Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2018

Back in 2013, I wrote the following under the banner of “Siri Comes to Enterprise Apps”: Instead of manually executing tasks with a mouse or touch screen, why not speak them? Sticker Snafu Has Millions in Imports Stuck in Argentina’s Warehouses (Bloomberg). OOIDA Leading Fight Against House Bills to Allow Younger Truck Drivers (HDT).

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Automotive Logistics

AUGUST 8, 2018

At the conference, Johnson said that DTNA went through a culture change a few years ago, initiating the 72-hour challenge on truck repair in 2013 because they were taking too long. The latest opening follows the centre DTNA opened in Grimes, Iowa in May this year. Repair time is now down to 24 hours.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 12, 2017

I remember meeting Karl Siebrecht, co-founder and CEO of FLEXE , a few years ago at the CSCMP Annual Conference not long after the company had launched. Finally, lots of news this week in the supply chain software realm, led by Manhattan Associates, which held its Momentum 2017 Conference this week. And with that, have a happy weekend!

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 28, 2021

Speaking at a virtual conference last week, Greg Dolan, CEO of the Methanol Institute , a trade body whose shipowner members include Maersk, Stena Bulk, MSC, MOL and Oldendorff Carriers, predicts that methanol production costs will fall to become more competitively priced than traditional diesel bunker and other alternative fuels.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Penske Logistics also attained SmartWay awards in 2018 , 2017 and 2013. The awards were handed out at the 2019 American Trucking Association’s Management Conference and Exhibition in San Diego.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Penske Logistics also attained SmartWay awards in 2018 , 2017 and 2013. The awards were handed out at the 2019 American Trucking Association’s Management Conference and Exhibition in San Diego.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JUNE 8, 2018

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Automotive Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Speaking at Automotive Logistics’ Supply Chain Conference in Atlanta last March, Jay Johnson, general manager of aftermarket supply chain at Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), referred to a culture change the company went through. Back in 2013 it initiated ‘the 72-hour challenge’ on truck repairs, because they were taking too long.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2017

A notable exception is MercuryGate (a Talking Logistics sponsor), which was founded 17 years ago and recently held its annual user conference in Las Vegas. The theme of this year’s conference was ‘The Future of Delivery,” which I love because it raises a lot of questions and possibilities (see my recent post on the topic).

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 23, 2019

Since it was first announced by China’s president Xi Jinping in 2013, the comprehensive international trade plan, known now as the Belt and Road Initiative, has quickly crossed a number of milestones in its development of services by land and sea. trillion of trade was conducted with countries via the initiative last year.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 24, 2018

The mood at the 3PL association’s annual conference was buoyant based on truckload demand, but concerns about brokers’ digital strategies floated. In 2013, Menlo placed seventh on the list, while XPO didn’t break the top 20. In 2013, Menlo placed seventh on the list, while XPO didn’t break the top 20. XPO Logistics and C.H.

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World Food Programme Logistics

JULY 28, 2020

doing all these conferences, teaching and helping in other ways. It all started in Juba in 2013?—?I however I can.” Even now that I don’t move to the countries I dreamed of, I still find myself moving a lot?—?doing Making a move I left South Sudan in July 2016. I was living in Yei at the time. And then the fighting cooled down.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

Further, as JOC.com wrote in a recent article about the Wall Street Journal an alysis: At the moment, shippers at the NASSTRAC conference said capacity is more balanced than a year ago, in the aftermath of the disruptive polar vortex cycle of winter storms. told the conference. billion manufacturer TriMas Corp.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 16, 2018

GM Korea’s export sales have been falling since its parent decided in 2013 to stop distributing the Chevrolet brand in Western Europe by the end of 2015. Those sales were down on previous years, however, and left GM Korea posting a net loss for 2017 of $1.1 billion – the fourth year of losses in a row.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

While it is perfectly understandable to be itching for the actual implementation to begin after months of meetings and conferences, it may be equally worthwhile to use the right lens early in the process to validate that supply chain roadmaps remain multi-disciplinary. December 2013. November 2013. September 2013.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 8, 2012

Today was the last day of the conference and Pulse was open only until 4 PM. With this, good bye to Pulse 2012 and look forward to attend next year (3rd Mar to 6th Mar 2013) with a better planning and look forward to meet all my peers, friends, clients once again. December 2013. November 2013. September 2013.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

Yesterday we spoke about the top motivations and reasons why reshoring in America from offshored facilities has several benefits and what are the statistics of reshoring since 2013. Extensive automation needed to cut production costs requires investment in machinery, and redesigning production lines and/or building configurations.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Back in 2013, in a post titled “Siri Comes to Enterprise Apps,” I wrote the following: Instead of manually executing tasks with a mouse or touch screen, why not speak them? So if you can provide warehousing, transportation and/or material handling equipment to support disaster relief efforts, I encourage you to contact ALAN.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 30, 2018

This year’s Supply Chain Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, was held alongside the inaugural automotiveIT International conference last week in an effort to promote the kind of communication and cross-fertilisation of ideas that could help to solve these issues. “We Speeding up response times. New technology, new collaborations.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 13, 2018

vehicles last year, up almost 9% on 2016, and the forecast for 2020 is for 5m units, according to figures presented at this year’s Automotive Logistics Mexico conference. It has been operating a multi-purpose terminal at Lázaro Cárdenas since 1995 and began vehicle operations there in 2013. Mexico made 3.8m Logistics island.

