Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 16, 2022

A modern day Rip Van Winkle would be surprised to wake up today and learn that HighJump is now known as Körber Supply Chain Software. But I get the impression that the recent investment in Körber Supply Chain by KKR is likely to accelerate the company’s expansion. WMS and Much More. What’s in-store for 2022?

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 30, 2022

55 Supply Chain & Logistics Experts You Should Follow on Social. Original Article: 55 Supply Chain & Logistics Experts You Should Follow on Social. Prior to the pandemic, most folks who weren’t in the industry didn’t give much thought to global supply chains. Lisa Anderson. Brian Laung Aoaeh.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2023

Raja Hammoud, EVP of Products at Coupa, speaking on the main stage at Coupa Inspire Coupa recently completed its Inspire conference. Coupa offers a Business Spend Management (BSM) platform based on a public cloud. The cloud also allows access to Big Data, which greatly improves the platform’s ability to do machine learning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 15, 2021

Körber, which was known as HighJump Software until about a year ago, completed their virtual Elevate Americas user conference. Despite the pandemic, it was a good year for the supply chain group at Körber (Körber rhymes with Gerber, the baby food company). I did a study on the WMS system integrator market last year.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2024

Tom Curee and Joe Lynch discuss TIA Technovations, a logistics and transportation conference designed to explore technology trends and innovation driven by logistics industry leaders. Tom is the Founder and President of Qued , a freight technology company focused on workflow automation, and the TIA Technology Committee Chairman.

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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. What should supply chain leaders be looking for to close the talent gap? AGCO Logistics Team Accepts Prestigious Supply Chain Award. We need people that are adaptable.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

One of the first things people ask when investigating voice picking and other mobile applications for their DC is “how will the new applications work with my existing systems?” Contrary to what you may have heard from some in the industry, legacy systems are not an impediment to installing new mobile work applications.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2021

Today’s DCs and fulfillment centers are a major driver of employment growth and a highly visible proving ground for autonomous robots and other next-generation technologies. For companies across industries, transforming existing DCs and narrowing this technology gap is key to competitive advantage in a changing economy.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 22, 2023

At its annual customer community conference Kinexions, Kinaxis Inc., a leading provider of supply chain management solutions, unveiled new product innovations spanning the end-to-end supply chain. is an analytical approach and part of the Kinaxis RapidResponse platform. Planning.AI

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The Association for Supply Chain Management ( ASCM ) hosted its annual conference, ASCM CONNECT , on September 18 – 20 in Chicago. As such, I assumed that supply chain wasn’t a core competency. In 2020, UScellular took the major step of initiating the deployment of 5G technology across its network.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Many large enterprises use one form or another of a supply chain application to help manage their supply chains. Supply chain vendors have been touting their investments in artificial intelligence (AI) for the last several years. The agent technology is much more complicated than the math.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 11, 2024

Promoting Innovation: TIA embraces technological advancements in the transportation industry, supporting the development and adoption of new technologies that improve efficiency, transparency, and sustainability. There’s no other event out there designed by 3PLs for 3PLs, so don’t miss it. When: April 10-13, 2024.

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10xLogistics

OCTOBER 19, 2022

This article is directed mostly towards practitioners who operate supply chains within companies which market and sell products. There are a lot of conversations happening relative to all sorts of strategies for supply chains (and no lack of consultants who want to sell you on the latest and greatest ideas).

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Locus

MAY 18, 2022

We’re excited to announce that Locus will be attending the Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2022 as a Platinum Sponsor! The symposium, taking place in Orlando, Florida from June 6-8, is arguably one of the most anticipated annual events for the global logistics and supply chain industry. You can view the complete agenda here.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The problem was that the WMS could not support a combination of strategies and did not utilize AI-based intelligence in doing “system-directed” work. When replacing a WMS makes sense: Your WMS is an older platform which requires specialized technical expertise to keep it running. Supply chain planning tools.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2023

In early May, I participated in one of the supply chain industry’s premier events, which attracted more than 3,500 logistics professionals. I attend this conference every year, but this time, strolling the exhibition floor and surveying the 110+ technology providers’ latest wares, I was struck by a dichotomy.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the coming year. Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S., Many of the leading ERP and supply chain software vendors have customer events in various countries around the world.;

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Trane Technologies Facility in Columbia, SC. Tom France, the vice president of distribution at Trane Technologies, gave an entertaining presentation in early October of this year at a FourKites online conference. Trane Technologies had sales of $12.5 Trane Technologies had sales of $12.5

