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Death in Confined Spaces: Hidden Danger

Logistics Business Magazine

Such spaces exist across all freight modalities; from tank containers to cargo hold stairwells and holds, to road tankers and sealed cargo units. A lack of understanding of the danger present may have fatal consequences. The key risk is that workers may not readily recognise spaces that could present danger,” he states.

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Evaluating Innovative Technology with Warehouse Simulation

Logistics Viewpoints

For this reason, supply chain solutions have become an integral part of business strategies to cope with these ever-increasing complexities. Examples of use. If you are using warehouse simulation as an improvement tool to current operations, the first step is to create an exact computer model of your present end-to-end processes.

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Pitfalls of digitalisation in shipping and freight

Shipping and Freight Resource

digitally transform the business and its strategy. The decade that passed, saw the rise of several hundred startups in the shipping and freight industry heralding the arrival of the Digital Freight Forwarder and Digital Alliances by shipping lines designed to offer customers digital freight solutions.

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Data Everywhere: AI in Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

For example, predicting arrival times for loads has traditionally been a pain point for both shippers and carriers. This is just one example. For example, instead of asking carriers to bid on a load tender, AI can present said tender – and a pricing offer – to a select number of carriers.

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Six supply chain predictions for 2022

Logistics Business Magazine

Online buying will continue to fuel growth in home deliveries, presenting challenges that demand new strategies. This clearly presents both an opportunity and challenge for retailers and last mile logistics companies. This powerful combination will push companies to move faster to reduce their impact on the environment.

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Molex Prizes Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

But Molex, a global electronics and connectivity solutions company, has been investing in their intelligent digital supply chain strategy to improve their supply chain agility and customer experience. The company is present in 38 nations and has more than 40,000 employees. Further, historically Molex had a focused sourcing strategy.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

So three months after an executive meeting on June 23rd , an updated strategy was released, tracking a radical shift into a slimmer Maersk, focused on providing end-to-end logistics services. Finally, we’ll explore the potential impact (and coping tactics) for existing forwarders. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping.