The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2023

Nicole Glenn and Joe Lynch discuss building a company a network. Nicole is the Founder & CEO at Candor Expedite , a critical expedite service provider as well as a white-glove B2B company. About Nicole Glenn Nicole Glenn founded Candor Expedite in 2017 after more than two decades in the transportation brokerage business, with a vision to build the smartest and most efficient freight business that delivers on its client’s promises.

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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

JANUARY 5, 2023

Amware Fulfillment welcomed many new associates this past year, dozens from the same manufacturing plant in Wilmington, MA. Here's our interview with one of those warehouse associates, Rob Ott.

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Shipsta

JANUARY 30, 2023

Changes are on the horizon – especially for freight procurement teams. 2023 might be when shippers finally shift from a reactive to a proactive approach to start managing the industry challenges. To do so, leveraging new future-proofed technologies becomes a matter of make or break.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2023

ARC Advisory Group’s Global Warehouse Automation Research study is now complete and available for purchase. The research process includes an analysis of large amounts of information and interviews with executives from numerous warehouse automation providers; and concludes with the publication of ARC’s research study. I provided a glimpse of the study content in an article in October that lists the top 20 warehouse automation suppliers , based on ARC’s estimates of 2021 revenues.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2023

We all know the saying: the more things change, the more they stay the same. Every December for the past four years, we have asked members of our Indago supply chain research community — who are all supply chain and logistics professionals from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies — “What is the likelihood of the. Read more. The post Supply Chain And Logistics: What Will Stay The Same In 2023?

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Logistics Management

JANUARY 31, 2023

With a 1.8-cent increase, the national average came in at $4.622 per gallon, following an 8.0-cent increase, to $4.604, for the week of January 23. That was preceded by a 2.5-cent decline, to $4.524, for the week of January 16.

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Freightos

JANUARY 26, 2023

As of this morning, Freightos is a public company trading on Nasdaq with the ticker CRGO , taking the next step in our journey to make global trade more efficient with the world’s global freight booking and payment platform. Congratulations to our team and our investors on this exciting milestone. Not many startups ever get to become public companies.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 10, 2023

John Ferguson, chief executive officer of TBM Consulting Group, discusses the importance of Taiwan to global semiconductor production, and tells how the supply chain would be impacted by China invading Taiwan.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 9, 2023

Infor is one example of a supplier that offers both advanced visibility and supply chain planning. There is a vintage television commercial for Reese’s Peanut Butter cups. One character says to another, you got chocolate in my peanut butter.” The other responds, “no, you got peanut butter on my chocolate.” The two then conclude that peanut butter and chocolate are better together.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 23, 2023

In a 2015 LinkedIn post, Meg Whitman, the former CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, said that “Every company is a technology company.” I agree with Ms. Whitman, especially with how she’s defined it — that across every industry, IT strategy is now business strategy, and that speed of execution will define winners and losers. This. Read more The post Technology’s Role in Transforming the Logistics Industry appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Food Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2023

A bi-weekly blog where managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant asks industry experts about various topics developing in the supply chain field. Today's talks about new compliance and regulations in freight.

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Logistics Management

JANUARY 5, 2023

With worldwide shortages and supply chain disruptions, companies have changed how they source and manufacture parts and finished products. The Reshoring Institute studied and compared global labor rates around the world—and what follows are the high-level results of a study comparing labor rates in 13 different countries.

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Trinity Logistics

JANUARY 13, 2023

Building relationships in business is the number one way a freight agent can succeed. Relationships are the key to success as a freight agent. You may think this concept is nothing new, but now COVID has changed the way we meet people and build those relationships. Gone are the days when you could walk into many companies and catch someone in the hallway or bring them lunch; many offices and buildings aren’t even open to visitors, and the person that you need to speak with works remotely.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 31, 2023

While every organization tracks key performance indicators (KPIs) on some level, this data is rarely correlated with key risk indicators (KRIs).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 2, 2023

Passenger searches for her luggage inside the Southwest terminal at Los Angeles International Airport. In all, Southwest has canceled about 15,700 flights since winter weather began disrupting air travel on December 22, far more than other airlines. A week after severe winter weather wreaked havoc on holiday air travel across the United States, other major carriers were back up and running.

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NGT News

JANUARY 16, 2023

Nikola Corp. is moving its battery manufacturing from Cypress, Calif., to its manufacturing facility in Coolidge, Ariz. The move, which the company expects to complete by early Q3, brings Nikola’s truck assembly, fuel cell power module assembly, and battery module and pack production under one roof, and includes battery line automation geared toward improving quality […].

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Food Logistics

JANUARY 2, 2023

As demand continues to rise into 2023, competition and costs will be top trends in food delivery, putting pressure on food delivery providers to be more efficient with delivery.

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Logistics Management

JANUARY 9, 2023

Our annual gathering of freight transportation industry analysts reveals some common themes, largely around the notion that rates are not likely to increase much—if at all—in some modes and will continue declining in others. Does this mean things are stabilizing?

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Truck News

JANUARY 16, 2023

Hi. My name is David, and I love ELDs. I feel much better now that I got that out in the open. What’s interesting is that there are many drivers these days who don’t know why the ELD mandate is a big deal. They have never known a trucking job without the tattletale units in […].

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 4, 2023

Chief procurement officers have allocated time, resources and money to supplier diversity initiatives but they’re still insipid. Here’s a better way to grow your diverse supplier pool — and your ROI. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2023

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to speak with Chad Collins, CEO of Körber Supply Chain Software. Chad and I discussed the widespread labor constraints impacting warehouse operations across North America and Europe. I told Chad that I believe warehouse labor constraints will continue for extended time, and that warehouses must actively manage with this in mind.

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NGT News

JANUARY 4, 2023

Cenntro Electric Group Ltd. is premiering five all-electric commercial vehicles, including the LM864H, a Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell vehicle; the Logistar 300, an all-electric Class 3 van; and the iChassis product line of three open-platform, fully programmable vehicles designed for automated and autonomous driving. The LM864H is a 6×4 semi-tractor representing Cenntro’s first entry […].

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Food Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2023

Transitioning much of the burden from manual processes to automated tools enables companies to pivot and adjust to the broader economy's known and new impacts.

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Logistics Management

JANUARY 5, 2023

AMR deployments have been gaining ground to address labor availability issues. Fleets often start small in pilots and add robots over time, but how do you get to a better system? Success factors include proper solution scoping, RaaS options, integration platforms, and may involve software to orchestrate multiple AMR fleets.

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Truck News

JANUARY 12, 2023

Most people are aware of the dangers of drinking and driving but don’t realize that drowsy driving can be just as fatal — and likely happens more often than we think. Like alcohol, fatigue slows reaction time, decreases awareness, impairs judgment, and increases the risk of a crash. If you’ve ever been tired and driven […].

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