article thumbnail

Is bigger always better – Economies of scale and gigantism in shipping

Shipping and Freight Resource

Shipping lines have embarked on actively expanding their business towards vertical integration, encompassing services expanding beyond traditional lines, the specialized port terminals, and inland distribution. The trend of Gigantism remains strongly in force and has demonstrated few signs in slowing down. the Panama Canal ). A Shifty Scale?

article thumbnail

Can Dispensaries Deliver Out of State? Which States Allow Delivery of Cannabis?

WorkWave

In 2004, Senate Bill 420 was enacted, which established guidelines for the cultivation, possession, and distribution of medical marijuana. It established a licensing system and outlined the requirements for cultivation, distribution, and retail operations. Over the years, California’s cannabis laws have continued to evolve.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

[INFOGRAPHIC] The Evolution and History of Supply Chain Management

GlobalTranz

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.

article thumbnail

Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

The executives surveyed identified these positions as those they believe currently most affected and that they expect will present even more severe staffing difficulties by 2020. Averting this outcome depends upon business leaders and government policymakers to actually implement measures to reverse the present trend. Skills Shortages.

article thumbnail

Exadis Migrates ERP to the Cloud

Logistics Business Magazine

Exadis, which was already relying on the Infor M3 on-premises ERP solution, has renewed its partnership with Infor as part of its migration to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud using Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise, Infor Factory Track production automation and the ADS solution from Infor’s partner Authentic Group.

ERP 59
article thumbnail

Aptiv takes a global approach to mobility

Automotive Logistics

He says Aptiv is currently in the process of implementing this method, which means taking each supplier and matching the parts it makes with global demand; it involves one pick-up for worldwide distribution, which is a significant increase in efficiency. We are already into it – it is just now we are starting to get benefit out of it.”.

article thumbnail

Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

Descartes Systems Group Revenue 2006-2018 (Source: macrotrends). presented a great case study on the company’s journey and success with real-time freight visibility. Wes Burt, Production Control-SCM-Assistant Manager at Toyota Manufacturing Canada, also gave an informative case study presentation. Where is Descartes today?