Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2021

The SVP of Supply Chain at Walmart speaking at Blue Yonder’s virtual user conference. This new infrastructure will allow the retailer to expand ecommerce assortment while reducing both shipping time and cost. The store omnichannel services include pickup at store, ship from store, and digital pharmacy fulfillment options.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The interview occurred during athe FourKites Visibility 2023 user conference on September 7th in Chicago. And at last week’s FourKites Visibility user conference, the tech pioneer reported investment in a different form of artificial intelligence, Generative AI. I attended my first Visibility conference in 2020.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

Since ProMat is focused on automation, I thought it would be sensible to focus my discussions on Manhattan’s warehouse execution system (WES) that is complementary to the Manhattan Automation Network – a number of strategic integration partnerships that the company has developed with select warehouse automation providers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 15, 2023

Steve Lewis, the president of GXO Direct, the shared services division of GXO Logistics, spoke at Blue Yonder’s ICON user conference. GXO is the world’s largest contract warehousing provider. GXO Direct operates warehouses across major markets in the U.S. The Direct division serves multiple customers out of the same warehouses.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 22, 2022

In his role Peter leads The Journal of Commerce, the historic New York City maritime newspaper founded in 1827, today a team of specialized business journalists focused on the end-to-end international shipping supply chain including shipping, ports, airfreight, trucking, rail and home delivery, addressed to the needs of shippers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Computer Vision can be used to improve process adherence in the warehouse Flymingo is an Israeli computer vision company that identifies supply chain mistakes in operating processes in existing warehouse camera feeds. They are using a form of AI for image recognition in conjunction with a warehouse management system.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The conference as a whole was fantastic, from the location and networking events to the conversations I had and sessions I attended. The conference did not disappoint. These disruptions occur for myriad reasons, such as factory disruptions in China or ships getting stuck in the Panama Canal.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 6, 2022

Last mile or final mile is perhaps the most important and difficult part of direct-to-consumer (DTC) shipping. Last mile accounts for 41% of the cost of business-to-consumer shipping. 2021 BGSA Holdings Supply Chain Conference. 2021 BGSA Holdings Supply Chain Conference – Welcome Remarks from Ben Gordon. Ben Gordon.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2024

SAP’s user conference, Sapphire, ran from June 3rd through the 5th in Orlando. SAP as part of S/4 HANA stack, also offers a feature-rich WMS known as Extended Warehouse Management (EWM). Within 7 months of selecting Stellium, they had gone live at their first warehouse site. NSK is on track to get payback within 3 years.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

We have certainly seen more focus on women in supply chain over the last few years, and nearly every conference that I attend has tracks dedicated to women in supply chain. A central part of Amazon’s ultrafast delivery strategy is its network of warehouses that the company calls same-day sites. The company’s Supply Chain 3.0

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Tom France, the vice president of distribution at Trane Technologies, gave an entertaining presentation in early October of this year at a FourKites online conference. The equipment they ship is often too large to go in one truck and needs to ship in multiple pieces. They ship to 6,000 dealers on any given day.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

IPL Group specializes in Latin American warehousing and distribution. Panama’s history as a distribution and shipping center dates back to the Spanish colonization, leading to the construction of the Panama Canal, a vital global maritime trade route.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 31, 2023

In his role Peter leads The Journal of Commerce, the historic New York City maritime newspaper founded in 1827, today a team of specialized business journalists focused on the end-to-end international shipping supply chain including shipping, ports, airfreight, trucking, rail and home delivery, addressed to the needs of shippers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 13, 2022

Mr. Amend explained Walgreens’ project in a speech at the Blue Yonder ICON user conference on May 25 th. Secondly, inventory accuracy at stores is never as accurate as inventory accuracy at warehouses. We discontinued it because demand for the service was not there.” But now it was full speed ahead.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2023

Throughout the conference I met with a number of software and hardware suppliers to get a glimpse of what they were showcasing. This will make loadings and unloadings more efficient within the yard and warehouse. The customer can change the shipping address, the timing of the delivery, or cancel the order up until delivery time.

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Kinaxis

MAY 24, 2018

Supply chain skills in high demand, digital twins, disruptive technologies, and other takeaways from the 2018 Gartner supply chain conference. I just returned from the highly engaging and inspiring Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The site was launched in eight weeks. Kinaxis (@Kinaxis) May 15, 2018.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 18, 2022

We were also joined by over 1,500 people from around the world who attended the conference virtually. The theme for the conference was “Ready. This came in the form of unexpected absenteeism at factories, warehouses, and on the road, as well as boats being stuck in ports which created container shortages. and Supply.AI.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 8, 2015

If you are a manufacturing company or distributor, you most likely are using a warehouse or distribution center to make sure you are able to store inventory, replinish store fronts, and easily send goods to customers or receive goods for manufacture or distribution. This is a sign of poor warehouse operations management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2023

