Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

It also helps with training and monitoring delivery drivers in safety and performance, managing assets and resources, and analyzing the efficiency of logistics operations. A 20 percent increase in freight snarled supply chains because of a lack of space on docks and in warehouses as well as a shortage of truckers and trucking equipment.

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Women in Trucking

MARCH 9, 2020

More than 60,000 new drivers are needed, according to the American Trucking Associations. Conference shared a variety of best practices. percent of drivers are women, according to the Women In Trucking (WIT) Index, developed in conjunction with the National Transportation Institute (NTI). Presenters at the 2018 Accelerate!

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World Food Programme Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Today, in partnership with the World Food Programme, they support 20,000 people Hamida, right, and Samer AbdelJaber, Country Director of WFP in Libya, left, at a conference organized by UN Women in Tripoli in 2019. conflict means road closures for food and fuel trucks.” Hamida Alsanousi set up an NGO to empower women and young people.

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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. Here are several of my key takeaways from this year's meeting.

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Automotive Logistics

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Eduardo Solis, executive president of the Asociación Mexicana de la Industria Automotriz (AMIA), told delegates at the Automotive Logistics Mexico conference last week that the industry there had been “growing significantly” and now represented 20.2% of GDP, second only to the food industry at 20.7%. The requirement for 62.5%

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 15, 2018

Hunt on Truck Driver Suit (WSJ – sub. At the Descartes Evolution 2018 conference in March, Mark Holifield, Home Depot’s Executive Vice President of Supply Chain and Product Development, discussed how the retailer is investing $1.2 OK, it operates flawlessly on routine stuff, but I need to train it for new tasks.

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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 Speeding up response times. One such project is with Mercedes-Benz.

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Trinity Logistics

JUNE 3, 2021

This regulation covers the cleanliness and function of equipment, protocols set in place for transportation, employee training on the proper handling of food in cold chains, and records of all FSMA compliance. Addresses the need for maintaining drugs under stable conditions and meeting manufacturer’s specifications. 21 CFR 203.36

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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. Positive signs.

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

. Some railroads are spending more than 20 percent of revenues on capital improvements to meet the growing demand for intermodal services. .

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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. Positive signs.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2017

It’s a bike ride I’m participating in as part of my training for our Logistics Leaders for T1D Cure team ride this September in support of JDRF. Check them out: My other teammates, James Coon (BluJay Solutions) and Ken Wood (Descartes) have been training hard too; I’ll share their photos in a future post. Well, not literally.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The folks at JDRF like to say that the goal of their rides is not completing the 100 miles (or whatever distance you set out to do), but getting to the starting line — that is, the ride is simply a celebration of all the hard work that led up to it, both in training and fundraising. We collectively raised $2.7 Have a happy weekend!

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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

Moreover, some government warehouses (called “municipal warehouses”) store salt for winter roads, street sweepers, wheel loaders, and garbage trucks. Companies often choose private warehouses because of the high degree of control that they confer over the handling and storage of goods. General Services Administration.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 2, 2020

Since the beginning of March 2020, when the first cases of Corvid-19 occurred in Germany, we have been experiencing a drastic slump in incoming orders for industrial trucks and spare parts. Travel activities and all international corporate conferences are currently suspended. Communication now takes place only via digital channels.

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247 Customs Broker

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Last week, I once again had the pleasure, and good fortune to attend the Rail Trends conference in New York City, which was hosted by Progressive Railroading magazine and independent railroad analyst Tony Hatch. Let’s hope it meets all stakeholder needs and is an efficient and effective deal for everyone involved. About the Author.

