Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 19, 2021

In an interview with this writer, Dr. Svend Lassen, head of reporting & data analytics for commercial and supply chain at Tata Steel Europe, explained that there needs to be a clear understanding of how any digital project will improve margins before the project is approved. “We Tata Steel Europe has a complex supply chain.

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Material Handling and Logistics

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Ahead of a meeting with China's Xi Jinping at the Nov. The result of a standoff, Paulson warned in a speech last week at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, was a "moment of change in the global economy" and "unprecedented political pressure on cross-national supply chains.". "I Smirnow said.

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Penske Move Ahead

JUNE 23, 2020

"But as the pandemic violently wrenched supply chains across the world, these leaders were tested like never before. In our view, the experience will lead to a new emphasis on supply chain resilience, which is to say that logistics will build in more options and elasticity." In 2019, inventory carrying costs fell by 4.6%

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ShipLilly

JUNE 9, 2021

For example, the lack of pallets has a tremendous effect on the supply chain for many companies. This is in addition to the stress that supply chains are already facing following the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures put in place to encourage social distancing. Why is lumber currently so expensive?

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

The new facility – strategically located near the port which is in the heart of Flanders’ industrial belt – is equipped with world-leading Warehouse Management Systems and will enable customers to increase efficiency, have better visibility of their goods and expand storage capacity in their end-to-end supply chains.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

As a supply chain director, manager, or boss of a multinational corporation, where the supply chain is an integral part of your business, supply chain cost reductions are always at the forefront of your team’s mind. Vendor Managed Inventory Model for Supply Chain Cost Reductions.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 9, 2022

Members include rail freight operators, logistics companies, ports, equipment suppliers, property developers and support services, as well as retailers, construction companies and other customers. Everysens has become a new member of Rail Freight Group (RFG), the representative body for rail freight in the UK.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Last November, executives from all segments of the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) ecosystem got together at the inaugural Leadership Roundtable meeting organized by Command Alkon (a Talking Logistics sponsor) to discuss a couple of simple questions: Are there opportunities to elevate the performance of the HBM industry?

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World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 6, 2020

Photo: Supplied What attracted Anaïs and Marie to the field of humanitarian logistics? The richness of the people you meet and the opportunity to make a difference! To date, I have gained practical skills on all technical professions like construction, electrical, fleet maintenance and warehousing. No routine!

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Stord

APRIL 4, 2019

To meet these high standards, shippers must position inventory near their customers to speed delivery and lower last mile costs. Demand outpaced the supply of new warehouse construction for the year by 29 million square feet. In the year ahead, we’ll see many different approaches to the big challenges in warehousing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 15, 2021

Despite the pandemic, it was a good year for the supply chain group at Körber (Körber rhymes with Gerber, the baby food company). When it comes to remote implementations, you can’t find a more inspirational story than the one presented by Lori Jackson, senior vice president of operations at ForHIMS.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2021

On 6th-8th October 2021, an international trade fair and conference in the field of logistics and the entire supply chain WOF (World of Freight) Expo took place in Bratislava. The fair brought together supply chain solution providers to increase efficiency in logistics and improve transparency and systematization of processes.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Supply chain intelligence and actionable insights must apply the most accessible, near real-time data available. The answer lies in how shippers present the information to carriers – indicating how carriers can benefit from tapping backhaul opportunities in in-demand markets.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The war in Ukraine, the energy crisis and high inflation in many countries are presenting supply chain managers with major challenges. Additionally, the always present issues of shortage of skilled labour, supply chain disruptions and cost pressure also prove difficult. Data silos hinder successful business.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Volatility in supply chains remains, but an overall softening of freight has created opportunities for shippers to realign and reshuffle allocations of business as they focus on resilience, cost management and strong relationships. The 34th Annual State of Logistics Report was first presented by Penske Logistics on June 20.

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Airfreight Logistics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

After a construction period of only five months, the new “Lufthansa Cargo Pharma Hub Munich” has opened at Munich Airport. In addition to him, Ola Hansson, Lufthansa Hub CEO Munich, and Jost Lammers, Chairman of Flughafen München GmbH, were also present during the opening ceremony.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 5, 2016

Although each of these needs has always been present, many shippers were able to achieve these feats through in-house solutions. Business process improvement (26 percent), better customer service (23 percent), and supply chain visibility (17 percent) follow respectively. Drayage Management.

