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Rail 101 with Ian Jefferies

The Logistics of Logistics

From 2009 to 2013, Jefferies served as a senior policy advisor to the Chairman of the U.S. Jefferies also led the successful development, negotiation and reauthorization of major infrastructure legislation and managed the successful conference of Committee legislation relating to the 2012 surface transportation reauthorization law, MAP 21.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16-19, 2018)

Talking Logistics

project44 Raises $35 Million to Turn Data into True Supply Chain Visibility. 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? ’ XPO Logistics unveils voice tracking (Reuters).

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Daimler on target for next day delivery

Automotive Logistics

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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Volvo Trucks takes Swedish tyre trial

Automotive Logistics

New technologies for monitoring and analysing truck data in real time are opening up exciting opportunities to predict failures more precisely and further into the future. Back in 2013 it initiated ‘the 72-hour challenge’ on truck repairs, because they were taking too long. The time is now down to 24 hours, he said.

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Top 10 Companies with Best Corporate Responsibility Records

Material Handling and Logistics

The 100 Best Corporate Citizens list documents 260 data points of disclosure and performance measures in seven categories: environment, climate change, employee relations, human rights, governance, finance, and philanthropy & community support. . . A Microsoft employees shows off HoloLens at the companys developer conference.

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Reshoring in America: The Future Outlook, Current Hindrances & Issues, and Ways to Stimulate Reshoring

GlobalTranz

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. There were 10% fewer manufacturers in 2011 than in 2008—a record low since 1977, when the Census Bureau started collecting Business Dynamics data.

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Gap closing between top three most recognizable 3PLs | Full Stories – Caption as the Content | Full

247 Customs Broker

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.