Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

After reports last week indicating that Seattle based digital freight start-up services provider Convoy was preparing for a possible sale or winding down of business operations there are indications that freight logistics platform provider Flexport will be the acquirer of Convoy’s underlying technology.

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OptiProERP

JANUARY 8, 2020

Modern cloud ERP is delivered to users as a role-based screen with dashboards, analytics, KPIs, and commonly used tools and job-related reports. Machine learning creates digital assistants and makes user interactions with the system easier based on predictive, contextualized information. Seattle-based Synesso, Inc.

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Unleashed

MARCH 2, 2022

assembly), so they can perform their task and hand the product to the customer – or ship it, as would generally be the case. Here, you may consider using a hybrid system of Kanban’s pull alongside analytics-based push methodologies (i.e. a heavier focus on demand forecasting and more variable inventory purchasing).

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Talking Logistics

MAY 29, 2015

Descartes Reports Fiscal 2016 First Quarter Financial Results. Speaking of Amazon, the company is raising the bar again on delivery in response to Walmart testing a free, three-day shipping service. per-order fee for goods purchased by noon, provided their order size is at least $35. March 2015 North American Freight Numbers.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 31, 2017

Each 1 costs 6 jobs, a new study says. jobs within a commuting zone where local people travel to work, Recode reports. The study was produced by the economists Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo, who used a model where robots and humans competed against each other. The idea is simple: Shipping by air is fast, but expensive.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 31, 2017

Each 1 costs 6 jobs, a new study says. jobs within a commuting zone where local people travel to work, Recode reports. The study was produced by the economists Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo, who used a model where robots and humans competed against each other. The idea is simple: Shipping by air is fast, but expensive.

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Freight Plus

MARCH 14, 2019

XPO’s stock nosedived last December after a short seller’s negative report. British Navy saves 27 aboard doomed cargo ship. The ship ultimately sank to a depth of 2,800 miles. Seattle to Salt Lake City, Buffalo to Chicago, and various lanes in California all saw the biggest declines in rates. billion of its own stock.

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EMERGE App

JULY 16, 2018

When you’re in the e-commerce industry or entrepreneurship space, buzzwords like “drop shipping” and “Amazon FBA” just roll off your tongue. Shipping should be free and fulfilled by Amazon for last-minute travellers. Catherine signed a purchase agreement and issued a purchase order.

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Proxima

AUGUST 3, 2020

Lockdowns have given a new edge to e-commerce as returns for online purchases tend to be three-fold compared to in-store purchases. As consumer consumption habits changed, companies like Amazon, Walmart, Target and Kroger were faced with yet another challenge in addition to a higher demand in online purchases and returns.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

To give you a better idea of how a small error can have a huge impact, imagine a container ship navigating from China to Seattle with a compass that is off by 1 degree. At that setting, it would miss its intended port by over 100 miles – putting the container ship closer to Vancouver or Portland.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 4, 2018

I visited the Amazon Go store while I was in Seattle recently. The Amazon Go store in Seattle is about 1,800 square feet. Even the lowest-cost UHF RFID tags at high volumes — once you add up all costs it takes to produce, commission/serialize, apply, and test them — are about $0.07 of variable cost to each item.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2022

It also provides predictive analytics that can tell the restaurant more about what kind of coffee its customers enjoy and when. UPS wants to ship packages in the metaverse. According to recent reports, Walmart has increased the number of digital orders coming from its stores by 170 percent in the last year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

The international inbound transportation service is only available to Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) sellers that source or manufacture goods in China, and all cargo must be shipped from Yantian, Shanghai, or Ningbo ports. And with that, I bid you adieu, and let’s move on to this week’s logistics news. Cargo imported into the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 21, 2023

Seven years ago, I wrote that Cyberdyne Systems’ Skynet division was working on teleportation capabilities that will eliminate the need to wait for products to ship entirely. Electrek recently reported that Tesla told suppliers to be ready for Cybertruck release candidates in late August and production in early October.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Revenue: JP¥ 1,829 billion/ $16.5

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 26, 2022

To do this properly, both parties need all of the details of what was purchased and delivered. How Freight Audit Data Analytics Provide More Insight Into Shipping Strengths and Weaknesses. Freight audits do much more than simply provide a view into current cost expectations. For example: Does delivery take too long?

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 4, 2021

Studies have shown that ridesharing services add to traffic congestion in cities and, increasingly, thanks to consumers using the digital path to purchase, delivery vehicles are creating all sorts of problems. Calvert reports some cities, like New York, are trying to encourage the use of cargo bikes. The challenge of urban logistics.

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