The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The company’s robots are used to pick, pack, and sort items in warehouses and fulfillment centers. solution combines aggregated market data and customer data with advanced machine learning techniques to deliver short-term predictive freight market pricing specific to a company’s individual buy and sell behavior. The Greenscreens.ai

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 24, 2024

The use of certain green marketing terms can lead to legal repercussions and financial consequences if not employed accurately and responsibly.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 25, 2023

BUFFALO, April 24, 2023 – Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced that Brian Kempisty of Port X Logistics was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 New York Award finalist. The company strongly believes in creating a better way of doing business while fostering long-term partnerships with customers and employees alike.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2023

Hearing how Coupa was improving the design solution, and hearing how customers were using it, was my main reason for attending Inspire. These exchanges are done using codes, rather than human language. Raja Hammoud, EVP of Products at Coupa, speaking on the main stage at Coupa Inspire Coupa recently completed its Inspire conference.

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Shopify had a change of heart after it told merchants in 2022 not to use Amazon’s “Buy with Prime” feature because it violated the website's terms of service.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But it also looks at what the most important risks are likely to be in the short term – a horizon of two years, and the long term, over the next ten years. It is not listed as a top risk in the short term – two years from now. There are a handful of insightful reports I look forward to every year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2024

Then we were used by all of the agencies to help with the COVID-19 response,” Mr. Daniels explained. Federal agencies can be secretive about what technologies they are using. While generative AI has made artificial intelligence a hot topic, these solutions have been using different forms of AI in interesting ways for years.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In a recent survey by APQC , which looked at supply chain sustainability, at the median, only 42 percent of respondents screen new logistics providers using environmental sustainability criteria and only 50 percent regularly assess existing logistics providers for environmental sustainability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

This year, a recurring theme that I saw was about using supply chain data to improve the customer experience across the entire value chain. Snowflake is a cloud computing–based data cloud company that offers a cloud-based data storage and analytics service, generally termed “data-as-a-service.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2021

The phrases “transitory inflation” and “supply chain disruption” have been frequently used in the general and business news media this summer. And they have at times been used together to describe the general economic environment. Certainly, supply chain constraints are a partial cause of the current above trend inflation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 13, 2024

Electric Power Supply Chain Issues Over the past decades In the US, we have seen coal drop from about 50 percent of our power to 10-15 percent, mostly being displaced by natural gas. Some of these new reactors are “walk away safe” and use passive cooling methods and many are trying to build them as modules in a factory to keep costs down.

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CLX Logistics

APRIL 22, 2024

Within this framework, circular supply chains have garnered significant attention as a transformative strategy to mitigate environmental impact, foster resource efficiency, and drive long-term sustainability. Minimizing and eliminating potential pollution promotes supply chain sustainability and eliminates waste more than contributing.

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Logistics Management

JANUARY 5, 2023

Operational priorities and infrastructure constraints should guide motive power choice, though lithium is seen as gaining ground in the long term. Every option has its strong points, so it comes down to using the goals of each operation to guide it down the best motive power path.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2024

The energy transition is driven by the goal to decarbonize the energy used for transportation , buildings, and industry. percent of the total electricity generated in the US. The US installed about 33 GW of Solar PV in 2023 which is up from 21GW in 2022, but the Chinese PV installations were a staggering 216.9

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 8, 2023

Traditionally, planning processes are designed to serve specific time horizons – sales & operations execution (S&OE) is used for short term horizon, sales & operations planning (S&OP) for the mid-term horizon, and integrated business planning (IBP) for long term strategic horizon.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2024

American Airlines Cargo announces today that it reduced long-term plastic waste by more than 150,000 lbs, the equivalent of 8.6 This is a result of a continued relationship with BioNatur Plastics , launched by M&G Packaging, which manufactures a growing line of biodegradable plastic products for use in air cargo operations.

