Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Even as retail stores emerge from their pandemic-induced hibernation, online shopping has held onto much of the market share it gained since the early days of COVID-19. Operationally, it requires far more labor to pick and pack individual orders than to ship out pallets of goods to retailers. Thanks to skyrocketing labor costs for warehouse workers, eTailers have experienced a marked increase in eCommerce fulfillment center costs – already their biggest warehouse expense.

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Supply Chain and Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Ocean carriers are running a business in which their reliability of completing voyages planned in advance ranges around 30% to 40%. The highest reported here, by Sea-Intelligence Maritime Analysis, is Maersk at 46%.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

During the pandemic, shortages of components for high-tech devices and automotive products have proliferated. Why? One reason is that it’s not easy for most manufacturers to have visibility into the process before finished goods are shipped. For years, supply chain technology companies have touted real-time shipment visibility, or even promised complete supply chain visibility, while.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

If 2020 and if 2021 proved anything, it’s that the omni-channel selling environment is here to stay. As physical stores opened, shut down and re-opened again, consumers became more flexible in the way they shop for, and purchase, just about every product. Consumers have gotten used to the convenience and ease of online shopping, home delivery, curbside pickup, buy online/pick up in-store and other alternatives to the traditional in-store shopping experience.

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Supply Chain and Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Demurrage and Detention are on everyone’s minds in ocean logistics today. The FMC proposes to regularize the information and timing of billing practices. This could be very helpful in reducing the chaos of D&D billing today.

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NGT News

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Allison Transmission’s Allison 3414 Regional Haul Series (RHS) fully automatic transmission has been integrated into Volvo’s heavy-duty VNL trucks and is currently available to order. The first production orders for 3414 RHS equipped VNL trucks have been built for regional haul, food and beverage, and distribution customers. The Allison 3414 Regional Haul Series is an […].

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Fleet Owner

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While the previous Cummins Westport joint venture has been dissolved, both companies are to conduct an assessment of how Westport's high pressure direct injection system can be integrated with Cummins’ hydrogen applications.

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NGT News

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The Shyft Group says it is unveiling an electric delivery vehicle on its Class 3 EV chassis, using the company’s proprietary Work-Driven Design process. The EV is a purpose-built walk-in delivery van that will deliver optimal driver ergonomics and user experience, the company notes. Vehicle prototypes are expected to reach customers for route testing in […].

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Fleet Owner

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Truck drivers traveling through the Garden State will now receive messages such as 'sudden slowdown ahead' and 'congestion ahead,' which are displayed on ELDs and other in-cab devices, about 2 to 3 miles before the slowdown begins.

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NGT News

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

EVgo Inc. has been selected as the preferred electric vehicle (EV) charging partner of Subaru of America Inc. This news comes on the heels of Subaru unveiling its first ever zero-emissions vehicle, the all-new 2023 Solterra EV SUV, in November. Subaru drivers will have access to all the benefits of EVgo’s network. With EVgo’s network […]. The post EVgo Chosen as Subaru’s Preferred EV Charging Partner appeared first on NGT News.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

What do Unilever, Google and Amazon have in common? Their net-zero promises do not add up to net zero, a new report says.

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Overdrive Online

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

With MATS back on tap in March, a robust truck show season ought to be in the cards for 2022 – details here on ATHS' series, their national convention in Illinois, Shine in the Pines in Georgia, a shootout in Illinois, the A.J. Soza show poster, more.

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Women in Trucking

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

One of the goals of the Women In Trucking Association (WIT) board of directors is to be a resource. This not only includes providing information and data to our members, but it means sharing our mission with people who have the power to create change.

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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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Turvo

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Managers of freight carrier networks and supply chains have a lot to keep tabs on with day-to-day operations in the supply chain ecosystem. Many moving parts get utilized in delivering services that the consumer wants, needs, and expects. A robust platform optimized and designed for adaptability will provide the best framework for supply chain processes.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

If you are faced with a Logistics Outsourcing program and haven’t done it before, here are the 8 steps you should know to increase the chances of a successful logistics outsourcing alliance. Related videos on this topic have appeared throughout our website, check them out: Is Logistics Outsourcing the Key to Success? 3 Logistics Outsourcing Mistakes. 6 Key Essentials to Select your 3PL Company.

