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6 Critical Success Factors in Distribution Network Design

Logistics Bureau

If you’ve followed our blog over the years, you’ll know that we’ve shared lots of information about distribution network design, why it’s vital to get it right, how long it should take, the importance of reviewing the network every so often, and various elements of design such as determining the number of warehouses and where to locate them.

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Fleet Route Optimisation in the Past, Present, and Future

Logistics Bureau

Over a relatively short period, a transport or fleet manager’s ability to support an efficient distribution network through route and delivery optimisation has shifted from almost nil to almost limitless. Such a system can enable planners to create routes and transmit them directly to drivers via an in-cab display or mobile device.

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Sustainable Home Delivery: A Conversation with Descartes

Logistics Viewpoints

Home delivery and sustainability are two topics that I have written about quite a bit in the last few years, and Descartes just released its home delivery sustainability consumer sentiment study, so the timing seemed perfect. By doing the study for multiple years, you can start to see trends emerging.

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Key Takeaways from Oracle CloudWorld 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

Nevertheless, Mr. Ellison presented a fascinating vision centered on how technology can be used to digitally disrupt a 10,000-year-old industry. At last year’s CloudWorld, Oracle presented their vision for transforming the healthcare industry by applying AI to vast amounts of anonymized patient record data. Uber has an ecosystem.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

The resulting insights enable optimal transport and route management: Which routes within the distribution network should be utilized? For example, last year Germany established the legal framework to enable the introduction of self-driving trucks, And their use is already a reality in some states of the USA.

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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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Is Saint-Gobain Serious About Reducing Their Carbon Footprint?

Logistics Viewpoints

A worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, Saint-Gobain is present in 72 countries with more than 167,000 employees. New acquisitions, for example, won’t lead to a prorated calculation that factors out emissions from the acquired company from the carbon target. In short, this is a complex network.