Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Often times at Logistics Viewpoints, we like to look to the future and highlight the key trends that we see in a given market, or make predictions about what technologies will emerge as game changers in the new year. Just last week, my colleague Clint Reiser wrote an article about the top logistics and supply chain conferences to attend in 2024. While we look ahead to the future, I think it is also important to look back on the year that was.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2024

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt of a research report published recently, “Transportation Pulse Report 2024 – Prepare for Dark Clouds on the Horizon.” The research, conducted by Adelante SCM and commissioned by Transporeon, highlights several supply chain and logistics trends that will impact and transform the industry in the years ahead and why.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 10, 2024

January is National Blood Donor Month in the U.S. The month was proclaimed in January 1970 by Senate Joint Resolution 154 to pay tribute to voluntary blood donors and encourage new donors to join. Blue Yonder associate Kathy Machacon, who has been donating blood and platelets for 20 years, shares why she continues to donate. In this time, her donation center estimates she has saved over 400 people!

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Supply Chain 24/7

JANUARY 10, 2024

In this blog post, Pivotree will explore the importance of aligning your omnichannel commerce operations with your supply chain and outline six key transformative benefits. This will help with supply chain optimization by having e-commerce incorporate supply chain visibility.

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The Supplier Relationship Management Playbook is your guide to building effective supplier partnerships that drive supply chain excellence. This playbook equips supply chain professionals with strategies for managing compliance, tracking performance, and fostering collaboration to reduce supply chain risks. Inside, you’ll find: Strategies for Compliance: Best practices to help meet regulatory standards.

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IT Supply Chain

JANUARY 10, 2024

By Anurag Lal (pictured) CEO at NetSfere The post Why You Need Robust Administrative Controls to Deliver Security & Compliance in Mobile Messaging appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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IT Supply Chain

JANUARY 10, 2024

By Chris Longstaff (pictured) VP of Product Management, Mindtech The post Decoding Gen AI and Synthetic Data: Which Comes Out on Top? appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Locus

JANUARY 10, 2024

In today’s fast-paced retail world, efficient shelf replenishment is crucial. Maintaining well-stocked shelves goes beyond convenience ; it’s key to customer satisfaction, streamlined operations, and profitability. We’ll look at four strategies to optimize shelf replenishment, reducing stockouts, improving inventory management, cutting waste, and boosting productivity.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2024

Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech kicks off our 2024 series with two acquisition announcements related to multiple supply chain providers. Included providers in this update are Sphera and SupplyShift , along with Optilogic and Insight, Inc. Sphera Acquisition of SupplyShift Sphera , a provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and risk management software and consulting services has announced the acquisition of SupplyShift , a supply chain sustainability

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Supply Chain Management and Analytics

JANUARY 10, 2024

As we are winding up another year full of disruptions and opportunities, businesses are already hard at work planning for the next year and beyond. Both in the budgeting and the S&OP processes, Demand Planning is usually the starting point and plays an essential role in establishing a resilient planning process. Many planning organizations have … Continue reading "Resilience in Supply Chain: AI-Driven Probabilistic Demand Planning" The post Resilience in Supply Chain: AI-Driven Probabi

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

Ocean Container Rates Soaring. Walmart Covering Dallas with Drones. Supply Chain Control Towers.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2024

Michael Caney and Joe Lynch discuss eliminating freight fraud. Michael is the Chief Commercial Officer of Highway , a freight-tech company that identifies who’s really hauling your freight to reduce fraud and supercharge your digital bookings. About Michael Caney Michael Caney is a keen strategist and visionary leader with a demonstrated track record for driving transformational change that has helped early-stage freight tech companies and mid-market 3PLs accelerate growth and achieve scal

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

Vacancies Up, but Rates still Up Sharply

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 10, 2024

The National Roadway Safety Strategy showed that roadway safety planning improved for over 70% of the U.S. population while funding for safety improvements went towards 4,515 intersections.

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Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. If you’re frustrated with the complex and manual processes for obtaining bids for your contract and spot freight, you’re not alone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs. Join this exclusive webinar with experts from Uber Freight to learn how the latest digital tools and automation can transform your freight procurement strategy by strea

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Supply Chain 24/7

JANUARY 10, 2024

Packsize has the solution to meeting your e-commerce business needs by showing how to upgrade your packaging warehouses.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 10, 2024

When tech companies began offloading their reverse logistics businesses, industry giants with physical capabilities were waiting, eager to see if they could deploy those capabilities in-house.

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Tecsys

JANUARY 10, 2024

New digital ecosystem effectively combines the elegant Shopify front end with the sophisticated Tecsys order management orchestration back end, providing a scalable platform for efficient omnichannel commerce.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 10, 2024

Many retailers have started charging a returns fee, but research suggests this is causing shoppers to switch, with 49% being less loyal to brands that charge for returns.

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Pursuing product portfolio management excellence empowers organizations to unlock the full potential of their offerings. This comprehensive guide unveils 10 essential keys that serve as the building blocks for success.

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Saleswarp

JANUARY 10, 2024

Thinking about expanding your business? Multi-location fulfillment is a solution for scaling up your business as your customer orders grow. Incorporating multiple fulfillment centers increases your storage capacity and bridges the gap between products and customers, enhancing the overall shopping experience. However, managing multiple locations can become a logistical nightmare.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 10, 2024

Instead of buying at current levels the ministry is asking state-owned Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd. to lease out empty underground storage to refiners and global oil majors.

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2024

Supply chain management is undergoing a seismic shift. Professionals must adapt to an age of swirling change, breakneck technological advances, and customers demanding more. The old status quo cannot manage these disruptions in the 2024 supply chain. To get ahead of these tectonic shifts, identifying emerging trends will help you navigate the coming 2024 supply chain changes.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 10, 2024

The strike that was organized by the GDL train drivers’ union from Janaury 10 to January 12 has forced German railway operator Deutsche Bahn to run only stripped-back emergency timetables.

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Enhance your transportation and load building efficiency with our comprehensive guide. Learn to tackle today's supply chain challenges and optimize your approach with advanced planning strategies. This guide covers: Supply Chain Challenges: Discover how transportation planning can address critical issues and improve efficiency. Load Building Benefits: Understand how effective load building can enhance your transportation processes.

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

American Trucking Association Promises a Tough Fight

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 10, 2024

While GenAI has proved to be a valuable tool for enhancing the value of individual contracts, commercial agreements do not exist in isolation.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 10, 2024

Eversource Energy is in exclusive negotiations to sell its 50% stakes in the developments to a “global private infrastructure investor,” it said January 8 in a statement.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 10, 2024

The U.S. is on track to cut greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 40% by 2030 when compared to 2005 levels if the country does not make any other changes.

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Measuring innovation success is critical yet challenging for organizations, often leading to confusion over which KPIs to use. Many rely on inappropriate metrics borrowed from other departments, wasting resources and overlooking valuable opportunities. This guide outlines why innovation metrics are hard to track and offers a framework for creating effective KPIs.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 10, 2024

Alibaba.com said that the Smart Assistant tools for global sourcing will help small business owners discover new commerce opportunities, stay up-to-date with market trends and track orders.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 10, 2024

BIMCO says record deliveries could push container fleet above 30 million TEU in 2024, with another 3 million TEU scheduled to be delivered 2025-2026.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 10, 2024

Harbor Locker said that its Public Marketplace Locker Network is the world’s first on-demand locker marketplace offering users 24/7 access to products as well as robot deliveries.

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