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This Week in Logistics News (June 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

This will certainly be an interesting trend to watch. The Home Depot is undergoing a $500 million cost savings push that will see the company reduce its supply chain holding capacity, EVP and CFO Richard McPhail said during a June 13 investor and analyst conference. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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What is Fleet Management | A Complete Overview Guide

Conger

Introduction to Fleet Management Fleet Management Definition Businesses across all sectors depend on commercial vehicles to transport people and products daily from cross-country delivery services to your neighborhood gas and oil provider. Fleet management is the process of organizing, coordinating, and overseeing company vehicles.

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Companies Improve their Supply Chains with Artificial Intelligence

Logistics Viewpoints

Let’s start with a definition: any device that can perceive its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of success at some goal is engaged in some form of artificial intelligence (AI). It is also worth pointing out, that based on this definition, not all forms of machine learning are particularly complicated.

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Separating Long-Term Supply Chain Technology Developments from Temporary Industry Disruptors

247 Customs Broker

Third-Party Providers Navigate Supply Chain Technology Trends. Technology partners with a long-game approach to development and implementation understand that trends come and go, and it can make little sense to heavily invest in trumpeted technological advancements just because they’re “the new thing.”. October 12, 2018 ·.

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

The 1997 Defence Efficiency Review (DER) , a review now commonly associated with an over-ambitious efficiency agenda which led to near disastrous levels of logistics hollowness in an ADF on the cusp of twenty years of continuous operations, was a catalyst which brought a conceptual trend to reality. 13] Ashurst, T., & Beaumont, D.,

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Supply Chain Management:A New Lens for Supply Chain Roadmaps

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. They expand into an analysis of revenue-accruing & cost-optimizing functions, and result in the identification of capabilities that the organization aspires to develop or enhance. Social Media in Supply Chain.the new trend! Recent Posts.

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The Year in Logistics: Most Popular Articles from 2020

Logistics Viewpoints

As always, it was a busy year covering the latest supply chain and logistics trends, emerging technologies, mergers and acquisitions, major news announcements, and more. 2020 Supply Chain Technology Trends ; Steve Banker, Chris Cunnane, and Clint Reiser. Today is day two of the HighJump Elevate user conference.

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