Ship Monk

APRIL 23, 2024

The UN World Commission on Environment and Development defines sustainability as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” What Does Sustainability Mean? There are several ways to get certified as a sustainable company.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Earlier this week, FedEx announced a partnership with eight historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to build a pipeline of logistics and supply chain professionals. So after nearly forty years, I say thanks for the memories. UPS Q4 earnings jump 35 percent.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 17, 2024

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024, companies including Hyundai, Nikola , and Bosch presented their most recent fuel cells and hydrogen technology innovations, indicating a potential comeback for this environmentally friendly energy choice. This resurgence might be influenced by the announcement of a $7 billion U.S.

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GoShip Blog

APRIL 8, 2024

The logistics of transporting large, prefabricated sections from factories to construction sites are complex, involving careful planning and coordination. Understanding these logistics is important for manufacturers and builders aiming to streamline operations and ensure timely, cost-effective deliveries.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

These high-quality systems have been meticulously designed to meet the requirements of global and regional customers from all industries and to ensure swift and easy installation. These include logistics, automotive, e-commerce, grocery and retail, which will all be strongly represented at LogiMAT.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 6, 2022

One session that I found interesting was a presentation from Patrick Noonan, Chief Product Officer at SanMar. With the launch of its private label brand, SanMar began product development, sourcing, and working with global factories. SanMar has committed to third party audits for every factory they do business with.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 8, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. While test makers such as Abbott Laboratories, Quidel, and LumiraDX are scaling up production to meet rising demand, boosting test output will take weeks to months. The post This Week in Logistics News (October 2 – 8) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Due to the corona pandemic, logistics has to master its greatest challenges. Innovative technology from DENSO Wave Europe makes logistics processes leaner, faster and more efficient. Logistics is under massive pressure: On the one hand, the industry has good growth prospects due to the corona-related growth in e-commerce.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 19, 2021

The goal is to produce an integrated plan that meets the strategic goals of the overall organization. The goal is to match projected demand over the coming quarters with the ability of the organization to produce products that meet that demand. With a connected plan those effects are made visible to other business functions.

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Dedola Global Logistics

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Though importers were dealing with challenges like widespread power shortages and shutdowns in China and a particularly robust US holiday season, this year presents a new set of challenges. After the holiday, factories can take up to a month to ramp up, and the rush to meet their customers’ demands can lead to quality issues.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 1, 2024

Briggs Equipment , alongside its partners Combilift and FTC Safety Solutions, were able to present a solution that ticked every box, through from operator comfort, advanced fleet management to on-site safety and productivity. I truly believe that this collaborative approach to managing our fleet will be mutually beneficial.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The company is present in 38 nations and has more than 40,000 employees. Mr. Eberle is the vice president of logistics and distribution operations at Molex. Mr. van den Eijnden is the director of global logistics operations planning and systems at Molex. Because of capacity issues, Molex is working with more logistics partners.

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Conger

MARCH 22, 2024

They are often used in industrial applications to transport heavy materials around industrial buildings, such as a factory or warehouse environment. Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are the quiet heroes of the factory floor or warehouse. Here is a quick look at some types you might meet on your next factory tour.

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Conger

MARCH 22, 2024

They are often used in industrial applications to transport heavy materials around industrial buildings, such as a factory or warehouse environment. Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are the quiet heroes of the factory floor or warehouse. Here is a quick look at some types you might meet on your next factory tour.

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Stord

APRIL 26, 2022

This is, in part, a response to factory shutdowns due to COVID-19, like the one that happened in March in tech hub Shenzhen. In terms of reshoring, New Balance recently opened a North American manufacturing facility in Massachusetts, and Intel will invest $20 billion in building two new chip factories in Ohio. Production timing.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2022

Seven technicians maintain and repair machinery at the company’s factory in Alfreton, Derbyshire – which recently took delivery of its tenth injection-moulding machine – while four employees in the toolroom produce and service tools to meet production requirements. “My

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Author’s Note: The following is an excerpt of what I presented recently in a webinar organized by Descartes Systems Group (a Talking Logistics sponsor) focused on “ Delivery – The Moment of Truth.” For the rest of my comments and Brian Hodgson’s presentation, watch the webinar archive.

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CH Robinson Logistics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Feeding on more than 300 plant species, the BMSB often invades vehicles, homes, and factories in large numbers during autumn, looking for shelter over winter. All shipment goods must be packaged and presented in a manner that allows for effective BMSB treatment to be conducted. Minimize delays during BMSB season.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 11, 2023

Exadis, which was already relying on the Infor M3 on-premises ERP solution, has renewed its partnership with Infor as part of its migration to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud using Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise, Infor Factory Track production automation and the ADS solution from Infor’s partner Authentic Group.

