Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2021

The person who gave the presentation I attended offered the example of a speech by late US President John F. As I explain in a YouTube video on this subject, I recently saw a good example of how a BHAG can galvanise a workforce and make a dramatic impact on productivity. A Compelling Reason to set a BHAG.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

Thomas Wiesmann from BEUMER Group , pictured above, knows which sortation trends owners are following, how they can react to them and where the journey will take them. “This structure change is developing in accelerated time during the pandemic,” says Thomas Wiesmann, Director Sales Logistic Systems at BEUMER Group.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

Drones and its future in supply chain and logistics processes. Which is why a drone took flight from the stage during Ryan’s keynote address at the Descartes Evolution 2017 Conference a couple of weeks ago and broadcast real-time video of the audience as it flew across the front of the hall. Will this include drone deliveries?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 3, 2018

Wehrle and Bazzetta address those questions and more in this short 9-minute video , so I encourage you to watch it get all the details and insights. In addition to improved customer satisfaction, Wehrle shared these examples: The data we’re getting has been hugely successful. Benefits of Real-Time Freight Visibility.

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Freightos

AUGUST 14, 2023

In one example, an employee of Varda, a SpaceX-like company, began to publicly attempt to replicate the study and had over 10,000 people tuning in to watch a live stream of rocks in a furnace. Clearly yields need to improve dramatically for more testing (you’ll see them attempt a heating test in the video). I dove in too.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Is that trend expected to continue? Watch the attached video for the full interview. Trends that were emerging before the pandemic – ordering more online, smaller order quantities, and faster fulfillment needs – accelerated enormously, because customer behavior was forced from going to the store to ordering online.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

Thomas Wiesmann from BEUMER Group , pictured above, knows which sortation trends owners are following, how they can react to them and where the journey will take them. “This structure change is developing in accelerated time during the pandemic,” says Thomas Wiesmann, Director Sales Logistic Systems at BEUMER Group.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 6, 2021

The social network’s increase in popularity has given rise to viral trends, as user-recorded videos spike in popularity dragging certain products along with them. For example, Procter & Gamble relied on its integrated planning system and scenario planning capabilities to respond to regional disruptions during Hurricane Irma.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 5, 2022

ARC analysts have published predictions about supply chain technology trends at the beginning of the year in past years. It’s time to shift the dialog about labor in logistics. Simply stated, logistics jobs need to be more competitive with alternatives. This means that labor must shift from other functions to logistics.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 5, 2019

I remember the first time I saw the video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on MTV, back in the days when MTV still played music videos. I was sitting on the couch with my dad, probably close to 11 at night, and we were both entranced by the sights and sounds of that video. When it ended, I looked over at my dad and said Wow.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2022

The ongoing chip crisis since last year affecting 100+ industries is the best example: supply couldn’t meet the increased demand, which led to rising prices and shortages in computers, cars, and pretty much any other electronics product with chips. Changing trends in lifestyle and impacts on fashion retail.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 22, 2021

Let’s start with an uncomplicated example: Company A is in the business of distributing whiteboard markers. If they are going to understand their cost to serve, they need to know the cost of shipping, for example, the green one to a customer. Let’s take allocation of fixed warehouse costs as an example.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 28, 2021

Eagle Eye Networks, a global leader in cloud video surveillance, has introduced the first-of-its-kind 4G, direct-to-cloud body camera designed specifically for commercial use. The 4G is important, because it gives the user live access to body camera video.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 9, 2018

The best example of a daily logistics is your home, yes, your home, more concretely your pantry. This trend coincides with a technique “Just in Time” or zero stock. Below you can see an interesting video explaining how Toyota apply Just-In-Time concept: Currently we only buy what is going to be consumed.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2018

The focus of our session is “Today’s New Normal” — a discussion about emerging trends and technologies in the industry, everything from e-commerce to blockchain, and what it means for supply chain and logistics professionals. ’ XPO Logistics unveils voice tracking (Reuters). LLamasoft Names Razat Gaurav CEO.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 28, 2022

As Covid-19 has been accelerating the trends from commodity to quality and from one size fits all to customisation and personalisation, high value digital printing continues to accelerate. Take packaging with specialty printing and enhancements as one example, which have more than 46% higher quality perception.

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MTS Logistics

JULY 21, 2021

With the pandemic, video chats have skyrocketed to keep the world running and we are using this technology more than ever now. More and more work and collaboration is taking place in virtual spaces such as chat rooms and video conferencing environments. The digital transformation of MTS Logistics is happening faster than ever!

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In logistics and supply chain management, however, transport and warehousing are the most significant sharing processes thanks to a welter of economic benefits for all parties—and the trend is accelerating despite the dampening effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Example #2: Airtasker. Example #2: Airtasker.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 3, 2018

Due to this standardization the trend of prefab houses took an enormous flight. The divergent parts are made on one fabric plant by for example 3D printing and need to be stored efficiently on divergent warehouses. This prefab development created from a building company a logistics company.

