Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 8, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists was for a shortfall of $70.8 percent on average for 2020. According to the latest reading of the Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI), the rate at which transportation capacity contracted increased in September. percent to $73.3

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It’s human nature to want to start a new year with new goals—the ever-present new year’s resolutions. Fewer organizations achieved their business goals in 2023 than in any recent year, aside from 2020. Logistics and inventory management rounds out the top four focus areas at 82 percent.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JULY 29, 2018

Logistics providers have discovered that sustainability in the supply chain delivers a good ROI. This is where it gets tricky, according to Yossi Sheffi, director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. This solution has not been overlooked by logistics companies. FedEx also has ambitious goals. Last-Mile Delivery.

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3PL Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The ATA creates the tonnage index through a series of surveys of its members. The anonymity of the survey and companies participating prevents us from understanding the percentage of tonnage each company accounts for or the type of freight being shipped. In April of 2020, we saw the index dip down to its lowest figure since 2017.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

2020 threw at us a potent concoction of virulent market conditions including a pandemic, skyrocketing freight rates, reduced availability of space and equipment on container ships, unprecedented demand and port congestions along with the usual documentation and visibility issues that we have been facing for years. Take the survey.

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Penske Move Ahead

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Penske Logistics will appear on a trio of educational sessions and once again serve as a Global Sponsor at the upcoming Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals ( CSCMP) EDGE conference in Anaheim, California, from September 15-18. CSCMP State of Logistics Report, session is on September 17. 2020 3PL Study, September 16.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 4, 2023

Manufacturing and reuse of wooden pallets increased significantly according to the most recent survey commissioned by the Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation (TIMCON) and the research arm of the Forestry Commission, Forest Research. million in 2021, up 8.3 per cent from 44.9m the previous year. million in 2021, up 8.3

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Blue Grace Logistics

JANUARY 21, 2021

2021 is still carrying over problems from 2020. Hours of Service regulations have been amended as of June 1st, 2020, to provide greater flexibility without compromising the original intent, which is safer driving practices for truckers. More drivers responded to the survey increasing the data pool by 43% (11,696 participants).

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2021

On behalf of the VerkehrsRundschau magazine, an independent market research institute surveyed a representative number of purchasing decision-makers from the transport and logistics sectors about the best-known brands. The competition, which was launched in 2020, is decided via online voting.

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Penske Move Ahead

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Penske Logistics will appear on a trio of educational sessions and once again serve as a Global Sponsor at the upcoming Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals ( CSCMP) EDGE conference in Anaheim, California, from September 15-18. CSCMP State of Logistics Report, session is on September 17 The report, created by A.T.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

Five Forces Reshaping Logistics as We Know it. Because warehousing and transportation represent significant cost centers, intelligent logistics decisions are critical. Forget what you knew about logistics. Supply chain technology investments were once delegated to a specific function such as procurement or logistics.

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Freightos

APRIL 27, 2023

In this article, Eytan Buchman, Freightos’ CMO, discusses the importance of data and context in global freight and logistics. But even since July 2020, much has changed. But let’s get back to global freight data Global logistics has always had a dual relationship with data. On the one hand, it’s mission critical.

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 29, 2021

All industries are currently facing challenges with their logistics and the supply chain. Let’s take a deeper look into these challenges and present some considerations for how those in the industry can overcome them. percent year-over-year (YOY) from June 2020 to June 2021. Census Bureau’s Small Business Pulse Survey , 59.7

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 29, 2023

It’s no secret that global supply chain disruption has dominated headlines since mid-2020, writes Stephan Sieber (pictured), CEO of Transporeon. Dwindling driver numbers would not present such a challenge if transport operations were smarter and more efficient.

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Penske Move Ahead

APRIL 29, 2020

Penske Logistics senior vice president of global sales Joe Carlier will join a panel of experts in a May 21 webinar hosted by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals ( CSCMP ) on the 2020 Third-Party Logistics Study. It was first presented at CSCMP's 2019 EDGE conference in Anaheim, California.

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Airfreight Logistics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

We would like to take a step into the dawn of technological advancement with an introduction of robotics technologies that have taken the airfreight logistics’ supply chain to its new boundary. According to a 2016 survey by comScore and UPS , consumers purchase half of their goods online. Robotics Is the Answer.

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CH Robinson Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

My preferred measure of demand for truck transportation is an index I’ve developed with my colleague Yem Bolumole at the University of Tennessee that uses data from the Census Bureau’s and Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ Commodity Flow Survey to calculate implied demand for truck transportation.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

His definition is closely linked to the concept of sustainable development, which the 1987 Brundtland Report describes as ‘‘development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs’’. A Reputation Institute survey found that 91.4% You get the idea.