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

A large multinational is undergoing an impressive supply chain transformation that will run through 2023. A Complex Supply Chain. Not surprisingly a company this big, delivering different solutions to a variety of industries, has a complex supply chain. Products can also be designed with resiliency in mind.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

When it comes to supply chain design, we’re at another inflection point in the industry. The first one arrived a few years ago when a growing number of companies started treating supply chain design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 5, 2023

I noticed that many of them obtained valuable experience at Kiva Systems (Amazon Robotics) prior to their current roles. One such executive credited Mark Messina with Amazon’s ability to scale its rollout of Kiva Systems subsequent to its acquisition of the company. I was a CAD jockey, designing systems at Philips.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

Cardinal Health’s senior vice president of global logistics, said of their implementation of the Kinaxis’ supply chain planning (SCP) solution, “I was scared! 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.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 19, 2021

On Monday, March 8th, a vice president of supply chain for a large retail chain – a chain with over 5,000 stores – spoke at Körber’s supply chain conference Elevate. Körber is a leading provider of logistics software, material handling, voice, and consulting solutions.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 4, 2023

Smart factory operations can help supply chain leaders achieve many of their highest priorities, but the challenges are too often underestimated, according to research from Gartner, Inc. Overlooking the scope of change management: New technology acquisition may be straightforward and relatively cheap.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2023

I kicked off a research project on the global warehouse management systems (WMS) integration and consulting market. Cal has a wealth of experience from his many years in the warehouse technology market. After a couple of years in software design and development, I moved to professional services, managing WMS implementations.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 24, 2023

About Mike Newman Mike Newman , the CEO of Returnity Innovations, is a recognized authority in the field of transformational logistics platforms, specializing in shifting from single-use to circularity through reusable packaging solutions for companies and organizations.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

One of the trends I’ve been writing and talking about is how the clockspeeds of every industry are accelerating and how companies are having a hard time realigning their processes, organizational structures, and technology platforms to keep up with this rapid pace of change. Excel spreadsheets. What does that mean exactly? “As

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

At the same time, the A42 multi-layer ACR extracts 6 containers at the same time (one on each level) from the high port system. Addverb Technologies recently entered my radar range. I found Zippy to be a practical, flexible automation system that could be of value to many parcel operations. Let’s swing over to the South Hall.

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Blockchain technology is a major disruptor in the supply chain. It stands to change the game as we know it by giving companies a better way to ensure traceability throughout vast supply chain networks. In order to properly disrupt the supply chain of today, you need to know everything there is to know about it.

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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. The facilities are a fraction of the size of Amazon’s large fulfillment warehouses and are designed to prepare products for immediate delivery.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 22, 2023

About Matt Hertz Matt Hertz , the Co-Founder of Second Marathon, established the ecommerce logistics consulting firm after a successful career building and scaling intricate supply chain operations. Their mission is to guide brands in finding the ideal partner to build, scale, and manage their supply chains.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Jeff Tucker and Joe Lynch discuss the Breakbulk Americas conference. In the podcast interview, Joe and Jeff discuss Tucker Company Worldwide and the Breakbulk Americas conference, the region’s largest trade event for the project cargo and breakbulk industry professionals. Conference Registration. About Jeff Tucker.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Many transportation and logistics software companies were launched in the late 1990s and early 2000s, during the height of the dotcom era, but very few of them survive today — they either went bankrupt or were acquired by others. Are we there yet? Source: Adelante SCM poll of MercuryGate clients.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2024

A probabilistic approach to planning would be better, but our supply chain tools have not supported this approach well. John Galt Solutions is an innovative supplier of supply chain planning solutions. “But Do they need to get right to a conference, or is the schedule looser?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 12, 2023

I noticed that many of them obtained valuable experience at Kiva Systems (Amazon Robotics) prior to their current roles. One such executive credited Mark Messina with Amazon’s ability to scale its rollout of Kiva Systems subsequent to its acquisition of the company. I was a CAD jockey, designing systems at Philips.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Koerber Supply Chain’s ‘Elevate’ event in Prague was an opportunity to discover how software and technology address the unprecedented complexity in logistics. End-to-end connectivity, digitization and visibility are the goals for many supply chain managers. One new concept is supply chain ‘gamification’.

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Now, That's Logistics

JUNE 29, 2022

The first major update of US international ocean-shipping laws in over two decades, OSRA is coming to be as the nation continues to deal with port bottlenecks that are negatively impacting supply chains. The most important point about the current supply chain issues we’re seeing is that they’re not necessarily new,” Eisen said.

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