Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2024

To cite just one example, a study published in late 2023 on the introduction of wearable exoskeletons found that they could reduce muscle strain in workers with the most strenuous jobs by up to 30 percent. Visitors to LogiMAT can look forward to experiencing innovations in equipment and assistance systems.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 28, 2021

I am working on my latest Transportation Execution and Visibility Systems study, which looks at the total size of the market, the forecasted growth through 2025, and the leading suppliers across a number of categories including industry, region, customer size, and mode. Transportation visibility is clearly not only for trucks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

Based on ARC Advisory Group’s recently released study of the market, this puts them in the top 5. Data is stored just like you might sketch ideas on a whiteboard. Those insights are driven from data connections across the vast amounts of data these companies have access to. How did the company grow so fast?

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Red Bull’s Formula One HQ in Milton Keynes is an appropriate and impressive backdrop to learn why data is fuel in logistics. High performance in logistics can be maintained by extracting insights from data and taking practical steps. Complexity requires having a data strategy.” The quality and timeliness of data is crucial.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 18, 2022

This was my first in-person event in over two years, and it did not disappoint. You could feel the energy in the air as 450+ people seemed to really enjoy being back at an in-person event. This includes weather events, port strikes, capacity shortages, and unexpected demand spikes. The releases of Planning.AI

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Shipping businesses gather a great deal of data each time they deal with a supplier or customer. Often, the data collected merely sits unused. Analytics tools, however, can help businesses analyze the data that they have for actionable insights. One in two small businesses deal with some form of data breach each year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

A famous 2010 HBR article, “Roaring Out of Recession,” studied how 4,700 public companies fared during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000. And, once implemented properly, having a collaborative, tech-enabled supply chain network powered by free-flowing, actionable data will unlock measurable business value.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

For example, they might browse products online, but visit a brick-and-mortar store to finalize their selection. As just one example, Nike’s online sales grew by 75% in 2020 — but its profit margins fell from 45.5% due to the higher costs associated with online selling. Transportation: Moving to a Digital Environment.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

You are not alone, especially as in the time since we first penned this article, one huge and unforeseen event has raised awareness of the global importance of this vital sector—and shown it to be an attractive career choice. That event was the global COVID-19 pandemic, which erupted during the first half of 2020.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2021

Plus, extreme weather events and changing storm patterns challenge seafaring vessels. A storm, for example, could slow the vessel down and increase transit time from one port to another. A data capture facility scores the vessel on a variety of different measures, including environmental factors. from originally 3.5%

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3PL Links

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Predictive Analysis in Logistics and Supply Chain: How to Apply | Image source: Pexels In logistics, predictive analysis is simply the process of identifying and forecasting patterns, trends, and behaviors in both human and machine learning approaches, data, and algorithms. This ratio increased to 54% in 2022.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 17, 2018

Again and again, digitization and data were at the heart of panel and networking conversations. Even headline speakers were professing “data got sexy” and data is now a core strategy for companies looking to succeed. Supply chain leaders are wanting their organizations to be data-driven.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 13, 2021

After a long project, your organization has finally gone live with an ERP system that allows the company to automate and integrate the majority of its business processes , share common data across all functions, and produce and access information in real-time. The truth is that going live is not the end. Getting full value from an ERP system.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 13, 2022

Some changes are environmental—greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other factors contribute to climate change and an increase in severe weather events that impact the supply chain. is at the forefront as it builds a data-driven, multi-party network that lets shippers, carriers, and freight brokers connect more efficiently.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 21, 2018

Here are a few examples: Maersk and IBM to Form Joint Venture Applying Blockchain to Improve Global Trade and Digitize Supply Chains. Blockchain doesn’t erase the fact that supply chains still suffer from crappy data. Blockchain in Supply Chain Management. Although we share the enthusiasm for its potential, we worry about the hype.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

According to the 2020 Third-Party Logistics Study, data analytics is not only becoming more viable in the logistics industry, but it’s also becoming a necessity and make a difference. What if there’s a major weather event that has the logistics network scrambled? Langley sites dynamic pricing in freight for an example.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 15, 2018

The tech is using data to its full potential to better anticipate events, avoid risks and create solutions. For example, DHL analyzes 58 different parameters of internal data to create a machine learning model for air freight. A good example of supply chain robotics is the work of startup Fizyr.

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Forto

JULY 1, 2018

In a supply chain with total visibility, all parties involved would have access to pertinent data and information at any time. More specifically, the ARC’s study defined supply chain visibility applications as. The benefits of Supply Chain Visibility — Why does it matter?