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LandLink

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Artificial intelligence systems can learn, over time, the patterns and trends that are most important. An example is a typical commercial bus route. IoT applications including sensors, video cameras and time keeping technology all gather data throughout the daily route. In this example the desired result is the same.

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Trinity Logistics

JANUARY 14, 2022

Stay up to date on the latest conditions impacting the freight market, curated by Trinity Logistics, through our Freightwaves Sonar subscription. Watch our video instead! If one were to look simply at the volume and tender rejection trends ( Figure 1.1) , it would be easy to assume that rates would begin to decrease.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2019

How are companies leveraging supply chain visibility to deliver business benefits not just in transportation but across other supply chain and logistics functions? Now customer service can log into our system and see what is happening [without having to call logistics],” says Matt. The Maturing of the Supply Chain.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The VP of Supply Chain and Logistics at our house (aka my wife) has been out of the country this week. So, while I count the days and hours and minutes until she gets back, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) Activates For Latest Major Hurricane Of 2018.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

This means supply chain and logistics professionals need to distinguish between more frequently purchased products and the slower-moving products customers are willing to wait for. In a study of logistics providers conducted by Fraunhofer IML, only 36% of organizations reported that they had a clear overall plan for digital transformation.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 5, 2021

Third-party Logistics (3PL) companies are often accused of providing such poor service that their relationships with clients break down. As you’re going through the RFP/RFT process, you need to ensure absolute clarity, so the bidding 3PLs understand the specific outcomes you seek from your logistics outsourcing. We already have 31.2k

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

But before I head out, grab your reading glasses and check out the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: SophiaTX Open Source Platform to Integrate SAP, Blockchain. Here are some more details from the press release, along with an overview video: The platform can be thought of as three components.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

For the world of logistics, and in particular for e-commerce warehouses and postal hubs, the Black Friday period – which coincides with the beginning of the peak season – represents a challenge in the fields of packaging, labelling, sorting and shipping. In England, for example, sales during the month of October 2020 represented 28.1%

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Excessive costs can hide anywhere in your company’s service provision or supply chain functions, including manufacturing, logistics, distribution, and customer service. Let’s examine several possible issues that can lead to profit margin erosion. In short, you can’t. I can think of a few more.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 25, 2022

Japan is a country with many different facets and passions, but it is also one of the world’s birthplaces of e-commerce, with a mature market and well-defined trends. Plus, Japan is a rich country with consumers who, as in the most developed markets, are particularly attentive to the latest sustainability trends.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 28, 2017

For example, companies can now do in days what used to take weeks of programming and customization. . We’re already seeing practical examples of this in supply chain operations, with parcel sorting, product packaging, automated guided vehicles, and robotic lift trucks.

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LandLink

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Most in the logistics industry consider trucking deregulated. For example, a truck driver has 660 minutes (11 hours) of legal driving time during his or her 14-hour “on duty” time. Onboard video monitoring systems, which monitor the road in front of a truck or the driver’s actions inside the cab to detect when unsafe practices occur.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 29, 2015

One example of how the IIoT might also pave the way for increased safety can be seen in the video below: Wearables such as Google Glass could lead to not only improved efficiency, but to increased material handling as well. Logistics Manufacturing Warehouse increase warehouse safety'

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2020

As online retail has become such a massive catalyst for changes in supply chain and logistics thinking and practice over the last few years, I thought it worth greeting the New Year with a brief look at the ecommerce sector and how some of its players have performed in 2019. Is One-Day Shipping a Step Too Far?

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In a Supply Chain Secrets YouTube video, Kieran Hogan says he has been in the industry pretty much his entire working life and hasn’t seen any place yet where this rule—or something close to it— doesn’t apply. Let’s look at an example. These days, more than ever, you need to be smarter and look at trends, seasonality, and changes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Third, what are the big trends in warehouse and transportation management? Below are some key points from our discussion as well as the full video interview. WMS and TMS Trends. For the warehouse, the biggest trend is to maximize the pace and speed to meet customer service level agreements. Global Supply Chains.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 31, 2017

Using third-party social media posts, blogs, videos, and more, supply chain companies can enhance their content marketing efforts by distributing information that is readily available. From blogs to videos to white papers, everyone is trying to stand out and keep things fresh. 82% of marketers curate content. ( IMN Inc. ).

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In this blog, Camcode discusses how collaboration provides supply chain disruption to impact the future of logistics management. Logistics companies today are working with increasingly distributed teams, and that makes tracking critical assets a more challenging proposition. Asset Tracking Provides Cross-Departmental Knowledge.

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