Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2019

An optimised warehouse is an asset to the logistics market, but with multiple loading docks where goods are being received and dispatched, the workload of warehouse vehicles needs to be considered. Shippers want to avoid traffic congestion to ensure timely dispatch of goods, and carriers want to minimise truck waiting times and charges. Yet with some logistics booking systems not considering warehouse resources, such as the availability of ramps, forklifts, gates and manpower, service is not alw

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DC Velocity

JANUARY 4, 2019

Expansion project will boost container capacity 40 percent by 2020.

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Fleet Owner

JANUARY 4, 2019

As we head into the New Year, I am issuing a challenge to each and every truck driver to do what they can to improve the fuel economy of the trucks they drive.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2019

One of the biggest sources of financial uncertainty in 2019 will be international tariff policy and its impact on product demand. The Sloan School of Management at MIT, gathered together a group of experts for their take on what 2019 will look like. Human Capital Management. Technology will continue to transform how we work. And most studies show that by allowing automation to do the repetitive, low-valued-added task, people are able to move toward innovation and problem-solving.

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DC Velocity

JANUARY 4, 2019

Retailers benefit from last-minute shopping at brick-and-mortar outlets as traffic increases on select holiday shopping days, survey shows.

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DC Velocity

JANUARY 4, 2019

Cruise's self-driving fleet will launch food and grocery delivery with DoorDash in early 2019 in San Francisco, companies say.

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Fleet Owner

JANUARY 4, 2019

Fleet Owner is the information source for trucking, written for middle and upper level managers at commercial truck fleets with five or more vehicles. Its journalists deliver business insights and analysis, breaking news, trends, best practices and research to owners and managers who operate trucks and trailers.

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DC Velocity

JANUARY 4, 2019

FTR, ACT say pattern was expected after busy summer.

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Logistics Management

JANUARY 4, 2019

2018 U.S. rail carloads increased 1.8%, or by 238,857 carloads, annually to 13,640,641, compared to 2017’s 13,401,784. Intermodal containers and trailers increased 5.5%, or 751,217 units annually to 14,472,849.

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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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Fleet Owner

JANUARY 4, 2019

Final trailer orders reached 45,000 units in November, according to ACT Research and FTR.

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Logistics Management

JANUARY 4, 2019

Earlier this week, the United States Senate voted to confirm two new Commissioners to the Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2019

Can you give an overview of GM’s logistics activities in Brazil, and your own responsibilities? The scope of my function in the region is to handle the inbound pieces and materials, such as local inbound flows from overseas to South America. I [also] manage outbound flows from the factories to customers and dealerships. In addition, I am responsible for handling returnable racks and packaging for current and new programmes, as well as purchasing, planning and related business. .

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2019

The largest logistics show in the Benelux, Logistica is back to a bi-annual cycle. It features a strong IT hall. The post Logistica Utrecht appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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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

Logistics Network Optimization Software

247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 4, 2019

The global economy started 2018 with strong, synchronized growth, but the momentum faded as the year progressed and growth trends diverged. Notably, the economies of the eurozone, the United Kingdom, Japan and China began to weaken. In contrast, the U.S. economy accelerated, thanks to fiscal stimulus. According to Nariman Behravesh, chief economist at IHS Markit , growth in the U.S. will remain “above trend,” while other key economies will experience further deceleration.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2019

Greenmodal Transport, a subsidiary of Novatrans, and Dunkerque-Port have joined forces to develop an ambitious and unprecedented combined transport service from Dunkerque. As of January 2019, the multimodal service from Dunkerque will be extended to serve all the major rail hubs in the South of France (Bordeaux, Bayonne, Toulouse, Perpignan, Miramas / Marseille, Lyon and Avignon) and Northern Italy (Turin, Novara, Milan).

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 4, 2019

December 10, 2018 | By Karen M. Kroll. Tags: Retail , Food Logistics , Supply Chain. Food retailers are working to satisfy consumers’ growing appetite for rapid delivery of everything from tomatoes to orange juice. To feed this demand, they’re educating personal shoppers, developing new technologies to handle the last-mile, rethinking distribution networks and inventory planning, and partnering with technology companies.

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Penske Move Ahead

JANUARY 4, 2019

Editor’s note: This story is part of our “50 Stories of People Helping People” series. As we celebrate Penske’s 50th anniversary in 2019, we are spotlighting associates every Friday who are making a difference in their communities. A rough-and-tumble boy who loved wrestling and helping others, Torrin Breneman was determined to give back what childhood cancer had robbed from so many children: their hair.

