Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

It didn’t take long for the recently rebranded BluJay Solutions to make its first acquisition: Blackbay , “a leading provider of mobility-enabled solutions for the transport and logistics industry.” Cargo Owners Complain of ‘Total Mess’ Shipping Goods to Asia (WSJ – sub.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2017

One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 was that traditional software user interfaces would start migrating toward chatbots and virtual assistants. Some examples of what a user could ask Coleman: – “Coleman, what is the accounts receivable balance for ACME Corp?”

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The Logistics Academy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

For example, airfreight forwarding growth in China is thought to have been robust this past year, while sea freight growth was much weaker. Hitachi Transport System. Nonetheless, it’s clear that the scope of these solutions, in terms of geographic coverage for example, needs to broaden in order for them to deliver value.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 11, 2019

I’ve been to a lot of concerts, conferences, festivals… But nothing as big as the World Cup. FIFA 2018 World Cup transport planning challenges and strategy. In average, every World Cup is hosted in 10/12 cities, hence create issues about mass transportation and hosting. National Event vs. City Event.

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Freightera

JANUARY 10, 2017

Demand for greener freight transport is coming primarily from the largest companies. Lowest cost freight transport will increasingly be lower emission as well. Lower cost, highly efficient transport companies will continue to outperform in 2017. This trend will accelerate in 2017.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2018

The real-time freight visibility space was particularly hot in 2017, with two major acquisitions announced last year, including Descartes’s acquisition of MacroPoint in August 2017. The further out you book freight, the less expensive it is,” explained Cicerchi in a video interview I conducted with him at the user conference.

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Airfreight Logistics

JULY 10, 2018

The award was made in recognition of their outstanding service for the transportation of temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals. Henrik Ambak, Senior Vice President, Cargo Operations Worldwide for Emirates, received the award at the 18th Global Life Sciences & Healthcare Conference hosted by DHL at Baveno, Italy.

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Trinity Logistics

JUNE 3, 2021

Some examples of these are: U.S. Most cold chain food regulations come from the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2017. It regards the production, import, export, and transport across provinces for food, drugs, and cosmetics including products like soap and toothpaste. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the U.S.,

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

Since the collapse of the housing market and the economy in 2008, the freight transportation industry has managed to claw its way out of a damaging situation and maintain historically low trucking rates. Furthermore, you can prepare for the change by understanding what 3PLs can do to help attempt to maintain lower prices of transportation.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

He points to companies such as Hershey’s, Clorox, and Sysco that have all warned about rising transportation costs in their earnings calls. Here’s a Varsity Math question for you: The ATA projected a 50,000 driver shortage by the end of 2017 , but that’s off their estimate that there are 3.5 million truck drivers overall.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 23, 2019

Long distance rail connections are central to this trade and, at the Automotive Logistics Global Shanghai conference last week, speakers from China Railway International and Beijing Changjiu Logistics talked about the latest developments for vehicle and parts shipments on the China Railway Express (CR Express) between China and Europe.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2018

A TMS user, for example, can say to the system, “Show me all uncovered loads,” or an inventory manager can ask, “Which stores have less than three days inventory of product X?” and up come the results on the screen. It took a few years, but it seems like the march toward reality is accelerating.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Many transportation and logistics software companies were launched in the late 1990s and early 2000s, during the height of the dotcom era, but very few of them survive today — they either went bankrupt or were acquired by others. When asked, “How is transportation viewed by upper management at your company?”

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Trimble Acquires Brazil-Based Veltec to Expand its Global Portfolio of Transportation Solutions. So if you can provide warehousing, transportation and/or material handling equipment to support disaster relief efforts, I encourage you to contact ALAN. Amazon Patents Drone Chute For Quiet Deliveries (CB Insights).

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 20, 2018

If someone asked you point blank: “what is the biggest issue in freight transportation today?” It is a topic of daily discussion at every industry trade show and conference, while also getting a ton of attention in the form of commentary or data being issued fairly frequently. Why wouldn’t it be either? of freight tonnage moves on U.S.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

There were a lot of great sessions and speakers during the conference, but I don’t have the time or space to summarize them all today. He pointed to Estonia as an example: Estonia is a great example of what can happen with a concept like blockchain if you’re able to start with a clean sheet of paper.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 14, 2018

in 2017 over the previous year to reach 1.59m units, according to estimates in early January by the Association of European Businesses (AEB). A reduction in the Russian car transporter fleet is likely to see haulage rates continuing to rise. Sales of finished vehicles in Russia rose 11.9% Capacity crunch.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