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MTS Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2024

Green ammonia works similarly to ultra-low sulphur fuel, which the shipping industry has used to power container ships, especially since the IMO 2020 rule went into effect. How much would using green ammonia industry-wide cost? Any systemic upgrade to cleaner fuel will cost a significant sum of money over the long-term.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Cluster analysis is a statistical umbrella term for methods that classify data points according to their attributes. There is so much data, and to make use of it, we need to use data mining and analytics to drive meaningful insights that can be put to some good use. Four Ways of Using Cluster Analysis in Retail.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 13, 2023

Today’s article comes from the team at KNAPP and explores the use of warehouse robotics. First, let’s take a closer look at the term. Warehouse robotics refers to the use of intelligent robots to automate logistics processes. Does this sound familiar to you? Customers want their goods ASAP as competition and cost pressures soar.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The survey covered what technologies they are currently using as well as their planned investments. In terms of foundational technologies, a surprisingly high 76% of logistics service providers and 64% of shippers have invested in transportation management systems.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The toilet paper shortage was one of the COVID era events that taught people what the term “supply chain management” meant. Firstly, the term “supply chain management” was not in general use before COVID. Now, however, the term, while ubiquitous, has become something of an excuse. This worked.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 1, 2022

Data from Bank of America shows use of the term has spiked to a record level, Read more Reshoring: “The Beginning of De-globalization” or More of the Same? As reported by Dion Rabouin in the Wall Street Journal last week, “top executives at large U.S. appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Logistics Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

There used to be a time when terms like supply chain, infrastructure, and others related to the logistics-focused worlds we live in would get little, if any, attention, in a State of the Union (SOTU) address.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2024

It will be interesting to see what the appliable use cases are for these robots. billion funding deal with Intel , which the semiconductor giant plans to use for four new production facilities across the country. Standing at 5 feet 11 inches and weighing approximately 110 pounds, the H1 robot reached an impressive velocity of 3.3

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Kuebix

DECEMBER 23, 2019

You may be familiar with the term predictive analytics – but have you ever stopped to ask yourself what it really means for your supply chain? The post What is Predictive Analytics and How is it Used in Supply Chain Operations? appeared first on Kuebix.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

One key solution used to help manage complex supply chains is supply chain planning (SCP). Long-term planning – often called strategic planning – has a time horizon of 1 – 5 years, and the plans may be reviewed when a new strategic decision needs to be made, or on a quarterly or annually basis. This would be a three-way tradeoff.

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GoShip Blog

APRIL 20, 2021

The freight shipping industry is saturated with many shipping terms that are sometimes confusing even to experienced shippers. One such term is the FOB acronym, which stands for free (or freight) on board. It is a widely used term in the industry, however, not everyone knows the accurate meaning and definition.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 3, 2023

Aera Technology offers a solution they call “Aera Decision Cloud” A key challenge for manufacturers is connecting integrated business planning (IBP) – a longer term plan – to operational planning and execution – what needs to be done in the near term. The supply chain team must grapple with a couple of questions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2023

Digital transformation is a term that is thrown around a lot, and people have different ways to interpret what it means. But, it varies on how the data and processes are being used form a technology standpoint. Essentially, digital transformation is the integration of digital technology into all areas of a business.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2024

In smart manufacturing, for example, the deployment of a multitude of sensors and devices for real-time monitoring of machinery, predictive maintenance, and quality control are primary use cases. 5G” is the 5th generation mobile network. It is based on a new global wireless standard. COVID-19 slowed the maturation of this technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

When you can barely see beyond the bow of the ship, when extreme wind and waves threaten to throw you off course – or worse, sink you – it’s understandable that long-term thinking can get chucked overboard like so much extra ballast. Can I secure a dedicated ship to see me through near-term shortages? Empty grocery store shelves.

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10xLogistics

APRIL 3, 2024

The term opportunity cost is thrown around a lot in business. In his book Good Profit by Charles Koch Mr. Koch describes this concept and uses it throughout the book. However, my experience, through observation, is very few people truly understand it. The answer is almost always yes. The answer is simple. This is the opportunity cost.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 17, 2022

Productization is the term DHL uses to describe technologies that have defined applications for use within DHL, that are supported by deployment guides along with established profile matches that identify “best fits” for the technology’s use within the organization.

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Logistics Management

OCTOBER 19, 2020

There is one labor issue keeping trucking executives awake at night, and it concerns the legality of using owner-operators as independent contractors in California and elsewhere. The issue is whether these owner-operators can be legally classified as independent contractors or whether they are actually employees.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 8, 2023

As defined by Oxford Languages, it is “a labor market characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work as opposed to permanent jobs.” Some might say, what’s really the difference between the usual temporary or agency staffing models that the industry has used for years, and the gig economy?

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MTS Logistics

APRIL 5, 2024

As a result, this high level of transparency also benefits business decision-making and long-term loyal customers can be gained. The post How Carriers Can Maximize Profitability by Using Digitalization appeared first on More Than Shipping. In maritime transportation, every container has the potential for profit or loss. In the U.S.

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