Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

It was a strategic/tactical analysis, disconnected from day-to-day operations, and the software tools were difficult to learn and use. Did LLamasoft (a Talking Logistics sponsor) help to create these inflection points or did it simply see these trends coming before others and caught the wave early?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2023

The research process includes an analysis of large amounts of information and interviews with executives from numerous warehouse automation providers; and concludes with the publication of ARC’s research study. billion e-commerce figure for 2021 is almost twice as large as its 2017 e-commerce sales estimate, representing a 17.7

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. To know the most difficult challenges as perceived by supply chain professionals, we turn to the SCM World’s 2017 Future of Supply Chain survey. GET YOUR COPY HERE. Download White Paper. The same could be said about natural disasters.

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Now, That's Logistics

DECEMBER 21, 2018

In its most recent monthly analysis of the global air freight market , the International Air Transport Association (IATA) observed that while demand for air freight was softening, cargo volumes are still trending higher. How the international air freight markets fared in 2018 and what’s ahead for the new year. over the past six months.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 20, 2021

“Paralysis by analysis” is a common term used to describe such a situation, and you can avoid it by monitoring a smaller number of carefully chosen KPIs. As an example of how illuminating the perfect order KPI can be, let’s look briefly at damage-free delivery as an example. x 0.96 = 0.8661.

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Trinity Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

TECHNOLOGY TRENDS TO WATCH. Here are the top logistics technology trends your company should be keeping an eye on and consider implementing. Digital twins may be one of the most exciting logistics technology trends to keep an eye on. Through centralized storage plus real-time tracking removes any uncertainty for your customers.

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Now, That's Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Fitch (Ratings) undertook a stress test analysis of its rated North American ports, to assess multiple scenarios, taking into account port revenue mix and potential for recovery.”. percentage points compared with January-March 2017 to 49.5 Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 628,205 TEUs of container cargo last month, a 9.5%

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IoT World Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The December 2017 Ovum AI Reality (AIR) chart provides a qualitative view of progress in autonomous transport. 2017 saw many milestones achieved as ventures from start-ups, technology companies, and transport industry incumbents staked their position in trials and pilots. 25, 2017 in Dubai, UAE.

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CLX Logistics

JULY 26, 2021

Let’s look at the facts – the percentage of supply chain managers using new analytics tools and services to develop better bidding strategies has increased from 17% in 2017 to more than 30% in 2020. Next-generation supply chain management tools like CLX LaneLogix are a perfect example of the type of system. Ongoing Spend Analysis.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

According to Youssef, other factors driving uncertainty include the ongoing global energy transition, structural shifts in economies (China for example) as well as shifts in global supply chain development. “If This was an improvement of 4% over the first nine months of 2017.” Rate uplift. Compliance to U.S. jberman@peerlessmedia.com.

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EazyStock

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Simply reacting to market change is not enough, because you may have insufficient stock to meet a surge in demand or even miss out on a trend altogether. For example: With such different demand patterns, it doesn’t make sense to treat every product the same. Seasonality, trends, promotions and new products.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 20, 2018

According to the ATA, the driver turnover rate for the fourth quarter of 2017 for large truckload fleets (those with more than $30 million in revenue) dropped seven points to 88%, signaling its first sub-90% reading going back to the first quarter of 2017. Perhaps one of the most telling stats included in the report was that 70.6%

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RPA Labs

AUGUST 20, 2020

RPA bots can also scrape relevant data from emails, texts, social media and other digital sources to identify market trends and insights. Logistics service provider Ryder is a recent example of how RPA can be used to automate a legacy software system. Shipment status communication. Supply and demand forecasting.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 17, 2017

Earlier this year, we looked into some of the top trends pushing the TMS train forward, and safety and automation were clear frontrunners. As we begin the second quarter of 2017, let us take a moment to think about why TMS automation begets more efficiency. A TMS Works Independently.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2019

The latest example is Walmart “raising its delivery goal posts for suppliers, asking them to deliver more goods on time,” as reported by Jennifer Smith and Sarah Nassauer in the Wall Street Journal. Are these still isolated cases or a growing trend? threshold for food consumables. Who is cheering this news?

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The continual and ever-evolving trend of self-service and automation has indeed made some occupations obsolete. For example, grocery store customers have been accustomed to bagging their groceries for at least a decade. The ATA estimates the shortage could reach 50,000 by the end of 2017 and could even grow to 176,000 by 2026.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 17, 2018

A Deloitte study in 2017 found 49% of procurement officers believe the quality of data is a major barrier, and the lack of data integration was the number two barrier (42%). The second stage, Diagnostic Analytics, allows organizations to execute root cause analysis for issues and inefficiencies across functions, departments, and operations.

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

So when I asked Cathy Roberson, a senior analyst at Transport Intelligence and a tech-enthusiast who is vox supplychainus on Twitter at cmroberson06 , I was not surprised when she sent me back an analysis that seems to match up perfectly with some of Google’s recent projects: Google Glasses, Android and 3D printing.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Here’s an excerpt from a report issued in November 2015 by the USPS Office of Inspector General titled “ Co-opetition in Parcel Delivery: An Exploratory Analysis ”: E-commerce and changing consumer demand have led to an explosion in parcel shipping, which in turn is driving dynamic change in the parcel market. distribution network.”

