ShipLilly

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Both a leading third-party logistics provider (3PL) and a spot market load board operator have argued that the prices will experience a turnaround in 2020. They are of the view that after June 2020, the contract truckload rates are going to start rising again. For example, the PPI is expected to rise by 3.2% Spot rates.

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LandLink

JANUARY 30, 2020

Here are some technology trends that may be worth a look as we enter 2020 and beyond. Robotics Given the energy and investment in robotics in our space, suggesting that there will be a robotics trend in 2020 is pretty obvious. These methods of order experience enhancement are all about letting the customer in on the shipping process.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

Let’s look at some of its real-world uses in 2020 across the public and private sectors to see which prominent players have embraced blockchain, to what end, and what kind of inroads it’s making into the supply chain environment. Examples of Blockchain in Food Supply Chains. Big Names are Backing Blockchain.

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Now, That's Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Fulfilling a Critical Need DB Schenker’s GDP initiative was launched in 2020 in response to the healthcare industry’s specific needs for GDP-compliant freight forwarding and logistics services. For example, the company can handle any medical devices that may be sensitive to humidity—even on longer ocean voyages. “We

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Logistics in War

AUGUST 28, 2021

The first part of this paper applies examples to articulate concepts and ideas relevant to understanding the reality of war. Competition, including conflict and warfare, is about the control of circumstances to give an advantage – potentially an irrevocable advantage – in the context of strategic requirements.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

2020 seemed a world away just a few years ago and yet, here we are. We would love to hear about the sustainability objectives you have set for your supply chain and explore how we can help. . The post 3 Supply Chain Trends to Keep an Eye on in 2020 appeared first on AIMMS SC Blog. This promises to be a very eventful year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Prior to 2020, they were paying around ten cents a mask. During 2020, Cooper was paying up to a $1.50 2020 it was just a scramble for PPE,” Dr. Runkle explained. “We For at least a decade, few supply chain professionals knew about these solutions. Cooper Health has been using the Interos solution for about two years.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 11, 2017

In this post, Marie Delphine Achille from Quintiq shares three insights about cross-border e-commerce. trillion in 2020? During the webinar, a question was asked about where last-mile delivery begins in cross-border e-commerce. For example, would it begin at the customs clearing point? 1 Last-mile begins closer to home.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 7, 2021

COVID-19 caused a global upheaval in order fulfillment processes throughout 2020. For example, the Delta variant of COVID-19 may cause an increase in infection and disruptions to business in the fall. We obtained insights into experiences from the prior year (2020) and expectations for 2021 and beyond.

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EazyStock

AUGUST 24, 2020

Can you tell us a little about yourselves and what Systempilot does? We do this to be able to integrate, for example, EazyStock with customers’ business systems and any other third parties. In our experience, many companies talk about digitization and automation but are not really referring to the same thing as us.

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EazyStock

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Can you please tell us a little about yourself, where you work and what your role is? Some examples of challenges we have faced at Blinkfyrar are how to handle parameters such as safety stock and order points during product portfolio expansion; EazyStock has solved this for us. What do you think about the future of automation?

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LandLink

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

For example, a truck driver has 660 minutes (11 hours) of legal driving time during his or her 14-hour “on duty” time. Automatic emergency braking systems, which engage the brakes if the system detects the truck is about to collide with another vehicle or object.

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IoT World Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Already, there are several notable examples of such partnerships. As ride-sharing has become ever-more mainstream, investors are wondering about the long-term prospects of car rentals. Another central element of the company’s plan to transform itself is its initiative to connect all of its rental vehicles by 2020.

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Logistics in War

AUGUST 31, 2021

Winning will be about resilience, recovery and response as much as it is about being prepared for well-informed, but sadly speculative, conflict scenarios that planners may have contemplated in advanced. By David Beaumont. This article concludes the discussion started here. Conclusion. 1] Rubinsztein-Dunlop, S., 2] Ball, D.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2022

Especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers are increasingly shifting from offline to online shopping and the e-commerce market is expected to grow from about $2.1 For example, the gross merchandise volume of Alibaba Tmall has increased from $5 billion in 2013 to $78 billion in 2020 as below chart. billion in 2020.

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EazyStock

MARCH 22, 2020

Please can you tell us a little about yourself, where you work and what your role is? We’re constantly innovating to ensure our machines provide long-term sustainability; for example, by developing our machines to be more efficient this reduces their diesel consumption. What do you think about the future of automation?

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EazyStock

JULY 25, 2020

Can you please tell us a little about yourself, where you work and what your role is? What do you think about the future of automation? One example – particularly within our industry – is having technology that monitors machinery (our company’s valves, pumps, etc.) Name: Keri Potter.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

2020 seemed a world away just a few years ago and yet, here we are. We would love to hear about the sustainability objectives you have set for your supply chain and explore how we can help. . The post 3 Supply Chain Trends to Keep an Eye on in 2020 appeared first on AIMMS. This promises to be a very eventful year.

