Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 8, 2019
When logistics folks think about transportation, the pipeline mode is an afterthought. But it is a very important mode that gets far too little coverage and is not sufficiently well understood. Pipeline scheduling solutions are every bit as complex as other transportation management solutions. The post Pipeline Scheduling Solutions Can Yield Real Business Value appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.
Fleet Owner
JULY 8, 2019
The scale of planned investments in electric lineups means both transportation OEMs and related industries in Europe and North America are focusing on how to secure future supplies of battery-grade nickel.
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Logistics Management
JULY 8, 2019
Motor carriers that have long been pleading for more flexibility in the federal government’s truck driver hours-of-service (HOS) rules may finally be getting their wish…maybe. That was the key takeaway from a recent Associated Press report published last week that stated the United States Department of Transportation is taking steps to “relax” the current HOS rules, which many view as another example of the Trump administration’s de-regulation efforts, which are viewed favorably by business inte
Material Handling and Logistics
JULY 8, 2019
We picked one factory (or industrial site) from each state you can visit that truly represents what has always made America great: hard work and ingenuity.
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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.
Fleet Owner
JULY 8, 2019
The American Trucking Associations recently revealed the official 2019 National Truck Driver Appreciation Week logo and thank-a-trucker toolkit.
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Fleet Owner
JULY 8, 2019
If you expect your drivers and technicians to care about safety then you need to demonstrate management’s commitment to it as well.
Talking Logistics
JULY 8, 2019
The impact of e-commerce on the retail grocery industry and perishables supply chains has created a phenomenon called Micro Supply Chains. It’s driving rapid change across the industry, which has presented challenges for all stakeholders, but also new opportunities to differentiate and capture market share. What are some of these challenges and opportunities?
Fleet Owner
JULY 8, 2019
Women trained by experienced female drivers are finding more success in trucking than those in 'gender blind' training.
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
JULY 8, 2019
If I had ever, in my youth, invented an acronym, I believe it would have been ‘GARR’. GARR represents the repetitive processes that countless financial workers have suffered through since the invention of…well…finance. Finance, almost by definition, requires attention to detail, and for a finance worker, the details are in the data. And if you rely on […].
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
Fleet Owner
JULY 8, 2019
Editor's note: This is the second part of a week-long series looking at what fleets need to do ahead of the December deadline to end use of AOBRDs. Click here to read part one.
Logistics Management
JULY 8, 2019
Through the first six months of 2019, U.S. rail carloads––at 6,552,218––were down 2.9%, or 195,168 carloads, compared to the first six months of 2018, and intermodal units for the same period––at 6,924,261––fell 3.2%, or 229,247 units.
NGT News
JULY 8, 2019
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a proposed rule under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program that would set the minimum amount of renewable fuels that must be supplied to the market in calendar year 2020, as well as the biomass-based diesel volume standard for calendar year 2021. Under the proposal, according to […].
AIMMS
JULY 8, 2019
Sales and Operations Planning and demand forecasting are two sides of the same coin. For many, a well-executed S&OP process should start with a demand forecast on one end and supply and resource plans to meet that forecast on the other. But in today’s VUCA world, the future is getting harder and harder to predict. Demand forecasts are only becoming less accurate.
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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.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 8, 2019
What many economists view as a growing gap between rich and poor in America is being reflected in online retailing trends.
NGT News
JULY 8, 2019
In collaboration with Sharp Corp. and NEDO, Toyota Motor Corp. will soon begin public road trials of electrified vehicles equipped with solar batteries. The trials, expected to commence in late July, aim to assess improvements in the vehicles’ cruising range and fuel efficiency. Sharp modularized its solar battery cells, developed for a previous NEDO-led project, […].
