Talking Logistics

AUGUST 8, 2016

That was the main question I addressed during my keynote presentation at the SMC3 Connections Conference last month, one of the leading events for transportation and logistics professionals. Amazon expands logistics reach with move into ocean shipping (Reuters – Jan 2016). 3 million sellers].

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This sequence of events involves many moving parts, including purchasing, packaging, shipping, and transporting materials to distributors to sell to the end customer. Warehousing and storage. expecting same day delivery, two-day shipping, etc.) Freight forwarding. To help support new customer trends (e.g.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Gracie Myers, a researcher with Research Optimus, writes, “Predictive analytics is being applied toward all facets of business operations and processes to help anticipate events, avoid risks, and create solutions. Organizations can modify how and where they use resources to better prepare for future events. ”[6].

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

As recent events demonstrate, science fiction often turns into science fact. Jason Koebler and Joseph Cox explain, “In the 2015 novel Ghost Fleet , the spark that starts World War III is not a nuclear bomb, but a supply chain hack. Recent events prove, however, that failing to do so can cause serious consequences.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 19, 2016

To be able to deal with tariffs and customs, many supply chain companies have partnered with third-party logistics providers who help them manage in-country transportation, distribution, and warehousing. Revenues, and in turn profits, took a turn for the worse in 2015 due to stagnating volumes and over-capacity.

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

Weather event. West Coast Port Strike Disrupts Shipping Lanes. When a breakdown in labor negotiations led 20,000 dockworkers to go on strike at two of Washington state's largest ports in October 2014, cargo-laden ships were left stranded as the flow of goods came to a halt for six months. Potential Sources of Disruption.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 16, 2017

Moreover, cloud technology enables global access to information, explains Ship Rocket, so companies can ensure continued uptime regardless of local events or issues. Furthermore, the vastness of warehouses also means wearables may be used to identify medical emergencies and call for help if an incident occurs.

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

Weather event. West Coast Port Strike Disrupts Shipping Lanes. When a breakdown in labor negotiations led 20,000 dockworkers to go on strike at two of Washington state's largest ports in October 2014, cargo-laden ships were left stranded as the flow of goods came to a halt for six months. Potential Sources of Disruption.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshoremen Warehouse Union (ILWU) have been operating without a contract since the end of June, 2014. Negotiations threaten to stretch well into 2015, but the ramifications of this could be felt much longer. West Coast Dockworkers Strike/Slowdown.

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FLEXE

APRIL 20, 2017

Between those events, there’s a lot of consumer demand to manage. billion in total spending—up from $68 billion in 2015. According to Forbes , total spend for the 2016 holidays exceeded $1 trillion—almost 4% more than 2015 (a difference of $40 billion). alone, holiday spend increased 8% from 2015. For the U.S.

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FLEXE

APRIL 20, 2017

Between those events, there’s a lot of consumer demand to manage. billion in total spending—up from $68 billion in 2015. According to Forbes , total spend for the 2016 holidays exceeded $1 trillion—almost 4% more than 2015 (a difference of $40 billion). alone, holiday spend increased 8% from 2015. For the U.S.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Back in 2015, Irfan Saif ( @irfansaif ), a principal with Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Cyber Risk Services practice, wrote, “Internet of Things initiatives demand targeted strategies to combat the influx of new cyber risks that will invariably accompany them.”[2] This allows weather events to be seen and reacted to as they occur.

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RFgen

APRIL 15, 2016

The supplies themselves are not the only risks, partners may try to cut corners when it comes to supply chain and warehouse management procedures. The Hapag-Lloyd transportation company reported a 65 percent increase in hazardous cargo mislabeling between 2014 and 2015, according to JOC. Major Disruptive Events.

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RFgen

APRIL 15, 2016

The supplies themselves are not the only risks, partners may try to cut corners when it comes to supply chain and warehouse management procedures. The Hapag-Lloyd transportation company reported a 65 percent increase in hazardous cargo mislabeling between 2014 and 2015, according to JOC. Major Disruptive Events.

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FLEXE

MARCH 28, 2017

Because of this, a simple activity like mapping and visualizing supply chain flows can often spark critical questions such as, “Why are materials sourced from Region A, produced in Region B, then air-shipped as finished product back to Region A?” Citations: 1: LLamasoft 2015 and 2016 Benefit Benchmarking Study.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 3, 2015

An organization can pay a supplier or shipping company in regular intervals and have strict terms for contracts, but all businesses are susceptible to events outside of their control. The more companies involved in a supply chain, the greater chance one of those links will be broken by major local events.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 3, 2015

An organization can pay a supplier or shipping company in regular intervals and have strict terms for contracts, but all businesses are susceptible to events outside of their control. The more companies involved in a supply chain, the greater chance one of those links will be broken by major local events.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

percent in 2015. Is it due to weather, seasonal events or other criteria? Warehouse management teams should store seasonal items in easy picking locations. Inventory workers must track products as they move through the warehouse to ensure nothing gets left behind. Sometimes seasons change.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

percent in 2015. Is it due to weather, seasonal events or other criteria? Warehouse management teams should store seasonal items in easy picking locations. Inventory workers must track products as they move through the warehouse to ensure nothing gets left behind. Sometimes seasons change.