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MTS Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2024

Wind power, for example, requires favorable wind conditions to generate enough energy for power. Green ammonia works similarly to ultra-low sulphur fuel, which the shipping industry has used to power container ships, especially since the IMO 2020 rule went into effect. Solar energy is easily affected by the weather.

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ShipLilly

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is initiating a low sulfur mandate for 2020. This mandate was adopted in October of 2016, providing refiners, stakeholders, and ship owners just over three years to begin implementing changes so that they meet the sulfur emissions cap for fuels, which was at 3.5%, but as of 2020, will be at 0.5%.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Since September of 2020, 98% has been Walmart’s OTIF requirement. If a company short ships TVs, they are fined more than if they short ship soup, for example. Walmart is reducing its requirements that suppliers’ shipments to them arrive on-time in-full. This was announced on the Retail Link portal for suppliers on January 30 th.

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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. Rebecca Henerson’s formula for fixing capitalism was a business best seller.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2019

IntraLog Poland (3-5 March 2020) is a new business show dedicated to internal logistics, new technologies in supply chain management and warehouse security. Other tasks that are assigned to these robots are, for example: handling, operating machines and palletising. AMR – Autonomous Mobile Robots.

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ShipLilly

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The unusually late-year surge in imports during 2020 has continued this year. Take for example the increased emphasis on the purchase of household goods via e-Commerce platforms. Although it had been expected that by the end of 2020 there would be some respite; the container shipping markets continue to be tight.

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Trinity Logistics

JUNE 23, 2023

 While no one likes delivering bad news about backorders or delays, keeping your customers informed will go far, as they’ll appreciate your honesty and transparency.  One example is helping you with your routing decisions by matching your freight with the best carriers, lanes, rates, and transit service. It

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MTS Logistics

JUNE 10, 2020

Here at MTS Logistics, for example, we are making monitoring your shipments super simple. From asking your Alexa-enabled device about your incoming shipment to receiving updates about the driving habits of your IoT-enabled vehicle, the future of logistics is definitely voice-enabled. Real-Time Shipment Tracking .

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

As we enter a new year, it’s a great time to look back at how far we’ve come as an industry, set our next goalposts, and map out where we should be as an industry by 2020. At our FreighTech 2018 conference, I spoke to 50 top-tier logistics executives about the major themes – four of them – that should guide our evolution.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2022

At that time, I wrote about the COVID pandemic, and how similar events occur that elevate the uncertainty of the market. I thought about Logistics Viewpoints readers as I attempted to account for the new factors in my WMS market forecast. As my statistics professor said “don’t worry about being right or wrong with forecasting.

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Envase Technologies

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Sarah cares a great deal about the industry, especially about solving the challenges that drivers face every day on the road. And that’s what made for an excellent setting to talk about Envase’s growth since our 2020 founding into North America’s largest drayage/TMS service provider. Thanks for having us on the show!

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

For example, the rise of RaaS ( Robots as a Service ) within the warehouse means that 3rd party devices (robots) are integrated into your environment and actively streaming your data while actually owned and maintained by an outside party. It ended up costing TFI about $6 million in quarterly operating revenue.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2023

In October of 2019, I wrote about the food supply chain being at risk. The flock consisted of about 73,500 birds, which were used for breeding. This included about 30 farms. Retail ground beef prices, for example, averaged $4.81 Ground beef prices per pound are up 25 percent since early 2020.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 21, 2016

For example, some warehouses are keeping a huge variety of products within small areas of a warehouse, allowing for the rapid picking and packaging into small parcels. For example, the location of distribution centers impacts the distance between warehouse and consumer. percent until 2020.

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Conger

JULY 20, 2020

Questions about forklift certification requirements. Now that we have that out of the way, let's talk about what you can expect from online courses. Learn more about our "blended" forklift training. But here’s how we recommend going about it. Questions about forklift operator training programs. Live in Wisconsin?

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 4, 2018

A new survey by Drewry Supply Chain Advisors has found widespread concern among shippers and forwarders about a lack of transparency as to how fuel costs are calculated as the International Maritime Organization’s global sulfur emissions cap approaches. When the cap kicks in on Jan. When the cap kicks in on Jan.

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ShipLilly

JANUARY 25, 2021

From an operational point of view, the 2020 holiday season was more difficult than usual because businesses had to deal with the reality of limited carrier capacity which reduced their speed in processing orders. The fall of 2020, however, introduced additional problems including slowdowns. As the U.S.

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ShipLilly

MAY 19, 2021

There has been a void in logistics labor supply since 2020 and now it is time to think about filling it. Logistics managers should start thinking about scouting for talent that would have been previously unavailable due to a tight labor market. The embers of the COVID-19 pandemic are finally being managed by businesses.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Many companies are still unaware of how to go about exploiting AI. These software applications are able to answer the routine questions that customers have about things like business hours, service availability, where to find vessel schedules, and more. Switching to AI doesn’t have to wait, though.

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