an analysis by ‘force exploration’ undertaken within the Integrated Investment Plan, but a detailed study of strategic concepts for operations and the logistics requirements necessary for them to occur. For example, the US national security community uses the term ‘defense technology and industrial base’. [6]

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Logistics in War

AUGUST 18, 2019

Part Two offered examples where militaries get it right, and a number of examples where events did not transpire as well as they might. In the Australian example, this ratio has featured in every review of Defence undertaken in the forty years since the ADF was formed. I described the interplay between logistics and readiness.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Trucking costs to halve by 2030, study predicts (LLoyd’s Loading List). A TMS user, for example, can say to the system, “Show me all uncovered loads,” or an inventory manager can ask, “Which stores have less than three days inventory of product X?” Loadsmart Announces $21.6 Hurricane Michael: How Can Logistics Professionals Help?

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

This coincides with a Wall Street Journal article from earlier this month ( Rising Freight Costs Are Weighing on Companies’ Profits ) that provided similar examples, including “cardboard maker Packaging Corp. The report, “Truck Driving Jobs: Are They Headed for Rapid Elimination?” million truck drivers overall.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 5, 2018

According to a McKinsey Global Institute study , the construction industry is among the least digitized, ranking 21 out of 22 industries (only Agriculture and hunting ranked lower). The post The Secret of Getting Ahead (Takeaways from Command Alkon ELEVATE 2018 Conference) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 1, 2019

Spurring innovation, food safety and quality capacity strengthening and economic resilience This year’s Africa Day of School Feeding comes at the heels of the first ever Future of Food Safety Conference held at the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. million schoolchildren across the nation every week.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 4, 2015

COP21, the Paris Climate change conference taking place this week got us thinking what the carbon cost was for shipping the TV. For example, only 1% of China’s 560 million city residents breathe air that is considered safe by the EU. Penske makes a good case study. The following are just a few examples.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 11, 2019

The following examples bear some exploration to see if they might be for you. In some countries, you can study for a vocational certification that requires no previous logistics experience. You could also attend some industry conferences or seminars to network with other delegates and make it known you are seeking opportunities.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Following the Glasgow World Climate Conference, consumers, politicians and business partners are calling on companies to act quickly. Analyses of automotive manufacturers, for example, may show that re- or nearshoring of certain products or components makes sense. Sustainability and due diligence laws force us to act.

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Logistics in War

MARCH 6, 2020

Part Two offered examples where militaries get it right, and a number of examples where events did not transpire as well as they might. In the Australian example, this ratio has featured in every review of Defence undertaken in the forty years since the ADF was formed. I described the interplay between logistics and readiness.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Readers' choice! Did You Know That ….

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The Logistics Academy

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Other ways we support experiential learning include hosting external student case competitions, touring logistics facilities, and attending industry conferences. For example, as online sales reach a record high, B2C service provider Jet.com uses some creative logistics concepts to bring value to customers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2023

I spent the better part of last week in Las Vegas, NV attending the Blue Yonder ICON customer conference. This was the first time I have attended a Blue Yonder conference in person since 2019, which feels like a lifetime ago. For example, trading partners can give read-access to each other to access data on the data cloud.

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 8, 2018

A good example of this is provided by companies that take on piece-meal internal digitization approaches,” says Buchman “While these may help individual departments or countries improve operations, the user experience still remains fragmented.”. I’ll add that some of the forwarders are at fault, too,” she says. “A

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes. The processing units in an oil refinery, for example, operate at high temperature and high pressure. One example of the value of machine learning in demand planning comes from Mahindra & Mahindra. These constraints need to be understood.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 17, 2018

Last fall after attending the CSCMP conference in Atlanta, I shared my observation that digital transformation is now a central theme in the industry. A Deloitte study in 2017 found 49% of procurement officers believe the quality of data is a major barrier, and the lack of data integration was the number two barrier (42%).

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

To reiterate that reshoring is more than just hype and a very important topic for us to consider the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study found that 54% of companies with above one billion in revenues are now considering reshoring. For example, Apple cannot launch iPhone production in the U.S. And, after building the new U.S.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

The next posts in the series will break down metrics and issues to consider in SQM by industry and conclude with a case study on the application of SQM. For example, if a there is no substitute for a material used, then that supplier should automatically be considered riskier despite its levels of performance.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

“Not everything possible always makes sense,” states Frank Müller, Senior Vice President Brand Management, during this year’s STILL press conference, held this week at its manufacturing HQ in Hamburg. Concept study: The first circular forklift truck. Services that go beyond the STILL brand.

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