Tue.Feb 18, 2020

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3 Steps to Better Sales Collateral Management

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Sales collateral has an almost magical ability to multiply and can consume a significant portion of your marketing budget. With winter almost over, it’s not too early to think about “spring-cleaning” your print materials and to implement an ongoing sales collateral management program. Here are three steps to get you on the right path.

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Kuebix Has Your Truckload Needs Covered

Kuebix

Finding the right truck at the right price has always been a challenge…until now! Kuebix, a Trimble Company has built the largest connected shipping platform in North America. Kuebix offers our shipping members unprecedented access to a vast ecosystem of carriers and intermediaries including asset carriers, private fleets, truckload brokers, freight forwarders, and digital freight […].

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Essential Techniques for Control of Warehouse Inventory

SIPMM Professional Publications

Warehousing is the act of storing goods that will be sold or distributed later. Warehousing and all that goes along with it is part of a sophisticated industry known as inventory management. Inventory systems help a business monitor, track and controlling inventory orders, raw materials, finished goods usage and storage along with management of finished […].

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A catch-22 in over-the-road access to help

Overdrive Online

Owner-operator, truckers' chaplain and life coach Clifford Petersen encountered this situation when he tried to refer an over-the-road hauler he was counseling to a licensed practitioner -- it seemed next-to-impossible to find one who could offer teletherapy to local haulers when they were over the road, outside the state.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Key Factors for Effective Warehouse Storage

SIPMM Professional Publications

The warehouse storage system, also referred to as warehouse management system, is a process whereby we make use of warehouse storage equipment and planning the process to help facilitate the process of managing the warehouse storage, organizing and optimizing space for safe storage as well as safe being for logistics workers at the same time. […].

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Essential Criteria to Evaluate Construction Supplier

SIPMM Professional Publications

In the construction industry, ‘supplier’ is a very general term which refers to organisations contracted as part of the delivery of a built asset. Suppliers might have been considered to be organisations contracted to provide physical supplies such as goods, materials, plant, and so on, a supplier as any provider of services or goods either […].

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Using Data and Predictive Analytics to Drive Labor Management Solutions in the Warehouse

Talking Logistics

Data intelligence and predictive analytics are key terms in supply chain management today, but how do you harness these new technologies to deliver business value, especially in labor management? This is the important topic I discussed with Jason Judd, Group Director of Analytics at Ryder System, during an episode of Talking Logistics. The role of. Read more Using Data and Predictive Analytics to Drive Labor Management Solutions in the Warehouse.

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How Fleets Can Use Technology to Solve any Truck Driver Shortage

GlobalTranz

Let’s face it, most of us are sick of hearing about the truck driver shortage (and many argue in the industry that the truck driver shortage is a myth…and any google search on “truck driver shortage myth” will give you years and years of this debate). However, hiring qualified truck drivers remains part of the.read More. The post How Fleets Can Use Technology to Solve any Truck Driver Shortage appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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January truck tonnage readings post modest gains, reports ATA

Logistics Management

The ATA’s advanced seasonally-adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index for January—at 117.4 (2015=100)—saw a 0.1% increase from December to January, and ATA’s not seasonally-adjusted (NSA) index, which represents the change in tonnage actually hauled by fleets before any seasonal adjustment and the metric ATA says fleets should benchmark their levels with, was 114.6 in January, marking a 1.1% improvement over December.

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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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[PODCAST] Robotics Process Automation (RPA): The Next Game Changer in Logistics

GlobalTranz

Listen to “Robotics Process Automation (RPA): The Next Game Changer in Logistics” on Spreaker. Logistics Technology Resources An Introduction to Blockchain and Its Potential Benefits and Drawbacks in Supply Chain Management Download White Paper Revenue Growth At The Hand Of Improved Digital Supply Chains Download White Paper The Digital Supply Chain: The Landscape, Trends, Types,read More.

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FTR reports gains for most recent edition of Trucking Conditions Index

Logistics Management

For December, the most recent month for which data is available, the TCI headed up to 3.02, spurred on by gains in freight demand and spot rates. This topped recent readings of -1.58 in November and October’s -1.04, which marked an improvement over September’s -2.94, the lowest reading since May 2019.

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FreightCenter Employees Donate to Australia Relief Effort

Freight Center

The infamous Australia wildfires have caused great devastation to the country’s terrain and wildlife. There’s been countless lives impacted, properties destroyed and approximately 480 million animals killed since the fires started in September 2019. The cultural wildlife icons of Australia, including kangaroos, koalas, wallabies, wombats, and native birds, have all been impacted the most.

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Trucking Regulation Tweaks for 2020

LandLink

The federal government has proposed long-awaited changes to the hours-of-service rules that would increase truck drivers’ flexibility while on duty. FMCSA’s newly proposed HOS rule offers five main revisions to the existing HOS rules, which are based on extensive public comments shared with the agency since last year. The adjustments would happen in five areas: 1.

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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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Purchasing Tips with Trent Morris – What People Get Wrong

Logistics Bureau

What people get wrong? They always focus on price. Tip: Understand what the requirements of the business are. Focus on the things that are important to the company. Quality. Cost. Collaboration. Compliance. My recommendation is to do it the opposite way, start with the people that can give you the service you want. Once you got only comparing “apples to apples”, then you start looking at the price. .

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Survey: 82% of Brands Need to Improve their Customer’s Last-Mile Experience

Food Logistics

Meanwhile, 35% of respondents raise reducing logistics costs as their biggest last-mile challenge.