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Morai Logistics

MAY 3, 2018

Senior levels of management, including President of Morai Logistics, Kelli Saunders, recognize the contributions millennials give to the supply chain industry. Despite unfavorable stereotypes, Morai Logistics believes that millennials is a generation that motivates organizations to ask how are we doing better for the world?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a collaborative blog post series about mobility in manufacturing & logistics along with Catavolt, who helps manufacturing organizations drive operational excellence with mobile apps. By 2020 there will be 50 billion networked devices. ” But first, let’s back up a bit.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

At present, businesses gain a significant benefit from using red diesel, paying a duty of just over 11p per litre, compared to almost 58p per litre for using white diesel. The post Sustainable Solutions: Cleaner Alternative to Red Diesel appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. Conscious compliance.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 20, 2015

This estimate is according to responses provided by 83 percent of the manufacturing executives who participated in a survey conducted as part of an industry study by the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte Consulting LLP. Skills Shortages. skilled production workers. researchers. machinists. scientists. appear to include the following.

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Locus

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Known to have first been celebrated in universities in the 1990s by single men, Singles’ Awareness Day has grown immensely popular with unmarried people all over China treating themselves to presents. Everything from raw material sourcing, to production to the impact of logistics and supply chain of the said product on the environment.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A report by Avery Dennison which surveyed more than 5,000 fashion buyers from across the U.S., Since the second half of 2021, we’ve seen a 40% increase in clients involved in our social and environmental sustainability programs in Europe, using tools such as our Carbon Offset Program – with carbon offsets doubling between 2020 and 2021.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2020

In 2020, gender diversity is more than just a buzzword. As this stands almost half of those surveyed would not have a programme in operation by 2022 of which some may take many years to start having a tangible impact. The post Unlocking the Value of Gender Equality in Supply Chains appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2020

In 2020, gender diversity is more than just a buzzword. As this stands almost half of those surveyed would not have a programme in operation by 2022 of which some may take many years to start having a tangible impact. The post Unlocking the Value of Gender Equality in Supply Chains appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Managers, team members, and anyone involved in freight tracking, shipping, logistics or management can benefit from the information and insight provided in these great freight, logistics, and supply chain podcasts. The freight podcast is about giving everyone a voice on a wide range of topics related to freight shipping and logistics.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

between 2020 and 2021. Yet strangely, a recent survey by retail systems specialist Brightpearl found that 69% of retailers are not using tech solutions to automate and process returns. Seeking the right feedback from the returns process can help to prevent further returns, for example, altering how a product is presented digitally.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2016

percent from 2010 to 2011, and predictions estimate that business-to-business (B2B) sales resulting from e-commerce will make up the majority of sales by 2020, reports Four51. A recent survey, conducted by Handshake , found more than 79 percent of companies providing B2B sales already have customers clamoring for online ordering.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The risk management process as well as code of conduct surveys can be automated, while a supply chain information management system will allow suppliers to be screened for risk. However, if your company has dozens, or even hundreds, of first-tier suppliers, collecting information can prove to be a gigantic undertaking.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 23, 2014

The Impact of 3D Printing in the Supply Chain and Logistics Arenas: As we noted in our top issues in American Manufacturing series, 3D printing is a key trend and applications manufacturers are paying attention to over the next decade. He predicts that this will rise to just over 50% by 2016 and to more than 80% by 2020.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The risk management process as well as code of conduct surveys can be automated, while a supply chain information management system will allow suppliers to be screened for risk. However, if your company has dozens, or even hundreds, of first-tier suppliers, collecting information can prove to be a gigantic undertaking.

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WorkWave

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Some clients also don’t feel comfortable opening up the door of their homes with strangers present. If customers take a follow-up survey on their delivery experience, they’re going to rate the delivery category more poorly. They don’t necessarily want to spend time engaging in small talk with your employees. million users by 2026.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 23, 2018

billion in operating cashflow by 2020, compared with the $700m forecast for Delphi Technologies over the same period. Richards has been with Delphi for 27 years and in that time has held a variety of technical and global leadership roles in the logistics, production control, supply quality, operations and engineering departments.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 15, 2015

At Cerasis, a core value of ours is continuous improvement for not only our company, our clients, and employees, but through our blog and content to those who are related to what we do (transportation management) in the fields of manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, distribution, and transportation. Digital Industry 4.0 Revolution.

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247 Customs Broker

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The military initially was the leader in drone use, but corporations also are adopting them to survey construction zones, deliver packages and monitor inventory in warehouses, among other tasks. Transportation: Although autonomous cars present a multitude of benefits, this is one robot that might struggle to work harmoniously with humans.

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Automotive Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The finished vehicle sector in Europe is dealing with some major challenges at the moment, including an increasingly serious driver shortage, severe fluctuations in capacity demand because of the new emissions test that came in this September, and the introduction in 2020 of a global cap on sulphur content in marine fuels of 0.5%.

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