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A New Era in Transport Logistics with Big Data and Self-Driving Trucks

Logistics Viewpoints

It will be difficult to fill all these positions as the profession isn’t very attractive: There is very little flexibility in the working life of a truck driver, and the pay is bad. This requires complete transparency across all steps and events along the entire supply chain. Which truck should be used for transportation?

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How To Keep Your Automated Trucks Running Smoothly

Logistics Business Magazine

STILL, the Hamburg-based intralogistics provider, is systematically expanding its service concept and will soon be offering fast and flexible on-site service for automated trucks. “With this in mind, maximising the availability of our products in customer applications is a high priority, for example through fast and flexible service.

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LogiMAT ’24 Has Your Back

Logistics Business Magazine

Exhibitors from nearly every sector of the industry are coming to LogiMAT 2024 to present their latest products and solutions for ergonomically optimized intralogistics processes, healthy workplaces, and injury prevention. The intralogistics industry has not been spared the ravaging effects of demographic change and labor shortages.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

A notable example of greenwashing is when McDonald’s introduced paper straws to reduce plastic pollution. With Apple’s big event last week, the company claimed that the new Apple Watch will be carbon neutral. Unless the new Watch has been designed to suck CO2 directly from the atmosphere, he jokes, it’s not actually carbon neutral.

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5 Big Themes from RILA’s LINK2019 Conference

Stord

Retailers are hungry for supply chain innovation Attendees flocked to the innovation showcase stage presentations on Tuesday afternoon to hear companies give five-minute pitches. Roadie presented its “on-the-way” delivery service that uses extra space in passenger vehicles for flexible shipment options.

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Kimberly-Clark’s Digital Transformation of Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

This was an online event. Weisenberger’s presentation particularly interesting was that while Ms. A hot load occurs when an outbound truck heading to a customer’s site is held at a shipper’s distribution center because some of the inventory on the arriving truck is needed by the customer. What made Ms.

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The 4 Ps of Logistics: An Overview of the Model for Success in Shipping

MTS Logistics

Product The P for product can simply refer to the product itself or can be present in more subtle ways. For example, a company’s logo, the name of the company, packaging designs and methods, services provided, etc. Let’s briefly go over the Ps as well as the newest of the Ps. It is basically whatever is being sold.