Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Last month, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry. For example, I learned that there’s a difference between cement and concrete, even though many people use the terms interchangeably.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Descartes Systems Group , a global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that it has acquired GroundCloud, the creator of a cloud-hosted final-mile automation platform, for $138 million. aims to block from obtaining American high technology.

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Material Handling and Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

Given the swiftly changing logistics environment, those who navigate the new world we live in need a roadmap to guide their actions. The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' annual State of Logistics report attempts to offer just such a map -- accompanied by some timely warnings. The research, done by A.T.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 30, 2023

A new year is underway, and what better way to begin our 2023 blog activity than with a summary of the freshest news from the supply chain and logistics theatre? National Fisheries Institute Global Seafood Market Conference on January 17, 2023, agreed that the just-in-time model is floating belly-up.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

For example, some carriers shared with us their APIs for contract rates, others for spot rates, some for rates but not ebooking, others share APIs via third parties who charge an exorbitant price for accessing the API. Zvi Schreiber CEO, Freightos Group Zvi Schreiber is a serial tech entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Freightos.

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Freightos

MARCH 27, 2024

More Resources Home TPM24: Key Takeaways on Geopolitics, Technology and Other Drivers of Ocean Freight in 2024 Judah Levine March 27, 2024 S&P Global’s TPM24 is the major annual North American gathering of shippers, forwarders, carriers and logistic technology providers.

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Logistics in War

JULY 3, 2023

This is the second part of a presentation given at the Australian – New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference during June 2023. This conference convened to discuss supply chain resilience at a time of strategic competition. By David Beaumont. Part one can be found here. Supply chains move and flex where demand exists.

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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2021

work in truck transportation, 8% own logistics firms and 6.6% Create an Employee Resource Group. One of the most common trends among WIT’s Top 100 companies was the establishment of employee resource groups (ERGs), often employee-led voluntary committees that represent a specific group of individuals. Of that 24%, 12.5%

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The VP of Supply Chain and Logistics at our house (aka my wife) has been out of the country this week. So, while I count the days and hours and minutes until she gets back, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) Activates For Latest Major Hurricane Of 2018.

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Trinity Logistics

MARCH 22, 2023

A few weeks ago, we held our first educational and virtual Agent Conference of 2023. We had a great line-up of sessions hosted by members of Trinity’s Leadership Team as well as our featured guest Blythe Brumleve of Digital Dispatch , and Everything is Logistics podcast. For that reason, you don’t want to be too generic.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 4, 2018

In the meantime, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Richard Branson’s Virgin Hyperloop partners with backer DP World to launch logistics startup (TechCrunch). Logistics leader Prologis to acquire DCT Industrial for $8.4 . – or around 550 million every year. What is it?

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 27, 2022

Through implementing LoRa devices and LoRaWAN, asset tracking has never been more simple and cost effective,” said Marc Pégulu, vice president of IoT product marketing and strategy for Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group. CLICK HERE to register for the conference.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Supply chains are ‘strangling strategy’, with the movement of commodities so significant an issue that logistics is securitising. [1] 2] The integration between military and civilian sources of logistics and support are now extolled as underpinning the ADF’s ability to respond to crises in the future. [3].

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AIMMS

APRIL 20, 2015

This was my first INFORMS Business Analytics conference and I was not sure what to expect. These sessions were incredibly valuable, but there is much more to the conference – there is the time between the sessions as well. For example, the 2014 Edelman winner was the Kid Risk Team at the U.S. The AIMMS team at INFORMS.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

Drones and its future in supply chain and logistics processes. Which is why a drone took flight from the stage during Ryan’s keynote address at the Descartes Evolution 2017 Conference a couple of weeks ago and broadcast real-time video of the audience as it flew across the front of the hall. Will this include drone deliveries?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes. The processing units in an oil refinery, for example, operate at high temperature and high pressure. One example of the value of machine learning in demand planning comes from Mahindra & Mahindra. These constraints need to be understood.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 18, 2019

We just finished our conference, Descartes Evolution 2019, where the theme was Transforming the Customer Experience. I reflected on a session where our customer explained how they were transforming the customer experience in a unique way in logistics: by extending the planning horizon. What a win-win.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Intermodal’s group director, Rob Fisher, commented: “Nothing compares with the power of face-to-face meetings and the opportunity to engage with product demonstrations and industry experts that a ‘live’, in-person event provides. appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. CLICK HERE to register for Intermodal Europe for free.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 24, 2019

That’s the main question I discussed with Stacie Vroman, Business Product Owner at BluJay Solutions , in a recent episode of Talking Logistics. For example, if you’ve just implemented a domestic transportation management system (TMS), how are they managing their international shipping? Often that’s done by a different group.

