Mon.Jul 11, 2022

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Four Ways to Future-Proof Your Warehouse

GoShip Blog

Future-proofing your warehouse involves incorporating modern solutions into its design and operations, enabling it to withstand future technological advances and market fluctuations. Importance of future-proofing your warehouse. With new technologies emerging faster than businesses can keep up with, future-proofing your warehouse is now more important than ever.

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REPOST: The Transfix Story with Drew McElroy

The Logistics of Logistics

Drew McElroy and Joe Lynch discuss the Transfix story. Drew is a Chairman and Co-Founder of Transfix , a market-leading, next-generation freight platform transforming the traditional and digital freight sector while bringing transparency, trust, and sustainability to the transportation ecosystem. About Drew McElroy. Drew McElroy is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Transfix.

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Amazon Puts the Best Possible Spin on an Overbuilt Network

Logistics Viewpoints

Goods-to-Man Robot at an Amazon Warehouse. Last Tuesday, Amazon issued a press release that highlighted the company’s investments across its global operations network to provide fast delivery for customers. Prime Day is July 12 th and 13 th. On Prime Day, Prime members in 20 countries have access to deals on everything from top national brands to products from third-party sellers.

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From Smartphones to Cars, Chip Supply Woes Baffle Investors

Supply Chain Brain

It’s getting complicated for investors in semiconductors, with last year’s big chip shortage morphing into an inventory glut for some companies, and others getting caught up in geopolitics.

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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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DelPack Logistics Orders 600 Electric Cargo Vans from Mullen Automotive

NGT News

Mullen Automotive Inc., an electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, has signed a binding agreement with DelPack Logistics LLC (DPL), an Amazon Delivery Service Partner, for DPL to purchase up to 600 Mullen Class 2 EV cargo vans over the next 18 months. The vans will be fully homologated for the United States. The first 300 fully […]. The post DelPack Logistics Orders 600 Electric Cargo Vans from Mullen Automotive appeared first on NGT News.

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Don't become a slip-seat driver of another operator's nightmares

Overdrive Online

Nothing will reveal to you the true depths of your character deficits like a small herd of goats and a bad fence -- or a slip-seating situation with an absolute slob. Long Haul Paul shares more than one path to maximum cab freshness.

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CVSA Brake Safety Week eyes brake hose chafing

Commercial Carrier Journal

Experts advise how to inspect and correct brake hose chafing issues ahead of CVSA's Brake Safety Week next month.

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The Envase Fuel Card – A saving grace for truckers to survive the cost of fuel in 2022

Envase Technologies

Fuel? A bare necessity for truckers. The cost of fuel? Activates survival mode. This year the fuel market has unleashed chaos on the trucking industry unlike ever before. Fuel prices have hit mind-boggling highs, with the diesel market hitting its worst crisis since the 1970s. The truckers that keep our country moving are struggling to avoid coming to a screeching halt.

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Rick Wilmer Leads ChargePoint Customer Relations and Operations

NGT News

ChargePoint Holdings Inc., an electric vehicle (EV) charging network, has named Rick Wilmer chief customer and operations officer. He will oversee customer service and manufacturing operations for the company as it continues to bring vertically integrated charging solutions to businesses, fleets and drivers. “The EV industry is at an inflection point, and we are seeing […].

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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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The New Supply Chain Planning Paradigm: Planning Married to Execution

Supply Chain Brain

The new planning paradigm marries planning to execution, in a seamless and continuous cycle, keeping plans realistic, practical, and executable, while ensuring execution is focused on business objectives for optimal results.

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Gamma Technologies, Hopium Engineer Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Performance

NGT News

Hopium has chosen Gamma Technologies’ (GT) GT-SUITE to design and predict performance of its fuel cell stack and systems for its high-end fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV). Hopium is leveraging the physics-based models and virtual calibration processes to predict performance – even before test data is available. Using this modeling approach and mirroring the system-level […].

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Diversify or Simplify: Two Ways to Safeguard Your Retail Business

Stord

What lies ahead for retail is uncertain. Brands are strapped with excess inventory while inflation and interest rates are causing consumers to think twice before spending. What can businesses do to weather the storms that potentially lie ahead? It all comes down to two schools of thought: either diversify or simplify. Brands that embrace diversity—as it pertains to selling channels, audience demographics, and more—tend to bounce back faster from challenges.

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3 Practical Metrics for Supplier Performance Evaluation

Logistics Bureau

For many organisations, the reality of supplier performance management is that time and opportunity to track and react to dozens of complex KPIs simply doesn’t exist. Regardless of advances in business analytics therefore, I still advocate a measured approach to measurement (pun intended), by way of a carefully chosen handful of KPIs which are meaningful and actionable.

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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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How Diesel Rates Impact Freight Rates | PLS Logistics Services

PLS Logistics

Diesel rates keep rising, and so are freight rates. Read this blog to see how the transportation industry is handling this.

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Global Energy Crisis May Get Worse, IEA Warns

Supply Chain Brain

A global squeeze on energy supply that’s triggered crippling shortages and sent power and fuel prices surging may get worse, according to the head of the International Energy Agency.

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Einride Ready to Test Autonomous Trucks on U.S. Roads

MTS Logistics

Within weeks, driverless electric freight trucks may be traveling on public roads in the U.S. for the first time. Swedish freight technology company Einride was granted a permit by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for a pilot project last month. Einride’s pilot program will run for two weeks in the third quarter of 2022 and take place on public roads.

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Addressing the labour shortage with automated warehouses

Logistics Business Magazine

Since mid 2021, it’s been prominently noted that the global logistics industry is experiencing great labour shortages, across all sectors, writes Johan Jardevall, CEO of Smart Robotics. With talent shortages among skilled and unskilled professionals, vacancies in logistics are at an all time high. The warehousing sector has felt the effects of the labour crisis, first-hand, and with parcel handling at the core of business, it is critical to ensure improvements are made so that the lack of employ

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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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Comparing eCommerce Shipping Services

Ship Monk

Understanding USPS, UPS, FedEx vs DHL Shipping Solutions. Captain Kirk has the USS Enterprise , Batman has the Batmobile , Knight Rider has KITT. The hero of every epic adventure needs a reliable source of transport. As the hero of your business journey, every eCommerce entrepreneur also needs their own amazing method of transportation that they can count on to get their goods to customers.

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Four new Konecranes Lifetime Advantage upgrades

Logistics Business Magazine

Konecranes Lifetime Advantage upgrade packages have been regularly bringing customers the most recent advances in safety and productivity available for their lift trucks for over three years. Now, the latest chapter in this long-term commitment to improving lift truck performance presents four more innovations from Konecranes. Two of the four new upgrades directly address safety issues.

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Synergy Logistics celebrates 50 anniversary

Logistics Business Magazine

Synergy Logistics , one of the world’s pioneers of cloud-based warehouse management software, is celebrating its half century milestone. Established in 1972, Synergy initially focused on developing innovative solutions for vehicle route scheduling but 35 years later launched its best-in-breed SnapFulfil WMS, for which it is renowned. Back in 2007, the SnapFulfil suite was architected for the web utilising Adobe Flex and Microsoft.NET-based C# programming.

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Logistics Hall of Fame Council meets in Berlin

Logistics Business Magazine

The finalists for this year´s induction into the international Logistics Hall of Fame have been selected. On July 7th, the Logistics Hall of Fame Council nominated six personalities at the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport. Three candidates reached the final for the “TRATON Logistics Leader of the Year” award. In the run-up, 24 valid proposals from all over the world had been received by the award organisation.

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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.