GlobalTranz
JANUARY 23, 2015
'History of Supply Chain Management. Over the last 100 plus years of the history of supply chain management has evolved from an initial focus on improving relatively simple, but very labor-intensive processes to the present day engineering and managing of extraordinarily complex global networks. We will take you through the last 60 plus years below and end the post with an amazing infographic.
Freightos
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
Yesterday Freightos announced a private beta version of its online instant freight quote marketplace. At the same time, Apple tried to steal the show by showcasing its new products at the Hey Siri event. So obviously, being freight rate nerds, we got to wondering: How much would the logistics of shipping the iPhone 6s from China to the U.S. cost Apple?
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AIMMS
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
Interview with Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights and Author of Supply Chain Metrics that Matter ( published December 2014 ). Lora Cecere is the founder and CEO of the research firm Supply Chain Insights. She is the author of the enterprise software blog Supply Chain Shaman , which attracts 5,000 readers weekly. She also writes a blog for Forbes and is a LinkedIn Influencer.
World Food Programme Logistics
JUNE 5, 2015
WFP/Photolibrary. 1) Contracting Eco-Friendly Vessels. WFP is working with major shipping companies, which are obliged by industry regulations to use the latest eco-technologies in order to improve energy efficiency and environmental performance. All new vessels are contributing to reducing pollution where possible, including special ship designs that lower fuel consumption, as well as use low content sulphur fuel.
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3PL Insights
APRIL 30, 2015
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GlobalTranz
MAY 6, 2015
Top management knows that lean can add value , but many still haven’t moved past the initial education stage into full-scale lean supply chain implementation. One reason may be that they haven’t made the paradigm shift as to how to implement lean. The Lean Supply Chain is a system of interconnected and interdependent partners that operate in unison to accomplish supply chain objectives.
GlobalTranz
OCTOBER 9, 2015
Industrial IoT and big data are converging to enable demand-driven 'smart supply chains.' The advancements in 3D printing and 'Additive Manufacturing,' coupled with supply chain efficiencies, could make distributed manufacturing a reality, ushering in the era of smart manufacturing. The Continual Coverage and Now Reality of Smart Manufacturing with 3D Printing.
GlobalTranz
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
As we know, over the last two decades, manufacturing has largely been pushed overseas. As the number of US manufactured goods declined, manufacturing expertise and skills began to dwindle and become almost a lost art form. However, there have been some small businesses throughout the nation that have weathered the storm and remained committed to staying in the US.
GlobalTranz
JULY 31, 2015
On July 27, 2015, the American Trucking Association s released the U.S. Freight Transportation Forecast to 2026. This report, available for purchase here , poised some significant implications for the shipping, and by direct correlation, the logistics industry. With this information in-tow, shippers need to start planning for how to deal with the projected increase.
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GlobalTranz
JANUARY 14, 2015
'This first post is part one of a two-part series on the future of logistics. In today’s post, we will cover the four emerging technologies which 3PLs must consider as a part of their service offerings. In the least, 3PLs must understand these emerging technologies so that one day they may integrate into logistics service providers ‘ company practices to better serve customers.
Freightos
JULY 23, 2015
Logistics is the prime example of a changing industry – colossal, ripe for disruption and utterly opaque. And it’s about to get hit by a freight train of innovation. How much do we love freight innovation? Enough to go through every single article published in the top tech blogs – Techcrunch, Verge, Mashable and Recode – since 2007 to count how often articles about logistics startups, freight or cargo were published.
GlobalTranz
JANUARY 9, 2015
'The phrase “Made in China” embodies cheap labor, the outsourcing of American manufacturing jobs, and China’s transformation into one of the world’s economic superpowers. However, it seems the end of the Made in China manufacturing era may be in sight. Labor Costs Driving an End to the Made in China Manufacturing. Factory workers demanding better wages and working conditions are hastening the eventual end of an era of cheap costs that helped make southern coastal China th
GlobalTranz
MARCH 12, 2015
'Editor’s Note: The top portion of this blog post is a guest blog from one of our friends from social media that we’ve been lucky to engage with on both Twitter and Google+ regularly. Lisa Richards comes from MAPCON , a CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Software) Provider. Lisa tweets and comments on all things manufacturing. We highly encourage you to follow her ( @_LisaRich) and MAPCON ( @MAPCONTech ) on twitter to get more insight from them!
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Freightos
OCTOBER 11, 2015
Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them. Steve Jobs. As supply chains expands, they become harder and harder to control. As ships evolve from barges to Maersk EEEs, digital tools for logistics professionals evolve too.
Freightos
MAY 10, 2015
There are tens of thousands of books about logistics and supply chains. Literally. Amazon has 31,817 books about supply chain and 24,934 about logistics. That’s 56,751 supply chain and logistics books. All those books would weigh 49,000 kilograms – half the cargo mass of a Boeing 747-200F. Stacked, those books would be as tall as 10.7 Empire State Buildings.
