Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2018

While a degree of uncertainty over the future of free trade between Mexico and its Nafta neighbours to the north once again hung over discussions at this year’s Automotive Logistics Mexico conference, it was more than matched by confidence in the future of the automotive sector.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

We have certainly seen more focus on women in supply chain over the last few years, and nearly every conference that I attend has tracks dedicated to women in supply chain. A central part of Amazon’s ultrafast delivery strategy is its network of warehouses that the company calls same-day sites. FedEx Express moves an average of 6.3

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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. This week, for example, CCJ reported that “60 percent of fleets running between 1 and 100 trucks have yet to adopt ELDs, according to a recent survey conducted by CarrierLists.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

network this year after its initial success at select facilities in 2022. network this year after its initial success at select facilities in 2022. Expanding the smart package initiative will help UPS strengthen its network efficiency as it seeks to reduce costs in a cooling demand environment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

Pete Bennett, and his co-presenter, Mary Byrne, the vice president of supply and demand planning, spoke during a presentation at Kinaxis’ user conference Kinexions. The implementation team also surveyed planners’ level of confidence throughout the training. The planning team was able to optimize inventory movement across the network.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 21, 2020

Surging use of cloud-based video services such as Zoom and Cisco WebEx for business conference calls. However, online ordering networks are buckling under the strain. An eMeals survey found that 34 percent of respondents preferred to use an online grocery delivery or pickup service rather than go to the grocery store.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2022

The initiative consists of goals and activities set out by Solace to invest in EDA product innovation; build a coalition of vendor partners united in enabling event-driven systems at enterprise scale; advance the state of open source projects; and nurture global EDA community-building through education, networking and thought leadership.

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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Digital freight network Convoy was listed on the WIT Top 100 and has recently created its own ERG, known as the Womxn@Convoy. We currently have eight employee-led groups, which offer a forum and opportunity to network internally, build a diverse community and create opportunities for learning and development,” Solao said.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The majority of respondents taking part in the 2019 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals/Penske Logistics Young Professionals Survey, which surveyed more than 100 supply chain professionals under age 30, said they enjoy working in the supply chain and that it makes them content.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 10, 2018

shippers are increasingly aware of the benefits of digital supply networks (DSNs), many “remain in the early phases” of adoption. Perry, who recently launched a new informational website, “ Transport Futures,” also advises managers to stay well informed on dynamic changes in the industry by attending conferences and trade events.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The IRU Logistics and Innovation Forum is the new networking hub for innovative road transport solutions. This was inspired by the recent global IRU survey of transport operators on key trends impacting the industry which found that safety is considered to be one of the biggest innovation opportunity for transport and logistics companies.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The majority of respondents taking part in the 2019 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals/Penske Logistics Young Professionals Survey, which surveyed more than 100 supply chain professionals under age 30, said they enjoy working in the supply chain and that it makes them content.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 27, 2019

The IRU Logistics and Innovation Forum is the new networking hub for innovative road transport solutions. This was inspired by the recent global IRU survey of transport operators on key trends impacting the industry which found that safety is considered to be one of the biggest innovation opportunity for transport and logistics companies.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 24, 2018

The mood at the 3PL association’s annual conference was buoyant based on truckload demand, but concerns about brokers’ digital strategies floated. The two companies announced a joint network for managing international logistics, finance and trade compliance, highlighting the growing importance of strategic customs and duty automation.

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247 Customs Broker

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? Yet, only roughly a third of all survey takers agreed that companies do enough to effectively manage last yard issues.

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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: . Shippers recognize the need for agility, but 42 percent of survey respondents said they have not made the required changes to improve their agility over the past five years.

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Penske Move Ahead

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The 2023 Third-Party Logistics Study, released today at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals EDGE conference in Nashville, Tennessee, provides industry insights into the current state of the 3PL market, the importance of relationships and the value 3PLs provide. 3PLStudy.com to download the publication at no charge.

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The annual event is hosted by INTTRA , a leading ocean shipping network, software and information provider which was acquired by E2Open last month. At the Summit, INTTRA announced the launch of its INTTRA Rates pilot, the planned expansion of Avantidainto North America, and the results of an industry survey highlighting top strategic issues.

