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How to Use Technology to Empower Your Fleet Managers

RasTrac

Can your fleet managers leverage the latest technologies to enhance their operations and improve your organization’s efficiencies? If you can’t say yes immediately, this is for you!

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Fulfillment Automation: Essential Insights from Dr. Jack Peck

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Given today’s labor environment, every fulfillment operation needs to be moving toward automation. There’s great technology out there for your fulfillment automation needs, but it’s important to pick the correct strategy and implement it effectively to ensure automation investments don’t go awry.

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3PL Partnerships Improve Safety and Compliance in Cold Chain Logistics

Food Logistics

Using a qualified 3PL expert for cold chain transportation allows shippers to move temperature-sensitive products with the utmost safety and timeliness, ensuring happy customers and an uncompromised brand reputation.

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Watch: Proximo Spirits' Journey to Decision Intelligence: A Case Study

Supply Chain Brain

Luis Gonzalez, global supply chain director of Proximo Spirits, a subsidiary of Becle, relates the company's search for a decision-intelligence tool, and its partnership with Aera Technology.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Transportation Industry

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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Stord Raises $100+ Million as Brands Embrace Cloud Supply Chain to Replace Legacy Logistics Solutions and Disconnected Technologies

Stord

Cloud supply chain leader announces additional funding as more brands unify their logistics on a single platform that combines warehousing, freight and fulfillment Led by Franklin Templeton, this brings Stord’s total funding to $325 million and increases the company’s valuation to $1.3 billion ATLANTA, May 3, 2022 -- Stord , the cloud supply chain leader, announced today that it has raised an additional $100+ million in Series D financing led by Franklin Templeton, bringing the total round t

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Intermodal Europe, Amsterdam

Logistics Business Magazine

For nearly half a century, container shipping and intermodal transport communities have come together to meet, do business and prepare for the future at Intermodal Europe – the industry’s leading event and conference. Europe’s leading event for container shipping and intermodal transport. From the busy international exhibition through to the buzz of our acclaimed conference agenda, Intermodal Europe is the destination for professionals working in the intermodal industry.

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American Trucking Association Believes the I-95 Collapse Will Impact Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

While an official timetable has not yet been established, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said fixing the impacted portion of the highway could take "a number of months.

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Milestone with Latest Consignment

Logistics Business Magazine

Wolverhampton, UK-based pallet network Pallet-Track has moved 30 million consignments without losing a single pallet in the hub. Pallet-Track has just handled the milestone consignment at its central hub on Millfields Road, after moving 56 million individual pallets during its 19 years of operation. The consignment, which was sent to Hull-based plumbers’ merchants James Hargreaves and contained bathroom supplies, was collected by Action Express in Northampton and transported to the network’s cen

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U.K.’s Centrica Warns More Gas Storage Needed for Energy Security

Supply Chain Brain

The CEO of Centrica, the U.K.'s largest natural gas supplier, said the partial reopening of the country's biggest gas storage facility isn't enough to ensure energy security.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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DPD Launches new EcoLab

Logistics Business Magazine

DPD is looking for companies that specialise in sustainable solutions to reduce carbon emissions in transport, delivery, and buildings for their first EcoLab. DPD is partnering with L Marks to launch an EcoLab to discover additional sustainable solutions for their business. This initiative will be centered around carbon reduction in transport, delivery, and buildings, with the goal of minimising DPD’s environmental impact.

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Saudi Output Cuts Will Tighten Oil Market Sharply, OPEC Data Signals

Supply Chain Brain

Global oil consumption will exceed supplies by roughly 2.7 million barrels a day during July 2023 based on a June 13 report from OPEC.

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World of Freight/Budapest Cargo

Logistics Business Magazine

Leading Logistics and Supply Chain Event WOF & BUD Cargo Forum Linking the cargo world! The bustling city of Budapest is gearing up to host one of the most highly anticipated events in the logistics and supply chain industry, the WOF & BUD Cargo Forum. This two-day gathering, taking place on 27th-28th September 2023, promises to bring together industry leaders, innovators, and key stakeholders for an immersive experience of knowledge sharing, networking, and celebration of excellence.

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Biden Administration Pledges $192mn for Battery Recycling Initiatives

Supply Chain Brain

As of June 13, 2023, the Biden-Harris Administration has pledged almost $3 billion toward domestic battery manufacturing and recycling efforts.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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What Is Incineration? & How Does Incineration Work?

Compactor Management Company

The global accumulation of waste is widely recognized as a significant long-term environmental concern that poses a threat to future generations. While finding the perfect solution for waste disposal remains a challenge, there are existing technologies that enable us to manage our waste more efficiently. Solid waste incineration stands as a notable example in this regard.

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Biden’s Labor Chief Visits California to Break Deadlock in West Coast Port Talks

Supply Chain Brain

Acting Labor secretary Julie Su is reportedly encouraging the union and port managers “to stay at the table and reach an agreement.

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How much are unplanned detours really costing your business?

Trimble

The truth is the cost of unplanned stops and out-of-route events could be costing your business more than you think. Out-of-Route events refer to instances where a driver deviates from the planned route or makes unplanned stops during a trip. On the surface, unplanned detours may seem like a minor inconvenience, adding just a few extra miles to the journey.

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ILWU Canada Workers Vote to Authorize a Strike

Supply Chain Brain

Over 99% of ILWU Canada members voted in favor of strike actions with the earliest possible start date reportedly being June 24, 2023.

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How to Conduct Workplace Incident Investigations to Create Safer Workplaces

This white paper provides a comprehensive overview of global workplace incident trends, focusing on the top three biases leading to such incidents. It also highlights the significance of CSA Z1005 as a risk management standard and outlines the ROI of thorough incident investigations, covering emergency response to post-incident interviews. Additionally, it introduces an Investigation Evidence Gathering Matrix.

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The Ocean Freight Benefits of a Logistics Visibility Platform

MercuryGate

This article explores current challenges to ocean freight visibility and the value of logistics visibility platform provides in navigating market volatility. We’ll also help you understand how Smart Transportation solutions are revolutionizing logistics visibility to create more resilient and adaptable supply chains. The post The Ocean Freight Benefits of a Logistics Visibility Platform appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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Ready for the New EU Import Checks?

Logistics Business Magazine

As proposals for new UK border import checks have now been announced, logistics and worldwide transport specialist cargo-partner is reminding importers to get ready and be prepared. New import checks for all goods coming into the UK have been expected since the Brexit trade deal. Now the UK Government has provided a draft Border Target Operating Model, setting out a new approach to importing into the UK that is expected to be progressively introduced from the end of October 2023. cargo-partner c

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ASCO Asks Regulators to Monitor Supply Chains Dealing with Cancer Drug Shortages

Supply Chain Brain

Medical supply chains are experiencing a "severe" shortage of cancer drugs after carboplatin and cisplatin were reportedly found to be in “extremely short supply.

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First Electric Forklift Sound Alert Study

Logistics Business Magazine

Travis Perkins Group, distributor of building materials, has partnered with University of Salford Manchester’s specialist acoustics testing team to conduct an evidence-based study into the development of electric forklift truck sound alerts. Keeping people safe and well is the Group’s number one priority, and this study was commissioned by the business to address colleague concern about the quietness of an electric forklift truck compared to a traditional diesel engine, and the potential safety

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.