Logistics Bureau

JUNE 5, 2023

If your company operates a distribution fleet, you’ll know that the costs of running trucks for customer deliveries are continually increasing. If your fleet has evolved into its present scale and composition, there may be opportunities to decrease the number of vehicles you use. It’s a fair question.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

Footage is immediately available that shows what is actually happening in the distribution centres. The combination of computer vision and AI is going to significantly help to accelerate the automation of manual work and enable autonomous distribution and logistics centres,” he suggests. Where did an error occur?

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 7, 2023

Standardise and Digitise The key to managing complexity, of course, is to be organised. Do you recognise any of the above symptoms in your distribution centre? So what can you do to ensure your inventory management meets the challenge of multichannel sales?

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 1, 2022

The need for any S&OP process to have an executive sponsor who actively participates in the process, albeit only by exercising final approval over plans and, of course, making any decisions that call for executive authority, cannot be overstated. S&OP is ostensibly a numbers game, of course. The Executive Sponsor.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 17, 2019

Hypermotion participants can look forward to a stimulating and extensive conference programme on all three days of the event. Make way for the future: In the Hypermotion Lab, start-ups and established companies alike present their innovative business ideas and projects. Ideas to the forefront – Hypermotion Lab.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 27, 2019

Forklift innovator BYD is presenting its technology solutions at SIL Barcelona, with a line-up of pure electric vehicles for intralogistics and transportation at stand D458. Both forklifts and commercial vehicles are distributed by BYD’s selected forklift dealers, ensuring customers are never far from their single-source supplier.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 20, 2019

He went on: “But, of course, the ‘Digital Genie’ is out of the bottle and the retail sector’s ongoing need to service today’s technology-enabled consumer means that the logistics industry is under greater pressure than ever before to develop new working practices and adopt technology-led solutions that allow it to keep pace in the digital age.

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Ship Monk

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The terminology may vary depending on who you talk to, but the gist is that they both work to make eCommerce possible by accepting payments and distributing order information to merchants, payment processors, and, yes, fulfillment centers. Before we name-drop, allow us to present you with an analogy.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

At one point, the steamship lines owned the chassis and oversaw their distribution at the ports and inland container yards. What Is The Best Course Of Action To Deal With These Problems? A 3PL that understands the current business situation and is prepared to get out in front of it, not react to events as they happen.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

They know of course how they did against last year and they’ll probably have some customer satisfaction metrics, but that’s not the full picture. The report we then present clearly shows the gap between the status quo and best-in-class. We usually get one of two responses from our presentation.

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Conger

JULY 20, 2020

Of course not. With lots of options and aggressive marketing for online certification courses, you've probably had this question cross your mind. Now that we have that out of the way, let's talk about what you can expect from online courses. The course will most likely have end-of-section quizzes to test your knowledge.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Enhanced route planning Up to now a driver has set off with a fixed route, perhaps a regular round, or one planned a day or two earlier, and it is up to him/her to work out the best response to an accident, traffic jam or other event as and when these arise. So there is a lot going on with AI in the warehouse environment.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 24, 2019

“For example, AI can enhance risk mitigation by analysing large sets of data, continuously identifying evolving patterns, and predicting disruptive events along with potential resolutions.”. Advanced Analytics. Blockchain in Supply Chain.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 21, 2015

At distribution centers, Walmart uses cross-docking, a process in which product is exchanged between trucks so that each truck going to a retail store has products from different suppliers. This data must be not only present, but also running in harmony over all systems. The goal is to get this done efficiently and cost effectively.

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The Logistics Academy

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The club also organizes a roundtable event each semester that brings students and companies together to explore opportunities for internships and jobs. They not only have to present the models to demonstrate their understanding, but they also have to relate the models to real companies.

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Logistics in War

JULY 8, 2023

This is the third and final part of a presentation given at the Australian – New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference during June 2023. Supply chain resilience is, of course, a part of this narrative – as we are reminder every time we hear about guided-weapons or military fuels.

