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

MAY 12, 2017

March 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). One of my predictions for 2017 was that we would continue to see the convergence of commerce and logistics, as well as the ongoing convergence of technology and logistics service providers. Domino’s autonomous vehicle pizza delivery now live in Germany (ZDnet).

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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. As the compliance date for the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate approaches (December 18, 2017), there are two important questions to be answered: How will it impact capacity?

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Cass Truckload Linehaul Index – September 2017. In the past month, for example, we’ve seen the following headlines: “ Air France KLM is Evaluating MRO Potential for Blockchain ” and “ TMW Systems Becomes Charter Member of Blockchain in Trucking Alliance.”

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Transporeon

APRIL 20, 2017

April 20, 2017 — Transporeon Group, the leading global cloud platform for intelligent transport logistics, has been selected as a 2017 Top 100 Logistics IT Provider by Inbound Logistics magazine for the third consecutive year. FORT WASHINGTON, Pa.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 23, 2017

Cass Truckload Linehaul Index – May 2017. In short, this is another another example of “ truck drivers being treated like trash with no rights” and shippers passing the buck of responsibility onto their suppliers. JD.com chief Richard Liu sees drone delivery as the way to reach China’s rural consumers (CNBC).

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Last month, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry. For example, I learned that there’s a difference between cement and concrete, even though many people use the terms interchangeably.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

LL4T1DCure Team Jersey 2017. In response to Hurricane Harvey, for example, JDRF and other organizations shipped more than 3,750 pounds of donated diabetes supplies to Houston (including 200,000 syringes, 50,000 pen needles and 20,000 alcohol pads) to help people with diabetes affected by the hurricane. How far is 100 miles?

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2017

That’s what I wrote last December in my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017, and last September in The Day a Cyber Attack Brings the World’s Supply Chains to a Halt. South Florida Container Terminal, for example, said dry cargo could not be delivered and no container would be received.

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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. 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. DB Schenker and uShip, for example.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

Mobile technologies in transportation and logistics have come a long way over the past decade — that is, since the iPhone was first introduced, followed by Android devices. And when it comes to last-mile and home delivery operations, mobile technology has become indispensable.

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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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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2018

In 2017 losses incurred from catastrophes such as hurricanes, wildfires, and earthquakes could make it one of the costliest years in history for the property insurance industry, Savitsky noted. Hurricane Maria, which slammed into Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, is a prime example of a catastrophe that reverberates through supply chains.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 7, 2017

I’m guessing the researchers didn’t came across many examples of supply chain disruptions caused by cyberattacks in 2005, but based on the recent WannaCry and Petya cyberattacks, their findings seem to hold true today. As reported by the Wall Street Journal : Mondelez International Inc.’s last week, the company said Thursday.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 18, 2024

For these bots, 2017 was the year of the pilot. For example, if the system has trouble picking a particular item, an alert can tell a planner not to allow that stock keeping unit to enter the robotic picking queue. In 2016, the Locus style bots were not yet proven. Machine learning also comes into play.

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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. See for example the existing California network here. Long distance shipping is generally energy intensive and wasteful.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 6, 2018

billion in the 2017 financial year. In 2017 we took another major step on the road to achieving our strategic and financial goals for 2020. The increase in revenue and earnings in 2017 is also reflected in improved net profit for the year. Deutsche Post DHL Group invested heavily in all four divisions once again in 2017.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

-based XPO Logistics, a global provider of freight transportation and logistics services, announced very strong fourth quarter and full-year 2017 results late yesterday. billion for 2017, and free cash flow for the year came in at $374 million, which topped the target of $350 million. Fourth quarter revenue was up 12.2% annually at $4.19

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

One of the companies she holds up as a positive example of a big company addressing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues is Walmart. A few years ago, for example, my oldest child explained to me that Walmart was a malignant force. By 2017, Walmart had met its goal of doubling the transportation’s fleets efficiency.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

The answers were revealed at the SummerCon 2017 conference a couple of weeks ago where LLamasoft introduced “Planning by Design” and SupplyChainPlanning.com, which the company describes as “building blocks to improve your current planning capabilities through design technology.”. What would this “next generation solution” be?

