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A New Era in Transport Logistics with Big Data and Self-Driving Trucks

Logistics Viewpoints

According to the results of a study published in Computers in Human Behavior, determining ideal transport routes in combination with a higher fill level of the trucks can lead to a significant mileage reduction. Real-time insights allow the operation to rapidly make informed decisions. Initial steps toward self-driving trucks are in process.

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Blockchain Will Solve, Save, Cure Everything

Talking Logistics

Here are a few examples: Maersk and IBM to Form Joint Venture Applying Blockchain to Improve Global Trade and Digitize Supply Chains. For related commentary on this topic, watch Why Supply Chain Visibility Remains an Elusive Goal and download my presentation that provides recommendations on how to improve supply chain visibility.).

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6 Critical Success Factors in Distribution Network Design

Logistics Bureau

In our work with clients, we often succeed in making an existing network more effective by removing a distribution node or two. It’s worth remembering, for example, that secondary distribution tends to generate higher transportation costs than primary distribution. View Video For more about network design approaches, watch this video.

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How Fleet Management Professionals Can Leverage IoT Technology

IoT World Today

A widely available version of the technology known as OBD II obtains information on vehicle maintenance and driving conditions through a device, plugged into a vehicle’s OBD II port, which is present in virtually any passenger vehicle produced since 1996. There are several core focus areas that fleet-based ioT deployments tend to focus on.

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What is the Biggest Blind Spot in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

Take BMW as the latest example. What is happening to BMW today is another case study in supply chain risk management. And for some advice on how to improve supply chain visibility and collaboration, see The World’s Oldest Supply Chain Analyst Report and my presentation below. Total Answers 11. Total Votes 11.

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Retail Trends: The Growing Demand for Click and Collect

Bringg

Back in 2017, the Click & Collect Retail Consumer Preference Study revealed that nearly one third of shoppers made an online purchase and subsequently picked their order up at a store during the 2016 holiday season. To justify the price of square footage, retail locations must now serve as a node in eCommerce fulfillment.

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Underpinning asymmetric advantage: USAF airlift when strategic mobility is at risk

Logistics in War

4] Individual service studies and those of partner allies back up the same thesis. [5] For example, the US Army’s Multi-Domain Battle White Paper states, ‘adversaries will also exploit perceived U.S. weaknesses such as time and distance for force deployment and vulnerable logistics nodes and command and control networks.’ [6]