Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 27, 2020

Because of the pandemic, risk management surrounding sourcing has become top of mind. One best practice in this area is to identify and qualify alternate suppliers. Companies need to ensure they have alternate sources of supply that can ramp up to the volumes needed. This best practice urges companies to examine not just the cost of the sourced products, but also to understand the risks associated with not multi-sourcing key components.

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Overdrive Online

APRIL 27, 2020

There's been a surprising amount of praise heaped on drivers during the coronavirus pandemic. Let's hope the public’s newfound respect for truckers lasts a lot longer than the crisis.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 27, 2020

At a time when supply chains are fracturing as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic, is blockchain the solution?

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2020

Everyone in the transportation industry knows that there’s a lot of waste in the system. Waste in the form of under-utilized capacity and empty miles, for example, which results in added costs and inefficiencies for shippers and carriers. One way to address this problem is through collaborative shipping — that is, multiple shippers and carriers.

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Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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NGT News

APRIL 27, 2020

The Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association (FCHEA) has launched the centralized, global tracker of hydrogen and fuel cell regulations, codes and standards, FuelCellStandards.com, is live and publicly available to all U.S. and international stakeholders in the hydrogen and fuel cells community. FuelCellStandards.com tracks the world-wide development of hundreds of industry standards with an easily […].

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 27, 2020

Supply chains across the globe need a better mousetrap to keep freight spend under control and efficiently manage freight. And, investment statistics reveal an increasing trend for more technology to enable multi-modal shipping and the application of big data analytics to increase scalability, flexibility, and demand-driven management decisions. According to a 2017 survey of supply.read More.

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Logistics Management

APRIL 27, 2020

In March, shipping volumes from China approached 94% of pre-COVID volume, a marked improvement from February. But it’s a tale of two industry segments.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 27, 2020

Supply chains are evolving fast. To keep up with the fast pace of supply chain evolution it is important for supply chain planners to upgrade their skills and step up their business planning and forecasting techniques. If the planners lag behind, it will have an adverse impact on not only the supply chain but also on the organization as a whole. The Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit held in Denver, USA, in November 2019, emphasized this very aspect.

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Logistics Management

APRIL 27, 2020

Fewer container ships would likely mean less cargo at the Port of Oakland this spring. That was the message Oakland Maritime officials delivered to the Harbor Trucking Association last week.

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Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 27, 2020

Here are a few ways that e-commerce companies and their supply-chain partners can mitigate risk.

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Logistics Management

APRIL 27, 2020

For product safety, supply chain leaders should consider using sensors on products and trailers to keep products safe.

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Commercial Carrier Journal

APRIL 27, 2020

The essential link to keeping America moving and open for business are the thousands of transportation fleets and drivers being called upon to deliver food and critical health items to the estimated 350 million Americans.

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NGT News

APRIL 27, 2020

BYD Company Ltd. (BYD) and Hino Motors Ltd. (Hino) have signed a strategic business alliance agreement with a focus on collaborating in commercial battery electric vehicles (BEVs) development. The two companies will accelerate the development of commercial BEVs to provide the best-fit product for customers in a timely manner. The two companies will collaborate on […].

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Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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Food Logistics

APRIL 27, 2020

Danzeisen Dairy is partnering with GetSwift Limited for its e-commerce, order management and last-mile logistics for home delivery of glass bottle milk.

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Women in Trucking

APRIL 27, 2020

By Kelly Radi, raditowrite.com I was up in New Brunswick, Canada, working with a group of women in the trucking industry (shout out to WIT members Day & Ross!) when I heard the news of COVID-19 causing borders to close and airlines to cancel flights. In my hotel lobby, hotel guests were uneasy and unsure about what it meant and how to proceed. Would they be able to get home?

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MTS Logistics

APRIL 27, 2020

Every day, 80 million barrels of oil are sold and bought. At the same time, on the markets, virtually a billion barrels switch hands. It is a trick made possible by “derivatives”, contracts in which an agreement is made for future delivery at a predetermined price. If the value falls below this price, the seller earns, and if vice versa, the buyer gains.

