Automotive Logistics

MARCH 12, 2019

After successful initial trials with converted factory vehicles, the company is now testing them in everyday operations. If the entire fleet of factory vehicles across the company’s 16 production sites worldwide were powered by second-use lithium-ion batteries, the OEM says it would “save millions.”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 12, 2024

The Masters has a notoriously unforgiving cut, allowing only the top-50 players from the first two days to advance into the weekend, where most PGA events mark their cut at the top-61. Woods has made 23 consecutive cuts at the Masters, tied with Fred Couples and Gary Player for the longest streak of all-time.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2023

The dominant strategy the IRA employs to lead the clean energy transition is subsidies, which means paying US businesses, households, and even sub-national governments when they make investments that will lead to reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The instances of extreme weather events continue to grow on a yearly basis.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The pandemic halted many supply chains last year, closing factories and stores, and limiting manufacturing and distribution operations. The challenge is to be able to maintain enough warehouse facilities to meet this rapidly expanding market, and have distribution networks that are agile enough to address unpredictable and disruptive events.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The conference as a whole was fantastic, from the location and networking events to the conversations I had and sessions I attended. These disruptions occur for myriad reasons, such as factory disruptions in China or ships getting stuck in the Panama Canal. Last week I attended FourKites Visibility 2023 in Chicago, IL.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 20, 2021

Whether it’s a pandemic, severe weather events, trade disputes and tariffs, economic upheaval, or even unexpected surges in customer demands, you can’t prepare for every eventuality. Large companies with a supply chain risk strategy already in place couldn’t fully cope with the impact of the pandemic.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 26, 2021

Paolo Pompei, President Trelleborg Wheel Systems , says: “At Trelleborg, innovation is crucial to our strategy. Our roadmap not only relies on our own knowhow, but on the expertise and collaboration of promising and innovative companies, making it essential for us to meet with start-ups through events like the EIC Corporate Day.

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Now, That's Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Retailers like H&M can’t meet demand because of delivery delays, Nike cut its sales forecasts after COVID-19 triggered factory closures and Bed Bath & Beyond has faced ongoing shipping challenges. When the pandemic knocked the global economy down in early 2020, factories slowed output or closed.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

To accomplish this, 10,000 supply chain associates worked with 450 global vendors who operate over 600 factories. Achieving agility with a strategy to sell goods in the same region they are produced in, “has never been more important,” Mr. Bailey exclaimed. The company works with 13 ocean carriers and 7 air carriers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 25, 2022

Further, under the provisions of the new legislation, companies’ responsibility extends beyond their own factories, warehouses, stores, and corporate offices to encompass their entire supply chain. Unsafe working conditions. Discriminatory Employment. Environmental degradation.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Regardless of their size, companies are reassessing their global supply chain strategies. and European companies to reevaluate their supply chain strategies. One of the biggest impacts of decoupling in the supply chain is that it helps minimize the impact of unexpected events.

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3PL Links

MAY 9, 2024

This strategy seeks to save expenses, minimize errors, boost operational effectiveness, and expedite response to market demands. The system receives immediate notification of any movement without requiring a manual relay of the event. They ensure the rapid delivery of information to the management system.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 26, 2021

Paolo Pompei, President Trelleborg Wheel Systems , says: “At Trelleborg, innovation is crucial to our strategy. Our roadmap not only relies on our own knowhow, but on the expertise and collaboration of promising and innovative companies, making it essential for us to meet with start-ups through events like the EIC Corporate Day.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Used with a Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) system, manufacturers can digitize the factory to gain insights that will allow processes and workloads to be optimized. This can help to detect possible dangers like temperature fluctuations, power loss, water intrusion, and other potentially damaging events. Supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

planning offers an alternative to swinging the pendulum and as the strategy that provides the supply chain resilience leaders seek. Change can creep imperceptibly, so sometimes it takes a major event to wake us up. Increasing critical parts inventory can be a smart strategy (e.g.

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Logistics in War

MAY 31, 2020

This unforeseen event revealed societal ‘unreadiness’ to severe events, just as it prompted questions about how and for what the ADF was prepared for. As nations closed for business, shut their factories and prevented all travel, the vulnerability of modern-day prosperity – at least from a Western perspective – was revealed.

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ShipLilly

JANUARY 20, 2022

This cycle begins on the 1 st of February until the next event on February 15th. During the celebrations, factories close and workers go home to celebrate with their families. In the weeks prior to this critical event, businesses should be filling as many orders as possible. There will be a public holiday lasting about a week.

