Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The American and Canadian militaries believe that the balloon was for surveillance, while the Chinese government said it was a civilian meteorological research airship that had blown off course. And now on to this week’s logistics news. By acquiring GroundCloud, which was officially known as Windigo Logistics Inc.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 17, 2022

Of course, we subsequently share interesting insights in Logistics Viewpoints articles. Brian provided me with insights into some specific warehouse automation and robotics examples. My Logistics Viewpoints colleagues and I have seen the value in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in the warehouse for many years.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 15, 2021

According to the article “ How IoT can improve the logistic pro ces s ” the internet of things (IoT) provides data, which describes objects “physical assets” for example a good to be transported and distributed worldwide. Now we can see how they implemented the “IoT” to deliver a better service.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

We hope you enjoyed viewing Rob’s 2020 video with Deborah Dull on the topic of circular supply chains or reading the transcript of that interview that we published recently. Of course, a lack of support from universities means that there are no locally produced supply chain professionals. Kenya is a big exception.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

Video surveillance of logistics properties is about security – and a great deal more besides. Logistics Business magazine’s editor Paul Hamblin meets Rishi Lodhia, MD EMEA for Eagle Eye Networks. It sounds good – but can he give an example of how it might work? Here’s a great example.

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MTS Logistics

JULY 21, 2021

With the pandemic, video chats have skyrocketed to keep the world running and we are using this technology more than ever now. Of course, this process will not be like the “old normal” in many companies. For example, the marketing team may be off-site while your sales crew shows up at the office every morning.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Whereas online courses and programmes were previously managed as a separate entity, they are now an integral part of most academic systems. The study showed that upwards of 30 percent of American students enrolled in at least one online course in 2018. Online courses are the quickest path for a student to obtain a degree.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2022

Of course, virtually everyone relied upon direct-to-consumer fulfillment at some point during the COVID-19 lockdowns, placing widespread reliance on warehousing capabilities. Below are some key points from our discussion as well as the full video interview. Fewer companies are requiring college degrees, for example.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

And, of course, I will also share how knowing your cost-to-serve will help you to solve those all-too-familiar performance gremlins. Excessive costs can hide anywhere in your company’s service provision or supply chain functions, including manufacturing, logistics, distribution, and customer service. In short, you can’t.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 22, 2019

In the last session of our Service & Sales course, our professor stated that “partnerships with distribution channels and suppliers create extra value for its customers”. And also, our Logistics Professor said that outsourcing of logistic services as a very intelligent decision in many cases. Companies can….

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

Across our many blog posts, videos, webinars, eBooks, and other shared content, you’ll find a wealth of information about various aspects of outsourcing in the supply chain. However, I can’t recall writing a general guide about exploiting outsourcing opportunities to improve your supply chain.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 21, 2020

From now on, training events for customers can be easily booked and conducted via the Internet, meetings with experts can be organised, and short videos on important industry topics can be accessed, it says. The post Interroll Launches New Range of Digital Expertise Channels appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Forto

MARCH 17, 2020

In the world of logistics, small and medium-sized logistics companies in particular have already been feeling the effects of the crisis for several weeks: the high production and transport downtime and level of illness in China has led to delays in the worldwide supply chain. Now the Coronavirus crisis has arrived in Europe. .

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In this article, which is based on a YouTube video on the subject, I will explain why this is so by addressing the following three questions: What is benchmarking, why do it, and how to do it? The key bit of information is, in this case of course: How fast is the fastest person? The What, Why, How of Supply Chain Benchmarking.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JULY 14, 2023

Words like “revolutionize” and “optimize” tend to get a lot of airtime across the logistics space. While this method can be useful, it fails to provide reliable results in an industry as volatile and rapidly evolving as logistics. The curriculum includes high-level courses on trucking, 3PLs, LTL, fuel buying, rail intermodal and more.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 3, 2022

Earlier this week I saw an investor video discussing growth stock performance. There are many other similar growth examples in warehouse automation. Do they have reason to believe it has run its course? The post The Global Warehouse Automation Market is “En Fuego” appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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LandLink

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Most in the logistics industry consider trucking deregulated. It is important to understand government regulations add significantly to the cost of operations which, of course, is reflected in the rates. For example, a truck driver has 660 minutes (11 hours) of legal driving time during his or her 14-hour “on duty” time.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

In last winter sales period I went shopping and I thought about the big logistic organization must exists in order to supply the needs and requests of customers in shops and online orders. Inditex has 10 logistics centers located in Spain, close to the head offices of our eight brands.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 19, 2021

It would, of course, be what the winning time was when this race was last run in your district. It’s no good measuring the performance of a grocery retailer, for example, against an industrial product supplier. If you found this article useful, you may want to know that it is based on a Supply Chain Secrets YouTube video.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2020

I have been helping people with these challenges for about 30 years, during which I have formulated some handy tips, which I also spell out in a YouTube video. So I will use Sydney as an example. If a number of locations all meet these needs, then of course the comparative cost of land and buildings becomes important.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 10, 2022

For this reason, STILL, which has always been very intensively involved in the development of innovative logistics and production solutions, has now installed its own 5G-SA campus network at its corporate headquarters in Hamburg. “These are interesting, for example, in indoor logistics when integrating driverless transport systems.

