The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 31, 2023

Peter is Vice President, Journal of Commerce, the Maritime, Trade & Supply Chain division of S&P Global , a global data, analytics and business intelligence organization serving sectors including maritime, energy, automotive, petrochemical and financial. He has degrees from the University of Maine and Fordham University.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

Is this true for the supply chain industry? What seems to be clear by now is that the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the vulnerabilities and risks of today’s global supply chain networks. This is also true for states and research institutes through advanced supply chain design and management expertise and capabilities.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? While the industry continues to be rocked by world events, uncertainty has become the new normal. With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 8, 2023

Using Qualle’s technology, supply chains run more effectively, more efficiently, and less greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere. managing freight and drayage trucking operations for enterprise clients like Amazon, Samsung, and Apple. Trucking Companies are able secure the container equipment they need.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 11, 2022

Drew is a Chairman and Co-Founder of Transfix , a market-leading, next-generation freight platform transforming the traditional and digital freight sector while bringing transparency, trust, and sustainability to the transportation ecosystem. About Drew McElroy. Drew McElroy is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Transfix. About Transfix.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides our news capsule update, namely an update on previous developments or commentaries that we have featured on this blog. Additional Headcount Cuts at Flexport Logistics technology provider Flexport announced this week a reported 2 percent added reduction in its workforce.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Drew is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Transfix , a market-leading, next-generation freight platform transforming the traditional and digital freight sector while bringing transparency, trust, and sustainability to the transportation ecosystem. About Drew McElroy. Drew McElroy is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Transfix. About Transfix.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2023

A crowd of nearly 37,000 people flocked to the Javits Center in New York City to see what new solutions and innovations software suppliers had in store for 2023 and beyond. Throughout the conference I met with a number of software and hardware suppliers to get a glimpse of what they were showcasing.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 10, 2024

About Nourhan Beyrouti Nourhan Beyrouti , a seasoned professional with a global footprint, has an impressive track record in branding, corporate innovation, and real estate development, and global logistics technology. Their goal is to simplify logistics for clients and partners, ensuring efficient package delivery and seamless supply chains.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Prior to joining Ruan, Ben assisted companies with mergers, acquisitions, and equity offerings at William Blair & Company in Chicago and the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York. Their Integrated Supply Chain Solutions combine Ruan’s non-asset and asset-based capabilities with optimal technology.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

I hope UPS does the same for communicating the value of networks to supply chain and logistics executives — not just physical networks, but digital ones too. Last week, UPS held an investor conference in New York and the main theme was “Networked for Growth.”

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

Transportation has followed the same evolutionary pattern, moving upstream from day-to-day freight transactions to an integral component of top-level corporate planning and procurement strategy. Going forward, it is vital that shippers analyze their freight spend and if required renegotiate their rates regularly to remain competitive.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 29, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amazon says its prepared for supply chain snarls for holiday season. Gopuff arrives in New York. As the holiday season approaches there are many concerns about the global supply chain. Walmart is rolling out some new delivery options for its customers.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

References to the wild west are being made more frequently as criminal activity increases supply chain woes. s shares tumbled after the nation’s largest consumer electronics chain posted a decline in gross profit margin for the fiscal third quarter, citing organized theft and increased promotions.”[2] Footnotes. [1]

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 22, 2021

” Because the number and severity of destructive storms appears to be on the rise, supply chains need to ensure they are prepared to mitigate the negative consequences of storm-related disruptions. Prior Planning is Essential. Hurricanes are not so-called “Black Swan” events. ” Journalists Jen A. ”[4].

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

by Kevin McGowan A recent article in Fleetowner shed some light on the human aspects of supply chain management. Professor of Supply Chain Procurement at Rutgers University), the article discusses some key traits held by the best supply chain managers. Would your planning tool be up to the challenge?

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 5, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights two rather significant developments, one involving Amazon , the other CH Robinson , that have occurred in the last 24 hour news cycle. Robinson , Bob Biesterfeld , has been ousted at America ’s largest freight brokers by revenue. Both portend actions likely to continue to unfold in 2023.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 29, 2022

In this regular edition of our featured column, Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , we provide a capsule synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based multi-industry supply chain readership.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog continues to highlight for readers specific global and regional supply chain indices that depict both trending production activity levels, as well as supply chain volatility. Newly published indices reflecting global supply chain volatility and U.S.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Transportation Insight Announces Acquisition of Parcel Logistics Leader BirdDog Solutions. SCApath and New Course LLC Announce Merger. So, here’s another early 2016 prediction: demand for parcel services and technology will kick into high gear next year.

