Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

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. network this year after its initial success at select facilities in 2022. Retailers in the U.S.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 30, 2018

Better communication is needed in the automotive supply chain, including between OEMs, suppliers, logistics providers and IT experts providing digital supply chain services. Rene Diest, global chief information officer (CIO) at interiors supplier Faurecia, agreed that in a data-driven economy it was all about “the fast beating the slow”.

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Automotive Logistics

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Belarus and Kazakhstan, however, have no such obligations and have negotiated the right to continue supporting assembly plants in their countries with lower duties. Using localised engines or transmissions will score 40 points, for example, while electronic systems or aluminium of Russian origin will score 20 points. .

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The Logistics Academy

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Other ways we support experiential learning include hosting external student case competitions, touring logistics facilities, and attending industry conferences. For example, as online sales reach a record high, B2C service provider Jet.com uses some creative logistics concepts to bring value to customers.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2019

To achieve this, many North American OEMs have up to now insisted on their own forms of labelling, leaving tier suppliers with no choice but to manage a wide variety of labelling systems. RFID prices have come down as the technologies have vastly improved.”. Losses through labelling. AutoSphere to the rescue.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I was wrong, for example, about obstructive sleep apnea becoming the new debate in trucking; the debate ended before it really started after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Federal Railroad Administration withdrew their proposed rule to have rail workers and commercial motor vehicle drivers tested for obstructive sleep apnea.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

In recent years, firms both large and small have launched new “Data Science” or similarly named groups. I personally know of several Fortune 500 firms today that have large internal data science groups which literally did not exist five years ago. For example, the NIST demonstration shows an assembly operation.

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