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Five years is a lifetime in the world of technology, but maybe you remember how Jeff Bezos turned the supply chain world upside down in December 2013. Faster than you can say “same day delivery,” drones were the buzzword du jour at supply chain conferences, much like RFID following the infamous Walmart mandate about a decade earlier.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 7, 2012

It is only people like me who come to Vegas to attend these annual conferences on a business visit and attend stream of sessions, meetings and have to finish their regular office work as well. December 2013. November 2013. September 2013. August 2013. April 2013. March 2013. February 2013.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2017

million since its founding in 2013. One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 was that traditional software user interfaces would start migrating toward chatbots and virtual assistants. The company will use the funds “to further develop its software platform and grow its technology and enterprise sales teams.”.

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247 Customs Broker

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The ILA-USMX contract was a prominent discussion topic at the JOC’s recent TPM 2018 conference in Long Beach, California. The ILA came to the brink of a strike in 2012 to 2013 during its last previous round of contract bargaining.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Logistics experts shared their research findings during the Council for Supply Chain Management’s (CSCMP) annual EDGE Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Penske is once again a major conference sponsor. The most common issues that shippers face have remained relatively constant. The cause of disruptions has also remained consistent.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Since it was introduced in 2013, the Trucker Tools Mobile Driver App has been downloaded by more than 500,000 truckers and is actively used by over 100,000 small fleets and owner-operators. Trucker Tools CEO to Present at 2018 McLeod Software User Conference. 2 at 10:45 a.m.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 5, 2018

The regulation has been effective since 2013, but smaller players in the industry are still struggling with it, especially in the field of transport temperature. It’s a first that a pharmaceutical company has handed over tasks thus far-reaching, but according to Kühne + Nagel the deal has roused interest in the industry.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 1, 2016

Raanan founded Bringg in 2013 with the vision of changing the way businesses deliver in the on-demand era. With Bringg, Raanan is one of the industry's foremost speakers and bloggers, a respected authority on logistics and supply chain market trends and disruptions, speaking in conferences and forums around the globe.

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Logistics in War

AUGUST 18, 2019

As Dr Peter Layton wrote a very good summation of ‘balance’ for ASPI in 2013 ; ‘ The planned duration of a war is an important consideration, although it can be very different from the actual duration, as recent conflicts have amply demonstrated. Rather than a ‘tooth to tail’, perhaps we really have an ‘arm and a spear’. 1] See Eccles, H.,

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

I remember speaking a few years ago with Art Mesher, Descartes’ CEO from November 2004 through November 2013, and he attributed the turnaround to Descartes’ shift from a “culture of selling” to a “culture of serving.” A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Descartes Evolution Global User & Partner Conference 2019.

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Logistics in War

MARCH 6, 2020

As Dr Peter Layton wrote a very good summation of ‘balance’ for ASPI in 2013 ; ‘ The planned duration of a war is an important consideration, although it can be very different from the actual duration, as recent conflicts have amply demonstrated. Rather than a ‘tooth to tail’, perhaps we really have an ‘arm and a spear’. 1] See Eccles, H.,

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 4, 2015

In December 2013, the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), based on the work of the ISPE Quality Metrics Project Team, issued a White Paper ( here ) on quality metrics for submission to FDA which included a list of quality metrics that could be used for initial discussions with the Agency.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. By 2013, 90% of global trade is seaborne, shipped in 700 million containers every year. Below, you can also view the history of shipping containers in one infographic. Readers' choice!

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Tradewinds

AUGUST 24, 2019

He joined the team in 2013 alongside his friend, mentor, and YRCW CEO James Welch, who had brought the YRCW companies back from near bankruptcy brought on by the recession. It was great for the seller, great for my employees. And so as a family, we felt good about the exit.”

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Tradewinds

AUGUST 24, 2019

He joined the team in 2013 alongside his friend, mentor, and YRCW CEO James Welch, who had brought the YRCW companies back from near bankruptcy brought on by the recession. It was great for the seller, great for my employees. And so as a family, we felt good about the exit.”

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 3, 2018

Mexico conference: Audi adapts logistics for San José Chiapa. “We Koltai has been director of production control and logistics at the San José Chiapa plant since 2015 but has actually been working on the project to establish a plant in Mexico since 2013. Volkswagen & Audi in Mexico part 1: Sharing logistics in a state of expansion.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 15, 2018

billion) in 2013. At the press conference in Paris in January, Nadal said the company was opening up to new industrial sectors including aviation, manufacturing, energy, life sciences and healthcare, among others. In 2017, it saw a recovery in the automotive sector in Europe and a shortage of transport capacity in the market.

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