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OCTOBER 1, 2018

Here are a few notable findings from the report, released at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) EDGE conference: What are the top concerns and challenges in regards to supply chain decisions? Data sharing between shippers and 3PLs become increasingly important.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 18, 2017

As I prepared my keynote presentation for the BluJay Solutions’ SOAR 2017 conference , I recalled this experience and saw it as a good metaphor for the difficulties many companies are having today responding effectively to the blizzard of supply chain management.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

Simply put, as time horizons continue to shrink and the frequency of supply chain design exercises increase, the distinction between supply chain design and supply chain planning starts to blur. Would LLamasoft start competing more directly with other best-of-breed supply chain planning vendors?

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

I’m in New Orleans this week speaking at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference. 5 Key Trends Driving Supply Chain Innovation. Unlearning Supply Chain Management. Before You Hire a Logistics Data Scientist. The Evolution of the Direct-to-Consumer Supply Chain. Top Posts. New Episodes.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 25, 2018

I haven’t attended an industry conference over the past year, or participated in a client meeting, where blockchain — along with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning — hasn’t been part of the conversation. Barlow concluded, echoing a similar point I made last year in Unlearning Supply Chain Management.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2018

The focus of our session is “Today’s New Normal” — a discussion about emerging trends and technologies in the industry, everything from e-commerce to blockchain, and what it means for supply chain and logistics professionals. project44 Raises $35 Million to Turn Data into True Supply Chain Visibility.

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Penske Move Ahead

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

John Langley, clinical professor, supply chain information systems and director of development, Center for Supply Chain Research at Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State University , founded the study in 1996. NTT Data and Penske Logistics are the major sponsors of the 2022 edition.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2018

At the Descartes Evolution User Conference this past March, I attended several sessions about the MacroPoint solution and they were all standing room only , including the one where William Wehrle and David Bazzetta from BASF shared their case study. “The Know which carrier is the right carrier to call first.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

One of the trends I’ve been writing and talking about is how the clockspeeds of every industry are accelerating and how companies are having a hard time realigning their processes, organizational structures, and technology platforms to keep up with this rapid pace of change.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

In an article in Industry Week , which advocated that you cut the fat, not the limb, reminded us that there are a number of strategic projects, based on appropriate supply chain technology that can provide a far greater internal rate of return than merely slashing costs. Supply Chain Technology vendor managed inventory'

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Secondly, what machine learning does, is that every new piece of information or data it receives, it actually learns over time. There’s enough data in the industry that you can leverage, as long as you can make sense of it using machine learning, to do things like predictions and obtain intelligent insights using the data you already have.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 3, 2018

A few weeks ago at the Descartes Evolution 2018 User Conference , I had the opportunity to interview William Wehrle, Director of Supply Chain at BASF, and David Bazzetta, Business Advisor – Process Optimization at BASF, about the importance and value of having real-time freight visibility.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 24, 2022

It’s been three months already since we published our first regular roundup of supply chain and logistics news—doesn’t time fly? Perhaps you’ve read a little about the digital twin concept in one of our past articles on supply chain technology, but we would have touched on it only briefly. What is a Digital Twin.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 27, 2018

This unprecedented change, and the challenges and opportunities it creates for CPG companies and suppliers, was a hot topic of conversation at the Nulogy xChange 2018 conference a few weeks ago where I delivered a keynote presentation and moderated a panel discussion with industry executives (more on that later). . Tim Koers (Visual Pak).

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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. Data and predictions have been all over the map. Data from transportation procurement events mirror these results. That is, how many carriers will decide to exit the market instead of complying?

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2018

A Supply Chain Operating Network for the Heavy Building Materials Industry. Last November, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry (such as the difference between cement and concrete).

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Ryder Forms Strategic Partnership with Plug and Play to Support Development of Innovative Supply Chain and Logistics Startups. Shipping firm Clarksons braces for data leak after refusing to pay hacker (The Guardian). Is this another case of technology far outpacing what society and the law are ready for?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

It’s the reason why more than 300 people attended this year’s Shipper Symposium: to learn about the trends shaping the industry and to discuss how to rewrite the rules for success moving forward. There were a lot of great sessions and speakers during the conference, but I don’t have the time or space to summarize them all today.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2020

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. But how mature are these technologies?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Therefore, it’s not surprising that the question at the forefront of the most recent Leadership Roundtable meeting (held last month at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2018 conference ) was, How do we get started? Getting Started with Digital Transformation.

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

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.”.

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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. See also news from Onfleet linked above.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Descartes Evolution Global User & Partner Conference 2019. Another is that visibility enables companies to deliver an enhanced customer experience, which was the theme of this year’s conference. Customs Info in 2014, MK Data Services in 2015 and Datamyne in 2016). Keegan McCready, Sr.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2017

I’ll be doing both for the first time in a couple of weeks at Seminarium’s Logistics & Operations Conference 2017 (October 18th in Santiago, Chile). Here’s a short video I recorded in Spanish highlighting the topic of my presentation: If you plan to be at the conference, I look forward to learning and networking with you.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 30, 2018

Jason added, “At its core, blockchain is just a way to record transactions of value or a transfer of assets in a way that you have consensus across multiple parties and they trust that the data hasn’t been altered and only permissioned individuals can see it. That may be changing with all of the blockchain sessions at conferences today.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 17, 2018

This is self-contradictory,” said Jansen at the [Global Liner Shipping Conference]. More than 154 million shipping events have been captured on the platform, including data such as arrival times of vessels and container “gate-in”, and documents such as customs releases, commercial invoices and bills of lading.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

At its research facility at the Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport, NASA will use the data supplied by Uber to simulate a small passenger-carrying aircraft as it flies through DFW airspace during peak scheduled air traffic. For related commentary, see Here Comes the Chief Network Effects Officer.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I’ll begin with several high-level trends and factors that will impact supply chain and logistics strategies and operations in the coming year: Free Trade Agreements : “The U.S., Supply Chain Visibility Will Get Clearer, More Real-time, and More Predictive with Machine Learning and Enhanced Data.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Another Friday, another flight home from a conference. This time I’ll be returning from enVista’s FUEL 2018 conference where I am giving a keynote presentation this morning on Defining Your Own Logistics Competitive Weapon. Stay tuned for my takeaways from the conference in a future post. Singapore Exchange leads US$44.4

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Talking Logistics

MAY 4, 2018

Then this past March at its user conference, Descartes shared details about its capacity matching solution leveraging the MacroPoint platform. A cutting-edge data science algorithm will populate matches in real-time between trailers with capacity and shipments awaiting transport.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 16, 2018

As global trade intensifies, so do the risks associated with cyber breaches, fraud and limited visibility for shippers to track and trace international shipments across the end-to-end supply chain. Blockchain technology limits the transactional partners with secured access to pertinent data associated with a shipment or transaction.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 1, 2018

Whenever I email it to conference organizers for speaking engagements , I expect them to reply back with a “Come on Adrian, are you kidding me?!” — but I keep getting away with it. Earlier this month, at the BluJay Solutions SOAR 2018 Conference , I had a new headshot taken, courtesy of FourKites (one of the conference sponsors).

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Since I’ll be speaking in three sessions at next week’s CSCMP Edge 2018 conference , I’ll be busy today finalizing my preparations. So, without further delay, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Walmart, Sam’s Club Start Mandating Suppliers Use IBM Blockchain (Bloomberg).

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