Carter Logistics

MARCH 12, 2019

64th Annual Food Shippers of America Conference. Sales Manager, Richard Kenney, was fortunate to attend the 64 th Annual Food Shippers of America Conference in Palm Desert, CA from March 3-5, 2019. Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Conference Center. Throughout the 2019 conference, there were plenty of networking opportunities.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

I’m in New Orleans this week speaking at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference. I’ll share my takeaways in a future post, but in the meantime, check out the top posts and new episodes from Q3 2017 (if you missed the top posts and the new episodes from Q1 and Q2, you can read/watch them here and here , respectively).

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Freightos

JULY 5, 2017

Logistics Technology Q2 2017 Roundup. During the second half of June, Amazon and Alibaba both held conferences in the United States, appealing to small and midsize businesses selling on their platform. The post Logistics Technology Q2 2017 Roundup appeared first on Freightos. Logistics Technology Trends. DOWNLOAD REPORT NOW.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 5, 2023

Blake joined Ruan in 2017, leading the company’s new customer onboarding and continuous improvement activities before taking a leadership role in Ruan’s Gases and Chemicals bulk hazmat operating group. About Blake Grolmus Blake Grolmus serves as the Vice President of Safety for Ruan Transportation Management Systems.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Graig has safely operated tractor trailers of all types, logging over 1.5 For the past 19 years, Graig has dreamed of owning and operating a driver friendly transportation and logistics company. Graig attends Many industry related conferences and seminars to help continue his knowledge of this ever-changing industry.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

Which is why a drone took flight from the stage during Ryan’s keynote address at the Descartes Evolution 2017 Conference a couple of weeks ago and broadcast real-time video of the audience as it flew across the front of the hall. Descartes (@DescartesSG) March 28, 2017. million in FY 2017 (net income has grown from $12.0

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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. Today, Supply Chain Design is becoming more operational and real-time, as companies have to respond more quickly and intelligently to fast-changing forces impacting their business (e.g.,

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Last month, I had the opportunity to speak at CLX Logistics’ 6th Annual Customer Conference in Philadelphia. Mark Chrencik, Director of Operations at CLX Logistics (a Talking Logistics sponsor), kicked off the conference with a market update where he covered various trends in the industry, including fuel prices and linehaul rates.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 25, 2017

In WannaCry’s case, hackers exploited vulnerabilities in Windows XP — an operating system still in wide use today, even though it was originally released in 2001 and Microsoft stopped supporting it in 2014. How many companies still manage their transportation operations like yesterday’s Giant Eagle? User Experience improvements.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This year’s CSCMP conference reinforced that we’re in the early days of a massive transformation. And at the conference it was clear that the data problem is still huge and everyone needs a better way to solve it. The Data Problem. Everyone went out and gathered it – but with a lot of holes in it.” Cleaning it takes days.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2017

I’ll be doing both for the first time in a couple of weeks at Seminarium’s Logistics & Operations Conference 2017 (October 18th in Santiago, Chile). Here’s a short video I recorded in Spanish highlighting the topic of my presentation: If you plan to be at the conference, I look forward to learning and networking with you.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

I learned that fact (and many more important things) at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference in New Orleans this week. Self-operating shuttle bus crashes after Las Vegas launch (SFGate). Does this mean that somewhere between 38 and 60 percent of owner-operators and small carriers will not be compliant by December 18th?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2017

It’s December 1, the beginning of the end of 2017. As the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, “Resurgent demand in the long-stagnant industrial sector and a big seasonal boost in e-commerce are pushing more goods through shipping networks on the land, water and air, say operators who expect the strengthening U.S. Pringles !).

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The ability to operate in emerging domains such as ‘space’ and ‘cyber’, act in the ‘grey zone’, or investments in new technologies from hypersonic weaponry to automation and AI are seen as offsets to potential adversaries. The successful delivery of the ULAC has been greatly beneficial for both the Army and BAE Systems Australia.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

Going International, Onfleet Platform Manages Last Mile Logistics Delivery Operations for Companies in 50 Countries. UPS Boosts Saturday Operations To Increase E-Commerce Delivery Speed. And when it comes to last-mile and home delivery operations, mobile technology has become indispensable.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

At Retail Industry Leaders Association’s (RILA) conference in 2020, a Walmart executive talked about how they were now standardizing on a TMS solution from Blue Yonder. At this conference, the executive also spoke about ongoing efforts to improve their transportation capabilities.

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Radius Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Last month, several members of our team attended the in.sight conference in Nashville, Tennessee. This is a conference put on by TMW, the manufacturers of our ERP system, and is attended by over 2000 people from across North America. The cost to attend these conferences may not be small, but the payback is well worth the investment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2023

I have learned so much from our sponsors and readers, both through their commentaries and user conferences, and look forward to more of the same in 2024. In 2017, Target invested $550 million in the home delivery service Shipt-a modest outlay compared to the billions Amazon and Walmart have spent in the same-day-delivery space.