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How to Find the Right Economic Order Quantity

EazyStock

What is Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)? Economic order quantity (EOQ) concerns the most cost-efficient method of ordering stock. The objective is to find the order quantity that minimizes the total inventory holding costs and ordering costs. Holding costs (otherwise known as carrying costs) are the costs to store the inventory and include the storage space, rent, deterioration, obsolescence, property tax, insurance, etc.

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How To Manage Your Inbound Freight Shipments

GoShip Blog

The role of high-performing and high-level shipping services is growing. Retailers and small businesses have to keep up with the increasing competition, and at the same time provide quality products and services to their customers. Essentially, breaking the bank to keep all the processes running is difficult, and businesses are looking for ways to save costs.

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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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Refugees in remote camp in Kenya are hooking up with the Gig Economy

World Food Programme Logistics

Working for multinationals from their refuge in Dadaab Mohidin Muktar, one of the successful ‘freelancers’ in Dadaab performing online jobs for companies all over the world. Photo: WFP/Martin Karimi Mohidin Muktar cuts an image of a man who is firmly in control of his life. He speaks in a calculated and deliberate manner. His face gives away very little, but his gestures suggest that he could be a teacher or a local leader.

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What Is Route Optimization Software and the Benefits?

MercuryGate

Route optimization software enables shippers, carriers, and logistics service providers (LSPs) to understand operations, reduce inefficiencies, and gain additional ROI when the capability is embedded within a transportation management system or platform (TMS or TMP). Effective route optimization programs rely on data and offer actionable insights that go well beyond the limitations of manual route […].

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FreightCenter Employees Donate to Australia Relief Effort

Freight Center

The infamous Australia wildfires have caused great devastation to the country’s terrain and wildlife. There’s been countless lives impacted, properties destroyed and approximately 480 million animals killed since the fires started in September 2019. The cultural wildlife icons of Australia, including kangaroos, koalas, wallabies, wombats, and native birds, have all been impacted the most.

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Trek stats: A family’s 30km walk from Syria into Iraq

World Food Programme Logistics

Trek stars: A 30-hour walk from Syria into Iraq’s Kurdistan Region Ayesha, her husband and six children, braved a treacherous journey to reach World Food Programme support Ayesha looks after her own and her brother-in-law’s chidlren. Photo: WFP/Sharon Rapose Ayesha, a young Syrian Kurd, peers at us shyly from behind five, constantly moving little children.

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What Your Order Management System Should Be Doing

To continue scaling your omnichannel business, you need to manage a lot of orders across a lot of different channels and marketplaces. Some brands do this by hand. Some try to force their ERP to manage it. Others rely on a complex system of cross-referencing the dashboards of their various channels. None of these is an effective or sustainable solution.

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ICAO Predicts Significant Impact due to Coronavirus Outbreak

Airfreight Logistics

On February 7, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) conducted an in-depth analysis of the impact of novel coronavirus on the air transport industry at its 219th Session of the Council. The report produced by ICAO states that “air traffic has been vulnerable to external factors including disease outbreaks” and that the air transport industry suffered great impact from SARS, avian flu, MERS and Ebola.

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Penske to Present on Autonomous Fleets at Silicon Valley Conference

Penske Move Ahead

Bill Combs, vice president of connected vehicle strategy and experimentation at Penske Transportation Solutions , will speak at the Autonomous Vehicles Silicon Valley Conference (AVSV) February 26-28 at the Pullman San Francisco Bay. It's the 10 th Autonomous Vehicles conference, and to mark the occasion, AVSV has engaged more than 65 speakers on site, over 10 hours of networking, and 50 dedicated content sessions.

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Volga-Dnepr Group Operates “Sterilized” Charter Flights to China

Airfreight Logistics

Volga-Dnepr Group continues to operate charter flights into China despite the current disruption to the air freight market. Flown commodities include essential items in response to the Coronavirus outbreak such as masks, sanitizer gels, pharmaceuticals, and medical equipment. In addition to this, the fleet is depended upon to keep global supply chains moving by supporting some of the largest Chinese companies.

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IRU Logistics and Innovation Forum

Logistics Business Magazine

21 February 2020. Place: Hotel Sofitel London Heathrow. Theme: Safety: unlocking business opportunities. The IRU Logistics and Innovation Forum is the new networking hub for innovative road transport solutions. Transport operators, service providers and national transport associations will have a unique opportunity to share knowledge, connect with each other, as well as to learn about new solutions driving the industry forward.

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

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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With the promise of faster speed, inventory moves closer to consumers

247 Customs Broker

The promise of one- and same-day shipping has forced companies to rethink a classic academic problem in the world of supply chain: Where does a… The post With the promise of faster speed, inventory moves closer to consumers appeared first on 24/7 Customs Broker News.

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How is Covid-19 Impacting the World’s Supply Chains?

Odyssey Logistics

Here’s an overview of what we now know about the new coronavirus and its potential impacts on the world’s supply chains. Now officially known as “COVID-19” the new coronavirus is making daily headlines as countries around the world rush to address and/or contain the outbreak. Sitting at the epicenter is China, a country that became. Continue Reading.

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First acquisition for Pall-Ex after buy-out – Logistics Manager Magazine

247 Customs Broker

[og_img] Pall-Ex (UK) subsidiary Cranleigh Distribution Services has acquired the goodwill of the UK pallet operation from Cranleigh Freight Services. This is the first acquisition… The post First acquisition for Pall-Ex after buy-out – Logistics Manager Magazine appeared first on 24/7 Customs Broker News.