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EazyStock

APRIL 27, 2020

Shamil Patel , Director at Allparts , has driven the change from using “paper and pen” to now using an automated tool for inventory optimization. This has resulted in more satisfied customers and healthier stock. That’s why he’s EazyStocks’s Automation Hero for April ! . Name: Shamil Patel. Title: Director. Company: Allparts. Congratulations on winning the award, Shamil!

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World Food Programme Logistics

APRIL 27, 2020

Food brings hope for tribal communities who’ve fled by war and face the threat of COVID-19 [link] By WFP staff For Khaish Meena, a 65-year-old woman from northwest Pakistan, COVID-19 is yet another obstacle that she needs to confront, like any number of hardships she’s encountered over the decades. When law-and-order operations in her own region forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee in 2015, she made it to the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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Forto

APRIL 27, 2020

Man würde meinen, 2020 steht uns das Wasser bis zum Hals. Leider trifft das nicht für die deutschen Binnengewässer zu. Seit Jahren führen die lang anhaltenden Dürreperioden zu geringen Pegelständen in der Frühjahrs- und Sommerzeit. Sollte sich die Niederschlagsarmut weiter fortsetzen, muss mit einer Niedrigwasserperiode ab Mai 2020 gerechnet werden.

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World Food Programme Logistics

APRIL 27, 2020

Tea and tales from Ashti camp, Iraq A glimpse into family life in a camp for displaced people in Sulaymaniyah, where the World Food Programme provides assistance in the face of the threat from COVID-19 Khuzaira lives with her extended family in a camp for displaced people. Photo: WFP/Sharon Rapose Khuzaira and her young daughter Hitachi settle down for tea in their tent.

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Penske Move Ahead

APRIL 27, 2020

Penske Truck Leasing today announced that it is offering fleets a "Get Back to Business" special full-service truck leasing offer with low rates and flexible lease terms on late-model, low-mileage vehicles from its extensive rental fleet of box trucks and semi-tractors. Business owners looking for an affordable lease option can choose from 16' light-duty, 26' medium-duty and tandem-axle day cab and sleeper tractor options with low mileage.

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Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 27, 2020

One cost of lean procurement is its inability to act on certain tail-spend opportunities.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 27, 2020

SICK has announced a major technology upgrade to its VMS (Volume Measurement System) track and trace system, mastering previously unachievable throughput speeds and accuracy for non-contact dimensioning of goods, cartons and parcels regardless of shape. By building the outstanding laser scanning capabilities of its LMS4000 2D LiDAR sensor and processing capability SIM2000 Sensor Integration Machine into its new SICK VMS systems as standard, the SICK VMS4200/VMS5200 track and trace system achieve

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 27, 2020

JLL is expecting a “wave of demand” for warehousing as grocers increase online shopping capacity. According to the ONS online sales as a proportion of… The post "Wave of demand" for warehousing to address online sales boom appeared first on 24/7 Customs Broker News.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 27, 2020

INFORM has successfully deployed its Syncrosupply Time Slot and Yard Management system to logistics operator Migros as part of the Swiss supermarket retailer’s broader state-of-the-art, fully automated logistics system transition. INFORM delivered its Syncrosupply Time Slot and Yard Management system, which is comprised of a management user interface, time slot booking portal, self check-in software for gate automation real-time optimization for yard and ramp management, and the optimizati

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 27, 2020

JLL is expecting a “wave of demand” for warehousing as grocers increase online shopping capacity. According to the ONS online sales as a proportion of… The post "Wave of demand" for warehousing to address online sales boom – Logistics Manager Magazine appeared first on 24/7 Customs Broker News.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 27, 2020

With Truck Tek AS, Clark Europe has found a new sales partner for Norway and thus strengthened its market presence in Scandinavia. “We are delighted to have found in Truck Tek a strong partner for Norway, who will competently support our customers in this region”, explains Rolf Eiten, President & CEO Clark Europe GmbH. “With this strategic partnership we are well equipped for the future in Norway and can further expand our presence on the Scandinavian market.”.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 27, 2020

I was looking at the numbers at the stock market’s open last Wednesday. Recall, that’s four weeks into a spot freight market where like as… The post The owner-operator’s No. 1 freight negotiations tool — Right of refusal appeared first on 24/7 Customs Broker News.

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