Fri.Jan 22, 2021

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Providing the Highest Food Storage Warehouse Standards

FW Logsitcs

Certified Food Storage Facilities. FW Logistics food storage warehouses offer long- and short-term solutions to food distributors. We have food storage warehouses nationwide , including 15 buildings based in St Louis, MO that make up 8 million square feet. This centralized location helps us provide prompt delivery and distribution to any place you need to get your goods.

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The Future of Drones in the Supply Chain

Kuebix

Logistics industry innovators are always looking to create solutions that will cut costs and improve operational efficiencies. One application of technology that’s becoming increasingly popular within supply chains is drones. While drones are commonly applied in warehouses to help with inventory management, their purpose is starting to extend further down the supply chain to final […].

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Podcast | Managing Vendor Compliance With Health and Safety Rules

Supply Chain Brain

If you’re a business that’s outsourcing services, don’t think for one moment that you’re shedding responsibility for the health and safety of a vendor’s staff when they show up on your premises.

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New Transfix TrueView TMS is geared towards small- and mid-sized shippers

Logistics Management

Transfix said that the new offering—TrueView TMS—focuses on the various “pain points” that small- and mid-sized shippers handle, while simultaneously having fewer resources, as well as static tools and minimal data.

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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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Rhombus Energy Receives UL, CSA Certifications for EV Charging Dispenser

NGT News

Rhombus Energy Solutions, a company that develops and manufactures bi-directional electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, has received certification from Underwriters Laboratory (UL) and the Consumer Electronics Testing and Certification Services Group (CSA) for its RES-D2-CS20 EV Charging Dispenser. The RES-D2-CS20 EV Dispenser is compatible with Rhombus’s UL Certified 60 kW and 125 kW power conditioning […].

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Real Time Yard Management Solutions

Logistics Business Magazine

Today, the largest European logistics platform gets one step closer to becoming real time in everything it does and expands its visibility solutions into Real-Time Yard Management. In addition, Transporeon announces a strategic partnership with Peripass to offer enhanced Yard Management Solutions. Peripass dedicates its expertise and technology to help companies digitize and optimize their logistics processes.

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U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes are mixed for the week ending January 16, reports AAR

Logistics Management

Rail carloads—at 232,550—fell 2% annually, and intermodal container and trailers—at 295,997—rose 12.8%.

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Warehouse Management System Control new DC

Logistics Business Magazine

The warehouse management system PSIwms supplied by PSI Polska Sp.z o.o will control the logistics processes in the new distribution centre of the clothing manufacturer LPP S.A. in Brze?? Kujawski in Poland. The new 75,000 square meter distribution centre is scheduled to open in early 2022. LPP wants to strengthen its delivery and distribution network and also enable broader diversification.

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Wichtige Informationen für Transporte nach dem Brexit

Forto

Änderungen in den Zollbestimmungen nach dem Brexit haben die Komplexität des Zolls deutlich verstärkt. Größte Problematik stellen doppelte Zollgebühren bei Re-Exporten dar. Digitale Lösungen können Transporte nach und von Großbritannien vereinfachen. Nach dem Brexit regelt das Freihandelsabkommen zwischen der EU und Großbritannien den Warenverkehr zwischen den Staaten der Europäischen Union und dem Vereinigten Königreich.

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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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Advanced Key-based Mobile Computer Launched

Logistics Business Magazine

Datalogic , a global leader in the automatic data capture and factory automation markets, is pleased to announce the Skorpio X5, a new ultra-fast, high-performing key-based mobile computer featuring the largest multi-touch display in the Portable Data Terminal (PDT) market. Maintaining rapid, accurate and seamless data capture to provide real-time visibility is essential in applications like warehousing, fulfillment, inventory, store operations, shipping & receiving.

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How 25 supply chain leaders improved productivity

Logistics Management

The business case for collaborative mobile robotics.

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 22, 2021)

Talking Logistics

We already have a guinea pig and a hamster as pets. What happens when you add a rabbit to the mix? I don’t know, but I’m going to find out this weekend. For years, my youngest daughter has been begging me to get her a pet rabbit (my wife was already on board). “I’m allergic”. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 22, 2021). The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 22, 2021) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Important information for transports after Brexit

Forto

Changes in customs regulations resulting from Brexit have led to a significant increase in the complexity of customs. The biggest issue is the duplication of customs duties on re-exports. Digital solutions can streamline processes for transports from and to the UK. Following Brexit , the EU-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) regulates trade in goods between the countries of the European Union and the United Kingdom, which changes a number of things for logistics specialists.

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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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Global Trade Manager

Globalior

What does a Global Trade Manager do? Global trade managers can also be referred to as international trade managers, compliance managers or even import/export compliance managers. The role of global trade managers can vary significantly across industries and even across companies in the same industry. Generally speaking, a global trade manager will have any combination of the following responsibilities (not an exhaustive list): Valuation of products for Customs clearance.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

With the ongoing pandemic, all of life’s big events are different, even on the global stage. On Wednesday, Joe Biden was officially inaugurated as the 46 th president of the United States. The logistics around the event were difficult, but again they were different. The biggest difference this year was the size of the crowd. Normally, a presidential inauguration will have hundreds of thousands of attendees; Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration had close to 1.8 million attendees.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Shipping technology: the must-have systems in the shipper tech stack

FreightWaves SONAR

(Graphics created by Emily Ricks) The shipper tech stack is continuously expanding, and according to Transportation Impact , “Key to all these new capabilities is data interoperability. Companies need their business-critical data to be able to flow seamlessly among their internal systems, as well as between their systems and those of their customers and suppliers.