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Automotive Logistics

AUGUST 7, 2018

According to the company the plans include increasing roadway capacity for the port’s north side cargo roads, new intersection signals for public safety and cargo traffic control, and revisions to the existing north side cruise roadway network to relieve congestion and improve operations.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

Nexant conducted a survey of the plastics industry , in collaboration with Plastics News , to understand reshoring trends and the effect on the North American market. Nexant received about 200 survey responses from compounders, fabricators, equipment suppliers and toolers. Most of them, however, never left our shores.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Coinciding with the upswing in the world economy two years ago, global seaborne trade is doing well, note analysts for the Geneva-based United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Zim Lines , meanwhile, has opted out of the network, preferring to work with high-tech, third parties Wave Ltd. Pricing platforms.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2015

Only 38% of companies surveyed by Cap Gemini Consulting and the MIT Center for Digital Business are currently coordinating digital initiatives across functions and regions – a key reason manufacturing lags other industries in leveraging the full power of these technologies.

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The Logistics Academy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

On profitability performance, survey results indicate that excluding the impact of volume and rate changes, margin pressures for forwarders will intensify over the next five years. The Ti report mirrors much of what’s contained in a recent survey conducted by the consultancy Logistics Trends & Insights. Digitize or die.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 1, 2018

That is a key takeaway from the 2019 22nd Annual Third-Party Logistics Study, which was released today by Infosys Consulting, Penn State University, Penske Logistics, and Korn Ferry at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Edge conference in Nashville, Tennessee.

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 8, 2018

Among the report’s key findings was that forwarders that quote manually took 57 hours on average—an improvement on previous surveys, but still 20th century performance. Furthermore, 72% of those forwarders surveyed failed to quote, thereby missing out on digital business. Technology alone can’t do that.”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2021

According to one survey , only 27% of leaders believe that they have the talent needed to meet current supply chain performance requirements. Here is what Mr. Toornman said at the conference. “We A skills assessment survey was done to measure potential gaps against a pre-determined skills matrix.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The Number of Retailers Offering Same Day Delivery has Tripled in the Past Year to Meet Elevated Customer Expectations, According to a New BRP Survey. Next week I’ll be at the CSCMP EDGE conference in Atlanta, GA. I look forward to learning and networking with everyone there! Truckload Turnover Surges in Second Quarter.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 2, 2018

As a result, shippers and 3PLs are investing in technology as well as data sharing capabilities as they look to create reliable and agile distribution networks. Logistics experts shared their research findings during the Council for Supply Chain Management’s (CSCMP) annual EDGE Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Logistics in War

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Clausewitz’s survey of history, as well as the Napoleonic Wars, led him to write that ‘[t]he end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed and trained, the whole object of his sleeping is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time’. [5] 6] What was possible was shaped by what was immediately practical.

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Automotive Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Europe’s finished vehicle sector faces several big challenges in coming months, as speakers at the recent ECG conference in Germany made clear. At last week’s annual conference of the Association of European Vehicle Logistics (ECG), held in Mainz, Germany, speakers discussed what they were doing to tackle these problems.

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Logistics in War

JULY 23, 2019

Clausewitz’s survey of history, as well as the Napoleonic Wars, led him to write that ‘[t]he end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed and trained, the whole object of his sleeping is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time’. [5] 6] What was possible was shaped by what was immediately practical.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2023

Dubbed Amazon Hub Delivery, this is the tech and logistics giant’s latest attempt to expand its “last mile” network — the last stage in logistics where packages are ultimately delivered to customers — through external workforces. The Kodiak partnership is meant to serve as the foundation for the new autonomous network.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

A new survey suggests that a single view of inventory is becoming increasingly important in retail logistics. At its 2022 ‘European Exchange’ customer conference – this year staged in Berlin – supply chain software leader Manhattan Associates Inc.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

In fact, according to a survey conducted by Labelmaster and Hazardous Cargo Bulletin — The Global Dangerous Goods Confidence Outlook — more than one-quarter of the respondents are still doing dangerous goods compliance manually and they’re not even using general shipping or warehouse software or systems provided by carriers.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2019

Discussions in the packaging Ideas Lab at the Automotive Logistics Europe conference last year pointed toward smaller collaborations as a good starting place, where two OEMs and a packaging provider worked together to come up with a standard product and then shared it with the wider industry. T ackling capital expenditure.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 27, 2018

That was the key message Doug Braun, CEO of BluJay Solutions (a Talking Logistics sponsor), delivered in his keynote presentation at the SOAR 2018 Customer Conference last month. We are hiring to build on our global trade network vision, improve global support, and build the solutions that will help you [our customers] compete,” said Braun.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 11, 2024

Synchronizing people, processes, and data is core to concurrency, so that the supply chain can be rebalanced to affect what is happening, with the impact of any change being immediately reflected across the entire network at once. Supply chain orchestration means the various nodes can plan together instead of sequentially. Has that changed?

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