The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2023

Doug is the CEO of Echo Global Logistics , a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services. Prior to joining Echo, Waggoner founded SelecTrans, LLC, a freight management software provider based in Chicago, Illinois. Doug Waggoner and Joe Lynch discuss the year ahead. About Doug Waggoner.

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QAD

OCTOBER 20, 2022

I had high hopes, though, and was cautiously optimistic when I saw the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) was coming back to McCormick Place in Chicago last month. Manufacturing is back and was big and bold in Chicago. Every square foot of all four halls of McCormick Place in Chicago was filled with heavy equipment.

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APRIL 10, 2025

The cavernous halls of McCormick Place in Chicago played host to ProMat 2025, a sprawling testament to the relentless innovation shaping the future of manufacturing and supply chain. ProMat 2025 showcased AMRs performing tasks such as goods-to-person picking, transporting materials, and even assisting with pallet movement.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

FourKites CEO, Matt Elenjickal One of the two leaders in the real-time transportation visibility market is FourKites. The interview occurred during athe FourKites Visibility 2023 user conference on September 7th in Chicago. Finally, the transportation asset is attached once the pallets are loaded. That is fast growth.

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JANUARY 25, 2022

Some key findings: Most respondents (67%) cited end-to-end freight traceability as their biggest pain point when transporting goods. Across Europe, the most commonly used mode of transportation varied widely. He lives in Chicago. We learned a great deal that can help Europe and, in turn, the globe. For the UK, it’s 71%.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2022

Andy is the Founder and CEO of Bahr Transportation , a FTL brokerage, focused primarily on serving the food & beverage industry, in the USA & Canada. Andy Bahr is the Founder and President of Bahr Transportation , a FTL brokerage focused primarily on serving the food & beverage industry, in refrigerated freight.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 19, 2021

Successful Bulk Food Transport with Chris Fish. Chris Fish and Joe Lynch discuss bulk food transport. Chris is the Senior Vice President of Dedicated Contract Transportation by Ruan Transportation which provides Dedicated Contract Transportation, Managed Transportation, and Value-added Warehousing.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 19, 2021

Successful Bulk Food Transport with Chris Fish. Chris Fish and Joe Lynch discuss bulk food transport. Chris is the Senior Vice President of Dedicated Contract Transportation by Ruan Transportation which provides Dedicated Contract Transportation, Managed Transportation, and Value-added Warehousing.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2023

He is a frequent speaker at industry events and has contributed to publications including WSJ, Freightwaves, Inbound Logistics, Logistics Management, DC Velocity, Transport Topics, and Bloomberg. Headquartered in Chicago, they have a diverse and global workforce with offices in various locations worldwide.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 2, 2023

A plane starting in Richmond Virginia might fly to Chicago, where most passengers get off. And while Southwest says they are point-to-point, Atlanta (ATL), Baltimore/Washington (BWI), Chicago Midway (MDW), Denver (DEN), Houston Hobby (HOU), Nashville (BNA), Oakland (OAK), Phoenix (PHX) and St. Then the plane flies to San Diego.

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JULY 30, 2024

However, over-the-road transportation costs remain low. Companies are also making upstream decisions about which inventory to place on transport and opportunities to pivot to higher-priority items. He lives in Chicago. In the past month, imports — both ocean and air — surged as disruptions exacerbated congestion at the ports.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

3) Mode of Transportation : since material flows from one point to another, you need to identify the mode of transportation that you''re currently using. 3) Mode of Transportation : since material flows from one point to another, you need to identify the mode of transportation that you''re currently using.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Ryan is the Vice President, Industry and Growth at Metafora , previously “CarrierDirect”, which is the leading business consulting and software development firm that exclusively serves the Transportation, Logistics and Supply Chain space. Ryan Schreiber is the Vice President, Industry and Growth, at Metafora in Chicago. About Metafora.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Ben serves as CEO for Ruan Transportation Management Systems , one of the largest privately-held logistics firms in the U.S. Benjamin McLean serves as CEO for Ruan Transportation Management Systems , one of the largest privately-held logistics firms in the United States. About Ruan Transportation. About Ben McLean.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 24, 2023

I attended ProMat in Chicago this week. If you’ve never been to ProMat, it’s like Disney World for supply chain and logistics professionals.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 12, 2024

Mike is Co-Owner and Vice President of JKC Trucking , a leader in temperature-controlled transportation industry for over three decades. With over 30 years of experience under his belt, Mike’s expertise in climate-controlled and dry freight transportation is widely recognized.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Ed’s expertise is rooted in sales and growth, and he has served as the Director of Sales at two enterprise transportation brokerages. Ed founded Newtrul on his first-born’s birth date in 2018 after realizing the need for digitization and aggregation in the increasingly fragmented transportation space. About Newtrul.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

We are well into the era of real-time transportation visibility, where shippers and their partners can track freight in real-time across every mode of transport. Your real-time transportation visibility solution can tell you where your shipment is in transit, and the AI built into that solution can give you a highly accurate ETA.