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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,

Logistics Network Optimization Software

247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 4, 2019

Logistics Management has been covering the ongoing truck driver shortage for years as well as the need for a “youth movement” in the industry, but we’ve yet to draw attention to the growing shortage of talent needed to occupy the mid-and senior-level management positions that we now need to lead more dynamic logistics and supply chain teams. I was surprised to find that according to a survey conducted by DHL late last year of 360 logistics industry participants, 46% ranked finding the mid-level

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Penske Move Ahead

JANUARY 4, 2019

Editor’s note: This story is part of our “50 Stories of People Helping People” series. As we celebrate Penske’s 50th anniversary in 2019, we are spotlighting associates every Friday who are making a difference in their communities. A rough-and-tumble boy who loved wrestling and helping others, Torrin Breneman was determined to give back what childhood cancer had robbed from so many children: their hair.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 4, 2019

Walgreens Boots Alliance has launched a $1 billion cost saving programme that includes division optimisation initiatives, global smart spending, global smart organisation and digitalisation of the enterprise. It has already initiated the global smart spending and smart organisation programmes initially focused on the UK retail business and the retail pharmacy USA divisions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2019

Happy new year and welcome back to the Logistics Viewpoints news round-up. The holiday season was another record breaking year, as customers flocked to the web and to the store for all their gift-giving needs. And for those living near the Dutch coast, an additional round of gifts is showing up. Or should I say washing up. An estimated 270 containers are thought to have been knocked off the Panamanian-flagged MSC Zoe in rough seas […].

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JANUARY 4, 2019

Brewer Greene King has ordered 20 customised drays from Ryder in a continuation of the full-service lease deal agreed last year. The vehicles are 26-tonne six-by-two DAF CF rigids with Don-Bur bodies. They are customised to ensure that the cargo floor is at dray drivers’ waist height rather than at chest height. Greene King operates more than 100 vehicles from distribution centres at Bury St Edmunds, Abingdon and Nottingham.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2019

Today, we wrap up our series highlighting our top blog posts of the year! We always enjoy the end of the year as it allows us to see what our readers really love. That then allows us to create more of that kind of content for our award-winning blog. This year we will feature the top blog posts by page views in the following categories: Manufacturing , Logistics , Freight , and the Supply Chain.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 4, 2019

Gregory Distribution has opened a Heritage Centre in Cullompton to celebrate its centenary. The centre, which has four heritage vehicles used by the business over three generations, was opened by Jack Gregory, who joined the business in 1947 and ran it until 1985, along with his son John Gregory, the current chief executive. Jack Gregory said: “I am delighted to open this wonderful Heritage Centre 71 years after I joined my father Archie in the business.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2019

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing holiday. How did I spend my time off? Allow me to tell you via Bitmojis, which is the main way I communicate with my wife and kids these days: One of my goals for this year is to write a supply chain report completely in Bitmoji. Stay tuned. In the meantime, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon serves up 1 billion items through Prime over holidays (The Mercury News) Swamped With Inventory, U.S

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JANUARY 4, 2019

The adoption of supply chain management (SCM) software grew significantly in 2017, according to research firm Gartner , and the growth is reflected in the performance of the Top 20 vendors in the space. Gartner’s list follows its report that total worldwide market revenue grew 13.9% to reach a total of $12.2 billion last year. Balaji Abbabatulla , research director at Gartner, says Cloud capabilities are driving much of the growth.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 4, 2019

Briggs Equipment is to strengthen its London and South East presence through its acquisition of Hiremech. Left to right: Gary Clements, Rod Smith, Paul Green and Pete Jones. Hiremech will continue to trade under its own name with all existing operational contacts remaining in place. It will represent the Hyster and Utilev fork lift truck brands and have access to Hako and JLG equipment.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 4, 2019

Westons Transport and First Choice Transport have joined United Pallet Network which has coverage on 26 countries and 90 UK members. “We knew when choosing UPN over several other networks that we were joining a quality driven network which would quite quickly become integral to our business moving forward,” said Westons Transport’s Lee Weston. “Our First Choice Transport promise is to help our clients professionally and reliably,” said First Choice Transport’s Bobby Cooper and believes that UPN

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