Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2021

These changes pose a direct challenge to their traditional operating priorities and technology strategies. DCs can initially deploy a handful of robots as transporters, or add automated lift trucks for a proportion of inbound full pallet putaway without betting their business on end-to-end automation.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 30, 2018

This year’s Supply Chain Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, was held alongside the inaugural automotiveIT International conference last week in an effort to promote the kind of communication and cross-fertilisation of ideas that could help to solve these issues. “We Paulo Monteiro, inbound logistics manager at VW of America.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 24, 2015

Inbound freight costs as percentage of purchases. The driver coercion rule-making could be the most significant change we’ve seen in transportation in our lifetime,” Mike Regan, chief relationship officer at TranzAct Technologies, told the more than 200 shippers, carriers and brokers at the conference. On-time pickups. Regan asked.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2019

Mexico’s new federal government has launched a radical strategy to combat the country’s long-term problem of fuel theft. So far carmakers in Mexico have not faced any threats to manufacturing through shortages in inbound supply. Volkswagen said inbound supply was stable.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

In a VMI model, part of the equation is the inbound & outbound flow of the inventory. Distributors will inbound to a manufacturer the inventory needed and transportation management, especially inbound freight management, efficiency is paramount to an effective vendor managed inventory model.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

Further, as JOC.com wrote in a recent article about the Wall Street Journal an alysis: At the moment, shippers at the NASSTRAC conference said capacity is more balanced than a year ago, in the aftermath of the disruptive polar vortex cycle of winter storms. told the conference. billion manufacturer TriMas Corp.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Now, it has outlined more broadly its strategy, in which self-driving Bolts could be manufactured at scale at GM’s existing plants, driving down costs, and rapidly deployed in major metropolitan markets through a ride service to disrupt incumbents. Is this another case of technology far outpacing what society and the law are ready for?

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2015

Traditional segmentation strategies no longer work in a world characterized by complexity and constant change. Author information Adam Robinson Adam Robinson oversees the overall marketing strategy for Cerasis including website development, social media and content marketing, trade show marketing, email campaigns, and webinar marketing.

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Automotive Logistics

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

A bill laying down the basis of a new national localisation strategy was published in August that is designed to replace the current industrial assembly agreements. . Not all carmakers are entirely happy about its provisions, however. . “For ro-ro shipping lines, the growth in passenger car imports in 2018 is a very positive factor.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

Harry Moser, Reshoring Initiative Founder and President, offered insights to economic developers at the 2013 IEDC conference , including some of the points listed below. Location of factories is fundamental strategy. more economically attractive.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 27, 2015

Expanded use of dimensional weight pricing in ground package shipping will push more less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers to test or offer dimensional pricing as an option to shippers, according to speakers at the SMC3 Connections 2014 conference last June 23-25, 2014. What is Dimensional Weight Pricing?

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Automotive Logistics

MARCH 26, 2019

As delegates at this year’s Supply Chain Conference in Atlanta heard, that is causing disruption across the industry, including in the transport, logistics and retail models underpinning the traditional push model of production. The Supply Chain Conference is part of the global Automotive Logistics series of events. .

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The surveys are being presented today at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Annual Global Conference by their author, Dr. Robert Lieb , Professor of Supply Chain Management at Northeastern University 's D'Amore-McKim School of Business, and Joe Carlier , Senior Vice President of Global Sales for Penske Logistics.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 30, 2015

. “The driver coercion rule-making could be the most significant change we’ve seen in transportation in our lifetime,” according to Mike Regan, chief relationship officer at TranzAct Technologies, told the more than 200 shippers, carriers and brokers at the Transportation and Logistics Council’s 41st annual conference. Regan asked.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

Inbound Logistics. Perhaps one of the most popular logistics magazines, Inbound Logistics has 30 years of experience, 12 annual print issues and frequent thought leadership pieces from industry leaders. Tech Marketing VP passionate about inbound marketing, growth hacking and new technologies. ILMagazine. American Shipper ($).

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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. Prokop: UAA degrees are conferred in global logistics and supply chain management. Source: Inbound Logistics. They must at once be technical and relational.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. Below, you can also view the history of shipping containers in one infographic. Readers' choice! We hope you find the following information interesting and helpful.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 26, 2018

At DHL, Michael Martin, responsible for global strategy in the provider’s automotive supply chain, has been looking to see what opportunities there are for the company in vehicle logistics, and he has a sense that they may well lie in visibility and technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2023

I have learned so much from our sponsors and readers, both through their commentaries and user conferences, and look forward to more of the same in 2024. We also saw a lot of technological advances in transportation, warehousing, supply chain planning, robotics, and last mile delivery, just to name a few.

