Wed.Mar 14, 2018

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Logistics careers are "driving satisfaction"

DC Velocity

The workdays can be long and the technology a bit behind the times, but logistics and supply chain management is still a satisfying career, said respondents to our 15th annual Salary Survey.

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What Will Supply Chain Executives Invest In Over Next 18 Months?

Material Handling and Logistics

Around 31% of MODEX attendees said they plan on spending over $1 million over the next 18 months.

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Uber Freight sends driverless truck on its inaugural trip across Arizona

DC Velocity

Sanders-to-Topock move a first for the company's autonomous-vehicle fleet.

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Eliminating challenges to setting engine parameters

Fleet Owner

Daimler just announced that on its new Freightliner Cascadia with Detroit engines fleets will be able to make changes to engine parameters over the air. This will include the ability to change things like idle shutdown, road speed, cruise speed.

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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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Truck-driver doll encourages girls to dream of 18-wheeled careers

DC Velocity

Women In Trucking teams up with toy maker to market truck-driver stuffie.

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Label this green! Bar-code supplier turns waste into fuel

DC Velocity

Label vendor converts manufacturing waste into combustible pellets.

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New Food Safety Rules Soon to Kick in for Small Brokers, Shippers and Carriers

GlobalTranz

On April 6, the new rules for the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Foods will come into effect for small businesses. As the date approaches, it can be useful to review what shippers, carriers and brokers will need to comply with when handling food. Read on for an overview of the main requirements! The Sanitary Transportation Rule. The Sanitary Transportation Rule which is part of the U.S.

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Reading, writing, and really big trucks

DC Velocity

California high school launches truck-driving course.

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Seatbelts clicking with more drivers every year

Fleet Owner

Seat belt usage by commercial drivers has jumped from 65% to 86% over past decade. It is 90% among all road users.

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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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Sweet! Custom conveyor delivers milkshakes to museum-goers

DC Velocity

Ashland Conveyor provides hot-pink power belt for Miami's Museum of Ice Cream.

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Hershey Implements SAP ERP Suite in Hopes of Better Customer Insights

Food Logistics

Accenture will help the confectionery implement SAP's S/4 HANA software in attempt to streamline Hershey's supply chain.

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Air group rolls out digital platform to streamline dangerous goods process

DC Velocity

IATA platform digitally matches shipper declaration with group's handling, transport regulations. Tool to end manual verification process.

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No chicken, no gravy, no customers – KFC’s planning woes are entirely preventable

AIMMS

KFC, a fast food favorite, made headlines last month for suffering a chicken shortage that brought 900 restaurants in the UK to a halt. Recently, the chain announced it was suffering from a gravy shortage as well. Not ideal for a chicken restaurant. No chicken and no gravy mean no customers. The whole debacle could have cost Yum! Brands Inc., KFC’s Parent company, up to £1m in losses per day.

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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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CEMA names Thompson, Prab's CEO, president of group

DC Velocity

Group posts record shipment levels in 2017.

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No chicken, no gravy, no customers – KFC’s planning woes are entirely preventable

AIMMS

KFC, a fast food favorite, made headlines last month for suffering a chicken shortage that brought 900 restaurants in the UK to a halt. Recently, the chain announced it was suffering from a gravy shortage as well. Not ideal for a chicken restaurant. No chicken and no gravy mean no customers. The whole debacle could have cost Yum! Brands Inc., KFC’s Parent company, up to £1m in losses per day.

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ATBS: Owner-operators average $60,000 net income in 2017

Fleet Owner

Rate Per Mile increased 5% on average from 2016, however, average miles driven went down by half a percent.

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Managed Services vs. Software-as-a-Service: Which Path is Right for You?

Talking Logistics

When it comes to how best to manage their transportation operations, many shippers often find themselves at a crossroads: should they implement a transportation management system, outsource everything to a logistics service provider, or take a hybrid approach? The right answer for one shipper might not be the best approach for another. So, how do you determine which path to take?

