World Food Programme Logistics

JUNE 15, 2020

In 2017 only one female worked in its IT department, now there are 10 and is likely to increase. She qualified to pursue her dream course in civil engineering. The funny thing is I never had a dream of studying Information Technology,” she says with a hearty smile. “I She scored highly in science subjects at school.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 3, 2021

In 2017, Target acquired Shipt, an on-demand grocery delivery company, establishing it as a grocery and FMCG home delivery partner. The term dark store is one you will increasingly hear used to describe a traditional retail store that’s converted for use as a micro-distribution center. Good for Amazon, Good for Kohl’s.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

The following five mini case studies explore a few high-profile companies that have managed to sustain their supply chain cost reduction efforts and keep expenses under control. The company grew substantially over the course of two decades, with a considerable proportion of that growth achieved by way of acquisitions.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

The following five mini case studies explore a few high-profile companies that have managed to sustain their supply chain cost-reduction efforts and keep expenses under control. The company grew substantially over the course of two decades, achieving a considerable portion of that growth by way of acquisitions. Procurement analysis.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2022

Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes materials and solutions for the construction, mobility, healthcare and other industrial application markets. The 2030 roadmap is targeting a reduction in CO2 emissions of 33% for scopes 1 and 2, and of 16% for scope 3, versus 2017 ( definition for scopes 1, 2, and 3 ).

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 31, 2018

To become better in tune with its non-Japanese customers, Nippon Express has increasingly appointed senior managers throughout the world who are most familiar with their respective markets. In the United States, the company in 2017 appointed Hassapis, formerly of UTi, who along with Steve Concannon as vice president of U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2022

I had studied TV script writing at the University of Cape Town with Roy. And we reconnected and bonded over the course of a few weeks. And neither of us had studied business. But we believed, because we had studied TV script writing, that we knew how to pitch. A guy called Roy Brawley. And the service deteriorated.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 7, 2018

Of course, TMS still needs good analytics and planning logic, especially when it comes to what Clark calls “deconstructing” truckloads into less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments to see if breaking orders into LTL moves makes sense for both service level and costs. Distributed Order Management (DOM) Evolves. Driverless Trucks.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 5, 2018

Of course, TMS still needs good analytics and planning logic, especially when it comes to what Clark calls “deconstructing” truckloads into less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments to see if breaking orders into LTL moves makes sense for both service level and costs. Driverless trucks. DOM evolves. Blockchain meets supply chain.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2018

There is good scope for the application of digital capabilities in solving problems related to track and trace, supplier manufacturing on a just-in-time and just-in-sequence basis, and studying supply chain risk including disruption and theft, according to Dharmani. So far, the Audi plant has produced 158,550 Q5 units for global distribution.

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The Logistics Academy

JUNE 29, 2017

headquarters for its warehouse distribution systems in Newport News, Va. Collecting data from sensors to monitor activities in real time is valuable, of course. ” One finding the study revealed is that even the most widely used route planning solutions make imprecise assumptions when they estimate travel times in cities. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2021

The skills enhancement program, dubbed Strategic Capabilities Planning, will include a mix of internally supply chain programs, systems education and external APICS courses – APICS is now part of the Association for Supply Chain Management. The premise of the study was interesting.

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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. • The growing army of robots used in distribution. • The growing army of robots used in distribution.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Of course, there can be no stronger motivation than legislation, but money comes a very close second, and the potential cost savings offered by the circular supply chain are substantial. Meanwhile, more third-party agencies and organisations, including governments, are pushing the sustainability agenda.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 26, 2018

A 2017 Global Sourcing study from American Shipper magazine found that 58% of shippers said their highest concern today is rising transportation costs. Even some large companies struggle with distribution challenges and excessive transportation costs. Pain Points Increasing Transportation Costs.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 21, 2019

Of course, West Coast ports may see short-term volume adjustments from trade policies due to concentrated trade with the Asia-Pacific region, a trend observed in the second quarter and third quarter of 2018. This differs from the relatively balanced cargo growth in calendar 2017 for both the East Coast (up 7.8%) and the West Coast (up 6.3%).

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The shift to full end-to-end integration, of course, leaves no one else in the middle. The first is size , of course, with Maersk running over 17% of global ocean capacity , but also selling land-services to just under 20% of those same customers. Maersk Growth Case study. Driving the Maersk Shift.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Al Will, president of PWG Distribution Solutions. As the phenomenon of Big Data has taken hold in the private sector, many firms which as recently as 10 years ago devoted minimal resources to large scale database mining and analytics have reversed course. Once in, you’ve got to stay the course. Automation, Robots and AI.

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