Amware Logistics and Fulfillment
JANUARY 31, 2023
If you run a warehouse or fulfillment operation, you’re locked in the battle for workers. There’s no way around it today. If you want to attract and keep people, you have to offer the best pay and wages. Everyone in logistics knows that. It’s only about the money. Or is it?
Supply Chain and Logistics
JANUARY 31, 2023
Alternative fuel ships are essential for the Arctic cruise business, since fossil fuel burners will be banned in the Arctic seas starting in 2026.
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Logistics Management
JANUARY 31, 2023
With a 1.8-cent increase, the national average came in at $4.622 per gallon, following an 8.0-cent increase, to $4.604, for the week of January 23. That was preceded by a 2.5-cent decline, to $4.524, for the week of January 16.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 31, 2023
While every organization tracks key performance indicators (KPIs) on some level, this data is rarely correlated with key risk indicators (KRIs).
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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.
Logistics Management
JANUARY 31, 2023
Quarterly revenue—at $27.0 billion—was down 2.7% annually, and adjusted earnings per share—at $3.62—up 0.8% annually, topping Wall Street expectations of $3.59 per share. Quarterly operating profit came in at $3.2 billion, which was off 17.9% annually.
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Logistics Management
JANUARY 31, 2023
The hearing, which is entitled “The State of Transportation Infrastructure and Supply Chain Challenges," features leadership from various national organizations, including: Chris Spear, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Trucking Associations; Ian Jefferies, President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of American Railroads; Jeff Firth, Vice President, Hamilton Construction, on behalf of Associated General Contractors of America; Roger Guenther, Executive Director, Port Housto
NGT News
JANUARY 31, 2023
Atlis Motor Vehicles says it has designed an AC/DC electric vehicle charge handle and charging cable that are capable of delivering up to 1.5 MW of power. The Atlis team successfully delivered greater than 1,000 V and more than 1,200 A of electric current through the cable while maintaining a temperature below 30 degrees Celsius […] The post Atlis Touts EV Charging Handle, Cable Capable of 1.5 MW Output appeared first on NGT News.
Commercial Carrier Journal
JANUARY 31, 2023
Rather than deploy the standard driver workflow application from its ELD vendor, FristFleet created its own using the vendor’s software development kit.
NGT News
JANUARY 31, 2023
Beam Global has debuted the ARC Mobility trailer, a specialized hydraulic transport solution designed to rapidly transport and relocate off-grid EV ARC charging systems. The ARC Mobility trailer is manufactured at the Beam factory in San Diego and was designed by Beam engineers to make it fast and easy for one person to stow, transport, place, unstow, […] The post Beam Global Introduces System for Improved Charging Station Mobility appeared first on NGT News.
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
Food Logistics
JANUARY 31, 2023
Here are some primary reasons why it’s crucial for transportation and warehousing leads to be included in the overall strategy.
3PL Links
JANUARY 31, 2023
7 Best Tips for Inventory Management To Avoid Losses | Image source: AR Racking Inventory management is likely the most crucial success component if you sell products through an online store. Actually, it’s extremely easy to do that. Imagine launching a successful marketing campaign and seeing sales orders pour in, only to discover that the product is actually out of stock.
Logistics Business Magazine
JANUARY 31, 2023
In the context of volatile demand and price increases, deploying a unique and common collaborative demand planning platform became a priority for Brand Evangelists for Beauty (Be for Beauty). The company, in order to scale, needed to maintain service levels and control costs and has gone through an exponential period of growth over the last couple of years.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 31, 2023
Environmentalists have blamed the fuel — along with other factors like crop burning, construction dust and vehicle emissions — for the country’s toxic air that reaches alarming proportions every winter.
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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.
Logistics Business Magazine
JANUARY 31, 2023
Descartes Systems Group, a global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, released findings from its study ‘Supply Chain and Logistics Innovation Accelerates, but Has Long Way to Go’, which examined how technology innovation is changing supply chain and logistics operations and executives’ plans for continued investment.
MercuryGate
JANUARY 31, 2023
The value of automation in logistics is rapidly becoming synonymous with supply chain efficiency. To help you create more value within your supply chain, let’s explore how the evolution of transportation processes supports new avenues to deploy automation. The post Automation in Logistics: Benefits and Tips for Deploying Automation appeared first on MercuryGate International.
Logistics Business Magazine
JANUARY 31, 2023
DP World has agreed to lease a 7,500 sq.m site next to its Southampton container terminal to develop state of the art facilities for lorry drivers, as the leading provider of smart logistics solutions continues its major investment programme in the UK. The £15m project will deliver driver welfare facilities – including a restaurant, showers, toilets and 24-hour security – as well as increasing the size of the storage area used for containers moved by road and rail.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 31, 2023
Oil majors are expected to break their own annual records on high prices and soaring demand, pushing their combined take to near $200 billion.
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Logistics Business Magazine
JANUARY 31, 2023
Trelleborg has launched the XP700 tyre for low intensity material handling applications. The new XP700 tyre features deep lugs for enhanced traction and a compact lateral block design to minimize vibration. Designed to perfectly match the needs of low intensity material handling operations, the new XP700 delivers reliability, adequate load capacity and good steering ability, while minimizing downtime to keep costs under control.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 31, 2023
The EU will still get more than a quarter of its diesel imports — around 612,000 barrels a day — from Russia even in January.
Material Handling and Logistics
JANUARY 31, 2023
It can be difficult navigating the ideological minefield.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 31, 2023
U.S. Bank said the slowdown in volume was driven by a significant contraction in the West region.
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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 Viewpoints
JANUARY 31, 2023
So much has changed in a year! While the supply chain pressures that have built up over the last two years continue to abate as transportation capacity problems ease and consumption shifts from goods to services, newer challenges and opportunities lie ahead. As costs pressures build up, organizations need to get creative in increasing the focus on cost optimization while ensuring resilience and business continuity.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 31, 2023
UPS has been stressing profitability over volume but the drop in revenue was a surprise.
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