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Logistics Manager

JANUARY 18, 2019

The partnership seeks to respond to the needs of our alliances’ customers and entrepreneurs in e-commerce, logistics, and shipping industries. The partnership seeks to respond to the needs of our alliances’ customers and entrepreneurs in e-commerce, logistics, and shipping industries. business environment.

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ShipLilly

JANUARY 20, 2022

For most people, eCommerce is the place to go and that places additional burdens on businesses that must meet increasing demand. . The logistics sector has not had a comfortable ride and the pandemic has shown that there are fundamental aspects of the sector that are ripe for review. Preparing for the recovery after the holiday season.

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Stord

DECEMBER 6, 2022

While the delivery of the items we buy presents a seamless experience on the surface, behind the scenes it is a starkly different reality. Rolling out software across an enterprise is hard enough, but rolling out software across a distributed supply chain with dozens of different logistics providers and manufacturers is nearly impossible.

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Locus

DECEMBER 1, 2021

“The line between disorder and order lies in logistics.” ~Sun Worker shortages have made it challenging for retailers and logistics providers to allocate deliveries to their fleet drivers. With many toys stocked in ports, toy shopping is witnessing a logistical crunch. Power shortage in China. A rise in transportation costs.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2018

A month from now, one of the leading logistics business summits TRANSLOG Connect Congress, with key logistics and supply chain management experts and decision makers from Central Eastern Europe will take place again in Budapest. Furthermore delegates will have the opportunity to attend the AUDI factory in Gy?r More info HERE.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 23, 2020

The statement in full reads as follows: It is clear that COVID-19 presents an ever increasing threat to the health and wellbeing of the nation and all businesses are having to react to an ever changing situation. As matters stand today, we have full supply from our German factories of all Domestic and Industrial Products.

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Material Handling and Logistics

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Ahead of a meeting with China's Xi Jinping at the Nov. There are presently no other viable sources of these inputs outside of China," Mitsubishi executives warned. China's Sungrow, one of the world's biggest manufacturers of solar inverters, announced in April that it was setting up its first factory outside China in Bangalore, India.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

His definition is closely linked to the concept of sustainable development, which the 1987 Brundtland Report describes as ‘‘development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs’’. You get the idea. Example #2: Salesforce.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Digitalization, as an industry trend in the logistics world, has emerged quite late. Logistics, as a whole, is experiencing this wave of innovation in automation and digitalization initiatives. Logistics, as a whole, is experiencing this wave of innovation in automation and digitalization initiatives.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The war in Ukraine, the energy crisis and high inflation in many countries are presenting supply chain managers with major challenges. Additionally, the always present issues of shortage of skilled labour, supply chain disruptions and cost pressure also prove difficult. Supply networks replace supply chains.

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Automotive Logistics

OCTOBER 3, 2018

When announcing the $80m (€68m) Suzhou investment last February, Delphi said the launch would underpin technological developments it is pursuing to meet “diverse local requirements for the Chinese market.”. Its workforce will increase to more than 3,500 in 2019, from around 3,000 at present.

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Locus

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Known to have first been celebrated in universities in the 1990s by single men, Singles’ Awareness Day has grown immensely popular with unmarried people all over China treating themselves to presents. Everything from raw material sourcing, to production to the impact of logistics and supply chain of the said product on the environment.

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The Logistics Academy

AUGUST 18, 2016

The situation is a factor of the way, for multiple reasons, that present supply chains are designed and managed in a somewhat piecemeal fashion, instead of in supply chain totality. Additional channels have increased uncertainties with demands and how to meet and allocate products to satisfy the customer buying options.

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Penske Move Ahead

JANUARY 22, 2024

A new year can bring several unknowns, especially in transportation and logistics, which are navigating increased volatility and operational pressures. Q: How will the three big drivers of truck freight — consumer spending, new construction and factory/industrial output — change? Q: What potential headwinds do you anticipate?

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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. They have fixed machines that enable their production of large quantities of soft same-unit drinks to meet high demands.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 24, 2021

Within the last year, manufacturers have had to cope with supply chain disruptions and the shutdown of factories due to restrictions caused by COVID-19. While China recovered its economy fast, a shifted consumption pattern to e-commerce presented new challenges to the industry. Industry 4.0. Retailer success story: Zara.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 26, 2015

The manufacturing industry still relies on the skills of manufacturing workers, but these skill sets have changed to meet demands of the new era. With the rise of technology and machine-incorporation, their titles, pay levels, and fundamental ideas changed to meet the demand of the manufacturing industry. Where Are the Workers?

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Freightos

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Join the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come as they visit the Xmas supply chain. Production Freight Receiving Purchasing Retail Logistics Production: Santa’s little helpers. With over 1,000 factories already producing hoverboards, Shenzhen is already the ‘hoverboard manufacturing capital of the world’.

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