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America’s Largest Small Truck Network with Alex Winston

The Logistics of Logistics

Alex Winston and Joe Lynch discuss America’s largest small truck network. Alex is the President of Expedite All , Americas largest small truck network, with over 9,000 vehicles ranging from cargo vans to straight trucks. About Alex Winston Alex Winston is the President of Expedite All and Reefer Van Network.

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Consortium plans cross-European truck charging network by 2030

DC Velocity

A coalition of industry groups in Europe has unveiled an $11 million plan to establish a comprehensive European charging network for electric trucks by 2030, according to an announcement from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.

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FedEx to close 30% of package facilities as network integration ramps up

Freight Waves

package distribution facilities within two years under its Network 2.0 Management aims to improve the efficiency with which FedEx picks up, transports and delivers packages by integrating the legacy Express and Ground networks, with the ultimate goal of removing surplus capacity and $2 billion in annual costs. FedEx Corp.

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Outpost adds four more shared terminals to freight network

DC Velocity

Outpost, a Texas firm that provides a national network of shared truck terminals and fleet yards, today said it has acquired four more freight terminals around the country, as part of its ongoing deployment of $500 million to expand its national network. Recent tariff policy changes reflect just how quickly the supply chain can move.

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Reducing Global Lead Times To Improve Customer Experience At Becton Dickinson

For this reason, BD Biosciences aimed to optimize its global supply and distribution network to reduce delivery lead time to customers and optimize its global inventory. Product lead time is crucial in the life sciences industry and represents a key consideration for customers’ purchasing decisions.

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Beyond LTL & Truckload: The Expedite All Approach to Smaller Truck Solutions with Mike Ernst

The Logistics of Logistics

He has held leadership roles such as Vice President of Linehaul & Central Dispatch Operations at Yellow, Director of Network Operations at YRC Freight, and various operational and sales leadership positions with both YRC Freight and Roadway Express over the course of his well established transportation career.

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OneRail’s Winning Strategy for Final Mile with Bill Catania

The Logistics of Logistics

Bill is a start-up entrepreneur focused on developing and commercializing real-time technology networks. Catania also founded digital coupon pioneer M-Dot Network, the first-of-its-kind retail POS-to-cloud transaction engine, powering the real-time redemption of digital coupons at grocery checkouts throughout North America.

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New Buyer's Guide for Supply Chain Network Design

Many companies are looking to redesign their supply chain network to lower costs, improve service levels and reduce risks in the new year. To do this, teams are finding that they need to perform network assessments more regularly and in-house. The Current Technology Landscape: Perceptions on network design technology.

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Buyer's Guide for Supply Chain Network Design Software

Network design as a discipline is complex and too many businesses are still relying on spreadsheets to design and optimize their supply chain. As a result, most organizations struggle to answer network design questions or test hypotheses in weeks, when results are demanded in hours. The current technology landscape.

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Supply Chain Network Design: What Are Your Options?

Speaker: Paul van Nierop, Senior Supply Chain Consultant, AIMMS

Is your organization becoming more mature when it comes to designing your end-to-end supply chain network? This webinar shares: What is supply chain network design? The main network design technologies and their pros, cons, and capabilities. A short demo of AIMMS Network Design.

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The Essential Supply Chain Network Design Tooling Checklist

Dedicated supply chain network design software is fuelled by intuitive scenario analysis capabilities on the front end and powerful mathematical optimization on the back end. Answer 10 relevant questions and find out if your needs qualify for advanced network design & scenario modeling technology.

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Webinar on Demand: Resilient Supply Chain Network Design

Speaker: Bhomik Jain, Paul van Nierop & Aanand Pandey

Are supply chain networks resilient enough to weather the storm? Watch this webinar to learn about our research findings in the realm of network design and optimization, and uncover the capabilities you need to build resilience and agility. Companies around the world are struggling to cope with COVID-19 disruption.

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Supply Chain Network Design: The Ultimate Use Cases eBook

Explore the most common use cases for network design and optimization software. Creating a strategic digital twin (digital representation) of your supply chain network. Network design for risk and resilience. What's inside? Scenario analysis and optimization defined. Modeling your base case. Modeling your base case.

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New Research: The State of Supply Chain Network Design in 2022

This report explores how the state of supply chain network design has changed – including how the tools, maturity models, and market demands are transforming the network design practice. This report is useful if you are interested in: Exploring new network design insights and capabilities. Industry benchmarks.

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Supply Chain Network Design Use Cases; From Lowering Cost to Going Green

Speaker: Aanand Pandey and Catalina Perez

Creating a strategic, digital twin of your network. Evaluating the potential of M&A, and rightsizing your network following an acquisition. In 30 minutes, we’ll cover the supply chain challenge(s), how AIMMS Network Design solved them and the business outcomes and benefits. Dealing with abrupt changes in demand.