GlobalTranz
MAY 4, 2015
Jabil sponsored a global Dimensional Research survey to capture hard data on current experiences, challenges and trends with the supply chains of electronics manufacturing companies. Participants ranged in roles and company sizes with questions that spanned a variety supply chain management trends of topics such as visibility, factory-of-the-future technology, the Internet of Things and more.
GlobalTranz
APRIL 6, 2015
'Editor’s Note: This blog post is from SupplyChainOpz. We found it as a great summation of all the things companies must consider when mastering their supply chain. Many studies state that those who can manage the functions with the supply chain, they have a competitive advantage. As a transportation management third party logistics company, we know at Cerasis that transportation makes up a large portion of the costs and efficiencies of any supply chain.
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GlobalTranz
JANUARY 12, 2015
'This is the first post in a two part series on the “Changing Face of Manufacturing.” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. However, we don’t only talk about what we do well, we also like to talk about things that may affect manufacturing companies so we can be the maven to resources which are of value to our customers and the industry at la
GlobalTranz
APRIL 22, 2015
Editor’s Note: Almost 14 months ago we wrote one of our most popular posts entitled, “ The History of Supply Chain and Logistics Management ” contained a bit of history, definitions, and a great infographic visually going through the history of supply chain and logistics management. Today, we bring you yet another infographic. We feel infographics are a great way to explain a big idea.
GlobalTranz
OCTOBER 28, 2015
At Cerasis, our customers are manufacturers from the American Manufacturing Industry. Our goal is to not only talk about how they can make transportation management more effective through our blog articles about technology and best practices but to also inform them about their own industry and how they might use this information to better their companies.
GlobalTranz
JANUARY 13, 2015
'This post concludes our two part series on the “Changing Face of Manufacturing.” In this series, we first wrote about how manufacturers are now looking at total landed costs when deciding where they will place manufacturing facilities. Increasingly, those companies, who offshored to China and other countries in the 80s and 90s, are now taking a hard look at reshoring or bringing those facilities back to American shores.
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GlobalTranz
MAY 13, 2015
When someone hears the company name “Walmart” several things come to mind from a pop culture standpoint. From the bullying of getting small town business out of business, to the famous “People of Walmart,” to the genearl low approval rating by consumers. However, one thing that should come to mind is the prowess of the retail giant’s supply chain excellence.
GlobalTranz
JULY 24, 2015
The more people you add into any project, the more complicated everything gets. Sometimes it makes sense to have as few people involved so that there are no crossed wires or misunderstandings, but often it's more practical to have the people who specialize at a certain task lend their expertise to the matter. Supply chain management in manufacturing is by no means a simple process, but the United States is learning from past mistakes and they're poised to start playing a little catch-up in the m
GlobalTranz
MARCH 23, 2015
'Today we bring you some digestible information around safety in manufacturing. Our aim at Cerasis continues and will always be to provide the most important information to those in the manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, and logistics industry. As a transportation management solutions provider offering both technology solutions and managed services , our goal as a business is to provide a streamlined processes and allow core business focus for our shipper customers who are manufacturers
GlobalTranz
OCTOBER 2, 2015
Today is National Manufacturing Day ! To further celebrate this day, which we also are doing with our sweepstakes we are running with Josh Miller , documentary filmmaker of "Made in USA: The 30 Day Journey," we are highlighting an infographic from Intel on the powerful combination of STEM and the maker movement to power manufacturing forward. This infographic was sent to us by our friends over at Manufacturing Stories, who is always adding great maker movement infographics to their Pinterest bo
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GlobalTranz
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
Today's post continues our ongoing series on staying a strategic shipper. We first did an overview of the 10 areas of strategy a shipper must know in order to stay competitive. We then are taking each of those 10 strategic areas and going a bit deeper. Our first post focused on distressed shipments. Today we will talk about the flow of strategy as pertains to inventory flow and driving warehouse efficiency.
GlobalTranz
MARCH 5, 2015
'According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, tripping, falling, and slipping account for the majority of “general industry accidents.” In fact, statistics show slip and fall accidents make up 15% of all accidental deaths, 25% of all injury claims and – shockingly – 95 million lost work days each year. It goes without saying that warehouses need to find ways to prioritize workplace safety for the health and productivity of the workforce.
GlobalTranz
MAY 26, 2015
Manufacturing Renaissance?…… But, Change is Bad… Right? Humanity walks a pathway between the past and the future. When a society does not understand the mistakes and innovations of the past, it will experience them once more in the future. This sounds like a comparison to warring civilizations; however, this concept remains applicable to the manufacturing industry of modernity.
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