The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 12, 2019

[00:21] Opening / Introduction. [00:42] Introduce yourself and your company. I am the Founder and CEO of Customodal, based in Marshfield, WI, [01:59] Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up? Go to school? What was your major in college? I grew up mostly in Madison, Wisconsin. I enrolled in the forestry program at the University of Wisconsin, but two years in I had an epiphany that I wanted to pursue business.

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Fleet Owner

APRIL 12, 2019

Zonar partners provide a wide array of product and service solutions that serve fleets of all sizes across vocational, pupil, mass transit and commercial trucking industries.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 12, 2019

In 1994, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos read a statistic that the Internet had been growing at 2300 percent annually. He fashioned that changing tide into a business plan that has been breaking barriers across supply chain and e-commerce that has left an indelible mark. But, is Amazon worried about the new “Walmart effect?” Beginning with.read More.

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Fleet Owner

APRIL 12, 2019

What once took nearly 30 days of taking trucks out of service is now being turned around in one week with the Spedian Changeable Graphics System offered by fleet services graphics provider Modagrafics.

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Logistics Management

APRIL 12, 2019

A pairing between Trucker Tools, a Reston, Va.-based provider of trip planning, shipment visibility and freight matching solutions, and transportation management system (TMS) provider Ascend TMS was announced by the companies this week. Through this partnership, Ascend said it is integrating Trucker Tools’ Smart Capacity platform in order to enable brokers, 3PLs, and shippers with the ability to see live and available truck capacity in real time multiple days before trucks are empty.

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Material Handling and Logistics

APRIL 12, 2019

Proposed rule clarifies which perks may be excluded from overtime pay calculations.

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Logistics Management

APRIL 12, 2019

The Port of Oakland today reported a positive first quarter in its cargo volume. The two mega-ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach released similar news earlier this week.

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Material Handling and Logistics

APRIL 12, 2019

Boeing’s suppliers cannot dial down production overnight, and changes to aircraft production rates usually take 12-18 months to flow through the supply chain.

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Logistics Management

APRIL 12, 2019

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the hijacking of the U.S.-flagged freighter Maersk Alabama. It was the first time in more than 200 years that pirates had boarded an American-flagged vessel.

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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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Fleet Owner

APRIL 12, 2019

What IFTA is, the problem with it, and how to prepare for an audit.

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Logistics Management

APRIL 12, 2019

March shipments, at 1.197, were up 2% compared to February and down 1% annually, and March expenditures, at 2.889, were up 6.1% annually and up 0.5% compared to February.

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WorkWave

APRIL 12, 2019

Time To Read: 2 minutes Nestled in the bustling Chinatown of Philadelphia, the 2019 Home Delivery World Conference and Expo was in full swing during the two-day event on April 4th and 5th at the Philadelphia Convention Center. This year’s event was combined with the City Freight World Show and featured various speaking sessions and seminars. Thousands of transportation and logistics, consumer goods, and technology professionals filled the convention to discuss topics such as; enhancing customer

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 12, 2019

Kuly Malka, chief engineer for material flow and packaging, Ford. Ford has been transforming its approach to packaging over the last five years under the direction of its chief engineer for material flow and packaging engineering, Kuly Malka. Malka is responsible for all of the OEM’s packaging and container management in Europe and South Africa.

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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.

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Logistics Management

APRIL 12, 2019

POLA handled 650,977 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), marking a 12.7% annual gain, and POLB volume in March, at 552,821 TEU, fell 3.9% annually.

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IoT World Today

APRIL 12, 2019

IoT pilot purgatory is a legitimate condition that some companies find themselves in. But it looks like those numbers are going down, judging by the results of our second annual study on IoT implementation practices, as more and more practitioners are learning from mistakes and finding success in their IoT projects. In fact, we may look back on the past year or so as a time when the type, scale and success of IoT projects exploded.

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Logistics Management

APRIL 12, 2019

Panelists highlight an industry ready to move forward with the next stages of adopting digital technologies.

