Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

In this article, written by Markus Kammerhofer, Director Sales Retro, TGW Logistics Group , we look at the most important factors for a successful retrofit intralogistics project. For another, knowledge is lost over the years when, for example, the IT experts who still know how to work with the programming languages C and C++ retire.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MARCH 10, 2020

Supply Chain = the whole granddaddy process comprising of all aspects in a product cycle, for example from picking of the fruit at a farm in Point A to delivering the fruit to the shelf at a store in Point B using all of the above-mentioned industries, businesses and services. trillion in 2017, partly due to higher oil prices.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 21, 2019

In 2017, Poland produced 689,700 finished vehicles, 1.2% In 2017, finished vehicle sales in the EU increased by only 3% over the previous year, compared with growth of 7% in 2016 and more than 9% in 2015, Opala points out. up on the previous year, according to the Polish Automotive Industry Association. to 514,700 units. .

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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World Food Programme Logistics

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Andrea Cook, head of Evaluation at the World Food Programme, talks to Peyvand Khorsandi about the power of evidence [link] Andrea Cook joined the World Food Programme (WFP) in 2017, as the Director of WFP’s Office of Evaluation (OEV)?—?an a good example is the joint evaluation of the Mozambique cyclone response of 2019.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Of course, it is helpful to have some statistics on hand to validate the statement above. Walmart may be the most famous example of a company that has succeeded primarily because of a well-developed and aligned supply chain strategy. The success of your business links inextricably to the performance of your supply chain.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 3, 2021

With all that in mind, I thought I’d share some examples of the highs and lows of online and in-store retail that enterprises have endured between late 2019 and early 2021, and highlight some of the most notable changes in the retail supply chain arena during that period. The Dark Store Trend. 63% suffered inventory shortages.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 9, 2019

Of course, it is helpful to have some statistics on hand to validate the statement above. Walmart may be the most famous example of a company that has succeeded primarily because of a well-developed and aligned supply chain strategy. The success of your business links inextricably to the performance of your supply chain.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

With a precisely tailored racking system for production supply in the automotive sector, AR Racking has created the basis for optimal intralogistic processes in the new logistics center of the Seifert Logistics Group. There Seifert is deeply integrated into the value-added chains of the automotive industry. months,” says Wanner.

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Now, That's Logistics

JULY 30, 2018

Walmart for example—the world’s largest company by revenue (approx. US$ 486 billion according to the 2017 Fortune Global 500 list)—is building a $135 million import Distribution Center (DC) in Mobile, Alabama. The new mega-ships mentioned at the outset, for example, can cause mega congestion.Automation was supposed to mitigate this.

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Logistics Manager

JULY 25, 2018

The proverbial waves of change will still often come crashing down and it’s always best to have a course of action mapped out. Mr. Schoon himself is a walking example of the dedication that Kuehne + Nagel places on their loyal employees. Strong Roots. Mr. Bjoern Schoon. I worked there for another 2 ½ years before arriving in Thailand.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

In late 2017 I published a post of anecdotes, observations and lessons given by senior officers contacted through the course of academic research. The disclaimer provided in 2017 applies: This post is a collation of pertinent points imparted through these conversations. By David Beaumont. Conclusion.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MARCH 17, 2020

Gard quotes below live examples of cyber security incidents in shipping. Maersk Line found itself on the receiving end of cyber attacks when its systems were targeted in 2017 causing severe disruption to its global operations. This will ensure a holistic and flexible cyber risk management regime throughout the company.

Security 74

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 16, 2018

As more consumers continue to buy groceries online, it has the potential to drive up the demand for roughly 35 million square-feet of United States-based cold storage space moving from retail stores to warehouses and distribution centers over the course of the next seven years.

Food and Agriculture 28

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Logistics in War

DECEMBER 7, 2019

In late 2017 I published a post of anecdotes, observations and lessons given by senior officers contacted through the course of academic research. The disclaimer provided in 2017 applies: This post is a collation of pertinent points imparted through these conversations. By David Beaumont. Conclusion.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 11, 2019

LMC warns that OEMs facing the biggest challenges are those most exposed to the local market, such as Fiat Tofas, which saw production drop from 384,174 in 2017 to just over 300,000 last year. That was almost twice the amount exported to the EU by Japan, the second-largest supplier of vehicles to the EU based on 2017 figures.

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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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Automotive Logistics

AUGUST 20, 2018

units in 2017, up 18% from the year before, according to figures from global automotive association, OICA. However, the US administration could quite easily target linked companies – for example Renault’s alliance partner, Nissan – and no-one is willing to take the chance. Vehicle production in Iran had climbed to 1.5m Pulling out.

Manufacturing Procurement 37

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 15, 2018

In 2017, it saw a recovery in the automotive sector in Europe and a shortage of transport capacity in the market. And we are setting the course on innovation in a rapidly changing world; we need to innovate more – and organise with innovation in mind.” ” – Luc Nadal, Gefco. Partners, unlimited.