Material Handling and Logistics
JULY 8, 2019
“HP shares industry concerns that broad-based tariffs harm consumers by increasing the cost of electronics," the company said,
NGT News
JULY 8, 2019
Saudi Arabian oil company Saudi Aramco and Pennsylvania-based Air Products recently inaugurated Saudi Arabia’s first hydrogen fueling station, located at Air Products’ new Technology Center in the Dhahran Techno Valley Science Park. The pilot station will fuel an initial fleet of six Toyota Mirai fuel cell electric vehicles with high-purity compressed hydrogen.
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Logistics Management
JULY 8, 2019
Brendan McCahill, senior vice president of trade data content at Descartes Datamyne, shares his views on the current ocean cargo arena.
GlobalTranz
JULY 8, 2019
The value of implementing a transportation management system (TMS) is undisputed. Companies across the globe are looking to leverage an advanced TMS function and capabilities to streamline logistics management. Unfortunately, not all TMS solutions are created equally. According to Emma James of Inbound Logistics, a shippers core business strategy must include an evaluation of who.read More.
Logistics Management
JULY 8, 2019
A recent letter penned to leadership at the Surface Transportation Board (STB) by more than 20 rail shipper groups in the manufacturing, agriculture, and energy sectors, and some of the largest freight rail customers in the United States through the Railroad Customer Coalition (RCC), praised the STB’s Rate Reform Task Force for an April report issued by the Task Force comprised of recommendations for potential changes to the STB’s rate review processes and methodologies.
Truck News
JULY 8, 2019
After reading this you may all think that you’ve contracted “Yogi Berra disease”, colloquially known as deja vu all over again syndrome.
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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.
Logistics Manager
JULY 8, 2019
A landmark moment was recently reached in the shipping industry as the first paperless, instantly financed and fully door-to-door tracked container made its way from Korea to the warehouse of Samsung SDS in Tilburg via Port of Rotterdam on the Blockchain-based platform DELIVER. The Port of Rotterdam, Samsung SDS and ABN AMRO worked in conjunction to highlight how blockchain technology allows interoperability, and that required cargo documentation processing, financing and tracking and tracing ca
Overdrive Online
JULY 8, 2019
Near-50-year trucking veteran Bob Miller offers Independence Day encouragement for the rookies out there -- "America depends on you" -- and a prison CDL schoolteacher and inmate narrates his turn back to the right path by helping others.
Truck News
JULY 8, 2019
I couldn’t agree more with B.C. Trucking Association president and CEO Dave Earle’s declaration that the trucking industry has to do a better job telling its good-news stories.
Airfreight Logistics
JULY 8, 2019
Air Freight subsidiary of the LATAM Airlines Group, Santiago-based LATAM Cargo recently announced the launch of a new direct cargo service between Scandinavia and Latin America. The addition of Copenhagen in Denmark results in LATAM becoming the first cargo airline to offer such a service. The new service will provide customers in these markets a better alternative to satisfy the growing interest in Latin America.
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World Food Programme Logistics
JULY 8, 2019
A group of former Farc rebels in Colombia is growing crops for the World Food Programme’s school feeding service An ex-guerrilla tends to tomato plants on a farming cooperative in La Guarija province. Photo: WFP/Alexis Masciarelli Despite the bad weather, Marcos Martinez is out in the fields on the mountainside. With a small group of fellow workers, he ties young tomato stems with string to protect them from gusts of wind.
NGT News
JULY 8, 2019
Anheuser Busch LLC has been fined $500,000 for violating California’s air pollution laws, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has announced. CARB launched an investigation in March 2015 and discovered that the St. Louis-based brewing company had failed to properly self-inspect 19 diesel trucks, as required by the Periodic Smoke Inspection Program, to ensure they […].
Penske Move Ahead
JULY 8, 2019
Penske Logistics was recently recognized by Novelis with a supplier excellence award for logistics solutions. Penske is a leading provider of dedicated transportation to Novelis North America and it is an integral part of its closed-loop aluminum supply chain serving top automakers. Penske Logistics executives receiving the Supplier Excellence award from Novelis.
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