Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Elenjickal made the point that every year, there are 9 billion hours of wasted time for truck drivers due to planning inefficiencies, especially when it comes to loads not being ready, not being able to be unloaded, or congestion around ports and warehouses. As a result, FourKites has moved from a single product company to a platform company.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2022

Market fulfillment centers are a compact, modular warehouse built inside or added to a store, which, in addition to fresh and frozen items, can store thousands of the items. It came just after Japan joined Western allies in clamping down on Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine, although it was unclear whether the attack was related.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

The kick-off to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan is just two weeks away, after being postponed last summer due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Earlier this week, a resurgent coronavirus forced Japan to declare a state of emergency in the capital that will run throughout the event.

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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 11, 2023

Collaboration in the “Material Bank® Japan” sample marketplace for order fulfillment of interior design and construction materials. The two companies will introduce 25 Locus AMRs, the first in Japan, to the Material Bank® Japan HUB (Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture) to realize an ESG-friendly and high productivity logistics scheme.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, OMRON Corporation is a multi-billion-dollar, diversified company with business units producing industrial automation products, device & module solutions, healthcare, and social system solutions. This can only be achieved with enhanced automation processes in warehouses. A Conversation with Don Teng.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

She explained that she owned a Warehouse Management System, purchased a Proof of Delivery Software as a Service, implemented a licensed-to-use Accounting & Distribution System, deployed a customised online Order Management System and that she is struggling with fragmented data and documents across these systems.

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Logility

JUNE 30, 2022

The labor supply is shrinking in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Japan, and contraction is expected to quicken. These include transportation and material moving, warehouse and fulfillment center workers , truck drivers, call center agents, delivery services, and manufacturing workers. It’s a global problem. million to 75.3

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Stord

MARCH 31, 2019

Over 4 million robots will be used in 50,000 warehouses by 2025 , according to one report. Per the research, most of this growth will take place in Asia-Pacific countries like China, Japan, and South Korea. As robotics become cheaper and more effective over time, the research expects their usage in warehouses to increase.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Japan Impasse Dogs Pan-Pacific Trade Talks ( Wall Street Journal ). The other global trade development this week was that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations have stalled, due in large part to disagreements between the United States and Japan over agriculture and automobiles. XPO Logistics Agrees to Acquire NLM.

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Logility

AUGUST 4, 2023

Planners also have better visibility to make critical decisions faster, such as expanding a warehouse or moving stock elsewhere to free up the operation. This information serves multiple entities and is being shared with DENSO’s management team and headquarters in Japan. “We We can now decide when to act to mitigate risk in the future.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 18, 2023

Warehouse automation technology not only can improve operation efficiency, but also help to deploy scare manpower resources more effectively. Consumers are dictating when, where and how they wish their orders to be delivered. How do we balance the cost of investments in Digitalization and Automation in pursue of sustainability?

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Billion Valuation After $1 Billion Investment Led By SoftBank (Forbes) US and China are sketching the outlines of a deal to end the trade war (CNBC) Import Wave Jams California Warehouses (WSJ – sub. Freight Startup Flexport Hits $3.2 in January Truckload Linehaul Costs Up 6.4% Freight Startup Flexport Hits $3.2

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QAD

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Cost savings in warehousing and floor space along with associated reduction in personnel required. Automotive manufacturers in Japan and Korea never had the surplus land to build huge warehouses, which may have been the original reason for the JITS philosophy. But why just in North America?

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 17, 2017

warehouses from Chinese merchants selling on its site—taking on a role it previously left to global freight-transportation companies.” Amazon can do pickups, warehousing, line-haul transportation, delivery, as well as handle import and export needs, the site says. Europe and Japan. Primary delivery destinations include the U.S.,

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 12, 2018

When most people think of supply chain risk, they often think about the impact of major unforeseen “headline grabbing” events - like the tsunami in Japan impacting automotive supply chains or horse meat making its way into British beef supplies. These are big, important and often unpredictable risks.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Samsung has smart fridges that can track and monitor food; Peapod is a service in the US that lets consumers order groceries with a mobile app; and in Japan, Walmart lets consumers vote for products they’d like to see prices reduced via Twitter. Central warehousing concepts are doomed to fail.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Jobs told Cook that he visited many manufacturing companies in Japan and he would like Cook to implement the JIT system for Apple. Since UK is relatively small when compared with the United States, centralized control of distribution operations and warehouse makes it easier to manage.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Technology plays a crucial role herereal-time inventory tracking across warehouses, shipping routes, and even supplier locations enhances decision-making and reduces costly inefficiencies. A global example for this would be Apple, after the 2011 Japan earthquake. Evaluate your transportation strategydiversifying modes (e.g.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union have been working without a contract since the last agreement expired in July, leaving companies working without grievance machinery that allows for resolution of disputes between workers and their bosses.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2015

