Bringg

JANUARY 24, 2019

Automating your delivery operations chain is critical if you want to meet the new status quo for customer experience while maintaining profitability. Here’s why. Recently, we wrote about the ways in which rising customer demands are redefining last mile delivery across multiple industries. Shoppers today are demanding an unprecedented level of control over when, where, and how they purchase and receive goods and services.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 24, 2019

Over the past several years, companies have been incorporating sustainability in the supply chain, thanks in part to younger consumers who place a higher premium on environmentally-friendly practices. In fact, according to a Nielsen study, 81 percent of global consumers feel strongly that it’s a company’s duty to help improve the environment, making “going green” a must for many organizations.

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Kuebix

JANUARY 24, 2019

Being a truck driver is an underappreciated profession. There are nasty stereotypes and the general public often show a lack of respect to truckers when they’re on the road. Driving a truck is often considered to be a “last resort” profession, even for a culture built proudly on the backs of blue collar workers. This […]. The post 5 Reasons Being a Trucker Should Earn More Respect appeared first on Kuebix.

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AIMMS

JANUARY 24, 2019

Tata Steel is one of the world’s largest steel producers. In fact, it’s very likely that Tata Steel plays a role in your life today, by providing raw material for the car you drive, the house you live in and the roads you drive through. The company was established in India as Asia’s first integrated private steel company in 1907. Today, the steel manufacturing leader has an ambitious digital transformation agenda and is leveraging AIMMS technology to optimize operations in its home country.

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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 24, 2019

Many fleets are looking to their parts suppliers and manufacturers for help developing just the right part tracking and ordering schedules for their operations.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2019

A new safety vest from Amazon allows robots to detect warehouse workers from farther away and change its route to avoid them.

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Fleet Owner

JANUARY 24, 2019

Contractors, dump truck drivers and material producers use the cloud-based TRUX platform to take advantage of LA’s booming construction market.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2019

It’s a good idea to be ready for when the government shutdown ends.

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Government 113

Fleet Owner

JANUARY 24, 2019

Beyond training, rewarding people for good habits is an effective way to ensure safety compliance.

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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

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Logistics Management

JANUARY 24, 2019

Freight shipment and spending levels showed improvement from the third quarter to the fourth quarter, following a trending down from the second quarter to the third quarter, according to the most recent edition of the U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index, which was released this week by Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank.

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AIMMS

JANUARY 24, 2019

Tata Steel is one of the world’s largest steel producers. In fact, it’s very likely that Tata Steel plays a role in your life today, by providing raw material for the car you drive, the house you live in and the roads you drive through. The company was established in India as Asia’s first integrated private steel company in 1907. Today, the steel manufacturing leader has an ambitious digital transformation agenda and is leveraging AIMMS technology to optimize operations in its home country.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2019

Matt Anderson, Director, Logistics-as-a-Service at BluJay Solutions , discusses how to mitigate additional costs in transportation. Podcast version (click to play): The post [Video] How to Mitigate Additional Costs in Transportation appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Matt Anderson, Director, Logistics-as-a-Service at BluJay Solutions, discusses how to mitigate additional costs in transportation.

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Morai Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2019

Experts say that supply chains must move from adoption to digital transformation if they want to improve efficiencies, operations and take their businesses to scale. For the North American transportation supply chain and logistics industry, last year saw a widespread adoption of digital technologies. Predictive analytics proved beneficial to providing end-to-end visibility of supply chains, and ensuring efficiency with on-demand deliveries.

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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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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2019

Signode Industrial Group has introduced a tray packaging solution featuring the H. BÖHL orbital stretch wrapper and Loveshaw Little David Case Sealer SP-304.

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Fleet Owner

JANUARY 24, 2019

Recommendations are due February 8, 2019.

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Logistics Management

JANUARY 24, 2019

This month we spoke with Rich Sherman, senior fellow at the Supply Chain Council of Excellence at Tata Consultancy Services.

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Fleet Owner

JANUARY 24, 2019

VanBuilder is free for all Work Truck Solutions network dealers.

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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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Freightquote

JANUARY 24, 2019

Learn more about the freight shipping trends expected to impact the industry through 2019.

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West Coast and California Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2019

The three states that border the Pacific Ocean are home to 48 million people, with the states just slightly inland adding millions more to the population of the “Western U.S.” With such a sizable chunk of the U.S. population residing in these Western states, West region distribution is a vital part of the supply chains of companies whose products originate in the Central and Eastern U.S.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2019

We are witnessing one of the most interesting times in the development of logistics. Shippers and Carriers alike are working towards creating, innovating, and performing all out (and much needed) overhaul of the way we look at delivering packages. Online and legacy retailers both are encouraged to work with their logistics partners to not only overcome the upcoming challenges but to find bold new approaches to compete as well as survive.

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Transporeon

JANUARY 24, 2019

Carrier capacity fluctuations: What’s being done to help shippers? Imagine you could see which carriers have empty capacity close by on your day of loading. Then without having to take any action, you could discover which ones belong to your designated carrier pool. It would be simple to invite those carriers to quote on your transport. And because accepting your conveniently located order would reduce their empty miles, those carriers would be able to lower their rates.

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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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WorkWave

JANUARY 24, 2019

Time To Read: 4 minutes 18 Years of Change and Consistency. It had been eighteen years since the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Residential Expo (AHR Expo) was last held in Atlanta, Georgia. Much has changed in 18 years, both for the city of Atlanta and the show itself. In 2001, the show hosted 1,297 exhibitors, demonstrating the newest products and technologies over 395,000-square-feet of exhibit floor.

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World Food Programme Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2019

It is surprising to hear stories of Venezuelan migrant children that haven’t eaten an apple for years or never saw one before. Dylan Parra takes one of the apples that came inside the food kit. Photo: WFP/Paola Solís. I’ve eaten apples all my life. I’ve always seen it in supermarkets and stores the whole year. In fact, the apple is the second most produced fruit in the world after the banana.

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MercuryGate

JANUARY 24, 2019

The post Empowering Customers with Collaborative Visibility Webinar appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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World Food Programme Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2019

Training led by the World Food Programme (WFP) in the Southern Africa region expand the options for emergency response Aerial assessment of Mozambique floods using drones, January 2019. Photo: INGC / António José Beleza When tropical cyclone Desmond hit the north coast of Mozambique on 22 January, 2019, roads in the fourth largest city Beira became rivers, the ground floors of homes and stores were submerged, and cars floated away.

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Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2019

Mills CNC is a business quite literally at the cutting-edge of engineering technology. As the exclusive distributor of Doosan machine tools in the UK and Ireland, the company supplies over 450 new machines a year to the market from an extensive range of hi-tech cutting equipment, covering everything from CNC lathes and turning centres to horizontal boring machines and multi-axis mill-turn centres.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 24, 2019

This month we spoke with Rich Sherman , senior fellow at the Supply Chain Council of Excellence at Tata Consultancy Services. He is an internationally recognized thought leader and author on trends and issues across supply chain management. Sherman was the first supply chain research director at AMR Research (now part of Gartner ), and helped develop the SCOR model and the Supply Chain Council.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2019

Linde Material Handling will deliver several hundred industrial trucks to BLG Logistics, an international logistics service provider headquartered in Bremen, Germany. Almost a third of these trucks are pallet stackers equipped with energy-efficient lithium-ion batteries. Maximum delivery reliability is the be-all and end-all in the automotive supply industry.

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