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MTS Logistics

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

A prolonged coronavirus outbreak in the area can prevent workers from getting back to work, and even cause temporary factory closures. For shipping lines, these events lower utilization rates and cause higher costs. You may need to prepare them for delays and make adjustments to your advertisement, marketing, and sales strategies.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 7, 2023

They are characterized by the retail strategy of adapting products according to the trends dictated by the consumer in the fastest and most efficient way possible, replacing the traditional model in which designers dictated fashion. The design, the buying, the model creation, the samples and the commercial look are all handled in-house.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptions that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. At these times of the year, you should see less risk to your standard ocean shipping strategy. History can inform how we approach the next significant event.

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CH Robinson Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2021

With the Chinese Lunar New Year approaching in late January 2020, global shippers planned to order stock from Chinese suppliers ahead of the celebration as factories and ports would shut down for two weeks. What they didn’t know is that these ports and factories would remain shut down as the safety restrictions of a global pandemic set in.

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GoShip Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

Unexpected Events or Disasters. Unique and unforeseen events (such as natural disasters) that cause factories, warehouses, and roads to close can cause dry van rates to spike. You’ll need to build an effective strategy based on the right tools, experience, and flexibility. Choosing the Right Shipping Carrier.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Alex Pradhan, Product Strategy Leader John Galt Solutions, told me that “all planning vendors have bold marketing around AI.” That is every machine, factory, DC, mode of transportation, supplier, product, material, etc. Artificial intelligence can also be used in supply and factory planning. Final Thoughts.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MAY 10, 2021

These disruptions are like black swan events which no one can forecast or plan for in advance. It can take years to rebuild factories and get them operating at optimum capacity. Each event – even if it is of the same kind – requires a specialized and unique response.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 17, 2020

These disruptions are like black swan events which no one can forecast or plan for in advance. It can take years to rebuild factories and get them operating at optimum capacity. Each event – even if it is of the same kind – requires a specialized and unique response.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 21, 2022

Primarily this meant increasing inventories as opposed to other strategies like nearshoring. It seems that manufacturers found it much quicker and cheaper to increase inventories than build regional factories. But despite that, recent events have shown that supply chains remain vulnerable to disruption.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 2, 2018

Employees and factory managers need to be equipped with the knowledge and skills that will ensure humane working conditions and fair wages at the point of production. “If Many factories routinely employ illegal techniques to prevent unionization, in violation of local laws. The approach is “pragmatic and careful,” Nordström stresses.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 30, 2020

The companies most likely to emerge strongly from the Coronavirus crisis are those that had diversified their operations and implemented multi-sourcing strategies. After all, nobody knows if it will be a hundred years, or just one or two, before supply chain operators must once again face such a tumultuous event.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The best of the best also differentiate their recruitment strategy – for example, according to generations or potential groups such as newcomers or foreign workers. Executives are also increasingly investigating how they can implement strategies from the circular economy so that fewer goods are destroyed.

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Conger

JANUARY 27, 2023

Automation is the process of minimizing manual labor using machines Automation includes using various equipment and control systems such as factory processes, machinery, boilers, heat-treating ovens, steering, etc. For example, full warehouse automation to support event-driven, mission-critical system delivery.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The adoption of digital strategies is a major feature of new strategies that manufacturers are planning. An ERP system has the capability to process the data produced from sensor devices on the factory floor and in products. The new normal for manufacturers. IM&E companies need to start looking at digitizing operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2021

At AGCO when there is an allocation of supply decision to be taken, there is just one person communicating with a particular supplier and telling them how the tight supply will be allocated among the AGCO factories. The 2017 hurricane season,” Mr. Herzog said, “was a big event on our journey.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 8, 2017

This includes billing, generation of bills of lading, compliance reports and even movements throughout a factory or warehouse floor. Additive manufacturing includes all actions in the supply chain that can enhance existing factory production, if not replace it entirely. Additive Manufacturing –. What Is It?

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AIMMS

JULY 23, 2019

The company operates 7 sugar cane processing factories in Brazil, in a cluster located in the northwest region of Sao Paulo state. Planning cycles in this environment tend to be slow and often, when you reach a compromise on the plan, unexpected events force you to go back to the drawing board.

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ShipLilly

MARCH 5, 2020

2020 carrier strategy. This has been predicted to be the slowest month of the year because of the closure of many Asian factories. As the event approached, many other carriers announced some adjustments to their scheduled journeys. It is also likely that the price of fuel will inform operational decisions.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 16, 2016

Some items sell faster during particular seasons or events. Preventive Maintenance in the Factory. In other cases, this application of predictive analytics in manufacturing could be used to identify equipment manufacturer defects in machines, saving the factory money and stress in the course of conducting business.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 30, 2021

With logistics events in Asia continuing to send shockwaves across western markets, the opacity of Asia’s trucking markets has emerged as a weak link in global supply chains. It’s critical to understand when materials are arriving from our suppliers to our factories across the world.

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