Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Of course, all of this is easier said than done, but new challenges tend to require new strategies and new innovation. That all changed with the summer of 2017. While the hurricanes of 2017 were the tipping point that finally drug us into this tight capacity market, they weren’t the sole reason.

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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. Supply chain strategy is critical to business success, but companies often underestimate its importance and hence pay it less leadership attention than other areas of operation. Mini Case Study: Walmart. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool.

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Logistics in War

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

In ‘Burning incense at a new altar’ and closing Logistics In War for 2017, I reflected on the state of interest in military logistics and why it was important to the profession of arms right now. There is little discussion – nearly a complete absence – of how logistics shaped the western counter-insurgency operations which followed.

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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. Supply chain strategy is critical to business success, but companies often underestimate its importance and hence pay it less leadership attention than other areas of operation. Mini Case Study: Walmart. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool.

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Trinity Logistics

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Citations for falsifying driver logbooks was on the rise in 2017, a main driver behind the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate slated to take effect December 18. percent in 2017 to the highest level in four years. percent in 2017 to the highest level in four years. percent of out-of-service orders. Looking to Learn?

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Logistics in War

AUGUST 3, 2018

A military logistician is a study in contrasts. The shelves groan, after all, under the weight of books about business management and military operations. Thus, participants enjoy a second opportunity to work through the cycle of devising, describing, and defending courses of action, followed by a second historical solution. (As

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Logistics in War

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I have been extremely fortunate to interview a range of senior military officers and public servants through the course of academic research in 2017. Military staff are, in general, not well prepared for operating within an institutional bureaucracy. The nature of military involvement.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Through the course of 2017, and because of my academic research, I have been extremely fortunate to interview a range of senior military officers and public servants. Military staff are, in general, not well prepared for operating within an institutional bureaucracy. By David Beaumont. The nature of military involvement.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2018

While 2017 was certainly better than 2016, it’s still going to be a slog to get back to the post-recession era. This change won’t take place overnight of course, but the gradual change will build up to a complete revision of the industry. Warehousing will see some of the biggest investments in robotics over the course of 2018.

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Bringg

AUGUST 5, 2020

Back in 2017, the Click & Collect Retail Consumer Preference Study revealed that nearly one third of shoppers made an online purchase and subsequently picked their order up at a store during the 2016 holiday season. As a model, though, launching click & collect requires less operational change than ship-from-store.

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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. Some retailers even refer to these operatives as personal shoppers. Notable companies operating them—or planning to do so—include: Walmart (USA). Which Retailers Are Into Dark Stores? Tesco (UK).

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Logistics Manager

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

However, contrary to the global trend, Hutchison Ports have fearlessly risen above the tide and steadily grown their operations from their concrete foundation, with strong support from their united workforce. . Following the new image, HPT drove ahead as a unified entity on November 1 st , 2017. We operate as a global terminal network.

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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. This operation was proving too costly and too slow, so the company embarked on an initiative to achieve a 10% supply chain cost reduction over a four-year period.

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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. This operation was proving too costly and too slow, so the company launched an initiative to achieve a 10% supply chain cost reduction within four years.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2022

The company will attain this goal by having operations that are significantly less carbon intensive and by producing products that are significantly better for the environment. However, their carbon reduction goals for their value chain operations for 2030 will not be changed. The company typically does 25 to 50 studies per year.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 31, 2018

In fact, many American shippers are barely familiar with Nippon Express’ global breadth and wide array of specialty logistics services beyond its air freight forwarding operation, although the company has had a presence in the U.S. Adelta Logis, formerly the logistics operation of a U.S. When you walk into a large U.S.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 14, 2019

By 2017, however, Foton East Africa was forced into bankruptcy. Earlier this year, though, Foton took control of the Kenyan operation directly, recapitalised the business and set out to reopen the production line. Figures on imports are sketchy, but one study suggested that 300,000 used cars were shipped to Nigeria in 2014 alone.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 5, 2018

According to Clark, a TMS should be adept at connecting to multiple freight matching marketplaces and online logistics communities so that the shipper organization can match orders with capacity from more brokers, small independent trucking firms and fleet operators. Driverless trucks. Control towers get smart.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 7, 2018

According to Clark, a TMS should be adept at connecting to multiple freight matching marketplaces and online logistics communities so that the shipper organization can match orders with capacity from more brokers, small independent trucking firms, and fleet operators. Driverless Trucks. Control Towers Get Smart.

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Parade

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Anticipating that issue, Fortune designed a course to teach their ultra-dedicated carriers how to use the system. About Fortune Logistics Fortune started in 1980 with a single owner operator truck, adding trucks and freight volume over the years. In 2017, they decided to expand the brokerage side, which is based in Sioux Falls, SD.

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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. So, that is how we ran our business from 2017 through 2020.

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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. Peter Koltai, director of production control and logistics at Audi Mexico.

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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. No longer do the large, beneficial cargo owners have an overwhelming advantage in global supply chain operations.

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The Logistics Academy

JUNE 29, 2017

Already, applications are emerging to capture data from “things” equipped with sensors, barcode labels, GPS antennas, and other devices, move that data across the Internet, and use it to improve supply chain operations. Collecting data from sensors to monitor activities in real time is valuable, of course.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

And of course most can’t. Of course, consumer brand companies are especially at risk from being tarred with an anti-sustainability brush. First are what he calls eco-efficiency initiatives, which have to do with actions that will reduce operating costs and provide an acceptable return on investment.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

If you have never seen a glass factory in operation, it is really something. 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. Of course we all need to up our game.

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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. Improve communication with carriers and within your own operations so you can report at-risk events proactively and expedite resolutions.

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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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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Agency has 45 days to study changes planned by Los Angeles and Long Beach terminals. course, peak volumes are also putting a strain on the system. Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles say more air quality improvements to come with upgrades to truck fleet. Federal Maritime Commission reviewing ‘PierPass 2.0’. supply chain moving.”

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Agency has 45 days to study changes planned by Los Angeles and Long Beach terminals. course, peak volumes are also putting a strain on the system. Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles say more air quality improvements to come with upgrades to truck fleet. Federal Maritime Commission reviewing ‘PierPass 2.0’. supply chain moving.”

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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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Automotive Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

In late August 2017, Hurricane Harvey – the storm that devastated the Caribbean, flattening Puerto Rico – made landfall on the Texas coast. Globally, extreme weather events are not uncommon, of course. Independent scientific studies show a similar picture, adds James Sadlier, director of claims agent and risk adviser Sevatas.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 28, 2017

At the close of 2016, the 21 st Annual Third-Party Logistics Study found the overall use of third-party logistics providers ( 3PLs ) is increasing, but the types of logistics services utilized indicate the industry is entering a shift in how it operates. 3PLs and Shippers Report Positive Partnership Outcomes. percent.

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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

JULY 11, 2018

Kearney study. Viewing importing of good as a indicator of whether or not manufacturers are bringing back operations to the US, A.T. imports from traditional offshoring countries in 2017. This is a sharp reversal of the glimmers of hope seen in 2016 in regard to manufacturers moving operations back stateside, the group says.

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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. But it was Microsoft that blazed the trail, with its chief operating officer Kevin Turner visiting Lagos in November 2010.

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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. PSA has said it is ceasing operations in Iran in what CEO Carlos Tavares called a “clear-cut decision” during an earnings call with analysts in July. “We Vehicle production in Iran had climbed to 1.5m Pulling out.

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