For example, this year, Chinese New Year occurred later in the season than usual, so we started planning with customers in mid-January, not mid-December, as we do in some years. These are, historically, the biggest disruptors that occur in our industry: Chinese New Year (aka Spring Festival). This is a week-long celebration in China.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 7, 2019

passenger cars were produced in the Czech Republic in 2017. As of 2017, the UK ranked second in terms of exported cars with a share of 10.5% In 2017, assembly plants in Slovakia manufactured 1.03m finished vehicles, estimates Alexander Matusek, president of the Slovak Automotive Industry Association. “The

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 27, 2018

The topics range across all modes of freight transportation, to be sure, as well as policy and technology. Here are a few quick examples of that: earlier this month, DHL has released a trend report in conjunction with on blockchain technology’s potential to transform the logistics industry. Contact Jeff Berman.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Australian Army unit load ammunition containers in a warehouse ready for delivery to artillery soldiers for the safe transport and storage of projectiles in the field. ULAC are used by artillery soldiers in the field for the safe transport and storage of propellant and projectiles in training and operational environments. 3] Marles, R.,

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. Readers' choice! Significance.

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Automotive Logistics

MARCH 25, 2019

Speaking at The Supply Chain Conference last week in Atlanta, George Grahovac (pictured), Honda of America’s new senior manager at its North America Operations Office, highlighted a spend of $1.2 billion by the carmaker in getting parts from its 600 tier one suppliers to its plants in the region.

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Automotive Logistics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

cars between January and August this year, virtually unchanged from the same period in 2017. The automotive sector in Mexico is lobbying Obrador to focus on security for vehicles and automotive parts transport within Mexico, as crime has spiralled across the country to become a major political issue. Mexico produced 2.6m

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Talking Logistics

MAY 25, 2017

Addressing this problem is at the heart of Manhattan Associates’ Active Solutions, which the company introduced a couple of weeks ago at its Momentum 2017 conference. Strategic transportation modelling capabilities. As the press release explains: Today’s commercial enterprises are facing unprecedented market pressures.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 15, 2018

French transport and logistics provider Gefco started 2018 with an announcement in Paris that it was looking to cooperate more closely with its partners and customers. 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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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 20, 2020

Addressing port and terminal operators during an online forum last week, Robert Rizika, Naval Dome’s Boston-based Head of North American Operations, explained that in 2017 there were 50 significant OT hacks reported, increasing to 120 in 2018 and more than 310 last year.

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Penske Move Ahead

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Shippers and third-party logistics providers are continuing to collaborate as they find solutions to meet their supply chain goals, improve efficiency, and manage their overall transportation spend. Transportation costs saw a 10.4% Presenters included Balika Sonthalia, a vice president at A.T. State of the Supply Chain.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 17, 2018

Last fall after attending the CSCMP conference in Atlanta, I shared my observation that digital transformation is now a central theme in the industry. 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%).

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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. In 2017, revenues reached $175 billion, and the U.S. market is expected to grow at about 5.5 The Significance of E-Commerce.

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Automotive Logistics

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

It has created a wireless product for tracking inventory on car dealers’ sites, but earlier this year spotted even bigger opportunities in finished vehicle logistics. “We were invited to a logistics conference,” recalls Mark Sargeant, vice-president of business development at AutoMap. You’re able to go in and look for specific cars.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 15, 2018

“The acquisition of DOT provides growth and produces a series of synergy effects, for example, in our range of services for Formula 1 and Formula E,” says Thomas Nieszner, President and Global Head of Motorsport DHL Forwarding, Freight. In 2017, the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport team took home the award.

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Penske Move Ahead

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Shippers and third-party logistics providers are continuing to collaborate as they find solutions to meet their supply chain goals, improve efficiency, and manage their overall transportation spend. Transportation costs saw a 10.4% Presenters included Balika Sonthalia, a vice president at A.T. Inventory led the way with a 13.2%

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Automotive Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Europe’s finished vehicle sector faces several big challenges in coming months, as speakers at the recent ECG conference in Germany made clear. At last week’s annual conference of the Association of European Vehicle Logistics (ECG), held in Mainz, Germany, speakers discussed what they were doing to tackle these problems.

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 10, 2018

Earlier this month, LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman caught up with Greg Gantt president and CEO of national less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) at the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council (NASSTRAC) conference in Orlando, Fla. A transcript of their conversation is below. . Contact Jeff Berman.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Coinciding with the upswing in the world economy two years ago, global seaborne trade is doing well, note analysts for the Geneva-based United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). This was an improvement of 4% over the first nine months of 2017.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2023

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