I attend this conference every year, but this time, strolling the exhibition floor and surveying the 110+ technology providers’ latest wares, I was struck by a dichotomy. Breaking down those silos was the focus of a panel discussion Rob Haddock and I led at the conference. Here’s his real-world template for going about it.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Each year I go to the Consumer Goods and Technology (CGT) conference where speaker-after-speaker talks about retail/supplier collaboration. It is for this reason that I sit on the back row at most conferences watching, listening, and smiling. The ecommerce customer wants convenient delivery to the home. I am a disbeliever.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

Throughout the conference I met with several software and hardware providers to get a glimpse into what they were showcasing. The data is all anonymous, but retailers can look at metrics such as time to fulfill, pack time, conversions, and ship versus pick-up, to name a few, across hundreds of Active Omni customers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The initiative involves placing RFID tags on packages and wearable devices on employees to eliminate manual scans, reduce misloads, and accelerate parcel throughput in the delivery giant’s warehouses. The average contract cost of shipping a container from China to the U.S. Retailers in the U.S. West Coast was $2,618 as of Feb.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

Target Chief Operating Officer John Mulligan said on an earnings conference call Wednesday that the overstocking that weighed on the company last year was “in the rearview mirror” and that the retailer was turning toward getting fresh merchandise into stores for the fall.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 28, 2019

Here are a few places these themes popped up at the conference and how we can tie them back to a subject we love here at ToolsGroup: supply chain planning. All this complexity can’t possibly tamed even by an army of planners–80 percent of businesses surveyed are now automating processes, and it’s not just in the warehouse.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

For example, when I used to ship ice cream by reefer container to China from the west coast, the time on the ship was 12-18 days. In addition, the warehouses are full and containers are being used for overflow storage. The focus of the conference is on Supply Chain 2030. My reasoning? Containers sit on chassis.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 12, 2017

Maersk Executives Call a Bottom in the Shipping Container Market (WSJ – sub. Amazon cuts free shipping minimum to $25 (Reuters). I remember meeting Karl Siebrecht, co-founder and CEO of FLEXE , a few years ago at the CSCMP Annual Conference not long after the company had launched. It made a lot of sense, but would it work?

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Automation in production facilities and warehouses was already underway, but I think having seen the human workforce out of commission will accelerate that process. COVID quickly took away some popular and very effective marketing tactics including conferences, tradeshows and direct mail. Robots can’t get sick. .

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 21, 2023

Why Multi-Carrier Parcel Shipping Strategies Are Winning in 2022 by Lindsay Schuemann , Marketing Manager at Enveyo Two years. They’re shipping companies. The e-commerce shipping landscape looks quite a bit different from what it did just two years ago. And they’ll make buying decisions based on their shipping experience.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

This was certainly another strange year, but the in-person conferences I usually look forward to were a mixed bag this year. I attended my first in-person conferences and attended a number of virtual ones as well. The FedEx program will accept unboxed, unlabeled returns, then consolidate returned items and ship them back to merchants.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. To accomplish this, we need unique and authoritative identifiers for company entities, warehouses and manufacturing locations.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 10, 2021

Last mile or final mile is perhaps the most important and difficult part of direct-to-consumer (DTC) shipping. Last mile accounts for 41% of the cost of business-to-consumer shipping. 2021 BGSA Holdings Supply Chain Conference. 2021 BGSA Holdings Supply Chain Conference – Welcome Remarks from Ben Gordon. Ben Gordon.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 17, 2025

My goal of consistently writing weekly was short-lived due to back-to-back conferences, but I’ll get back on track this week with two articles. According to Alibaba's announcement, "This will allow SMEs to directly book transparent, cost-effective shipping with a single click." E-commerce continues to grow.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 24, 2023

With an extensive product lineup consisting of reusable shipping boxes, bags, envelopes, and shopping bags, Returnity caters to both enterprise and consumer needs. Addressing the Packaging Problem: Returnity recognizes the challenges posed by excessive cardboard waste in the shipping and delivery industry.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This year the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP26) was held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021. The second Z – Zero emission shipping routes: the Clydebank Declaration. degrees Celsius,” states the Climate Action Tracker.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2017

I’ll be doing both for the first time in a couple of weeks at Seminarium’s Logistics & Operations Conference 2017 (October 18th in Santiago, Chile). Here’s a short video I recorded in Spanish highlighting the topic of my presentation: If you plan to be at the conference, I look forward to learning and networking with you.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 5, 2018

Two-day Shipping Has Helped Double Warehouse Land Prices. That’s because in order to ship goods to customers within a day or two — a time frame popularized by the likes of Amazon that has now become expected — e-commerce companies need to locate their distribution warehouses as close to their customers as possible.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Alexa Heads to the Warehouse (WSJ – sub. Warehouse Space Growing Tighter on Rising E-Commerce Demands (WSJ – sub. So if you can provide warehousing, transportation and/or material handling equipment to support disaster relief efforts, I encourage you to contact ALAN. Alexa in the Warehouse.

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