Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning. Asena holds B.S.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The investment […] values the San Francisco-based company at $3.2 billion, according to a source with knowledge of its terms.”. The article goes on to say: The investment comes as Flexport continues to grow its business at a clip atypical for startups at its scale.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This means we need more agile, flexible, and scalable planning platforms to process and consolidate new data sources, drive insights using advanced analytics such as AI/ML to drive autonomous decisions, and expand collaboration within and outside our organizations. We need planning platforms to keep up with all the changes. Yosun holds B.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Earlier this week, San Francisco-based vertical farming company Plenty Unlimited Inc. The partnership will kick off by first sourcing Walmart’s California stores with Plenty’s leafy greens from its Compton farm. Nearly three years ago to the day, I wrote that vertical farming was going help with supply chain efficiency.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 6, 2022

San Francisco-based Onera provides retail technology that connects inventory across siloed systems and transforms them into a single, real-time source of inventory truth. It enables real-time inventory availability by tracking inventory across the supply chain and intelligently exposing inventory to any channel.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 8, 2025

This start-up was best known for the open-source distributed computing project which was later named Apache Spark along with the lakehouse data management architecture. Together, were giving businesses the ability to orchestrate their supply chains with the intelligence and speed todays disruptions demand.

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2015

So I spoke to everyone I knew in the field and looked through some other sources (Crunchbase, Jonathan Wichmann’s great list of logistics startups site, CB Insights and more) to come up with the ULTIMATE LIST of disruptive logistics startups. San Francisco only. San Francisco only. San Francisco only.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

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Kinaxis

JUNE 22, 2016

The proposed first route between Los Angeles and San Francisco would cut travel times from 4 hours to 35 minutes. They might allow companies to carry less inventory – perhaps using Hyperloop to rapidly source whatever parts or raw materials that can’t be 3D printed. 1126km / h).

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 22, 2021

ClearMetal is based in San Francisco, CA. Value to finding the clean and accurate source of truth. Key Takeaways: Way More Than Visibility . ClearMetal’s three central premises : It’s not about the metal; it’s about the data. Need for better information to fulfill modern customer expectations.

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Supply Chains Rock

MARCH 14, 2012

Cyber security can be breached from unlikely sources. Contributed article by Kaity Nakagoshi, Bisk Education, University of San Francisco. The University alliance, in partnership with the University of San Francisco’s online program, has provided this article. Be aware of the dangers and protect your efforts.

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Parade

MARCH 9, 2022

San Francisco, CA — March 9, 2022 — Parade, the leader in carrier access and the truckload capacity management platform software for freight brokers, announces partnering with Turvo and integrating with Turvo’s Collaboration Cloud and transportation management system (TMS). www.turvo.com ). About Parade.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 24, 2015

For example, according to an article in Re/code last week, Google is shutting down its two Google Express delivery hubs in San Francisco and Mountain View, California. Source: Adelante SCM. Source: Adelante SCM. Source: Adelante SCM. What is Delivery Demand Shaping?

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

According to the Wall Street Journal : Google said it would begin delivering produce, meat, eggs and other perishable goods on Wednesday in parts of San Francisco and Los Angeles. Google says it will make deliveries directly from its existing retail partners…In San Francisco, Google will deliver from Costco Wholesale Corp.,

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The platform was founded by Brian Armstrong, who belonged to San Francisco. What are the various sources through which Coinbase often makes revenues? Every platform which offers some type of service to the public through online mode has various sources which are meant for them to make revenues.

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EMERGE App

JULY 11, 2018

Google a phrase like “sourcing products from China” and you’ll instantly be faced by almost 39 million results! You need to source for products to sell at wholesale prices to your retail customers. And the place to source for most, if not all, of your products is in China. Introduction. Get Professional Help.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 2, 2015

This new source of capital has undoubtedly accelerated the rate at which IoT devices are being developed. There are over 100 companies producing IoT devices in San Francisco alone, making it the planet’s lone hotbed for this type of activity. ALL OVER THE MAP.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Much to my chagrin, when I entered into the world of supply chain, the processes of source, make and deliver were usually not designed. Instead, I think that it needs to be holistic to balance the trade-offs of source, make and deliver together. (I know… I am showing my age.). Let me continue with my story.

