Freightos

MARCH 23, 2023

In the debrief department, Sea Intelligence’s Alan Murphy shared data confirming that – of course – surging demand was the trigger for the unprecedented ocean situation. What just happened??? The downturn may be painful (for some), but is not unusual. More (too much?)

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

By the end of 2019, Autoliv realized that there were new technologies and supply chain risk management providers that could promote a competitive advantage in their risk management program. Implementing the solution involved cleaning up master data and mapping their complete global supply chain. The implementation was not trivial.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

IAG Cargo has today announced its 2019 full year results, reporting commercial revenues of €1,117m over the period from January 1 to December 31, 2019, a decrease of 7.2 In particular, we have seen strong export growth out of Africa over the course of the year and, more recently, a boost to perishable volumes from Latin America.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 27, 2023

He explains why increased use of automation and digital technologies is essential and talks about how he saw the industry developing over the course of 2023, particularly in terms of the way in which e-commerce affects the material handling and logistics business.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Journal of Commerce’s William Cassidy urges shippers to avoid setting their hopes too high for any relief in 2019. Cassidy writes, “After rising by double digits in 2018, US contract truckload rates could rise a more modest 5 percent on average in 2019.” Imagine how much each is saving over the course of a year!

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Source: Gartner, Forecast Snapshot: Prescriptive Analytics Software, Worldwide, 2019. Prescriptive Analytics platforms , as defined by Gartner , “primarily focus on creating optimization solutions,” providing “data prep, prescriptive model building, model management and model deployment in various business processes.”

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2019

Of course, the best plans depend on the actions of yesterday. So, let us reflect on the peak shipping season trends we saw at the close of 2018 and how those trends will affect the industry now and throughout 2019. As a result, more retailers will look to remodeling to stay competitive with Amazon at the beginning of 2019.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 6, 2022

Transportation is, of course, a major source of green house emissions. Derek Gittoes, a vice president of supply chain management product strategy at Oracle, said “this is very much an estimate. According to the environmental protection agency, in the US, the transportation sector accounts for 29% of all greenhouse gas emissions.

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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. Supply Chain Strategy. What’s wrong with this picture?

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EazyStock

JANUARY 27, 2021

in May 2020 compared to May 2019, especially affecting exports from the US, Japan and the EU. In addition to shorter lead times, lower shipping costs, no tariffs and a typically lower MOQ, domestically-source products usually are higher quality – plus, sourcing domestically can work as an attractive marketing strategy.

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Logistics in War

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

The risks accepted in not beginning are, of course, high and err towards a professional negligence that ultimately costs time, resources and people at the time of a future war. Thirdly, it articulated the need to protect logistics data which is particularly vulnerable to espionage and manipulation. 1] See Eccles, H.,

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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. Supply Chain Strategy. Mini Case Study: Walmart.

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Logistics in War

JUNE 3, 2023

This limits their capacity to protect data, information, supplies, personnel, and equipment from adverse action. [xv] Sally Williamson is a serving Australian Army logistics officer and Art of War Scholar currently attending the United States Command and General Staff Officer Course. Fogg and William C. Latham, Jr.,

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2019

Of course, it would be possible to write an entire book on this particular subject, so for the sake of keeping this article relatively brief, I’ll stick to a short explanation of crucial factors to consider when planning a warehouse network (even if it is a network of one). It can go further than this, of course.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

Capacity can be easily ramped up or down due to product seasonality, holidays and of course global events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Implement successful omnichannel strategies and business models. making a fast return on investment (ROI) fairly likely ? but that the supply chain has maximum flexibility as conditions change.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2020

1] In the US, the number of women-owned businesses increased by 21% between 2014 and 2019, outpacing the overall growth of businesses by 11% [2]. In the modern world, visibility means data. One way to amplify data is by employing technology that can put it to good use. Supply chain diversity today. 1] World Bank.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2020

1] In the US, the number of women-owned businesses increased by 21% between 2014 and 2019, outpacing the overall growth of businesses by 11% [2]. In the modern world, visibility means data. One way to amplify data is by employing technology that can put it to good use. Supply chain diversity today. 1] World Bank.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Solving the challenge and underlying issues will require focus and attention to internal processes, better communication with carriers and partners, and using technology to gather and make sense of the vast amount of data flowing through transportation networks. Focus on the Right Data.

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Forto

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Four steps to get ready as an e-commerce seller for 2019’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday. You need to be ready and prepared to churn out those shipments in time for Black Friday (29th November 2019) and Cyber Monday (2nd December 2019). After all, these two days are only two of the biggest sale days in the e-commerce. .

