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Warehouse Digitalization : The Future of Warehousing

Cyzerg

With the advent of always-on e-commerce, the demand for faster responses, and the ability to manage larger number of SKUs with fewer errors, warehouses need to upscale and be at par with the standard of an intelligent, efficient, and automated warehouse. Looking at the next 2 to 10 years, a predicted surge in the preference for digital transformation will bring fundamental changes to the way warehouses operate, thus taking the adoption of disruptive warehouse digitalization to its apex.

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Amware to Handle U.S. Fulfillment for Top 100 Direct Selling Company

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Leading direct sales company, Immunotec , has chosen Amware to handle all U.S. product fulfillment. Immunotec develops, manufactures and markets science-based nutrition and skincare products across Canada, the Dominican Republic, Ireland, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Products are sold through a network of independent consultants.

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Caterer finds high-tech recipe for delivery success

DC Velocity

Forget secret sauces. This Toronto-area caterer credits its off-the-shelf routing software with keeping customers happy.

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Adopting ELDs amid the ‘noise’

Fleet Owner

Konexial CEO explains that certain folks throughout the industry have created unnecessary noise around the ELD mandate that has led to fear and noncompliance among smaller carriers.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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US Xpress rolls out incentives to attract and retain team drivers

DC Velocity

Teams can earn up to $50,000 in annual bonuses, truckload carrier says.

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Trucking execs: More HOS flexibility needed

Fleet Owner

Rigidity of 14-hour clock limits ability to deal with traffic congestion, other issues.

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Warehouse Robotics Coming of Age

Logistics Viewpoints

The CEO and Chief Innovation Officer of Vecna Robotics, Dan Patt and Daniel Theobold, came in to see us at the ARC Advisory Group. We were already very bullish on the autonomous mobile robotics (AMR) industry’s potential to improve warehousing and order fulfillment, but Vecna has some differentiators that make them a very interesting supplier. Warehouse robotics is coming of age.

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Tesla can produce 100,000 electric Class 8 trucks a year, Musk says

Fleet Owner

Tesla will produce at least 100,000 of its new Class 8 electric Semis a year within four years, company founder and CEO Elon Musk predicted.

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The Top 10 Features of Effective Supply Chain Managers

GlobalTranz

Editor’s note: Today’s blog is from our friend Brandon Stanley. Brandon is a writer connected with digital marketing and supply chain management. In this article, he writes about the characteristics of an effective supply chain manager. . [WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Download white paper.

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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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Getting around traffic bottlenecks to avoid idling

Fleet Owner

When trucks are in congested conditions or reach a bottleneck their efficiency decreases and their fuel consumption increases.

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No Slavery on Our Factory Floor – How Human Trafficking Laws Can Still Shut You Down

Material Handling and Logistics

Enforcement of trafficking in the supply chain is in high gear with U.S. Customs actively confiscating goods that enter ports under the suspicion that they were produced with any sort of modern slavery labor. “Slavery? In my factory? There’s no way…I know who all my employees are, and I make sure they work under great conditions.”. While this used to be sufficient, countries around the world are starting to hold large companies accountable for labor conditions not just in their own business bu

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Chevin launches customization FleetWave Forms app

Fleet Owner

Chevin’s new form building software allows system administrators to create customized data collection tasks using features such as dropdowns questions.

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Dual Color Label Printers

Material Handling and Logistics

Brother has introduced its Brother QL-800 label-printer series, which allows users to print red and black over the entire printable area of the label.

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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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State legislator: More local trucking input needed

Fleet Owner

Trucking industry participants urged to make more direct contact with state legislators on issues.

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Port Tracker report expects decent gain in imports for first half of 2018

Logistics Management

A strong wind is expected to continue blowing on the economic seas in the first half of 2018 but could recede for the full year, based on the most recent edition of the Port Tracker report, which was released late last week by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates.

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CX North America expands driver mobile app

Fleet Owner

New functionality enables drivers to capture, crop and convert electronic documentation to accelerate the invoice process and improve billing.

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Reverse Logistics Association examines the ‘Circular Economy’

Logistics Management

"Circular Economy” was the theme addressed by The Reverse Logistics Association’s (RLA) at its annual conference and expo in Las Vegas last week. With the flourishing of e-commerce, product returns have become even more nettlesome for today’s global supply chain managers. At the same time, however, new revenue streams are being created in the 3PL and warehousing sectors.