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Blue Grace Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

JOC.COM. William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor. February 08, 2022. US importers searching for faster ways to move freight through congested ports are turning to new partners, including traditionally domestic-focused less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers. With truckload and intermodal rail capacity tight, and space limited for warehousing and transloading, shippers are asking their LTL carriers for help in getting international freight from ports into inland distribution networks faster.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Under the motto “People and Goods on the move”, IAA TRANSPORTATION will take place from September 20th to 25th 2022 at the Deutsche Messe AG exhibition centre in Hanover. In addition to the presentation of new vehicles, the focus will be on logistics, transport and the digitalisation of commercial vehicle transport on the way to climate neutrality. The previous IAA Commercial Vehicles is thus expanding the breadth of topics and exhibitors and, with a new name as IAA TRANSPORTATION, is becoming t

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MercuryGate

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Transportation carbon emissions are a major threat to the planet, and left unchecked, they have the potential to cause vast devastation and limit the abilities of humanity to thrive. Carbon emissions have risen in recent years, but as social media has grown and politics have evolved, ESG initiatives have become more commonplace. The post Street-Level Optimization Benefits Explained for Shippers and LSPs appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

STILL will be presenting its new ACH series to the general public for the first time at the LogiMAT trade fair in Stuttgart from May 31 to June 2, 2022, in hall 10, stand B41/B51. In a realistic application scenario, the Hamburg-based intralogistics specialist will be demonstrating how the versatile and flexible automated mobile robots (AMR) can work in symbiosis with automated vertical conveyors such as reach trucks or narrow-aisle trucks.

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Fleet Owner

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The parts provider has broadened the scope of the global access to DanaAftermarket.com.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Wachendorff Automation, the encoder and measurement systems manufacturer, has launched a new variant of its well-proven industrial grade rotary encoders that feature a freely definable pulse count. The new WDGP series, available in the UK from Variohm EuroSensor , offers any number of output pulses from 1 to 16,384 PPR as TTL or HTL quadrature A and B channels, plus a freely configurable zero pulse (N).

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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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Freightera

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

It’s no secret that the freight industry is one of the biggest contributors to CO2 emissions. Data shows that in 2018, the (road) freight industry alone was contributing around 9% to the global CO2 emissions. . The problem. Of that 9%, the USA was the top contributor at 18%, followed by China (15%), Europe (12%) and India (6%). That’s 51% of the total road freight-generated emissions generated by only the top four contributors.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

With effect from 1st January 2022, Natalie Dunleavy has taken over as Regional Manager for the support and coordination of all sales activities in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland at Clark Europe. Natalie Dunleavy is no stranger to Clark. She can already look back on 15 years of experience as Sales Director within the Clark dealer network in Great Britain at the Clark dealer Knightsbridge Mechanical Handling Ltd.

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Now, That's Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Even as homebuilders work to bridge the gap between housing supply and demand, the imbalance that surfaced in 2021 appears to be rolling right into 2022. In November 2021 (the most recent data available), the supply of homes for sale nationwide as a percentage of occupied residential inventory remained near historic lows at 1.19 percent. That means just 119 in every 10,000 homes were for sale, much lower than the historical average of 2.5%, according to HousingWire Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The pharmaceutical retail, wholesale and distribution sector is ‘in play’, as they say on the markets, writes Leigh Anderson (pictured), Managing Director at Bis Henderson Recruitment. The group around Lloyds Pharmacy (retail) and AAH Pharmaceuticals (wholesale) has been acquired by Aurelius; Walden has bought Movianto, joining Eurotranspharma and Ciblex and so bolstering its claim to be ‘the European leader in transport and logistics for pharma’; and takeover rumours swirl around Walgreen-owned

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The Supervisory Board of CargoBeamer , a European pioneer in decarbonising freight traffic, has appointed Nicolas Albrecht (33) as the Company’s new CEO. Albrecht joined the Executive Board in January 2020 as Chief Business Development Officer. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Weidemann (59), co-founder and former CEO, continues to oversee the Company’s patented technology development as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

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