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What Your Order Management System Should Be Doing

To continue scaling your omnichannel business, you need to manage a lot of orders across a lot of different channels and marketplaces. Some brands do this by hand. Some try to force their ERP to manage it. Others rely on a complex system of cross-referencing the dashboards of their various channels. None of these is an effective or sustainable solution.

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Warehousing, the Rise of IT, Automation, and Now… Robotics

Logistics Bureau

From a simple place to stock goods, warehouses have developed in many ways—function and form included. Affected by changes in production, procurement and distribution methods, warehousing has continually been pushed and pulled in different directions. Just-in-time techniques have led to more products arriving directly from manufacturing to the end-customer, shrinking warehouse use.

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Port of Oakland imports jumped 14.9 percent last month

Logistics Management

While ocean cargo gateways in San Pedro report record inbound throughput for the month the Port of Oakland notes that its containerized import volume increased by an astonishing 14.9 percent last month.

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VTNA rolls out revitalized VNX tractor

Fleet Owner

OEM dubs it a “hybrid” serving both on-highway and off-road needs.

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“Evolving Freight Forwarding Survey” deserves our attention

Logistics Management

Logistics Trends & Insights LLC, an Atlanta, Georgia-based consultancy, is conducting its third “Evolving Freight Forwarding Survey," and invites LM readers to participate.

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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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DAT: February spot market truckload rates, volume dip seasonally

Fleet Owner

DAT’s Freight Index falls 14% but this was the second-strongest February in 20 years.

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AlixPartners takes a deep dive into U.S. consumer home delivery preferences

Logistics Management

When it comes to United States-based consumer preferences as they relate to home delivery shopping, one thing is clear: consumers want deliveries reaching their destination faster than they have in the past, and they view free shipping as a major benefit along with other shipping options, too.

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VTNA: ‘Significant’ upward revision of Class 8 sales to come

Fleet Owner

Executives believe 2018 is “a good year to be in trucking.

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POLA and POLB report record February volumes

Logistics Management

POLA said it processed 725,059 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU) in February, which represents a 16% annual gain and the highest-volume February in the port’s 111 years of operation. POLB February volumes rose 32.8% to 661,790 TEU for an all-time high for the month, which comes on the heels of an all-time high in January of 657,830 TEU. POLB officials said that this marks the first time ever that POLB terminals handled more than 600,000 TEU in February.

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How to Conduct Workplace Incident Investigations to Create Safer Workplaces

This white paper provides a comprehensive overview of global workplace incident trends, focusing on the top three biases leading to such incidents. It also highlights the significance of CSA Z1005 as a risk management standard and outlines the ROI of thorough incident investigations, covering emergency response to post-incident interviews. Additionally, it introduces an Investigation Evidence Gathering Matrix.

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Logistics Evolution: Some Interesting Trends

LandLink

The exponential growth of e-commerce is fueling significant changes in Logistics from order fulfillment to packaging protocol, line haul and final mile delivery. And the demand will only go one direction.directly north. To be prepared for what is to come, logistics managers need to think in terms of systems that they can leverage today to make processes more efficient, while also anticipating the longer-term developments that will reshape tomorrow’s possibilities.

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Commerce and NRF report mixed February retail sales

Logistics Management

Commerce reported that February retail sales dipped 0.1% from January to February at $492.0 billion, while seeing a 4.0% annual gain. NRF reported that its retail sales data, which excludes automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants, saw a 0.3% seasonally adjusted gain from January to February and a 4.4% annual gain.

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How to Handle Seasonal Demands in the Fashion Industry

Apparel Logistics

The fashion world experiences significant seasonal changes like few others. Summer sees consumers searching for bathing suits, tank tops, and shorts, while sweaters, scarves, and coats surge to the top of style wish lists in winter. As the seasons change so do the trends, with fashionistas demanding different looks from one year to the next. Handling seasonal demands can be difficult, but you can meet and even exceed your apparel customers' expectations with the right strategies in place.