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This Week in Logistics News (May 8-12, 2017)

Talking Logistics

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. The voice-controlled interaction with Alexa is part of DHL Parcel’s service strategy to continually improve the customer experience. And with that, have a happy weekend!

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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. Meanwhile, C.H.

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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. Location of factories is fundamental strategy. more economically attractive.

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Trucking Rates Looking to Increase: The Driving Factors & What You Can Do About It

GlobalTranz

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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Supply Chain Management:A New Lens for Supply Chain Roadmaps

Infosys Supply Chain Management

It would have institutionalized online strategies to capture customer preferences to tailor revenue-enhancing online offerings. Instance Consolidation Strategy. December 2013. November 2013. September 2013. August 2013. August 2013. April 2013. March 2013. February 2013.

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Driving value into the supply chain

Automotive Logistics

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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Day 3 (Last Day) - Infosys Blogs

Infosys Supply Chain Management

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. Instance Consolidation Strategy. December 2013.

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