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How Zero-Emission Refrigerated Grocery Deliveries Are Slowly Becoming a Reality

United World Transporation

It’s no secret, trucks release a lot of emissions as they keep the supply chain moving. However, as technology gets better, the reality of a zero-emission Class 8 truck has gotten closer. Now, the future may really be here because Albertsons just proved that a refrigerated grocery truck could be a zero-emission vehicle. Continue reading below to find out how zero-emission refrigerated grocery deliveries are becoming a reality.

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What You Should Know About LTL Tracking

GoShip Blog

We’re all familiar with those handy tracking numbers that come with our online orders. Simply enter a code, and you’ll see the whole journey of your package! Right from the moment you “add to cart” and until it reaches your doorstep. But does the same rule apply when you need to track a bigger delivery? Less than truckload (LTL) deliveries are more complicated than your average parcel shipping service.

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Port Congestion Surcharge, is it the New Norm?

ShipLilly

Congested traffic of ships at a port. Port congestion is leading to delays and in some cases a surcharge. This article explores the implications of the port congestion surcharge and the possibilities of avoiding or minimizing it. Container shipping charges are high enough as it is without adding avoidable costs. As the shipping industry has grown, port capacity has not always caught up in time in the last 10 years.

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When Order Fulfillment Automation Does, and Doesn’t, Make Sense

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

If you’re looking for interesting soundbites about automation, look no further than Elon Musk and Austin Powers’ Dr. Evil. The first soundbite: In discussing early efforts to mechanize Tesla’s production line, Elon Musk concluded that the automaker had “ automated some pretty silly things.”.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain sustainability is a higher priority than ever. In MIT’s State of Supply Chain Sustainability 2021 , 80% of executives surveyed said the pandemic either had no impact on their commitment or increased it. PwC reports that almost half of assets under management are held by investment firms committed to decarbonization. Investor concern about material risks from climate change have created new reporting frameworks, such as those by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) an

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3PLs Keep on Truckin’

Food Logistics

The e-commerce boom catapulted the 3PL market into the spotlight, but implementing automation and employing driver safety and recruitment programs help trucking companies keep on truckin'.

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Are You Hesitant to Make the Move to a TMS?

Trinity Logistics

If you work in logistics, you’ve likely heard the term TMS before. TMS is the acronym of a transportation management system. A TMS is a software program that allows you to manage your entire supply chain, including your internal logistics department, suppliers, warehouses, carriers, vendors, etc. Having a TMS for your supply chain can help provide your company with greater visibility, better reporting, and improved performance through automating many manual processes.

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Kimberly-Clark’s Digital Transformation of Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

Driver dwell is a key source of driver dissatisfaction and contributes to the driver shortage. Earlier this summer, FourKites held a Carrier Visibility Summit. This was an online event. One of the speakers was Abby Weisenberger, a distribution consultant at Kimberly-Clark. What made Ms. Weisenberger’s presentation particularly interesting was that while Ms.

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Industrial real estate in short supply—much like the products it stocks

Logistics Management

Faced with product shortages, today not only are shippers looking to replenish shelves, but the movement from just-in-time inventory management to safety stock arrangements is causing an uptick in storage needs.

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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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3PLs Keep on Truckin’: Finding and Retaining Drivers is Key

Food Logistics

Jeff Jackson, SVP of operations, Penske Logistics, details why the biggest challenge right now in the supply chain is labor.

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A Coming of Age for the 'Digital Thread' in Smart Manufacturing

Supply Chain Brain

Initially spearheaded by the military aircraft industry out of a desire to improve the performance of future programs, the digital thread has emerged to become the technical foundation of Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 31 – August 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

For the US Women’s National Soccer Team, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were supposed to be another Gold Medal event, as it entered with a 44-match unbeaten streak. That streak came to an end in its first match, a 3-0 loss to Sweden, which happened to be the last team to defeat the US. And while the team still advanced to the knockout stage, its run ended with a hard-fought bronze medal victory over Australia.

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Nationalize the railroads?

Logistics Management

In the 1980s, it was the granting of 48 state authorities by the ICC that opened the trucking and airline industry to competition. This could work for rail—not just local reciprocal switching, but national reciprocal trackage rights might enable competition over shared lines. Let’s reimagine rail.

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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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Happening Now: Import surge may last into 2022

West Coast and California Logistics

As 2021 has had its share of supply chain challenges – particularly related to container imports – we all are looking for the light at the end of the tunnel and a semblance of normalcy.