HighJump Partners with Advantage2Retail to Bring Best-of-Breed Warehousing Software to Retailers. The enlarged entity will strengthen its position on strategic shipping routes, especially in key markets such as United States, Intra-Asia and Japan, and will boast a balanced trade portfolio.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 1, 2016

Lawsuit accuses Target of not paying overtime to some warehouse workers (Reuters). Five years after Japan quake, rewiring of auto supply chain hits limits (Reuters). In the meantime, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week, without commentary.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

Closed borders, quarantine restrictions and social distancing requirements for staff combined with an explosion in delivery demand from online retail sales made for a tough period of shipping delays and warehouse backlogs across the globe. Essentially, demand for deliveries skyrocketed yet the capacity of delivery firms shrunk.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

On 10 November 2021 at COP26, 19 countries – including Australia, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States of America (USA) – joined the first framework to establish zero emission maritime routes. Fully automated Rack Clad Warehousing solutions from SSI SCHAEFER. Automation in 45 Minutes!

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Paul Travers and Joe Lynch discuss smart glasses in the warehouse. Founded in 1997, Vuzix is a public company (NASDAQ: VUZI) with offices in Rochester, NY; Oxford, UK; Munich, Germany; and Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 20, 2017

Japan to subsidize pickup lockers to reduce parcel deliveries (Nikkei Asian Review). Japan firms shifting to trains to move freight amid dearth of new truckers (The Japan Times). On second thought, maybe we’ll see warehouses suspended by blimps before this happens.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

I started my career in a manufacturing company, working in various functions from the production floor through to warehousing, engineering, Supply Chain, and various back office support functions. That single manufacturing plant had 8 offsite warehouses in addition to the warehouse that was attached to the main manufacturing plant.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

As I wrote following the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan in March 2011, the reality is that there is relatively little companies can do right now to minimize the impact of these disruptions. For related commentary, see Japan and Ecuador Earthquakes: Supply Chain Lessons from Past Disasters ).

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Background Lean concepts originated in the 1950’s in Japan, and developed and matured in Toyota factories over several decades. A number of warehouse operations add a sixth “S” for safety, a “6S” process. As one warehouse professional said, “How can you expect your team to perform if they don’t know the score.”?

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), the company that makes the majority of latest-generation chips for Apple products, has committed to increasing capacity by spending $100 billion across the next three years, and building new factories in Arizona and Japan. Wall Street Journal ). Deloitte Global). Wall Street Journal ). Brookings).

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Nissan to trial robo-taxis in Japan (BBC News). JDA and SATO Partner to Deliver the Future of Warehouse Management. Fetch Robotics raises $25 million to automate warehouses (VentureBeat). Trucking Companies Boost Big-Rig Orders on Rising Shipping Demand (WSJ – sub. UPS Acquires Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Labor Groups Call for Better Warehouse Working Conditions in New Jersey (WSJ – sub. Amazon will start penalizing sellers who ship unsafe packages to its warehouses, like leaky chemicals and unmarked aerosols (CNBC). Parliament endorses landmark EU-Japan free trade agreement. Simply put, between Brexit and the ongoing U.S.-China

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Let’s also not forget the buildup of warehousing and customs brokerage facilities along the Mexico and US border. Utilizing bonded warehouses and Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs) in the U.S. In 2024, for example, trucks moved $609,009 million in value across the Mexico – US border, up 8.6%

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Enterra Insights

JULY 3, 2018

The new urban center would be bigger than Japan by population.” New models are required — supply chains that employ inner-city warehousing capabilities to navigate densely populated megacities efficiently. ” Even with hyperlocal urban warehouses, goods still need to traverse the last mile.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

billion parcels followed by Japan (9.4B), Germany (3.0B), UK (2.2B) and France (1.5B) – so the growth of the number of parcels is huge. He has been in the logistics industry since 1988, serving in leadership roles focused on transportation management, warehouse management, operations, and global trade.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 27, 2014

By the end of this year it expects to have more than 400 stores, mostly in Europe but also in Japan. I’m directly involved with inbound, outbound and warehousing as well as sourcing, most of which is done in the Far East. billion (Euro 235 million) last year. What are your direct responsibilities?

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Unleashed

JANUARY 31, 2023

This approach to supply chain management is a child of Lean Thinking – a business methodology that originated in Japan in the late 1980s. You can rely on a smaller warehouse or factory for storing unsold and unfinished products, meaning you save on rent, power, staff, security, and warehouse equipment.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 6, 2024

They handle activities like warehousing, distribution, and transportation for other businesses. 5 S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain) A workplace organization method originating from Japan. Essential in warehouses and distribution centers for efficient handling of palletized goods and heavy items.

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