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Freightos

JANUARY 12, 2016

How Freight Disrupted Itself. In the last year, a new dynamic has begun to reshape the freight industry. Phil knows his (freight) stuff. In his PhD thesis he developed a product to secure ocean freight rates with financial derivatives. Declining Freight Rates. Suddenly the freight industry is not so opaque.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

store operations by 9 percent over the past year, slashing hundreds of millions of dollars of goods from their balance sheets and suggesting space is opening up in their jammed supply chains. They include Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state.

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 19, 2022

When a shipper gets an automated notification from a carrier that says the load was delivered, they might feel at ease. As noted by The New York Times , the International Monetary Fund cited, “Supply chain woes among other factors as it downgraded its forecast for global economic growth for 2022 to 4.4

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

A look at the supply chain readiness of several major U.S. cities, and their adoption of smart-city technologies. Deloitte Consulting and the Metro Atlanta Chamber have teamed up to analyze how seven large metropolitan areas of the United States are transforming their traditional supply chain base into digital supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

I thought I understood all the major supply chain implications of the pandemic until I began reading Yossi Sheffi’s new book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy beyond Covid-19. This week’s news will all center on this war. Russia Attacks Ukraine. Oil Prices Jump.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 18, 2022

Actionable analytics and meaningful logistics intelligence are essential elements in freight. Since logistics intelligence sources data directly from freight systems in real-time, filling in the gap between your real-world logistics and your supply chain management strategies, it becomes easier to use that information strategically.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

We salute the year’s top advancements in supply chain technology and processes. Thanks to omni-channel distribution, 3-D printing, self-service logistics and other avenues of disintermediation, traditional supply chain roles are rapidly being transformed into all-new opportunities. Warehouse Automation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

In 2023, Amazon experimented with new logistics strategies and technologies to quickly fulfill and deliver orders, and these changes paid off big. New research suggests that a misunderstanding of what was happening with global supply chains might be part of why. went out of business in 2023.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Readers old enough to remember the 1960s, might recall the television show “Green Acres” starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm. For example, Ewing-Chow discusses an Israeli agricultural technology company called Seedo. Farm livin’ is the life for me.

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Stord

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Among the speakers and judges for this year’s awards is co-founder of Siri and Change.org, Adam Cheyer, Erica Van of Charles River Ventures, Bruce Wang, Director of Engineering at Netflix, and Nirmal Srinivasan, Software Engineering Director at Paypal.

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Freightos

MAY 10, 2015

There are tens of thousands of books about logistics and supply chains. Amazon has 31,817 books about supply chain and 24,934 about logistics. That’s 56,751 supply chain and logistics books. But we got it down to ten logistics and supply chain books you’ll actually want to read.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group shares a Part Three commentary addressing our mid-year assessment of published 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains made available at the beginning of 2022, and specifically addressing supply chain cost inflation implications.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 29, 2024

retailers have been pulling forward their 2024 holiday fulfillment inventory needs as a hedge toward deepening global supply chain disruptions, geopolitical developments and rising freight rates. Added Perspectives In June we published a Supply Chain Matters industry commentary titled What’s Up in Exploding Freight Rates.

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GTG Technology Group

APRIL 22, 2019

5 Tips for Protecting Your Freight Against Cargo Thieves. Protecting freight is one of the responsibilities you have to your clients. Thieves stealing cargo can cause disaster along the supply chain. A few areas with high rates of cargo theft are Los Angeles, New Jersey, New York, Miami, Houston, and Chicago.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 20, 2017

I’m running short on time, so let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon patented a highway network that controls self-driving cars and trucks (Recode). Trucking Freight Brokers to Merge Under Private-Equity Deal (WSJ – sub.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Ephraim Ausch is the Chief Logistics Officer at Tactical Logistics, an end-to-end provider of supply chain logistics services. Ephraim started his career at a bulk candy company that had retail locations in New York. Tactical has warehouses in both Chino, California, and Elizabeth, New Jersey.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 26, 2018

Global supply chains tie the planet together, providing goods to consumers, jobs to workers, and dividends to shareholders. Proximity to raw materials, increased capacity, and labor costs are just a few of the ways that global supply chains work to save money for today’s top companies. Supply chains get railroaded.

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