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. Gain a holistic view of your supply chain.

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EazyStock

DECEMBER 13, 2021

These issues have arguably been compounded by container and truck driver shortages as well as global shipping delays. For example, when there is only a day, a week or a month’s worth of stock left, based on the item’s average sales. EazyStock takes a feed of your current stock data and uses historical sales to forecast upcoming demand.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2021

In terms of vehicles, in Australia, we run trucks generally in a clockwise direction around the warehouse. Business benchmarking is seen as one of the smartest management tools around. Sometimes the volume stays the same but the SKUs increase, as highlighted by the following example. 3) Triadic Warehousing. 6) Benchmarking.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 14, 2015

For example, a subtle change in hydraulic pressure may still permit the machine to operate. If human maintenance crews are called, the IoT can provide specifications for what parts need to be replaced, the tools necessary for making the repair, and instructions if the maintenance workers have not had to previously replace this part.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 21, 2015

Everything from sourcing raw materials, manufacturing, to the sales channels which feed supply for a finished product are essential factors. At distribution centers, Walmart uses cross-docking, a process in which product is exchanged between trucks so that each truck going to a retail store has products from different suppliers.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 16, 2020

Food as a tool bringing South Sudan back to life How a road built with the help of WFP connects a community to a new world of opportunities A WFP four-wheel-drive vehicle cruising on the gravel road constructed by Madbai farmers’ group. Farmers plant fruit to feed their families, improve their nutrition and sell.

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The Logistics Academy

JUNE 29, 2017

Drivers carry cell phones in their cars to feed GPS locations to a traffic information and navigation service, which uses the data to detect congestion. LIFT TRUCK NETWORK. But the power of IoT doesn’t lie just in tracking a collection of discrete units, such as lift trucks in a warehouse.

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WorkWave

JANUARY 11, 2021

You could go as simple as putting your logo on a wrap on your truck or invest in a web marketing campaign. For example, restrictions on detergents and cleaning agents, some of which pose health risks, and may be tightly controlled. In terms of marketing, there are a few options. Licensing Your Pressure Washing Business.

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FreightWaves SONAR

AUGUST 14, 2023

But when supply chain leaders tackle these problems with digital tools, they find that resilience and responsiveness often go hand in hand. Here’s a small-scale, tactical example: a truckload shipment inbound to your distribution center is running late.

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Blog on Log

JULY 10, 2006

logistics assets -- trucks, distribution centers, land, people, technology, and anything else that helps cargo move smoothly and efficiently. The Dubai Ports deal was only the latest example of a foreign company accepting a large price tag for U.S. But technology by itself is only a tool. logistics assets.

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Trinity Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

At the end of the day, you still need to match a driver and truck with an available shipment. Technology also helps with carrier vetting through digital applications and API feeds. An example of this is Uber which launched Uber Freight in the U.S. For example, last-mile delivery is very time and energy-consuming.

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Automotive Logistics

JULY 10, 2018

Daimler Trucks’ division in Brazil – Mercedes-Benz do Brasil – has invested 500m reais ($150.6m) in its 1m sq.m plant in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo state, to establish a new truck assembly line and transform its supporting inbound logistics structure. The comprehensive overhaul of operations is part of a wider 2.4

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 5, 2018

Smart fridges and fitness bands are some simple examples. Forklifts and trucks must move the right goods in or to and from warehouses at the right times. Truck fleet activity can be optimised to reduce the miles travelled without carrying useful loads (deadhead miles). Assembly lines must work without fail to make products.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 9, 2019

Challenged by rising freight rates, driver shortages, tight truck capacity, and changing customer demands, shippers are using more technology to work through these and other transportation-centric problems. When shipping inter-company or to a customer, for example, both teams need to know when the materials are delivered. “We

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

Gilmore Says… In a great example of the balance in this book, Sheffi notes the actual evidence of consumer preference for Green products is tenuous at best. In fact, after reading Sheffi’s examples, I’m surprised more companies haven’t been forced to be zealous advocates.

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Automotive Logistics

JUNE 12, 2018

Howard Tenens’ sustainable logistics initiatives have included the use of dual-fuel trucks as well as moves to reduce warehouse energy and waste. They described the DHL tool as “a systematic approach to building resilience in the supply chain and preparing for disruptions by leveraging technology”.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2018

Renesas Electronics, for example, the world’s largest manufacturer of automotive microcontrollers, was forced to cut production by 70%, shifting from its badly damaged Naka wafer fabrication factory in the Japanese coastal city of Hitachinaka to a number of other sites around the company. It’s a path since followed by others.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

An off-cited analysis from McKinsey in late 2017, for example, found automation could destroy as many as 73 million US jobs by 2030, about one third of all jobs in the country. For example, in a story I remembered that we ran in 2014, a company called Parkdale Mills had recently re-opened a factory near Gaffney, SC that now produces 2.5

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Automotive Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

There is a basic imbalance in the number of vehicles that the US imports and exports with its global trading partners, which contributes to ongoing problems involving congestion and limited capacity on hinterland feeder services, something compounded by a lurch in consumer preferences for bigger trucks and away from passenger vehicles (sedans).

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