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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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Omnitracs welcomes Ray Greer as new CEO

Fleet Owner

Greer’s deep industry and technical expertise will lead Omnitracs in its next stage of growth, company says.

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SEKO Logistics Targets Further Growth and Expansion in 2018

Logistics Manager

2017 was a very successful year in terms of growth for SEKO Logistics and the company is looking to continue expanding their global footprint in 2018. The company will recruit new partners and make further acquisitions in both the technology and forwarding sectors as part of their strategy. William J. Wascher has recently taken over as the company Chairman and will head up this strategy.

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SMEs and Global Growth: Meeting Logistics Challenges

Mazars Ledger

SMEs entering new foreign markets should pay close attention to efficient logistics—including finding a balance between outsourcing these functions and… The post SMEs and Global Growth: Meeting Logistics Challenges appeared first on Insights Center - Mazars - United States.

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Hutchison Ports Thailand (HPT) Welcomes the First ONE Line Containers

Logistics Manager

On Jan 24, 2018, Hutchison Ports Thailand (HPT) handled the first batch of 30 Ocean Network Express (ONE) containers that arrived at Laem Chabang Port, Thailand. The bright new forty-foot ONE Line containers that arrived at HPT’s A3 terminal were offloaded swiftly by HPT’s operations team. Many prestigious guests were in attendance, including the board of management and staff from ONE Line and HPT.

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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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At Tesla’s Factory, Building the Car of the Future Has Painful and Permanent Consequences for Workers

Supply Chain Brain

Terrill Johnson was installing car trunks at Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California, when he heard the sound that would define his next few years, if not the rest of his life. “It was a big, loud pop,” he said. In one movement, Johnson had blown out his elbow and his shoulder. “Once the pop came, the pain came.” That was September 2015. Johnson went on leave for his injury, but on workers’ compensation he earned considerably less than the roughly $1,700 he had earned every two weeks while on the

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Upgrade for HMM and AAL Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV) Service

Logistics Manager

Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has joined forces with AAL to provide a wider range of MPV services in Asia and the Middle East. It was recently announced by HMM of Korea that a new cooperation with Austral Asia Line (AAL) of Singapore for Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV) service would soon begin. Joints services will start with four of HMM’s MPVs and two new A-Class vessels from AAL.

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Introducing a Cryptocurrency for the Food Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

This time, it’s designed for the food supply chain, with an emphasis on achieving transparency and security between partners. The creator of the “token” is OriginTrail , a Slovenian I.T. company specializing in traceability and quality-control systems. But Trace , as it’s been dubbed, won’t function as a general currency and means of payment in the manner of Bitcoin or Ether.

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Thailand Welcomes the Airbus A350-1000

Airfreight Logistics

Thailand recently welcomed the new Airbus A350-1000 at Suvarnabhumi International Airport located south of Bangkok. The aircraft after its initial arrival performed a ground display followed by a 1-hour demonstration flight with officials from the airlines, Thai government, members of the press and other aviation authorities. The Bangkok event is part of demonstration tour over the next three weeks that will see the Airbus A350-1000 travel throughout the Asia-Pacific regions.

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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.

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No-deal Brexit would tie a knot of red tape for UK hauliers

The LoadStar

Just how damaging Brexit is set to be for road users – particularly truckers involved in the cross-Channel trade – is outlined in this report from The Guardian. As with almost everything Brexit-related, it’s potentially a nightmare, with a strong possibility that UK driving licences no longer recognised by the EU if an agreement is not struck. “The biggest long-term challenge for the UK freight industry is the tiny number.

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Container Shipping Struggles with Overcapacity: McKinsey

247 Customs Broker

The container shipping industry is expected to continue to struggle with overcapacity and an inability to deliver value to shareholders, warns consultancy McKinsey & Company in its latest report. . As container lines search for successful paths forward, they need to first determine what their strategy and potential role in the continuing industry consolidation will be.

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Capacity constraints pushing forwarders toward block space air cargo agreements

The LoadStar

Capacity constraints have tilted the balance of power in favour of the airlines, with shippers no longer able to pick up and drop carriers on a whim. Because of the heightened demand – largely caused by surging e-commerce volumes – forwarders in the perishables sector are having to decide between signing block-space agreements or risking losing space.