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247 Customs Broker

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The military initially was the leader in drone use, but corporations also are adopting them to survey construction zones, deliver packages and monitor inventory in warehouses, among other tasks. Apparel: Sewbots are helping to decrease costs and promote worker safety in the clothing supply chain. References. Brown, S.;

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The majority of positions are for in-store workers while others roles are for the company’s supply-chain facilities. Construction of the 70,000-square-foot facility began last year and is set to open in late 2023. The union plans to disclose the locations of new strikes during an online presentation to members that morning.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 22, 2018

It may seem impossible today, but the physical Internet could be embedded into freight supply chains by 2050. Today, the physical Internet is an amorphous construct, with its scope and limits undefined. Indeed, it will not only optimize entire supply chain ecosystems but also reshape and reengineer them.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 22, 2023

Those who can’t meet basic ergonomic requirements no longer have a chance to present themselves on the market as an attractive employer”, Johannes Schweiger says. Intralogistics has been very successful for years in automating manual activities and thus sustainably improving ergonomics within the internal and external supply chain.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 6, 2020

In these troubling times it has been truly inspirational to witness the efforts of organisations throughout the construction and security sectors in building the NHS Nightingale Hospital at ExCeL London. Our logistics people had to adapt, learn and understand the difference between construction materials and medical product at pace and scale.

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20Cube Logistics

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The existing challenges are increasing such as volatile fuel costs, change in consumer demand, compliance complexities have encouraged the customer to shift to digitalise solutions that can help meet such challenges. It accelerates the decision making process by presenting the data in graphs and charts on a centralized dashboard.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 17, 2019

The new build offers occupiers and operators the ability to significantly reduce supply chain carbon emissions by being located at the heart of the UK’s densely populated, South Eastern consumer market and on the same site as one of the world’s fastest growing, best connected ports, with excellent road and rail links.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MAY 21, 2012

Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. View all Infosys blogs. Features & Opinions. |.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Supply chains are ‘strangling strategy’, with the movement of commodities so significant an issue that logistics is securitising. [1] This paper presents the exemplar concept of national support as an approach upon which a future civil-military relationship in Australia is based.

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Logistics in War

MAY 11, 2019

This post is an adaptation of Mrs Cain-Riva’s presentation at the Williams Foundation’s #selfsustain seminar, held in Canberra on 11 April 2019. We must look critically at our sustainment and support constructs, and challenge our current paradigms of sustainment policy and practice. And no one was shooting at us!

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 13, 2013

Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. View all Infosys blogs. Features & Opinions. |.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 6, 2022

This poses major time management challenges for larger-scale construction or modernisation projects. “A system downtime would be a disaster for any supply chain manager,” emphasises Markus Kammerhofer, Director of Sales Retrofit at TGW. “Sustainability is of great importance to Almi.

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Logistics in War

MAY 23, 2020

Digital transformation is impacting Australia’s major seaports, supermarket chains, package distribution, construction industry and even deep into our homes. For those working on today’s defence facilities having such technologies present in the workplace might sound like science fiction and a matter for the distant future.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 17, 2023

This has become critically important given how issues such as Brexit, the pandemic, war in Ukraine and the weather have each highlighted the role chilled and frozen warehousing has in creating resilience in our food supply chains; not forgetting of course how Covid revealed the centrality of low temperature storage in medicine and pharmacology.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 18, 2015

This presents opportunities for developing new revenue streams, an exciting challenge to logistics professionals. Further, ability to accurately track movements of components and measure costs of returns to your company and supply chain members is essential to profitable reverse logistics management.

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EazyStock

MARCH 23, 2020

The situation can seem overwhelming, but there are some things you can do to navigate the supply chain disruptions. We are also very likely to see dips in industries like construction, automotive and manufacturing soon. How about supply chain disruptions due to closed borders, closed factories and transportation disturbances?

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 30, 2023

Estimates and Expectations Even if peak season customers play it cool as cucumbers when placing ecommerce orders, the fact is that sometimes supply chain and shipping issues can delay things WAY more than they (or you) could’ve reasonably expected.

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Logistics Manager

MAY 14, 2018

The Wallenius Wilhelmsen group presently operates a fleet of more than 130 modern roll on-roll off (Ro-Ro) vessels worldwide. In Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar the company delivers a wide range of specialized processing services, world class supply chain services, trucking and terminal handling. Mr. Poomsit Khunsit.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2018

A volatile 2017 hurricane season saw successive storms hit the US south-east and the Caribbean , counting at least 500,000 vehicles in the US alone among its many damages and leading to emergency planning once again gaining a greater level of prominence within the finished vehicle supply chain.

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 15, 2022

Sometimes your customer base is truly diversified across the world, which presents challenges to maintaining margins across so many shipping profiles. Though this type of dunnage wasn’t created for heavy products, its high-tech construction supports a wide range of weights while also safeguarding products against moisture.

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