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247 Customs Broker

JUNE 12, 2018

The latter data point is pretty telling, especially when factoring in that unemployment is below 4% and many potential truck drive candidates prefer other options like construction, for example, which tends to pay better than driver jobs and comes with the benefit of being home every day after work, something which is not a given behind the wheel.

Trucking 28

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 16, 2018

With no way to unlock the infected computers, Maersk had to rebuild its IT infrastructure almost from scratch, installing 4,000 new servers, 45,000 new PCs and 2,500 applications over the course of ten days. And the annual cost of responding to cyberattacks is rising steeply, up more than 27% in 2017. Establishing industry standards .

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 18, 2018

With a gross domestic product (GDP) of about US$136bn in 2017, the city is already acclaimed to have the seventh-largest GDP in Africa. So did Google’s chief executive Sundar Pichal in July 2017. Although the Dubai example is perhaps a long shot, the promoters of Smart City Lagos are right to aim that high.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2019

Kazakhstan, for example, is gradually reducing finished vehicle imports from Russia as it increases production at its two automotive plants; and new production capacity has also been launched recently in Belarus, with a view to exporting vehicles to Russia. . “On Because of the lacklustre economy, however, this has been postponed.

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Blue Grace Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The information should immediately go to the transportation group so they can start to coordinate the capacity to move that freight. Of course, the cost is a factor in this regard. Pricing is the perpetual thorn in the side, of course, and it’s easy for one side or the other to take advantage when the conditions are right.

Tips 48

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 3, 2018

And a report published by Reuters yesterday could be labeled as the latest example of that. Should UPS go forward with Werner as its last mile partner going forward, it could certainly do worse, considering that Werner Final, which it launched in May 2017, services all 42,000 five-digit zip codes in the continental U.S.,

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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

MARCH 2, 2018

Aside from whatever the ramifications of a true trade war would look like, there is, of course, the fall out, or trickle down, impact on what this could mean for consumer spending i.e. the real lifeblood of economic activity, more so than any other economic drive. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor. It’s easy!”. About the Author.

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The Logistics Academy

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Of course, capturing the data and then using it to make good decisions are two entirely different things. Descartes Systems Group. Take pricing, for example. SCM market will hit $13 billion in 2017. Big Data allows companies to diagnose the issue so they truly understand what is causing it.” Infor Global Solutions.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 13, 2018

In the past two years, Surbana Jurong acquired two companies that helped accelerate the expansion of business in Africa: SMEC, a large engineering company with downstream capabilities, and Robert Bird Group (RBG), which specialises in the construction of iconic buildings. Phase one of the project is expected to be completed by 2025.

Construction 28

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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. For example, in a story I remembered that we ran in 2014, a company called Parkdale Mills had recently re-opened a factory near Gaffney, SC that now produces 2.5

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 5, 2018

Meanwhile, the IHL Group , a global research and advisory firm for the retail and hospitality industries, maintains that a more concentrated focus on reverse logistics is simply another way to save money. companies showed a net increase in store locations for 2017.”. “We companies showed a net increase in store locations for 2017.”.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 27, 2018

That is exemplified in the report’s, data, too, with Armstrong pointing out that in 2017 e-commerce accounted for $12.8 Of course, the hard part is how to make money at it, because the Amazon effect has pretty much driven the expectation to consumers that they are not going to have to pay for shipping and will always get two-day service.

Cost Reduction 28

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Automotive Logistics

JULY 17, 2018

Mexican production and exports continued to grow through 2017, both to the US and globally. According to analyst PwC Autofacts, US vehicle imports increased again in 2017, reaching nearly 8.3m In 2017, $284 billion worth of goods passed through the port of LA. In the US, vehicle sales hit 17.2m units, up 1.4% Mexico sent 2.4m

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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. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor. We know we have seen some spillover.

Price Reduction 28

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 25, 2018

One good example cited by Noel Dehne, vice-president of sales at the automotive factory automation division of Daifuku America, is that of AGV companies partnering with forklift manufacturers to develop ‘dual-use’ industrial trucks, which can be either manually operated or switched to automatic, driverless mode. uš explains. “Of

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Automotive Logistics

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Ford, for example, says vehicle development times are increasing because of the new regulation, regardless of whether they are made inside or outside the EU, though it has been able to incorporate the additional time required to avoid delivery issues. ” – Spokesperson, BLG Logistics.

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The Logistics Academy

JUNE 29, 2017

Collecting data from sensors to monitor activities in real time is valuable, of course. For example, if a truck hits an object with substantial force, it might send a text or e-mail to a supervisor. LIFT TRUCK NETWORK. “The network effect is greater than any one thing inside it.”

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Automotive Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

One example is the port of Los Angeles, which has worked with GE Transportation and last year introduced a cloud-based port optimiser that provides real-time information on cargo through a single portal that is made available to all the partners involved in the processing of it. Q&A: Anu Goel, Volkswagen Group of America.

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