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World Food Programme Logistics

APRIL 12, 2019

Ryan Twittey on coordinating the telecommunications response in the Cyclone Idai emergency Ryan Twittey, Emergency Telecommunications Cluster Coordinator for the Cyclone Idai response in Mozambique. Photo: WFP/Suzanne Fenton “You northern hemisphere guys get so excited about stars. At home we get this every night,” says Ryan Twittey, Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) Coordinator for the Cyclone Idai response in Mozambique in his usual say-it-like-it-is way.

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Logistics Management

APRIL 12, 2019

Rail carloads, at 251,417, fell 3.9%, and intermodal units, at 258,775, decreased 1.6%.

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World Food Programme Logistics

APRIL 12, 2019

Here is what the World Food Programme (WFP) has discovered through a pilot project to link local smallholder farmers with municipal food-based programmes APHMAU Smallholder association in the process of baking quinoa cookies. Photo: WFP/Morelia Eróstegui 1. Break the fear: get small producers and municipal authorities to know each other Over the past few years, Bolivia has advanced a great deal in terms of laws, norms and regulations to promote the purchase of products from smallholders.

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Paragon

APRIL 12, 2019

The post America Needs to Go on a Truck Mile Diet appeared first on Paragon Routing.

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World Food Programme Logistics

APRIL 12, 2019

Preventing chronic malnutrition through nutritional education in Burundi Learning how to set up a kitchen garden is part of nutrition education sessions held in communities in Gitega province. Photo: WFP/Djaounsede Madjiangar Marie Joselyne’s face radiates happiness when she talks about her children’s nutritional situation. “Can you see how healthy they are?

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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.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 12, 2019

Europe’s ports faced a real squeeze on space last year for a variety of reasons. But things are, at least, looking up in terms of investment in infrastructure and new technology. European automotive ports could not find enough room in 2018, a situation made all the more difficult by the fact many of them were turned into parking lots as new diesel emissions regulations in Europe in the form of the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) caused wild fluctuations in distribution p

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World Food Programme Logistics

APRIL 12, 2019

The sounds of lives being saved in Mozambique In the wake of cyclone Idai, WFP is targeting 1.7 people for food assistance in Mozambique. Photo: WFP/Alexis Masciarelli Two weeks after Cyclone Idai bashed through Mozambique, I travel to Beira. As I fly in at night, spots of lights scatter the ground, like the glare of cat eyes in the bush. The city should be lit up?

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 12, 2019

Leading trailer company TIP Trailer Services has seen its Manchester branch move to a new, improved location less than a mile from its previous location, strengthening its trailer services proposition in the North West of England. Based in the Carrington area of Manchester and just off the M60, the new branch is now fully operational and equipped to provide trailer rental, maintenance and repair services to customers throughout Manchester and the surrounding areas.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 12, 2019

Brisbane Bullets signing Daniel Kickert doesn’t shy away from physicality in the basketball courts. Photo/Photosport Hawks v RangersRd 1, NBLPG Arena, Napier If you were hoping to read about Daniel Kickert’s take on why it was all riot between the Boomers and the Philippines during a World Cup qualifier in July last year then you’re […].

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Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 12, 2019

Thermo King®, a leader in transport temperature control solutions for a variety of mobile applications and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, partnered with Mercadona, a Spanish physical and online supermarket chain, to add one new fully electric refrigerated vehicle to the fleet carrying out deliveries from Mercadona’s online store operations in Valencia. The project is aligned with Mercadona’s Corporate Social Responsibility Plan and their Sustainable Urban Distribution Project, aimed at improving the

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 12, 2019

Nagel Langdons, the temperature controlled distribution specialist, has ordered a total of 205 rigid and articulated trucks from Scania which will be used on a variety of temperature controlled distribution and trunking operations. A total of 56 artics will be delivered in 2019. The G 450 6×2/2s will operate on distribution work during the day […].

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Penske Move Ahead

APRIL 12, 2019

Editor’s note: This story is part of our “50 Stories of People Helping People” series. As we celebrate Penske’s 50th anniversary in 2019, we are spotlighting associates every Friday who are making a difference in their communities. Not many 15-year-olds can say their first job was on Wall Street processing multimillion-dollar checks in the center of the world’s financial district.

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