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Freightos

JANUARY 12, 2016

Then, in November 2015, Phil joined Freightos. Accurate event information and exception notification started relatively recently as an expensive value-add that few forwarders could offer and few shippers could afford. Today even small shippers won’t ship unless they can check the status of their shipment.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

” CNN Money Watch, August 12, 2015. With the increases in items and the number of market events, the forecastability–the ability of a statistical engine to pick up an accurate pattern in historical data–is becoming worse. While companies can predict an event, they struggle to predict the timing of an event.

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FLEXE

MARCH 29, 2017

Because of this, a simple activity like mapping and visualizing supply chain flows can often spark critical questions such as, “Why are materials sourced from Region A, produced in Region B, then air-shipped as a finished product back to Region A?”

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RFgen

MARCH 14, 2016

Businesses need vehicles to ship their products and supplies down the street or across the country. Here are a few challenges facing the truck shipping industry and how companies can use data collection technology to respond to and overcome problems: Driver Shortage. Businesses should always have backup plans.

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RFgen

MARCH 14, 2016

Businesses need vehicles to ship their products and supplies down the street or across the country. Here are a few challenges facing the truck shipping industry and how companies can use data collection technology to respond to and overcome problems: Driver Shortage. Businesses should always have backup plans.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

An ironic, and unfortunate, set of events. When I called Mark to tell him that Clorox outperformed for the period of 2009-2015 in the Household Products sector and won the Supply Chains to Admire Award, he commented, “ Lora, I am happy to help. Price and shipping policies should go hand in hand. Companies have portal fatigue.

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Proxima

MARCH 27, 2020

COVID-19 impacted every aspect of Chinese manufacturing and shipping capability. For shippers that imported through 2015, you will recall the massive influx of containers, dray capacity issues, storage shortages, transload constraints, and significant chasis issues. Are you using a shared warehouse with other clients?

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FLEXE

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

More than 14 million barbeques and more than 900,000 tons of charcoal are shipped annually (most during Spring). Often, during seasonal peaks you need additional labor to pick and ship greater volumes of inventory faster. Warehouse managers need labor, distribution and capacity options that are as elastic as possible.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 5, 2015

The forum, an annual event at Kelley in its third year, joins analytics and thought leaders from various industries and firms, including C.H. Management teams and employees are providing enhanced value to customers by combining internal data warehouses with IoT sources to support order optimization, pricing, and capacity decisions,” C.H.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 29, 2015

He published Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage in 2005, which focused on preparing supply chains for catastrophic events. Unprecedented events like the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan rattled global trade and left companies in trouble. I asked Sheffi if he believes that 2015 will be smoother.

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FLEXE

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

More than 14 million barbecues and more than 900,000 tons of charcoal are shipped annually (most during Spring). Often, during seasonal peaks you need additional labor to pick and ship greater volumes of inventory faster. warehouse rents are expected to grow more than 10% over the next three years. As a result, U.S

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Ship Lilly. The blog is run by Lilly and Associates and covers a huge range of topics from drop shipping, outsourced fulfillment, the trucking shortage, U.S.-China More Than Shipping. The More Than Shipping blog is a comprehensive resource for shipping trends, supply chain planning, project and specialized cargo and more.

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6 River Systems

JULY 30, 2020

Managing warehouse inventory, on its face, seems a simple concept: Keep enough stock on hand to fulfill orders, but not so much stock that your warehouse is filled to the brim with inventory that won’t move for months (or years). Is demand likely to increase, decrease or remain the same over the coming weeks and months?

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

With how quickly new technology, tips and warehouse management techniques are emerging, wouldn’t it be nice to take a page from someone else’s book? The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S. The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 14, 2016

From increased affordability and efficiency of the transportation management system (TMS) to the application of Bluetooth technology for superior tracking of product movements, 2016 will be the year in which technology becomes an integral, if not the exclusive, part of the shipping process. However, the rise of the cloud has changed that.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In a 2015 TED talk, Bill Gates warned about the spread of a potential virus and that organizations and governments were not prepared for it. According to McKinsey , the value of goods traded globally has tripled to more than US$10 trillion since 2000, and because of recent events, they are having to re-evaluate supply chain strategies.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 21, 2023

percent, the slowest rate of growth since 2015. The online retailer has further trimmed its warehousing, logistics and facility operating costs. The company recently restarted a shipping service for hosted retail companies that was suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic. Profitability for the AWS unit fell to $5.4

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

After a rough 2015, the first half of 2016 was no different. Demand for ocean freight was lower than anticipated, and Hanjin Shipping, another top ten ocean liner, was already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping. The Maersk Shift: Where it started.

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