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Freightos

JUNE 28, 2017

Will Logistics Technology Take My Job? Of course, logistics is far from immune. The lion’s share of logistics professionals (a full 60%), believe that the role of logistics providers will actually expand. Technology takes jobs, and the classic example is bank tellers. It’s not only the manual jobs.

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Ship Monk

MAY 26, 2022

Below are just a few examples of different robots that 3PLs can use to enhance productivity. Check out an example of optimal sortation robot use in ShipMonk’s Platform Tour Video , where you’ll see carrier sorting robots depositing packages into gaylord boxes. The ROBOT TOM Line.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Ecommerce bands, even those with amazing reverse logistics operations in place, feel the negative impact of returns. The best 3PLs, like ShipMonk, take care of the reverse logistics side of things, which helps limit the fallout of these situations. Supplemental materials may also help, like a size chart or video.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Doing the research for an Unit Load analysis for products in supermarkets for the logistics course, I came over a really interested, related topic: the product placement in supermarkets. For example, there is baked goods area, bathroom area or a sweets area. different zones in supermarket shelves. Sometimes it is, sometimes not.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2020

As online retail has become such a massive catalyst for changes in supply chain and logistics thinking and practice over the last few years, I thought it worth greeting the New Year with a brief look at the ecommerce sector and how some of its players have performed in 2019. Is One-Day Shipping a Step Too Far?

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 30, 2017

For example, a customer is a shoe store may purchase shoes, but if offered a new brand of socks, he or she refuses. While this example is a bit extreme, it highlights how a longer buying cycle can translate into insights for manufacturers. More importantly, it gives manufacturers a chance to find out more about what the customer wants.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

For example, a blanket document code to declare that no prohibitions or restrictions apply “999L” has been temporarily introduced under CDS to speed up onboarding. For example – the incoterms, awareness for all values, the location information, and nature of transaction information.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 17, 2018

It is based on video games in non-gaming situations like working in a warehouse. Image a pokemon go look a like app, so that during the day you can catch achievements which are located on your routes for example? The following video provides a small introduction to gamification in our lives.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 5, 2017

The near-infinite processing power Cloud computing provides (along with other technological innovations) will cause everyone in the supply chain and logistics field to unlearn the way we’ve always done things, everything from the way we design software applications to how we design and manage supply chain processes.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 12, 2021

For that reason, companies will usually establish one warehouse on the east coast and another on the west coast, depending, of course, on the service offer. For example, you could set up generic transport rates , whether that be cost per pallet, tonne, unit, or kilometre. Bring in the Whiteboard. The Back-of-the-Envelope Method.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

And now let us examine the reasons why a career in logistics offers so much diversity to so many workers. For example, a member of the sales team could apply to become a purchasing agent, based on her experience of negotiating sales deals. For example, you can be doing finance in supply chain, or you can be doing operations.

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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. YouTube has reduced the default streaming quality of videos for users worldwide in a bid to limit the strain on global Internet providers. Examples of Online Ordering Issues. How are SCM Systems Managing?

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 9, 2017

Today I’m writing again about logistic processes with human beings, but this time it’s about living people. In Spain, you can find such a system in Sevilla for example as well. This system of course is not applicable during rush hours, but never the less it’s a great way for busy people to not waste time.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 31, 2019

Following an interesting course about Inventory Management, we received this phrase in a conclusion e-mail, that made me think. The most talkative example here (of course…) the giant of retail Amazon. The fact that there is not an all-done solution for Inventory Management, is because information is always lacking.

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Locus

MARCH 27, 2024

Additionally, optimizing the logistics of returns by strategically planning routes and fully utilizing vehicle space can significantly reduce operational expenses. Read Also: The History, Evolution and Future of Reverse Logistics 2. Read Also: Omnichannel Retail Fulfillment and the Role of Logistics 3.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a collaborative blog post series about mobility in manufacturing & logistics along with Catavolt, who helps manufacturing organizations drive operational excellence with mobile apps. What is an Example of Internet of Things? ” But first, let’s back up a bit.

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