December, 2020

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How eCommerce WMS Software Can Make the Holidays Bright

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

If you’ve ever watched Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, you may have noticed that Santa didn’t do his own fulfillment. He relied on elves to do most of the picking, packaging and loading. South of the North Pole, our eCommerce driven economy also relies on an army of unsung fulfillment professionals who are working extra-hard to get your orders out the door.

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2020 Airfreight Market Roundup

Now, That's Logistics

Grounded airplanes, shuttered economies, interrupted supply chains, and the introduction of buzzwords like “social distancing” were just some of the key disruptors that took over in 2020, making the year one for the record books—and not necessarily in a positive way. The airfreight market felt its fair share of those impacts as passenger travel was either curtailed or, in some cases, halted completely as organizations stopped shipping goods for a variety of different reasons.

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2021 Predictions for the Delivery and Supply Chain Industry

Food Logistics

There’s no better time to start planning for the future of the supply chain than right now. Here’s what to expect in the delivery and supply chain industry.

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The Lasting Impact of COVID-19 on Global Trade

Talking Logistics

In recent months, we have watched the world come to a standstill globally, forcing individuals and businesses to hit pause as the COVID-19 pandemic has touched every corner of the economy. Reliance on the global market forced international trade teams to evaluate the depth and breadth of lockdowns on their supply chain. The pandemic put. Read more The Lasting Impact of COVID-19 on Global Trade.

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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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Use Robotic Process Automation to Improve Route Planning Performance

Logistics Viewpoints

Despite all of the advances in route planning technologies, most logistics organizations still see a wide discrepancy in the results that their planners produce. Some planners consistently generate route plans that are lower cost, better utilize resources, and deliver the best customer service. Considering that these planners are using the same route optimization technology, how can this be?

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The Logistics News That Shaped 2020

Logistics Management

Group News Editor Jeff Berman believes that these are the stories that best summarize the wild ride of 2020 in logistics and transportation management.

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For Fleet Management, AI and IoT Are Better Together

Supply Chain Brain

The artificial intelligence of things is already forming the backbone of many of today’s commercial transportation systems, especially in fleet safety.

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How Continued Market Volatility is Shaping Supply Chain Strategy

Food Logistics

Shippers that can remain flexible and agile in anticipating and reacting to evolving consumer trends, rather than relying on past seasonality, will be well-positioned for success in 2021 and beyond.

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We need more women in trucking

Truck News

Never have I doubted that women can do the trucking job as well as men, pretty much no matter what job we’re talking about. And there are tons of women in trucking already. Trouble is, at fleets they’re rate clerks and HR managers and dispatchers more often than not, rather than drivers or technicians. They […].

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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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NACFE: Adoption of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trucks Gaining National Traction

NGT News

Hydrogen fuel cell trucks are starting to see real-world use. Their adoption is being driven by regional and national considerations that are much bigger than what exists for trucking fleets, according to Making Sense of Heavy-Duty Hydrogen Fuel Cell Tractors, a recently released guidance report from the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE).

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6 Key 2021 Supply Chain Trends to Watch

GlobalTranz

As the logistics industry prepares for the 2021 supply chain trends, an uncertain future becomes the problem. According to Manufacturing.net: “Supply chains make up an essential aspect of most businesses today, with 70 percent of industry professionals predicting that the supply chain will spearhead better customer service before the end of 2020. So as the year has.read More.

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Truckers push for priority treatment in rush for early COVID vaccinations

Logistics Management

Top trucking executives are pushing Washington for priority distribution and access to vaccines that the nation is hoping will inoculate workers from the ravages of the coronavirus that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans in nine months.

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How AI Is Transforming Global Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Hit hard by the global pandemic and ready to future-proof their operations, companies are deploying AI-enabled solutions that can help them work better, smarter and faster.

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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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Emerson Cargo Solutions’ Real-Time Trackers Protect 3PL Customers’ Fresh and Frozen Shipments

Food Logistics

Emerson Cargo Solutions' GO real-time tracker solution delivers what Choptank teams refer to as the “first line of defense” for protecting their refrigerated loads.

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Educated guesses on Biden’s presidency: Potential return of regs like speed limiters and apnea screening, and a renewed focus on emissions

Commercial Carrier Journal

On emissions, trucking regulations, executive orders, and fleet sentiments — High-level educated guesses at what Biden's presidency could mean. The post Educated guesses on Biden's presidency: Potential return of regs like speed limiters and apnea screening, and a renewed focus on emissions first appeared on Commercial Carrier Journal.

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A Korean Container Shipping Alliance (K-Alliance) set to launch in 2021

Shipping and Freight Resource

As covered in my Shipping and Freight Review of 2020 , the global container shipping market is dominated by 3 major global container alliances consisting of 10 container shipping lines, who together, control a whopping 83.80% of the total container shipping market across various services. The global container alliances, their lines and their market share as of December 2020, is as below.