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Material Handling and Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2018

For example, if a pharmaceutical company analyzed social media content and determined that people in specific geographical areas were discussing cold and flu symptoms, that could give them a heads-up that demand for products to treat those conditions are on the rise. to anticipate conditions that signal an emerging demand spike.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 11, 2024

The domestic freight market has been on a rollercoaster since 2017, and the pandemic injected jet fuel into the equation. Using the past five years of tender rejection rates as examples of the various market types, there have been no scenarios where we’ve seen a relative balance between carrier capacity and shipping demand.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Established in 2017, the company has consistently pushed boundaries and set new standards for quality, efficiency, and reliability in the sector. This approach to business not only reflects their values but also sets an example for others in the industry.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 21, 2018

Tim Dalton, Director of Professional Services at BluJay Solutions , discusses the following questions and more in this timely and informative episode: Did the warning signs that emerged last year prompt many shippers to initiate a procurement engagement in 2017? Are more shippers putting their freight out to bid this year?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Conferences are a great example of peer-to-peer learning in action, but with so many supply chain and logistics conferences available, how do you decide which ones to attend? More on The Future of Delivery (Takeaways from MercuryGate Velocity 2017 User Conference). Takeaways from LLamasoft’s SummerCon 2017 Conference).

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

To know the most difficult challenges as perceived by supply chain professionals, we turn to the SCM World’s 2017 Future of Supply Chain survey. Besides, these risks are much more serious (for example, there were about 134,000 reported cyber-attacks on businesses in 2017 , or almost 50 percent increase from 2016).

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Transporeon

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Since the third quarter of 2017, many manufacturers have been regularly confronted by scarcity in the transportation market – a problem they haven’t encountered in years. Freight prices are also going up because of carrier rate increases since the last half of 2017. Shippers are feeling the effects of scarce carrier capacity.

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IoT World Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The December 2017 Ovum AI Reality (AIR) chart provides a qualitative view of progress in autonomous transport. 2017 saw many milestones achieved as ventures from start-ups, technology companies, and transport industry incumbents staked their position in trials and pilots. 25, 2017 in Dubai, UAE. Boeing and the U.S.

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MTS Logistics

AUGUST 24, 2022

The film Captain Phillips provides one of the most prolific examples of piracy in the region. the United Nations Security Council said last December, “joint counter-piracy efforts have resulted in a steady decline in pirate attacks and hijackings” since 2011, with no successful hijackings for ransom since March of 2017.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In 2017, Flytrex successfully launched the world’s first fully autonomous urban drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland, and we covered that initiative in these pages on June 15, 2018. This sounds like another example of supply chain whiplash (start and stop) to me.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JULY 24, 2018

significantly improved their ability to generate cash in 2017, producing the strongest working capital performance since 2008. In 2017, companies significantly extended payments to suppliers, taking 3.4 Performance of the other major elements of working capital performance, receivables and inventory, both deteriorated slightly in 2017.

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Bringg

JUNE 5, 2018

Thousands of third party sellers are on Amazon Marketplace, which accounted for 42% of the revenues from the company’s commerce arm in 2017, up from 24% in 2010, according to an estimate from Deloitte LLP. The bottom line is that eBay needs to rethink its strategy to remain relevant with both buyers and sellers. Last month, Amazon.com.au

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United World Transporation

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Implementation of the Rule has followed three phases: December 16, 2015 – December 17, 2018 – Awareness and Transition Phase December 18, 2017 – December 15, 2019 – Phase in Compliance December 16, 2019 onward – Full Compliance. AOBRDs may be used until December 16, 2019, if the devices were put into use before December 18, 2017.

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Now, That's Logistics

APRIL 30, 2018

In 2017, imports to East Coast were up nearly 8% — more than double the growth of their West Coast counterparts. Here are some examples: Port of New York/New Jersey: Last September, the first “mega ship”, the 14,4000 TEU CMA CGM T. in 2017, and it has already surpassed the Port of New Orleans in volume for the #2 spot on the U.S.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Food manufacturing and indoor farming are examples of other occupiers taking space recently. This will exceed the previous record annual turnover of £11bn which was reported in 2017. This is already higher that the £10.2bn that the sector recorded in 2020, with Knight Frank estimating total turnover for the year to reach £13bn.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Among the new trends in manufacturing improving the industry, additive manufacturing and cloud-based systems will push manufacturing forward in 2017. Let’s take a closer look at final five trends in manufacturing to watch for in 2017. At the end of 2017, manufacturing will still look similar to what it is today. The Big Picture.

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Morai Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2017

A look at where the technology meant to revolutionize small package delivery is in 2017. Surely, others would take a cue from Amazon’s example. It has been years since the announcement, what new developments have we made in 2017? 2017 was an interesting year for drone delivery. So where is the technology now?

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