Fri.Jun 04, 2021

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What Is Contract Warehousing?

FW Logsitcs

Learn the many advantages of contract warehousing when you partner with FW Logistics. We have the space, mechanisms, and expertise to provide practical and convenient warehousing solutions for your valuable goods. The Benefits of Contract Warehousing. Contract warehousing is when your business commits to a contract agreement with a warehouse facility.

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Twin Transit Authority Adopts WAVE Inductive Charging Technology

NGT News

Ideanomics says its subsidiary WAVE, a developer of high-power inductive charging solutions for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, has completed another transit authority deployment, adding the Twin Transit Authority (TTA) in Chehalis, Wash., to its growing list of transit fleet customers. TTA, a public transit system serving the cities of Centralia and Chehalis in Lewis County, […].

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Driver compensation, Part 2: Time-based pay could improve fairness, reduce detention

Overdrive Online

Hourly pay is spreading throughout trucking, even to long-haul fleets. The trend has potential to reduce detention or lead to a more just level of compensation for it.

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Cross-border vaccination programs for drivers have been a huge success

Truck News

Years from now, books will be written on the handling of the global Covid-19 pandemic. And within those pages will be plenty of well-deserved condemnations about how various governments handled, or bungled their handling of, the disaster. There was no playbook for this. Clearly there should’ve been. And in Canada it sure felt at times […].

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Artificial Intelligence and the Transportation Industry

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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Inside the divide between docs and Congress, truckers over sleep apnea

Overdrive Online

Also in this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast: Intro'ing a new dispatch provider in S2 Logistics, with hotshot hauler S2 Transport co-owner Scott Sabatini at its helm and stressing integrity in operations, a response to his own early difficulties.

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (June 4, 2021)

Talking Logistics

It’s the beginning of June, almost the halfway mark of 2021. How did we get here so fast? As we begin the sixth month of this year, may the days and weeks ahead, through hard work and the courage to change and innovate, lead us to a better future. That’s what I wrote a year. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (June 4, 2021). The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (June 4, 2021) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Podcast | How Should Shippers and Carriers Be Preparing for the Recovery?

Supply Chain Brain

The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be subsiding. How should logistics providers and shippers be readying themselves for the “new normal”?

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LogiNext technology has helped reduce 50 million pounds of GHG emissions globally

Loginext

LogiNext Mile is a transportation automation platform which can be used by enterprises to digitize, optimize and automate deliveries and in the process, bring about sustainability by reducing carbon emissions.

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Vizinex RFID Introduces Extra-Long Read Range Tag for Asset Tracking

Supply Chain Brain

Vizinex RFID, a developer and manufacturer of high performance RFID tags tailored to specific applications, recently introduced the next generation of its long read range tag, the XLR.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

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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MD of Eagle Eye Networks talks cloud-based security

Logistics Business Magazine

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. Rishi Lodhia is a veteran in the cloud video surveillance market – he was CEO and co-founder of Cameramanager back in the early 2000s, and after selling that business to Panasonic in 2013, bought it back again as part of Eagle Eye Networks in 2017.

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Promoting Transportation

Women in Trucking

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Dangerous goods platform now covers more modes

Logistics Business Magazine

The dangerous goods portal INFr8, first established for the air freight industry to digitally exchange dangerous goods information along the supply chain, has now been expanded to include more modes of transport. Starting immediately, the automated creation of dangerous goods documents for sea cargo (IMO declaration) and road transports (ADR accompanying documents) is also possible.

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Carrier Relationships, Warehouse Efficiency Are Critical During a Capacity Crunch

Penske Move Ahead

Transportation capacity is expected to continue tightening throughout the year, putting a strain on the supply chain that could impact warehouses. "Tight trucking capacity impacts the outbound shippers more so than the inbound as most shippers (or companies) only control their outbound. Inbound product will continue to come in and if the outbound slows down, warehouses will fill up.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

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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Coca-Cola Beverages Africa undergoes digital transformation

Logistics Business Magazine

As part of an on-going programme of digital transformation at its bottling plants, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) is collaborating with pricing and rebate management experts Flintfox , and Microsoft to modernise how it uses technology. The collaboration will help the bottling giant retire legacy solutions, to better manage pricing and overcome existing challenges at all stages of the supply chain.

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Carrier Relationships, Warehouse Efficiency Are Critical During a Capacity Crunch

Penske Move Ahead

Transportation capacity is expected to continue tightening throughout the year, putting a strain on the supply chain that could impact warehouses. "Tight trucking capacity impacts the outbound shippers more so than the inbound as most shippers (or companies) only control their outbound. Inbound product will continue to come in and if the outbound slows down, warehouses will fill up.

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Beumer Group introduces new pouch technology

Logistics Business Magazine

Beumer Group – a leading global supplier of automated material handling systems – has launched its own new BG Pouch System in response to rapid growth of interest from omnichannel and D2C operators. This innovative system expands Beumer Group’s offering for the warehouse and distribution industry with a pouch sortation solution that meets the escalating requirements felt by today’s modern fulfilment and distribution operations.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 29 – June 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

Often times, a shot and a beer go hand in hand. And President Biden is making sure the American public knows this; although this is not the traditional shot and a beer you are probably thinking of. The White House has partnered with Anheuser-Busch offering free beers if the country reaches its goal of getting 70 percent of adults at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot by July 4.

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How to Conduct Workplace Incident Investigations to Create Safer Workplaces

This white paper provides a comprehensive overview of global workplace incident trends, focusing on the top three biases leading to such incidents. It also highlights the significance of CSA Z1005 as a risk management standard and outlines the ROI of thorough incident investigations, covering emergency response to post-incident interviews. Additionally, it introduces an Investigation Evidence Gathering Matrix.

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Roland and Ewals develop next-generation side curtains

Logistics Business Magazine

One of Europe’s leading manufacturers of printed side curtains, Roland International , has further improved its intermodal solution XLS for cargo that tends to bulge. Ewals Cargo Care, one of Europe’s largest intermodal transport companies, has adapted the XLS solution combined with InfiniShield graphics as standard for its entire fleet. Roland and Ewals invented the XLS system in partnership.

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Toyota uses 100% renewable electricity

Logistics Business Magazine

In the run-up to World Environment Day on Saturday 5th June, Toyota Material Handling Europe has confirmed that it uses 100% renewable electricity in its European operations as of 1st April 2021. The switch involves every single one of the organisation’s European entities and represents a significant advancement towards its ambitious sustainability goals.