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Log annotations to avoid hours of service violations — and more from FMCSA Q&A

Overdrive Online

When an annotation might save you a 14-hour-rule violation erroneously written, and much more from FMCSA's hours of service Q&A yesterday relative to the new split sleeper, short-haul/adverse exceptions, and 30-minute break. The post Log annotations to avoid hours of service violations -- and more from FMCSA Q&A first appeared on Overdrive. When an annotation might save you a 14-hour-rule violation erroneously written, and much more from FMCSA's hours of service Q&A yesterday relative to

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How to Create a Blueprint for Fleet Resilience

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,

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With 2020 in the mirror, what does 2021 hold for trucking?

Truck News

The editors at Webster’s really put a bow on 2020 when they officially added “social distancing,” “rapid testing,” and “asymptomatic” to the dictionary. Voting wasn’t even close when “pandemic” was “honored” as the word of the year. I’m as ecstatic as you are to see 2020 in the rearview mirror. My fingers are crossed that […].

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U.S. Sees First Hiccups in Push to Deliver COVID-19 Vaccine

Supply Chain Brain

The first hiccups in the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. included a holdup in delivering 3,900 shots to two states and the announcement that Pfizer would deliver about 900,000 fewer doses next week than are set to ship this week.

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Now is the Time to Re-Evaluate Every Area of Your Business

Food Logistics

This is the time to completely re-evaluate business as usual and “that’s the way we have always done it” thinking.

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ARL Logistics Achieves Day-to-Day Rate Positioning and Value Through SONAR

FreightWaves SONAR

View the Full Case Study. Working as both an asset-based and non-asset-based broker, ARL Logistics unlocks new value, profitability and strong growth by using FreightWaves SONAR. In modern freight management, the word of a broker is an unbreakable bond. And ARL Logistics upholds that commitment with a promise to honor the quote regardless of whether profits are gained.

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Mastering Order Management: Backorders & Out-of-Stock Inventory

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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Thousands of containers overboard in worst containership disaster-ONE Apus

Shipping and Freight Resource

The year 2020 has been disastrous to many in so many many ways with the whole world in a crazy tizz due various reasons – COVID-19, maritime disasters, space and equipment crunch, extraordinary freight rates, and stranded seafarers. But 2020 looks like it is still not done with maritime disasters even as we hit the last month of the year. In the latest maritime disaster, the ONE APUS a 14,052 TEU containership built in 2019 and operating on Ocean Network Express’s (ONE) Far East Paci

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2020 in the rearview: A year of CCJ test drives

Commercial Carrier Journal

A look back at CCJ's test drives in 2020, including two electric models, a new powertrain for Ford F-Series trucks, an innovating mirror system, a commercial van and a new truck and model. The post 2020 in the rearview: A year of CCJ test drives first appeared on Commercial Carrier Journal.

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A Quick Guide to Roles in Procurement

Logistics Bureau

ARTICLE SUMMARY. For small companies, it is usually enough to have one person dealing with procurement but in large enterprises teams of people are needed, all with specific roles to play. For instance, the Chief Procurement Officer will lead the sourcing process, develop the procurement strategy, identify potential suppliers, and manage short and long terms goals.

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To Winter-Proof Your Supply Chain, Consider These Three Factors

Supply Chain Brain

With the first winter weather of the pandemic bearing down across the U.S., shippers are looking to ensure their supply chains aren't further disrupted by freezing temperatures.

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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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Name change only the start of changes coming at Yellow Corp., subsidiaries

Logistics Management

There are operational changes occurring at networks run by long-haul YRC Freight as well as regional subsidiaries New Penn (East), Holland (Central States) and Reddaway (West) and HNRY, its third-party logistics unit. The goal is to coordinate shipments better, and reduce transit times, Yellow CEO Darren Hawkins confirmed to LM.

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Calling out ‘dysfunctional’ trucking regs, OOIDA’s Spencer asks Biden to slot him as FMCSA boss

Overdrive Online

Though OOIDA and its media arm Land Line played the news up big on Monday, and most trade publications (present company included, now) have circulated the announcement, Spencer expressed nothing less than seeming earnest sincerity in his interest in the job. The post Calling out 'dysfunctional' trucking regs, OOIDA's Spencer asks Biden to slot him as FMCSA boss first appeared on Overdrive.

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The Role of Digital in Accelerating Economic Diversification

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

There is no industry in the world that has been unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, for some organizations that had already implemented digital technologies, they were able to pivot their business and ride the waves of change, disruption and uncertainty brought about by the pandemic. Businesses won’t succeed in the new digital age just by providing […].

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