Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Halloween is in the rearview mirror and Black Friday is on the horizon. As such, retailers and logistics providers are gearing up for the annual holiday logistics crunch. The National Retail Federation (NRF) has stated that holiday spending is expected to be healthy even with recent inflationary challenges, and it forecasts that holiday retail sales during November and December will grow between 6 percent and 8 percent over 2021 to between $942.6 billion and $960.4 billion.

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Fleet Owner

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Virtual events have become commonplace and can be great, but there's no replacement for the amount of knowledge you can gain from in-person industry events.

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Supply Chain and Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Richard Butcher has written an interesting article on the large quantity of excess containers floating around the world today. Many of these containers are plugging up the yards of major and minor ports, causing longer delays in cargo handling.

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Logistics Management

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Learn how location intelligence can help you build a predictive supply chain to improve shipment and asset visibility.

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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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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The dysfunction of parcel shipping in recent years is enough to make a logistics manager seek relationship counseling. Not from a therapist, but from someone more like Dean Maciuba, Managing Partner USA at Crossroads Parcel Consulting.

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Fleet Owner

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

A better product mix and pricing power more than doubled the manufacturer’s North American EBIT in Q3, but there’s still lots of 2023 uncertainty as customers decide between higher financing costs and higher maintenance costs for aging fleets.

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Logistics Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The LTL industry is retrenching — what does it mean for shippers?

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Professional truck drivers are experiencing app fatigue, the growing exhaustion of too many mobile applications available at their fingertips. .

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United World Transporation

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

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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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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Scooter Sayers and Joe Lynch discuss horseshoes and LTL. Scooter is the President at Sayers Logistics , a boutique LTL-based transportation consultancy that helps 3PLs, shippers, and technology providers to develop best practices, reduce costs, optimize solutions, seize opportunities, and penetrate new markets. About Scooter Sayers. Scooter Sayers graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and a Master of Business Administration.

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Shipsta

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

With spot rates below the long-term prices, declining port congestion and surplus cargo capacity, shippers are sitting in the driver’s seat position this tender season. Some companies have decided to postpone their tenders to keep playing with spot rates. But going to market without locked capacity for the sake of getting lower prices is a risk not all shippers are willing to take.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

DC operations in many companies are becoming more complex and changeable, with new business requirements, which are now coupled with new forms of modular automation and robotics. There are also many companies in the industry who have grown successfully and organically, that are still operating as they did when they were much smaller, simpler entities.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

As we near the end of 2022, supply chain and logistics executives are busy preparing their strategies, plans, and budgets to deal with the inflation, uncertainty, and risks that are clouding the year ahead. One key objective for dealing with these challenges is improving supply chain resilience, which includes improving supply chain visibility capabilities and.

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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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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Josh Allen and Joe Lynch discuss Tive’s validated, real-time visibility for pharma. Josh is CRO at Tive , a leading provider of real-time supply chain visibility insights that help logistics professionals actively manage their in-transit shipments’ location and condition. About Josh Allen . Josh Allen joined Tive in April of 2022 as Chief Revenue Officer to build out the go-to-market team as the company continues to scale at a rapid pace.

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Logistics Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The session addressed the current freight railroad environment, which has received a fair amount of shipper attention, due to the ongoing rail labor negotiations and service-related issues, among others topics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Digital Twin from Infor Nexus Drives Supply Chain Agility. When it comes to driving supply chain agility there are several solutions that are important, but the key solution is a Multi-enterprise Supply Chain Network (MSCN). A multi-enterprise supply chain network platform provides network-based order fulfillment applications and/or advanced network-based supply chain risk analytics.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

“We need to know what is going on with sheep.” So wrote the 9-year old daughter of former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in her notebook, according to a tweet posted by Pai. Then comes this story from China, as reported by The Daily Mail, about “a flock of sheep [that] has been caught walking round. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (November 18, 2022).

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Dawn Salvucci-Favier announces Greenscreens.ai funding round with Tiger Global. Dawn is CEO & Chief Product Officer for Greenscreens.ai. About Dawn Salvucci-Favier. Dawn Salvucci-Favier is the CEO and Chief Product Officer at Greenscreens.ai. She has spent the past 20 years leading Global Product Strategy & Management at major Transportation Management System (TMS) providers.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Redwood Materials Inc., the battery recycling company, has reached a deal to supply Panasonic with billions of dollars in critical battery components that will be produced in the U.S. for the first time. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

This is our last weekly news roundup before for the Thanksgiving holiday. It’s hard to believe that we are getting ready for stuffed turkey, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie. So, what does the 2022 Thanksgiving holiday look like? In a recent NielsenIQ survey, 91 percent of consumers indicated they are planning on celebrating US Thanksgiving this year with a majority (83 percent) either staying at home (59 percent) or local (24 percent) (within 50 miles of their home).

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Inefficient. Unproductive. Expensive. Dark spots and data gaps in the supply chain are more than annoying. They’re costly, time-consuming and result in high amounts of extra effort. With inflation running rampant and unexpected events around every other turn, productivity and efficiency in the supply chain have never been more important. After all, dark spots and.

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Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

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Trinity Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Trinity Logistics, a leading third-party logistics (3PL) company, is proud to announce its earned recognition as a Top Company for Women in Transportation by the Women In Trucking Association for a fourth year. . The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) is a non-profit organization with the mission to encourage the employment of women in the trucking industry, promote their accomplishments, and minimize obstacles faced by women working in the industry.

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Logistics Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Various reports issued this week indicated that FedEx Freight, the less-than-truckload (LTL) subsidiary of Memphis-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider FedEx, will begin furloughing employees early next month, in order to be in line with lower-than-expected levels of demand.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The new generation of consumers is changing demand patterns, making them more unpredictable than ever before.Succeeding under these conditions begins with three simple changes.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Pick” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. In this recent post from SAP’s blog, Xuan-Yen To highlights the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) passed in Germany (which.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It is no secret that the manufacturer and distributor sectors have been some of the hardest hit by the global health crisis and recent geopolitical instability. In many cases this has forced decision-makers to take a step back and reassess the bigger picture and implement changes where necessary to meet the growing need for agility and resilience. At the center of many of these changes is a re-tooling which has seen the integration of key digital technologies designed to help businesses cope wit

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Logistics Management

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Oberman described 2022 as a “demanding year” for the STB, due to the pending Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger, as well as he termed a “service meltdown” by Class I railroad carriers, which he said had been brewing long before the onset of the pandemic.

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Commercial Carrier Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Daimler subsidiary Torc Robotics gave CCJ a memorable ride inside one of their autonomous Freightliners this week in Albuquerque, New Mexico where the truck proved impressive when reacting to a risky driver.

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