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Its topics include upcoming supply chain conferences, warehouse technology innovation, logistics insights, and transportation cost control. Inbound Logistics. One of our favorite resources is Inbound Logistics. DC Velocity prides itself on material handling, technology, supply chain strategy and transportation blogs.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 15, 2018

At the press conference in Paris in January, Nadal said the company was opening up to new industrial sectors including aviation, manufacturing, energy, life sciences and healthcare, among others. It is not our strategy to become one [exclusively] but we will demonstrate that we have the capability.”.

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CLX Logistics

JUNE 1, 2020

With intermodal transportation strategies, where road, rail, sea, and air can all play a part in a successful route, everyone needs to be on the same page to properly coordinate operations between yourself, your partners, and your clients and customers. Implement an engagement strategy. Utilize a flexible engagement strategy.

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Automotive Logistics

JUNE 19, 2018

That marriage of technology and talent was one of the central points of discussion at this year’s Automotive Logistics Europe conference, held in Bonn, Germany, last week. If you have a sub-optimum strategy and process, and you put IT systems in without changing anything else, all you have is a more expensive sub-optimum process,” he said.

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Automotive Logistics

JULY 2, 2018

[mpu_ad] In practice, both regulators and truck operators may elect to feel their way towards the answers, with a process of gradual adoption, suggests Richard Wilding, professor of supply chain strategy at Cranfield University’s Cranfield School of Management, UK. Mixed views on platooning’s true potential .

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Bringg

AUGUST 4, 2020

The only enterprises making money are conference organizers and magazine publishers; Trough of Disillusionment – Because the technology does not live up to its overinflated expectations, it rapidly becomes unfashionable. In practice, orchestrating operations across a fragmented supply chain often seems very difficult.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Well, your freight, in order for you to receive it inbound or ship out to your customer, has many more factors in the management of it beyond that piece of freight. With that said, when we call a blog post a freight blog, it will focus more on the actual freight vs. the strategies and other factors involved beyond that freight.

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Automotive Logistics

JUNE 12, 2018

During the event on June 12 – held on the eve of this year’s Automotive Logistics Europe conference – former Opel, Fiat and BMW vehicle designer Chris Bangle handed out a total of 14 awards covering every aspect of inbound, outbound and aftermarket logistics. FVL top quality award winner: Seat – Quality distribution strategy.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 6, 2015

At the ICRA 2015 conference , an international forum for robotics researchers, Amazon hosted the “Amazon Picking Challenge,” where robots from 27 entrants from around the world tried to autonomously grab items from a shelf and place them in a tub. Now, consider what means for the future.

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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

Companies often choose private warehouses because of the high degree of control that they confer over the handling and storage of goods. A cross-docking warehouse is where goods from inbound trucks are sorted and routed to outbound trucks for final delivery to the end-user. Cross-Docking Warehouses. Pros of Cross-Docking Warehouses.

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 17, 2019

His works commonly include an analysis of global logistics trends, distribution strategies, best practices, logistics outsourcing, integrating systems and more. His works include podcasts, e-books, whitepapers, case studies, infographics and personalized presentations for major supply chain conferences. Karen Kroll (Inbound Logistics).

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Automotive Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

The finished vehicle logistics sector needs to find better ways to communicate and collaborate to meet the challenges of an uncertain future, delegates at this year’s Finished Vehicle Logistics North America conference in California were told in March. Marcus Williams reports. The move to develop an existing rail facility and 5.25-acre

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Automotive Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

The finished vehicle logistics sector needs to find better ways to communicate and collaborate to meet the challenges of an uncertain future, delegates at this year’s Finished Vehicle Logistics North America conference in California were told in March. Marcus Williams reports. The move to develop an existing rail facility and 5.25-acre

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 14, 2015

In fact, over 70 percent of all Fortune 500 companies rely on social media as part of their marketing strategy and supply chain management. Presented at 6th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management, Bali, 2014. . Forward-thinking manufacturers are looking at big data as a catalyst for greater collaboration.

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