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Talking Logistics

JULY 25, 2018

This invite-only event brought together supply chain and IT executives from a cross section of companies, along with several executives from IBM, including Jeanette Barlow, Vice President of IBM Supply Chain Solutions, and Ron Castro, Chief Supply Chain Officer at IBM. Take EDI, for example. IBM Watson Supply Chain Summit.

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AIMMS

MAY 28, 2015

The theme of the event was “ The Art of Supply Chain: Creative Solutions for the Next Generation.” In almost every way this is a large and very professionally run conference with over 1500 attendees, everything you would expect from a Gartner event. Advanced analytics puts the power of data at your fingertips.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 14, 2015

At its core, the IoT serves as a way of gathering data and information about a process, but applications of the IoT can detect potential problems within a machine before the machine falters. For example, a subtle change in hydraulic pressure may still permit the machine to operate. Automated Data Transfers.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

brings together the global intralogistics community in ten packed exhibit halls and the open space between Halls 8 and 10 in an event running April 25–27, 2023. Information technology enables the data analytics and control needed to modernize and automate warehouse processes.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

After an extremely dynamic 2019 full of events and achievements, Sitma Machinery, a company from Spilamberto (MO), is preparing to open an equally intense 2020 with participation in the LogiMAT fairs (March 10-12 in Stuttgart) and SITL (March 17-20 in Paris). Both events will be characterized by the presence of e-Wrap 2.0, e-Wrap 2.0:

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Forto

APRIL 25, 2020

A study showed that 42% of small and medium-sized German companies still handle purchase orders manually. In the Harvard Business Review, scientists currently assume that companies that invest in digital control of their supply chain now will outperform their competitors in the event of another crisis and will also win in the long term.

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Forto

APRIL 9, 2020

A study showed that 42% of small and medium-sized German companies still handle purchase orders manually. In the Harvard Business Review, scientists currently assume that companies that invest in digital control of their supply chain now will outperform their competitors in the event of another crisis and will also win in the long term.

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Forto

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Last Thursday, we hosted our first innovation and networking event “Berliner Luft & See”. Right now there seem to be quite some funds, previously focused on nuclear energy for example (“Kernenergie-Fond”, 20Bn €). He presented a recent study by McKinsey and Google that confirmed the lack of digitization.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 4, 2023

It’s a random approach in which, for example, a consignment of electric blenders might find a home in a storage location between bottles of shampoo on one side, and dog collars on the other. As you can deduce from Amazon’s example, there is no standard for an optimal warehouse layout. What Next for Toyota IM?

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WorkWave

MARCH 4, 2020

Marketing research can fall into two categories: primary research that looks at any data being conducted by you or a person you pay, and secondary research that consists of data that has already been published by others. It is important to utilize both primary research and secondary research to diversify data. Ask For Feedback.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Data from the Office for National Statistics showed that in July vacancies in the logistics sector were 338% higher than the pre-Covid norm. In Poland, for example, the unemployment rate was as close to zero as you can get in an advanced economy, with earnings approaching those of Western Europe. The pandemic hasn’t helped.

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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. For example, as online sales reach a record high, B2C service provider Jet.com uses some creative logistics concepts to bring value to customers.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 11, 2019

Supporting logistics managers by gathering and presenting performance data. The following examples bear some exploration to see if they might be for you. In some countries, you can study for a vocational certification that requires no previous logistics experience. They don’t necessarily have to be supply chain events either.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

His statements are based not only on discussions with experts from the industry and research, but also on data from Setlog customers who use the SCM tool OSCA. Studies show that in some areas, around a third of companies that were unable to fill all vacancies did not receive a single application.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Because of service disruptions – not being able to buy toilet paper, for example – the supply chain has been more discussed than ever before. A study by E2open – the 2021 Forecasting and Inventory Benchmark Study: Supply Chain Performance During the Covid-19 Pandemic – provides the answers. But just how bad was it?

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 1, 2014

This is just one of the examples of a more general area of Pattern Recognition. For example, when analyzing large amounts of data on the contents of the supermarket baskets the researchers recently found that when a person buys baby''s diapers, there is a good probability that this person would also buy some beer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Supply chain planning involves interaction with different types of information based on internal and external data sources. These data sources are often spread across multiple platforms and come in various formats. Planners spend their precious time collecting and synthesizing the data to drive insights.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 27, 2015

This is just one of the examples of a more general area of Pattern Recognition. For example, when analyzing large amounts of data on the contents of the supermarket baskets the researchers recently found that when a person buys baby''s diapers, there is a good probability that this person would also buy some beer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Planning applications don’t work well if the master data they rely on is not accurate; this is known as the “garbage in, garbage out” problem. Artificial intelligence is beginning to be used to update the data. Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes.

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