Insight Into Action

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Trump and Brexit have brought international trade to the fore in recent years. Yet, while the tenets of free trade and the rise of globalisation may appear under threat, there remains plenty to be excited and encouraged by in world trade. At the Institute we’ve often spoken of the need to protect and enhance a rules-based order of trade between nations and international businesses – one that encourages fairness and clarity for exporters.

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Morai Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The future of retail is growing increasingly reliant on digital technologies, which will place significant demand on transportation supply chains. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2017 retail sales hit a record breaking $5.7 trillion USD. By 2020, global retail sales is expected to rise to $27.73 trillion USD. Statistics also reveal that last year, ‘an estimated 1.66 billion people worldwide purchased goods online’.

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DC Velocity

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Drivers, hourly associates in transport division can make up to $1,500 for successful referrals, company says.

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Bringg

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Last week, Dotcom Distribution launched their annual eCommerce study. They surveyed over 1,400 online shoppers to analyze their habits, preferences and expectations. The report suggests that customer priorities are shifting, moving away from things such as the use of gift-like packaging or prioritizing fast deliveries over product quality. In fact, the three main things customers are concerned about today are time, experience and quality.

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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.

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DC Velocity

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Artificial intelligence seen as tool for generating more accurate forecasts, Symphony RetailAI says.

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Fleet Owner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Beyond Point A to Point B and even adjusting for situations in real time, fleets can factor in data of all kinds in their commercial routing systems to make the process smarter and more adaptive.

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Material Handling and Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Companies have "a moral and economic imperative" to invest in retraining and continuing education for their employees.

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DC Velocity

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

GPA's executive director outlines plan to raise capacity from 5.5 million TEUs.

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Fleet Owner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

For a business that relies on a fleet of vehicles and drivers to keep the business running, safety is everything. Keeping an eye on every driver and every vehicle is impossible— especially since there’s only one of you and you can’t ride shotgun with each of your drivers.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Businesses trust material handling equipment (MHE) providers for automated guided vehicles (AVG), conveyors, robotics, sortation, storage and beyond. Top to bottom, material handling manufacturers outfit warehouses with the latest and greatest. This goes beyond automation hardware—on the back page of a MHE provider’s RFP, you can often find a warehouse control system (WCS) bundled into the deal.

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Fleet Owner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

With truck products already accounting for one-quarter of its sales, the component supplier plans to accelerate CV growth by expanding into connected services.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Improving e-commerce platform use for business-to-business (B2B) shippers is an integral step to meet growing demand in the world of e-commerce. E-commerce is expanding at an annual growth rate of approximately 19 percent, but actual growth rates could easily exceed this margin. Unfortunately, this will lead to tightening capacity and additional problems for small and midsized businesses (SMBs).

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Fleet Owner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has extended the comment period on potential changes it is considering to the Hours of Service (HOS) rules. The deadline for comments was this Monday, Sept.

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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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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Pick ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. This post by Daniel Martins from GEODIS’s blog discusses how startups and innovation are disrupting the supply chain landscape, and how there’s always a new idea or opportunity around the corner.

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Fleet Owner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Growing your business is exciting. But growth can complicate your processes, especially when you manage a mobile workforce. Verizon Connect offers a solution that helps simplify every part of your day—helping you work smarter.

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Logistics Management

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Logistics Managment's Jeff Berman recently talked to Echo Global Logistics CEO Doug Waggoner on a wide range of industry topics, including the freight economy, technology, last-mile logistics, and ELD, among others.

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Fleet Owner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Often with indirect spend items, you use multiple suppliers to purchase similar items, thus losing buying power.

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The unfortunate truth is that you will always have low stock and backorder issues with your supply chain. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be prepared to handle them. This brief video explores some of the primary drivers of inventory issues – and how modern technology and best practices can mitigate these issues and ensure a superb customer experience.

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Kane is Able

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

In our “Dispatches From the Road” feature, the KANE Blog will periodically publish interviews with our drivers – the men and women who live and breathe the transportation topics we often write about. In our latest installment, we interview KANE driver, Andre Chollette.

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Fleet Owner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

This promotion caps a year of pay increases for the “elite” fleet drivers.

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Transporeon

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Shippers are feeling the effects of scarce transport capacities in the market. The driver shortage is affecting available transport capacities. Regularly since Q3 2017, many shipping companies have been confronted by transport scarcity – a problem they’ve never known before. From one day to the next and despite long-term contracts and fixed transport rates, shippers are seeing transport orders refused even by carriers that have reliably transported their freight for years.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Carriers in the trucking industry are still adjusting to the growing pains of the federally mandated electronic logging devices (ELDs) following implementation deadlines earlier this year. For many carriers, even with deadlines in the rearview mirror, there is still confusion around the details of the mandate. Even those who are fully intent on cooperating may not be confident that they are in full compliance, or which specific aspects of their operations even need to be in compliance. .

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Your Roadmap to Smarter Spend Management in 2024 Geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges will stick around in 2024, but don’t despair. There are strategic opportunities to leverage AI-powered technology and digital toolsets to overcome these hurdles more effectively. GEP experts in nearly two dozen critical categories guide you in the right direction in our annual comprehensive resource — GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024.

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Logistics Manager

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

A.P. Moller-Maersk has announced that effective October 1st 2018 Seago Line, MCC and Sealand, will see the brands adopt the name Sealand – a Maersk Company. The three intra-regional carriers of A.P. Moller-Maersk will look to build upon their common strengths and value propositions with this new integrated brand. Mr. Bo Wegener. The company says that the rebranding will reduce the complexity towards customers thanks to a simpler brand identity, raise the visibility of product offering and focus

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Airfreight Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

German air cargo carrier, Lufthansa Cargo recently handled the world’s first dangerous goods shipment via the INFr8 platform for an electronic Dangerous Goods Declaration (eDGD) at Germanys Frankfurt Airport. The air cargo carrier has been an integral part of the development and establishment of the global eDGD standard, which is a part of the e-freight initiative, launched by the IATA.

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Logistics Manager

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Thailand’s industrial segment has developed significantly over the past several decades and has become well-known as a manufacturing base for a variety of industries. Thailand offers great potential which has led it to increasing investment from leading automotive producers. However, some of these factories may already have locations in other countries and are in need of relocation.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Gebhardt European Conveyor Systems Ltd has welcomed six apprentices who will be based at its Nottingham headquarters. From the six placements, three are studying fabrication and welding, two are focused on electrical and controls and one apprentice will be working in finance. Each of the students is on a three-year placement with day release from college.

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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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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways, today announced a much-anticipated refresh of its global freighter network that will be implemented commencing 1 October, 2018, marking a key milestone in its strategy to simplify its route network and maximise freighter-to-bellyhold flows. This means redeploying freighter capacity on core trade lanes that connect its hub in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and select global markets in Asia, Europe and the United Sta

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Snow Beer, described as China’s leading brewer of the world’s best-selling beer with more than 90 breweries, has started to implement FuturMaster demand planning software to help increase profitability and customer service levels across its network of 35,000 distributors. The fourth largest brewer in the world, Snow Beer said it’s deploying FuturMaster’s supply chain planning solution to “support the company’s transformation towards a digitised and intelligent supply chain.”.

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The United Arab Emirates is an important trade hub with a robust economy. TIR offers huge potential for improving transit connectivity between ports and borders with free zones and integrating them into the global logistics chain.?The UAE’s strongest trading partners are India and China – both part of the TIR network – reinforcing the potential for the transit tool to transform trade along these corridors.?.

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