Wed.Dec 11, 2019

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Warehouse Operations: Optimizing the Putaway Process

Cyzerg

The putaway process is often ignored by warehouse managers when optimizing warehouse operations but is a critical step to increasing warehouse efficiency. The initial placement of goods has a direct impact on all subsequent warehouse processes, especially the picking process. If goods are not stored in the optimal location, travel time increases, as does the time it takes to pick and pack goods.

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How to Ship Clothes: Best Shipping Practices Ahead of The Busiest Retail Season

MTS Logistics

With this year’s peak retail season now in full swing and with online shopping expected to continue to grow by an additional 29.6% by 2024 , how retailers choose to package, ship and deliver items to their customers is becoming an increasingly important factor in the practice of retaining customer loyalty and creating brand identity. That’s why, in this article, we’re exploring the best ways for retailers both big and small to post clothing items, minimizing the prospect of crumpled dresses, dam

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Freight Exception Management: How Prioritized Exception Automation Increases Efficiency

GlobalTranz

The logistics industry sways to meet demand and adjust to fluctuations. Such fluctuations range from weather to limited capacity, and shippers need to keep the influences in mind when tendering freight and planning routes or loads. Freight exception management describes when things change and affect expected shipment arrival or transportation. Fortunately, a modern transportation management.read More.

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Major Trucking Company's Bankruptcy May Be the Tip of the Iceberg

LandLink

Celadon Transport, a division of the Celadon group filed for bankruptcy protection this week just days after two former officials were charged in an accounting fraud scheme. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by the Indianapolis based Celadon Group left more than 3,000 drivers jobless and, in many cases, stranded drivers across the U.S. after their company gas cards were cancelled.

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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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Top 24 Warehouse KPIs You Must Be Tracking

Cyzerg

Warehouse management encompasses its own world of complex tasks, and that’s why today there are dozens of warehouse technologies designed specifically to make these tasks easier and more efficient. However, there is one aspect that, if ignored, can render all that implementation of technological advancement futile—performance measurement. Round-the-clock performance measurement is essential to achieving consistent and predictable productivity levels.

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U.S. Launches Forced Labor Enforcement Initiative

Material Handling and Logistics

Widening scope also seen in ban of Chinese products over mistreatment of Uyghur minority.

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Ten years of service with more to come

Fleet Owner

It’s hard to believe that it has been 10 years since a charrette hosted by the Rocky Mountain Institute led to the formation of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE).

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N.J. Demands $650 Million from Uber

Material Handling and Logistics

Says drivers are employees, not contractors, and assesses back-due unemployment contributions.

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Lion, partners to accelerate electrification of HD transport

Fleet Owner

Lion Electric, its partners and the government of Quebec, Canada, say they are launching a major project to integrate equipment and technology into all-electric heavy vehicles. The estimated $15.

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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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What to Expect from OSHA in 2020

Material Handling and Logistics

Proposed rulemakings and initiatives stand out on the agency’s agenda.

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Yokohama optimizes tires for regional-haul trailers

Fleet Owner

SANTA ANA, CA—To meet the growing demands of regional-haul fleets, Yokohama Tire released the 114R Ultrawide Base tire for drop deck, closed axle and spread axle trailers. It is available in size 445/50R22.5 now, with 455/50/22.

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AGV Tugger with Kitting Cart

Material Handling and Logistics

Creform Corp. has developed a compact Tite-Space BST AGV with kitting cart that provides the ability to present a specific kit of parts in order to increase production and process efficiencies.

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Xebec Buys CDA Systems LLC, Expanding Support in Bay Area

NGT News

Xebec Adsorption Inc. says its Xebec Holding USA Inc. subsidiary has acquired CDA Systems LLC, a distributor and service provider of oil-free air compressors, air dryers and filtration systems. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, CDA designs, sells, rents and maintains clean dry air systems and supports major manufacturers with equipment installations.

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GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024

Your Roadmap to Smarter Spend Management in 2024 Geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges will stick around in 2024, but don’t despair. There are strategic opportunities to leverage AI-powered technology and digital toolsets to overcome these hurdles more effectively. GEP experts in nearly two dozen critical categories guide you in the right direction in our annual comprehensive resource — GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024.

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Being Connected vs. Being Optimized

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

There is a drive in the world as a whole, but especially in the ERP sector, where a lot of time and effort is being invested in becoming and staying connected. However, being connected all the time isn’t always the best solution. Being connected doesn’t necessarily mean that you, or your ERP system, is optimized. […]. The post Being Connected vs.