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 12, 2018

Cloud Logistics Announces Record Revenue, Growth and Innovation for 2017. In other cases, where more sophisticated and expensive 3D printing capabilities are required, third-parties will manufacture the products on demand and deliver them to us (or we can pick them up at the local UPS Store, for example).

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The company currently uses two traditional time-series forecasting methods, Holt-Winter’s and Damped trend , to generate monthly product demand forecasts. Figure 1 compares performances for the year 2017 for different market segments. Traditional Solution Drawbacks. Clearly, there is room for improvement.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 28, 2018

Global express delivery and logistics services provider DHL said this week that the most recent edition of its quarterly Global Trade Barometer continues to trend in the right direction, with various indicators pointing to a strong global trade outlook. to take advantage of trends we see.”. and Germany.

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Shipchain

AUGUST 27, 2019

In 2017 alone, total counterfeiting around the world reached 1.2 The only foolproof method of differentiating is through chemical analysis. Another and more recent example of how counterfeited items can be dangerous and unsuitable for consumption is alcohol. And this number has been steadily increasing each year since. .

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The 1997 Defence Efficiency Review (DER) , a review now commonly associated with an over-ambitious efficiency agenda which led to near disastrous levels of logistics hollowness in an ADF on the cusp of twenty years of continuous operations, was a catalyst which brought a conceptual trend to reality. 1] Beaumont, D., 2] Beaumont, D.,

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

According to the Ti collection titled “ Logistics Surveys 2017 ,” completed last December, there’s scant doubt that the global express industry has already undergone significant transformation, not least due to the seismic shifts brought about by e-retail. In each case, innovation and disruption was regarded as a “double-edged” sword.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 31, 2018

who serves as a director of development at the Center for Supply Chain Research at the Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University ; Cathy Morrow Roberson , president of research firm Logistics Trends and Insights LLC ; and Chris Caplice , executive director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (MIT CTL).

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Transportation Industry Braces for a Looming Transportation Capacity Crunch Crisis in 2017. Why Benchmarking Alone Isn’t Enough for Proper Transportation Cost Analysis. What are the trends you foresee in transportation for 2016? However, mobile technology is not new to the transportation world. Read the full article here.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Gartner predicts that by 2017, SMAC stack will drive more than 26% of the total enterprise software market revenue, an increase from 12% in 2012 - representing over $104 billion new revenue from this stack. |. News & Events. |.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

Gilmore Says… In a great example of the balance in this book, Sheffi notes the actual evidence of consumer preference for Green products is tenuous at best. In fact, after reading Sheffi’s examples, I’m surprised more companies haven’t been forced to be zealous advocates.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

An off-cited analysis from McKinsey in late 2017, for example, found automation could destroy as many as 73 million US jobs by 2030, about one third of all jobs in the country. Posted on: May, 22 2017. Posted on: Jun, 05 2017. Posted on: Jun, 06 2017.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 17, 2018

A Deloitte study in 2017 found 49% of procurement officers believe the quality of data is a major barrier, and the lack of data integration was the number two barrier (42%). The second stage, Diagnostic Analytics, allows organizations to execute root cause analysis for issues and inefficiencies across functions, departments, and operations.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 3, 2018

This particular kind of discipline was not enforced in 2017, however. Lars Jensen , CEO and partner at SeaIntel Maritime Analysis in Copenhagen, says that changes in the liner shipping sector do not take place overnight, and hence “disruption” would be the wrong term to associate with the industry. Alphaliner Top 35 Ocean Carriers.

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247 Customs Broker

JUNE 7, 2018

But a more measured analysis comes from the consultancy AlixPartners , which has produced a body of research suggesting that there may still be more problems than solutions in the short term. As one example, he points out that Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) announced that it will order 20 “eco-. Dysfunctional trends.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 16, 2018

The 2018 Global Risks Report, published by the World Economic Forum and Zurich Insurance Group, suggests that the number of cyber breaches recorded by businesses worldwide has almost doubled over the past five years, from 68 per business in 2012 to 130 in 2017. It is also likely that cybercrime remains significantly under-reported.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 4, 2019

Revisit eligibility to claim NAFTA or USMCA duty rates in the future and perform a comprehensive rules of origin and regional value content analysis for every product.” You may have noticed a growing trend on earnings calls where companies reference increased transportation costs as a reason for missing profitability targets.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 9, 2018

For example, unlike truckload (TL), there are few new entrants in LTL because of the steep initial economic outlay to replicate most carriers’ complex hub-and-spoke, brick-and-mortar terminal networks. Read: Industry Experts Discuss Technology Trends & Solutions for Efficient Ecommerce Logistics.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

This is yet another example of how some TMS vendors continue to expand the scope and features of their solutions (multi-mode, multi-geography, complex optimization). What factors are driving this trend?

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