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The Logistics Academy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

According to the new “Global Freight Forwarding 2017 Report” compiled by the London-based think tank Transport Intelligence (Ti) , a continuation of excess capacity issues and lower average oil prices in 2016 led rates to fall in both air and sea freight, meaning most forwarders reported lower year-on-year revenues.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

ARC recently attended the August 2021 New England Public Power Association (NEPPA) conference, where Gordon Van Welie, President & CEO of grid operator ISO New England (ISO-NE) described the challenges to maintain reliable, low-cost power, while meeting the urgent goals to decarbonize electric power.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2018

While a degree of uncertainty over the future of free trade between Mexico and its Nafta neighbours to the north once again hung over discussions at this year’s Automotive Logistics Mexico conference, it was more than matched by confidence in the future of the automotive sector.

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Freightera

JANUARY 10, 2017

Lower cost, highly efficient transport companies will continue to outperform in 2017. In 2017 highly efficient firms will continue to source as locally as possible. This trend will accelerate in 2017. In 2017 you will see more firms using this new technology for freight transport to remote regions.

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The Lean Thinker

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Background: I wrote an article appearing in the current (October 2017) issue of AME Target Magazine (page 20) that profiles two very different organizations that have both seen really positive shifts in their culture. Sara Abshari and Eileen Jaskuta are presenting the Meritus story at the AME conference next week (October 9, 2017).

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Material Handling and Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

We saw that starting to turn around in 2016 and continued to accelerate into 2017," he notes. trillion in 2017, up 6.2% Parcel delivery volumes jumped 7% to $99 billion in 2017. Many shippers had been lulled into a very soft market, costs were coming down and it was a beneficial fuel market. Postal Service, UPS and FedEx.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The offering was unveiled this week at Amazon Accelerate, a conference that drew about 2,000 online merchants to Seattle. The startup expects to expand autonomous operations with Walmart but declined to provide details of what that will look like. In effect, the bill bans driverless AV trucks.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 14, 2021

They audit your call if you comply with the standard operating procedures including the efficiency of managing the time such as Average Handle Time. According to Lui, et al (2017) “customer waiting time in queueing systems is a key factor of service quality. Quality Department to monitor the Average Handle Time and Average Wait Time.

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Logistics in War

JUNE 17, 2018

This is the final post from the LIW archives on strategic logistics and logistics challenges prior to the Australia & New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. What the Statement didn’t do, however, was to detail a new path for industry in the context of supporting actual ADF operations. By David Beaumont.

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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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Women in Trucking

MAY 18, 2020

Valerie Alexander, CEO of Goalkeeper, author and keynote at Women In Trucking’s 2017 Accelerate! Conference, suggests that women adopt these three traits to help level the playing field: 1. Make quick decisions. Men typically make decisions quickly and confidently without second guessing themselves. Like this kind of content?

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Now, on to the news that caught my attention this week… ClearMetal Secures $9 Million Series A Funding to Deliver the AI Operating System for the Global Supply Chain. FourKites’ Real-time Visibility Platform Now Fully Integrated with Manhattan Associates’ TMS 2017. Have a happy weekend!

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 19, 2017

End to end connectivity is a requirement from an operational, regulatory and crew perspective to ensure continued efficiency and performance consistency. Although Big Data applications have distinct operational advantages, some fundamental data issues need to be overcome if a Big Data revolution is to be achieved. Website: [link].

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 22, 2021

Both capable of lifting and moving from 450 to 1,300 kilograms of products in a special rack called Pod on the surface on which they operate, called Robotics Field , at a speed from 5 to over 6 km/hour. The Pegasus , which also moves pods on the robotic fields. However, it is only 19 cm high, 10cm less than the original Kiva.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 16, 2018

As Target used 70% of its online volume was handled by stores during the 2017 holiday season. Chief Operating Officer John Mulligan said in a conference call with investors in March on Target’s quarterly earnings. The Company hopes to send shipments to stores in small quantity as per demand and not in bulk.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 27, 2018

From May 2016 through the end of August 2017, “17 CEOs of public Big Food manufacturers and retailers had departed, or announced their intention to,” according to an article published last September in Fortune. The theme of the conference was “Go Boldly Together.” Nulogy xChange 2018: Why Courage is So Important Today. Source: Nulogy.

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Airfreight Logistics

JULY 10, 2018

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. The award was made in recognition of their outstanding service for the transportation of temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 11, 2019

YRC Worldwide, which controls the fourth- and eighth-largest less-than-truckload (LTL) units with its long-haul and regional trucking companies, is offering an early peak into its operating results for the fourth quarter 2018. For the quarter, YRC said it anticipates reporting consolidated operating revenue of approximately $1.2

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2018

Pall-Ex has celebrated a successful 2017 at its own prestigious awards event, as it makes plans to accelerate its achievements for the year ahead. The winners were all selected due to their growth during 2017, compliance, quality distribution, communication and partnership with Pall-Ex. Express Ltd for the South West.

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