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Conger

OCTOBER 22, 2021

29 CFR 1910.269(p) - Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution. Use an aerial lift spotter any time there’s a hazard present. And the answer is that anytime there’s a hazard present , you should have a spotter. Slopes can present a heightened risk of boom lift tip-overs. Inspect Your Work Zone First.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 11, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. Distribution. News & Events. |. Last year, I covered the event live with daily blogs, but this time my whole schedule was so packed that I hardly had any time to write. Hence summarizing the whole event in one blog. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

To pull off logistics effectively, it takes a lot of expert planning, assembling the right mix of people, communication, working together, and of course, if something goes wrong, contingency planning. Thanksgiving and Logistics are Only As Successful as the Planning and Execution: My Personal Thanksgiving Dinner Event Story.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 26, 2018

As with most things in life, change is a constant in automotive logistics, but in finished vehicle distribution that doesn’t seem to hold as true. Distribution is frequently integrated into the sales division and, especially when carried out through importers, is more commercial-orientated than it is industrial.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

While the pandemic has helped ecommerce companies increase sales immeasurably, it has, at the same time, disrupted the global supply chains that so many retailers rely on and, by accelerating ecommerce sales growth so quickly, placed immense pressure on distribution networks. Where to Access the Knowledge You Need.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 23, 2018

He says Aptiv is currently in the process of implementing this method, which means taking each supplier and matching the parts it makes with global demand; it involves one pick-up for worldwide distribution, which is a significant increase in efficiency. We are already into it – it is just now we are starting to get benefit out of it.”.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 8, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Distribution. News & Events. |. On the last day of Pulse, morning General Session starts late by 1 hour due to previous nights Palooza event. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure. Industrial Manufacturing. Medical Devices.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 26, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. Distribution. News & Events. |. Of course this is & will be an ongoing activity as each month some new codes get added from planning perspective, either they are new products introduced or existing products getting extended to new planning locations. Communication Services. Healthcare.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 7, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Distribution. News & Events. |. Attended another session which was presented by three utilities companies on how they use Maximo functionality to address regulatory requirements. Last I met him two years ago in same event. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Healthcare.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2021

Of course, this also increases costs by needing to pay a two-driver team for every shipment. Unforeseen events have already taken place, like the Wisconsin pharmacist who allegedly ruined a shipment of vaccines under his care. To make those changes during unprecedented events can be near impossible. Monitoring Temperature.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 14, 2021

Of course, the criticality of such elements is the same now as it always was. If, like many business leaders, you’re looking for ways to make your supply chain more resilient to major disruptions and black swan events, you might like to consider initiatives based on the following guiding principles. Lessons From a Pandemic.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 26, 2018

Of course, just a few weeks ago the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) launched an investigation into potentially unfair demurrage and detention charges that are being levied against cargo owners, often for events beyond their control. Even some large companies struggle with distribution challenges and excessive transportation costs.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 3, 2018

It is vital that the logistics industry ensures that its workforce has the skills required to meet the demands of an increasingly complex and sophisticated world, says Rob Fisher (pictured), event director of IMHX 2019.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 7, 2018

These events form an important part of a three-year project to bring new talent into the supply chain industry,” said Parsons. Supply chains are experiencing enormous growth and retailer groups are becoming more sophisticated in how they move goods through their distribution channels,” she said.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In the weeks following the Damco brand subsumption, DB Schenker released a press release that referenced the Damco changes: “The last thing shippers need at present is further uncertainty”. The shift to full end-to-end integration, of course, leaves no one else in the middle. And that line is already being crossed.

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CH Robinson Logistics

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Of course, fast-changing consumer behaviors, port congestion, and continued uncertainty around the impact of COVID-19 continue to bring changes to the market as well. Today I’m going to focus on how the ocean and air shipping markets have been affected and steps you can take to successfully account for these and other events.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

• The growing army of robots used in distribution. It’s not even really that clean just in robots for manufacturing and distribution. Distribution is a different matter. We are approaching, I believe, an inflection point in distribution robotics. Jade.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 8, 2019

A blockchain is a distributed, digital ledger. Entirely digital, Bitcoin exists thanks to the distributed ledger of transactions on computers across the world. To deal with this anonymity, Bitcoin uses another distributed mechanism called mining to add blocks of transactions to the ledger in a secure, tamperproof way.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 28, 2016

The data from this global virtual item master takes another step in its evolutionary journey and is refined using an online, cloud-based platform with user tools that automatically present the normalized data obtained from all sources, both internal and external, in natural English. The biggest event in human history.

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