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World Food Programme Logistics

JANUARY 25, 2019

Photo: WFP One early autumn day in 2015, Chief Information Officer Jakob Kern sat in a reassuringly beige New York conference room, explaining how the aid world’s tech teams are turning to data to help feed people. Meetings and negotiations abound, jammed between piles of paperwork here and yet another checkpoint there. He reflects. “It

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Automotive Logistics

JULY 16, 2018

The group collaboration has been fantastic and humbling because you go into meetings with five big egos – five large groups that have their own agendas – but they cooperate for the good of the industry,” comments Dana McBrien, associate chief advisor at Honda North America. ” – Dana McBrien, Honda North America. A phased approach.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 2, 2019

Just over a year ago, Robert Farrell of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) was celebrating the inclusion of three key automotive transport initiatives in a US government spending bill signed into law in March 2018. TEC Equipment has noticed drivers adapting to the lack of flexibility caused by the introduction of ELDs.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 26, 2018

With a relatively small number of specialist carriers providing ships, barges, trains and road transporters, and serving a relatively small number of vehicle manufacturers, this sector has proven infertile ground for the likes of 3PLs that offer bundled services across a mix of transport and storage assets that they often don’t own.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 1, 2019

“Consumers change buying behaviour when fuel prices are unstable,” he said, adding that trucks will continue to gain market share at the expense of cars. Migration of trucks shows no signs of ending,” he said. Trucks are the name of the game for the foreseeable future.”. Shortages of railcars and truck drivers.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Here are a few notable findings from the report, released today at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) EDGE conference: . A mix of enhanced data along with emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, can play a key role in meeting the ever-increasing demands of today’s enterprise customers.”.

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Logistics Manager

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

This invention set into motion a way to transport goods faster and simpler from ships to trucks and trains. In a traditional sense, what we are offering was an annual conference, a magazine and for several decades that worked,” said Dr. Verhoeven. The air industry soon followed suit and the ULD was born. Expanding Membership.

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Logistics Manager

JULY 9, 2019

This invention set into motion a way to transport goods faster and simpler from ships to trucks and trains. In a traditional sense, what we are offering was an annual conference, a magazine and for several decades that worked,” said Dr. Verhoeven. The air industry soon followed suit and the ULD was born. Expanding Membership.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 26, 2018

According to Amico, the app, which the company developed itself, also helped show that highly skilled and trained vehicle inspectors were not needed to take the photographs; instead, with minimal training, almost anyone could snap the photos working alongside the inspector, thus freeing up valuable inspection resources.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

At our FreighTech 2018 conference, I spoke to 50 top-tier logistics executives about the major themes – four of them – that should guide our evolution. Tesla and their electric semi truck. In order to avoid trite generalities, I broke each one down into four subcategories, (see where the 4×4 came from?).

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 18, 2018

More homes have a car or a truck in Lagos than anywhere else in Nigeria. Lagos-based Andela trains programmers and facilitates their placement with software companies around the world. The state government has also started training its staff to align them with its smart city vision. Lagos Innovates’. Cheap talent, large market.

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Automotive Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

There is a basic imbalance in the number of vehicles that the US imports and exports with its global trading partners, which contributes to ongoing problems involving congestion and limited capacity on hinterland feeder services, something compounded by a lurch in consumer preferences for bigger trucks and away from passenger vehicles (sedans).

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This was certainly another strange year, as the in-person conferences I usually look forward to were once again moved to a virtual environment. However, the on-demand nature of the virtual conference makes it easier to attend more sessions, which gives me more opportunities to learn from my peers.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2019

Surgere’s AutoSphere shared platform , announced in May 2018 at The Supply Chain Conference in Atlanta , will allow OEMs and their suppliers to use a common supply chain data network, so they can share information with each other and transport, manage and track containers and parts more effectively together.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2022

After more than two years, I finally traveled for a conference again. I was in San Diego for Kinaxis Kinexions , and it was a great trip (I will have a full recap of the conference next week). I was able to connect with colleagues and clients I haven’t seen in person for two years, and meet a lot of new, and very smart, people.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Jim Shephard, president, Shephard’s Industrial Training Systems. ? SCOTT: It was interesting to see Uber pull back from developing autonomous trucks. SPARKMAN: Several economists share my view of widespread adoption of autonomous trucks in the near future: Ain’t gonna happen. Jim Tompkins, CEO, Tompkins International. ?

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