Logistics Business Magazine
DECEMBER 21, 2022
A 2013 study by the US Department of Transportation (US DoT) is receiving newfound attention, due to the recent release of ReadiML, the Machine Learning software from Fatigue Science that operationalises a scientific fatigue prediction model for daily use by transportation fleets.
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Walmart has been on an ESG journey since 2005. At Retail Industry Leaders Association’s (RILA) conference in 2020, a Walmart executive talked about how they were now standardizing on a TMS solution from Blue Yonder. A few years ago, for example, my oldest child explained to me that Walmart was a malignant force.
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GlobalTranz
MARCH 25, 2015
In fact, the Bay Area Council’s study finds that every one job in the high-tech sector—defined as those most closely related to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM workers) fields—leads directly to 4.3 While all occupations have a multiplier effect on growth, it is magnified in high-tech industries where wages are very high.
GlobalTranz
JANUARY 9, 2015
The erosion in the cost advantage has been driven by a confluence of sharp wage increases, lagging productivity growth, unfavorable currency swings, and a dramatic rise in energy costs, states the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) based on a study of 25 nations that account for nearly 90 percent of global exports of manufactured goods.
Material Handling and Logistics
APRIL 3, 2018
To help provide resources to suppliers in China, Walmart has created a digital resource center in Mandarin and English with tools, case studies, and program resources on emissions reduction in the value chain: www.walmartsustainabilityhub.com. Over 400 suppliers in China, India, the U.S. Enhancing Energy Efficiency.
GlobalTranz
JANUARY 23, 2015
Both industrial engineering and operations research have their roots in logistics. Fredrick Taylor, who wrote The Principles of Scientific Management in 1911 and is considered the father of industrial engineering, focused his early research on how to improve manual loading processes. History of Supply Chain Management: Roots.
Material Handling and Logistics
JULY 29, 2018
While studies show that consumers want sustainable products, only 5%-10% will actually pay a price differential for that,” Sheffi says. That is part of an overall vehicle efficiency goal of a 50% reduction (from a 2005 baseline) by 2025. Deutsche Post DHL Group is enlisting its subcontractors in its emission reduction activities.
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