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IoT World Today

MARCH 18, 2019

The Internet of Things World conference brings together stakeholders in the IoT space to help advance project implementation and reach ROI. And also this year we’re building out a developers conference at the show for the audience that is designing and delivering the future products in IoT. Welcome, Zach. Zach Butler: Hi Sue.

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CLX Logistics

JUNE 1, 2020

Chemical companies have to partner with third-party logistics providers that can develop customized programs tailored to their industry. We’ve identified 5 best practices for chemical logistics success with some updates for 2020. When it comes to shipping hazardous chemicals, off-the-shelf logistics solutions won’t cut it.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 31, 2017

A press conference is scheduled for 3:00 pm ET this afternoon in New York City where the leaders of all three companies will share more details about the alliance. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos was asked about the alliance at the Q Conference in London, where he had just delivered a keynote address on Blue Origin and the future of space travel.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… BluJay Solutions Acquires Leading Mobility Solutions Provider Blackbay. World-Class Logistics Solutions providers MercuryGate and Banyan Technology Announce Integration Partnership. Delivery Connect is built on Blackbay’s logistics application framework.

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FourKites

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Our initial CAB, held in conjunction with our first-ever user conference in 2017, included 15 customers gathered around a conference table to exchange best practices and suggestions for the direction of FourKites’ continued product roadmap. That’s not what visibility is about. It really is as simple as that.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 17, 2018

Back at work, getting caught up on all of the supply chain and logistics news from the past two weeks. This is self-contradictory,” said Jansen at the [Global Liner Shipping Conference]. This example implies that shipments for this company were held at ports or customs for a week or more due to paperwork or faulty data issues.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In the fashion and fast-moving consumer goods sectors alone, these are more than 100 brands, including, for example, Marc O’Polo, Jack Wolfskin, KiK and Wenko. Many companies can become even more efficient – for example, by optimising the deployment of drivers with the help of trailer concepts or more decoupled loading times.

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Airfreight Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Companies in the development of drones, autonomous vehicles and unmanned aerial systems/vehicles for example are creating new opportunities for the air cargo industry. The partnership allows both TIACA and NAP to work together on programs, conferences, training and communication.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. But I was right with some of my other predictions, especially my prediction that we would see a rise in cyber attacks in 2017, with supply chain and logistics operations becoming new targets.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

You may read my post on holding a supplier’s day conference at your facility so that you may increase collaboration. Creating Collaboration: Supplier Day Conference Details of The Day. These are obviously confidential meetings in a closed office by Supplier Conference Team Members. Complete one-on-one meetings.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 15, 2018

Within the framework of the agreement, DHL remains the Official Logistics Partner and becomes the first official partner of the F1 eSports Series. “As logistics partner, DHL is in charge of the complex shipping of Formula 1 vehicles and equipment. Our sport is very fast-moving, where precision and punctuality are ingredients.

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Trinity Logistics

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

One of the unique aspects of Trinity Logistics is our value of servant leadership. Trinity Logistics has always been heavily involved in our local communities throughout the years, so one year, we decided to streamline our efforts. In 2005, we formed a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization named the Trinity Foundation. Big Pink Volleyball.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

This was true more than a decade ago, when in a think tank I conducted with supply chain executives, a VP of Customs Compliance at a large pharmaceutical company expressed her frustration with the group: “You would never hire someone off the street to manage your finance operations. It’s just viewed as paperwork at our company.”.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 7, 2022

For example, with a substantial decline in the availability of forklift drivers recognised as a major problem, a growing number of warehouse and distribution centre operators see driverless forklift truck technology as the solution to the recruitment and employment cost challenges they face.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 26, 2018

In a further example of Android-based ‘micro-applications’, another customer’s requirement for vehicle data capture had outgrown the capabilities of a simple yard scanner, and so was supplemented by paper-based data capture, recorded on a batch basis. The Volkswagen Group has become a prime example. Not so monolithic any more.

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Material Handling and Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

And every conference showcased the latest technologies available to help you do so. For example, if sales typically spike in December, then the expectation is that sales will again spike in the coming December. . For example, ML algorithms may show that once temperatures drop below a certain number, demand significantly drops.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

Data is a big buzzword across industries, but how about when it comes to logistics? PowerFleet is a company that provides solutions to logistic markets and vehicle markets. There is a lot of experience in the logistic side of the equation but I joined the company because of the transformation that we are making around the data.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Industry leaders discussed several topics at this year's CSCMP EDGE conference in Atlanta, and no subject was more important than how companies managed supply chain disruptions over the past year and the top priorities for the future. State of Logistics – The logistics industry remained strong despite a wide range of global challenges.

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