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MARCH 26, 2021

The trial’s goal is to see if the delivery drones will be able to speed up patient response and sample turnaround times while also transporting blood transfusions in a shorter amount of time. The merger would also enable north-south customers to avoid congestion-prone Chicago via CP’s network in Iowa.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Raw materials are in short supply, many manufacturers have temporarily mothballed production lines, transportation costs are rising, and labor is getting tight on our roadways , railways and ocean vessels. He lives in Chicago. The impact? But it’s no formula for long-term success, and not every shipper can afford it.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

Nine years ago, my company FourKites pioneered the market for real-time transportation visibility. We’re currently on the cusp of a big incremental change in the industry’s transformation journey, as the value of real-time supply chain data is increasingly being felt far beyond transportation logistics. He lives in Chicago.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

ProMat 2023 is being held this week, March 202 -23 in Chicago. I spent the full day yesterday roaming the floor and meeting with exhibitors. For those of you that were unable to attend, this article will provide a thorough second-hand experience of a day at this expansive exhibit.

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AUGUST 9, 2022

How do we create systems that allow everyone in the ecosystem, from suppliers to transportation partners to retailers, to be not only more agile and responsive in the face of rapidly changing market conditions, but to be able to predict issues in advance and prevent them? He lives in Chicago.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

This is the portion of E2E that is most commonly referred to as “real-time transportation visibility”. Trane ’s Tom France, Vice President, Global Distribution, Logistics and Transportation, recently stressed the need for E2E insight: “Extend visibility as much as you can throughout your supply chain. He lives in Chicago.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 19, 2013

Today, I spoke at the Chief Supply Chain Officer conference in Chicago at the Eye for Transport event on the results of the research. Cycle Management is Stalled. The only industry that has made progress in inventory management is consumer electronics. When I finished the presentation (the materials are available on slideshare.)

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

And it must integrate with a myriad of internal and external systems such as transportation management, warehouse management, order management, ERP, weather and traffic systems and many more. He lives in Chicago. A supply chain data network needs to aggregate and share data from and with customers and vendors, too. Data integrity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

Build the next generation of supply chain solutions, today The year ahead represents nothing less than a golden opportunity to accelerate the creation of automated, interconnected and collaborative global supply chains that span transportation, warehouses, stores, trucks and more. He lives in Chicago.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2022

As I’ve touched on before in my columns here, the supply chain industry is increasingly turning to real-time transportation visibility platforms to pinpoint where freight is at any point on its journey. He lives in Chicago. The yard is a black hole crying out for visibility.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 24, 2023

Nick received his degree in Philosophy from The University of Illinois and received his law degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Nick ’s operational focus and capacity to find a path forward, no matter the challenge, make his skills indispensable when working on a project, problem, or idea.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 26, 2022

Problems in the transportation and logistics business: Logistics has traditionally been underserved by technology perhaps because of the decentralized nature of the industry – lots of different shippers, carriers, brokers, etc. Uber Freight Opens Chicago Office. Uber Freight Expands into Less than Truckload (LTL).

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Conferences exist for a variety of purposes and supply chain specialties, including cold chain storage, transportation management , omnichannel best practices , and much more. ProMat (NO COST) Dates: April 8 – 11, 2019 in Chicago, IL ProMat is among the nation’s greatest no-cost conferences. GET YOUR COPY HERE. Download White Paper.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

While the supply chain pressures that have built up over the last two years continue to abate as transportation capacity problems ease and consumption shifts from goods to services, newer challenges and opportunities lie ahead. Welcome to A Day at ProMat 2023 ; Clint Reiser ProMat 2023 is being held this week, March 202 -23 in Chicago.

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JUNE 29, 2021

For my company FourKites , quality data is core to everything we offer customers, from providing real-time transportation visibility to a host of more advanced data science-based capabilities, such as our patented methods for predicting ETAs for that freight with incredible accuracy. He lives in Chicago.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

At the end of September, I attended FourKites Visibility 2022 in Chicago, IL. While Bayer Crop Science had a TMS that it was satisfied with, it did span the full footprint of the company’s transportation needs. As the tagline said, I was there to learn, connect, and be inspired. Those were certainly three things that happened.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Last week I attended FourKites Visibility 2023 in Chicago, IL. A disruption in one function impacts all other functions across the supply chain, including supplier management, order management, transportation management, warehouse management, and demand management.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

The value of peer-to-peer learning and networking was evident at last month’s Ryder Innovate conference — “an exclusive gathering of senior leaders in transportation, logistics, and supply chain seeking strategic insight, new ideas, and thought leadership to improve their supply chain and fleet operations.”

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MAY 23, 2023

Warehouse management systems didn’t share data with the transportation management systems, which in turn didn’t share data with the yard management systems. Because the transportation system, order system and fulfillment system are disconnected. He lives in Chicago. Step 1: Unlock the full value of your data.

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