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100 Great Supply Chain Partners of 2021: It Takes a Team to Win

Supply Chain Brain

One thing’s for certain, in this otherwise entirely unpredictable world of supply and demand: companies looking to succeed in commerce today can’t do it alone.

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The U.S. Supply Chain Needs You!

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chains around the country are in great need of warehouse and transportation workers. Just last month I noted that warehouse labor productivity was hindered extensively by COVID-19 and that 80 percent of ARC’s warehouse survey respondents anticipate an increase of order throughput volumes in 2021. Furthermore, COVID-19 exacerbated the existing shift from retail store purchases to e-commerce transactions, with a 32 percent increase in 2020 US e-commerce sales, according to the US Census Bur

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Q2 industrial real estate activity points to tight market conditions, reports JLL

Logistics Management

JLL observed that the combination of leasing and construction activity in the quarter helped drive industrial real estate momentum, with market availability extremely tight, due to all-time low vacancies and new market-high rents. What’s more, she added that as steel shortages and fluctuating prices continue, there has been a minimal impact on the construction pipeline, which saw 69 million square-feet delivered in the second quarter.

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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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Happening Now: Impact of Driver Shortage on Drayage Ops

West Coast and California Logistics

While everyone is familiar with the current driver shortage, many overlook the fact that drayage operations are affected by this shortage just as much as long-haul, LTL or other modes of trucking.

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Know Your Supply Chain KPIs – Procurement

Logistics Bureau

Whether you’re planning to benchmark your supply chain or simply trying to improve how you measure its performance, it makes sense to know a little about the most commonly used KPIs for each supply chain component. While some supply chain KPIs will provide a broad and high-level picture for end-to-end performance monitoring, others enable more granular insights into specific functions.

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Carmakers’ Chip Crisis Isn’t Getting Better, Suppliers Say

Supply Chain Brain

In late July, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said things were getting better for automakers suffering chip shortages that have shuttered plants and crippled production. Not that much better, it turns out.

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Spin-off of GXO Logistics from XPO Logistics is a done deal

Logistics Management

As expected, the long-awaited spin-off of GXO Logistics from Greenwich, Conn.-based freight transportation services provider XPO Logistics was made official today. This move was originally announced by XPO in December 2020, when XPO introduced its plan to seek a spin-off of its logistics group as a standalone publicly traded company split it into two separate publicly-traded companies on the New York Stock Exchange—with one focused on global contract logistics [GXO Logistics] and the other focus

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GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024

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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Getting Started with Scenario Modeling in Supply Chain Network Design

AIMMS

The post Getting Started with Scenario Modeling in Supply Chain Network Design appeared first on AIMMS.

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Supply Chain Risk Management : The Challenges Driving Increased Interest in Managed Service

GlobalTranz

Any discussion on supply chain risk management and applying managed transportation to help prevent risks from coming to fruition is incomplete without touching on the pandemic to overcome supply chain disruption. Let’s take a closer look at an examination by Industry Week , “Beyond the immediate impact on PPE Suppliers and Raw Materials for Hand Sanitizers, the pandemic gave a view of the degree to which many manufacturers were vulnerable to suppliers.

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Schumer Puts Infrastructure Plan on Path Toward Passage

Supply Chain Brain

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer moved to wrap up a days-long debate on a $550 billion infrastructure package, setting up the Senate for a Saturday vote to approve the largest infusion of cash for roads, bridges and other domestic projects in decades.

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Spot truckload loads see slight decline, reports DAT

Logistics Management

DAT reported that the number of available loads on the spot truckload freight market increased 0.3%, and the number of available trucks, for the week, was off 1.2% on a sequential basis. The firm explained that while spot market truckload rates usually see a seasonal dip following the July 4 holiday, that was not the case this year, with rates remaining high throughout the month.

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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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CPAP recall leaves truck drivers with sleep apnea between a rock and a hard place

Overdrive Online

After a recall of millions of Philips CPAP and BiPAP devices due to potential health risks associated with using the devices, truckers with sleep apnea are faced with the choice of continuing to use the devices or parking their trucks.

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6 Easy Ways to Cut Supply Chain Costs

Logistics Bureau

Every cost reduction must, however, be evaluated in terms of local and overall impact. Here are 6 ways to reduce Supply Chain costs without impacting customer service: Related videos on this topic have appeared throughout our website, check them out: Omnichannel Retail and the Cost to Serve Online Customers. An 8-point Guide to Understanding Your Cost to Serve.

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A Venerable Fashion Retailer Embraces Modern Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Brain

Fashion label Marc O’Polo sought to eliminate manual data management and lay the groundwork for an omnichannel retailing strategy, in support of both stores and online sales.