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The majority of respondents taking part in the 2019 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals/Penske Logistics Young Professionals Survey, which surveyed more than 100 supply chain professionals under age 30, said they enjoy working in the supply chain and that it makes them content. By “Move Ahead” Staff.

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Forto

MARCH 17, 2020

What communication strategy should logistics companies rely on in times of crisis? Since 2019, we have also had a team on site at four locations in Asia. Of course, our customers know where their cargo is even without us, because all parties involved have the same information about the cargo.

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Forto

OCTOBER 30, 2020

But of course, since Black Friday and Cyber Monday happen every year, even if you take this year to prepare and analyze the market, you could also be better prepared for it the following year. Assess and understand your competition, their pricing methodology, and their marketing strategies. Step 2: Assess and understand.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 11, 2016

Our transportation management system , which has been a web based platform since 1998, has an entire development team shaping it for now and in the future so our shippers continue to get value out of technology gaining such benefits of decreased errors, ability to focus on their core, and of course, overall costs savings. billion by 2019.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The majority of respondents taking part in the 2019 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals/Penske Logistics Young Professionals Survey, which surveyed more than 100 supply chain professionals under age 30, said they enjoy working in the supply chain and that it makes them content. By "Move Ahead" Staff .

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Lakshmi September 25, 2018 The Global Shippers Forum has reacted with suspicion to the announcement by the Maersk container shipping line of new fuel surcharge arrangements from 1 January 2019 to recover presumed costs from the introduction of low-sulphur marine fuel from 1 January 2020. Compliance to U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In the course of updating our annual research on the supply chain planning market , I talked to executives across the industry. Alex Pradhan, Product Strategy Leader John Galt Solutions, told me that “all planning vendors have bold marketing around AI.” Artificial intelligence is beginning to be used to update the data.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

They’re licensed to be an ocean freight forwarder, and they’ve bought some aircraft and an airport; and of course they are a huge warehousing player. Open data standards. Big data and AI. It’s incredible to see how accessible and affordable data has become in such a short time. For that we need data standards.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

January 31, 2019 ·. Bureau of Labor Statistics on January 4, 2019 indicated an unemployment rate of 3.9 Rigorous data is scarce is in this area. It is noted that this data does not include information on non-SHE fields like humanities, art, and law. Compiled from NSF Data Employment status and sector of employment of U.S.-trained

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 18, 2017

Of course, a throughout examination of the savings found in the industry must also consider other technologies that are required for wide-scale deployment of robotics to be operational. This means the information of companies’ assets, proprietary formulas or processes and financial data of consumers could be at risk.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2018

We plan to use these trucks in our fleet from 2019, but of course, the filling station infrastructure must be further improved to let this happen. Big Data technology is something that provides us great support in route-optimisation and fuel-efficient operation.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2018

We plan to use these trucks in our fleet from 2019, but of course, the filling station infrastructure must be further improved to let this happen. Big Data technology is something that provides us great support in route-optimisation and fuel-efficient operation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Because of this architecture, E2open can access, aggregate, and anonymize the data across their customer base. They can then use the data to provide an apples-to-apples benchmark on a variety of innovative supply chain metrics applicable to the grocery supply chain. Forecasting Accuracy Was Terrible .

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2021

We need problem solvers, people that can work with data from a data analytics perspective. 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.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 30, 2022

Keeping up with a complex, multi-layered, global industry is harder than most people think, so we decided to share a list of industry experts who share perspectives, news, trends and timely data on a regular basis on Twitter and Linkedin. Ahmed serves as the Founder and CEO of SCMDOJO. Lisa Anderson. Twitter: @LisaAndersonLMA. Craig Fuller.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Golden Rule #1: Meaningful KPIs Require a Meaningful Strategy. I’ve written many posts on this blog about the importance of having a supply chain strategy that’s aligned with the overall business plan, and why it is a mistake to have misaligned strategies. Make sure your KPIs support your supply chain strategy and objectives.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

There are, of course, some other important differences between the two types of providers: 4PL is, in general, better suited for medium-to-large businesses , while 3PL is more suited to small-to-medium businesses. million USD in 2019. Unlike a 4PL, however, it won’t manage the paint maker’s entire supply chain. Agriculture.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

So three months after an executive meeting on June 23rd , an updated strategy was released, tracking a radical shift into a slimmer Maersk, focused on providing end-to-end logistics services. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping. The shift to full end-to-end integration, of course, leaves no one else in the middle.

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