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America’s railroad system is great — for freight

Fleet Owner

(Bloomberg Opinion) – In most of the world’s affluent countries, railroads were either built by the government or eventually claimed by it.

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JDA and J.B. Hunt partnership focuses on increased pricing availability and access to capacity

Logistics Management

Earlier this week, JDA Software Inc., a provider of AI-driven supply chain management services, and freight transportation services provider J.B. Hunt said they are meshing their respective flagship offerings, with the integration of JDA’s Supply Chain Management (SCM) platform-which provides business planning, execution, delivery and workforce solutions, with AI and machine learning to better predict prevent disruptions, and J.B.

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Cenergy Solutions Debuts ANG, Biogas Transportation and Storage Pods

NGT News

Cenergy Solutions is offering 8-foot and 10-foot adsorbent natural gas and biogas transportation and storage pods, designed to give fleet operators and refueling sites flexibility in moving and storing fuel. The DOT-compliant pods can store natural gas and biogas at low and high pressures, depending on the application. The pods do not require high-pressure compressors […].

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How to Create a Blueprint for Fleet Resilience

Speaker: Jeff Dickinson - President and CEO of Railgistixs Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Thought Leader

Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,

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The 2019 Holiday Logistics Guide

Logistics Viewpoints

And like that, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Giving Tuesday are in the books. This means we have hit peak holiday shopping and shipping season. This year, however, there is an added wrinkle for retailers. Namely, with Thanksgiving being so late this year, retailers are left with six less days of holiday shopping after Black Friday. As a result, Black Friday saw record traffic in the way of online activity, with 10 million more shoppers […].

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U.S. transportation infrastructure growth to mirror slower GDP in 2020, says Fitch Ratings

Logistics Management

U.S. transportation infrastructure growth will continue moving more or less in step with levelling off GDP next year, according to Fitch Ratings' 2020 outlook report.

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Blowing the whistle on coercion

Fleet Owner

An investigation involving UPS offers insight on the process.

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POLA and POLB volumes slip in November

Logistics Management

Total POLA November volumes, at 728,918 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), were down 12.4% annually, and total POLB volume, at 599,985 TEU, fell 3.5% annually.

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Mastering Order Management: Backorders & Out-of-Stock Inventory

The unfortunate truth is that you will always have low stock and backorder issues with your supply chain. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be prepared to handle them. This brief video explores some of the primary drivers of inventory issues – and how modern technology and best practices can mitigate these issues and ensure a superb customer experience.

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LED Technology Isn't All That Sustainable

Supply Chain Brain

For starters, LED fixtures have a finite lifespan because they have no serviceable parts.

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2020 Predictions: Supply Chain Technology

Morai Logistics

As 2020 fast approaches, it’s worthwhile looking ahead to where supply chains are set to go in the coming year, particularly with respect to the technology that bolsters them. Companies successfully adopting the latest and greatest technology has really become central to supply chains performing well. As such, the past year has seen companies move towards digital transformation.

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Women with Drive: The journey continues

Truck News

On Dec. 3 in Ottawa, Trucking HR Canada, along with partners from across the country, wrapped up our Women with Drive Hits the Road tour.

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Cobots Expanding Their Reach in Robot Market

Material Handling and Logistics

The use of cobots in logistics and other non-industrial sectors will increase.

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Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability

How can businesses gain a competitive edge in an era marked by relentless competition and economic fluctuations? The secret is mastering strategic cost management strategies. This GEP bulletin, "Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability," breaks this down into clear, actionable steps. Discover how these strategies can boost your enterprise's financial health, helping not only to keep up but to excel in today's market.

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Are you insurance worthy?

Fleet Owner

Here are some training tips to help with renewals.

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ISM’s ‘special questions’ touch upon myriad supply chain hot topics

Logistics Management

The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) Semiannual Economic Forecast, which was issued last week, provided a deep dive into how both manufacturing and non-manufacturing purchasing and supply management executives view what could be in store for 2020, in terms of key benchmarks like revenue growth, capital expenditures, and capacity utilization among others.

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Freightplus Thailand Successfully Complete Urgent Project

Logistics Manager

Freightplus Thailand recently helped the Australian-based freight forwarder Henning Harders with an urgent transportation and compliance for three sections of a Ball Mill Girth Gear. Each gear section weighed 22 tonnes and measured 8x2x0.98m. The cargo was securely loaded at its Laos origin and transported across the border into Thailand. The gear sections arrived at the Freightplus facility in Laem Chabang and were safely lifted off and positioned by a mobile crane to allow for the remediation