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Parade

JANUARY 27, 2022

San Francisco, CA — January 27, 2022 — Parade, the leader in carrier access and the truckload capacity management platform software for freight brokers, announces an alliance offering brokers more access to additional capacity via AI Fleet’s exceptional technology for over-the-road truckload.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Business broadcasting network CNBC reported today that San Francisco based freight technology start-up Flexport has fired its CFO. The CNBC report, citing informed sources, indicates that CFO Kenny Wagers last day will be this Friday. In addition to the CFO , the company’s human resource executive reportedly resigned.

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Supply Chain Insights

APRIL 8, 2015

I made a list and wrote Seattle, San Francisco, and Austin. Cartoon sourced from the Roanoke Times. (Weblink [link]. There was excitement in the air: creative work in the city with smart people doing great things. However, even with all this opportunity sometimes I’ve felt like I was trapped. Then I thought, dang!

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

In markets with high land values, such as New York City, Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area, multistory distribution centers are emerging. Supply Chain Innovators of 2013 : paperless food chain, VLMs, cold chain fleet management, and more. Warehouse Automation. Media Type. Privacy Settings. anonymous user. DataTable subpages.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 24, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting, we highlight a published analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco quantifying the effects of supply chain disruptions have had on the existing U.S. inflation rate. inflation levels. inflation levels. That would be spot on, as well.

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Parade

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

San Francisco, CA —February 9, 2022— Parade, the leader in carrier access and truckload capacity management platform software for freight brokers, announces securing $12.7M Early funding sources include Arena Ventures, BASE Ventures, at.inc/, and other strategic industries leaders. in Series A funding led by Menlo Ventures.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 10, 2013

At the Coupa INSPIRE procurement conference in San Francisco this week, the Chief Procurement Officer of Coca Cola Consolidated, Patrick Hopkins, shared his views on the “4 Truths of Procurement”, and how he has operationalized his views through the deployment of Coupa procure to pay software.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 10, 2013

Jason Busch from Spend Matters gave another great speech at the Coupa INSPIRE conference in San Francisco which I attended last week. For example, if you go to a conference of people you trust in the San Francisco bay area, you can use their insights for polls, surveys, and other issues because you trust that they are experts.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Convoy’s Co-founder and CEO Dan Lewis, and “ a few dozen ” product and engineering employees reportedly will be joining Flexport as part of this deal, according to cited sources of the Wall Street Journal.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 20, 2019

Source: The Guardian. Source: The Guardian. . In August 2019, San Francisco International Airport banned single-use plastic water bottles. Consequently, the Guardian report shows that poor workers churn out recycled pallets amid toxic fumes and foul stench. California launched several initiatives.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

He writes, “Before the pandemic, housing shortages in the San Francisco Bay Area and other high-demand locations had become a major barrier to innovation and economic growth. Just as the coronavirus won’t go away on its own, the sources of economic innovation in the United States won’t just maintain themselves.”

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 26, 2022

And because global supply chains are the majority source of environmental impact, we believe transforming planning is key not just for improving P&Ls, but also the health of the planet. office in San Francisco. www.generationim.com.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 6, 2015

about 60 miles east of San Francisco, Amazon this summer replaced four floors of fixed shelving with the robots, the people said. However, this is not likely as each robotic investment is representative of long-term expense reduction, improved efficiency, and an invaluable source of information.

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ShipBob

MARCH 23, 2020

H&M , the world’s second largest fashion retailer, said it would use its supply network to source personal protective equipment for hospitals in the European Union to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. Protective masks are the main priority, but gowns and gloves are also being produced to help meet needs.

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Alloy

JANUARY 6, 2021

Next thing I knew, I was in San Francisco meeting with the founders and team. Beyond that, Alloy can also integrate additional disparate sources, map your network and connect upstream supply data to downstream demand data. A few months later, a recruiter reached out to me. How does Alloy enable cross-organizational alignment?

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

Disclaimer: This research has been done on behalf of the University of San Francisco Online. Sources: “Annual Financials for Wal-Mart Stores Inc.” marketwatch.com.

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Shipchain

MAY 21, 2019

According to the WEF’s formal announcement made on May 1, 2019, “the multistakeholder group will co-design an open-source roadmap or toolkit to guide supply chain decision-makers towards blockchain deployment. This project is undertaken as a part of WEF’s Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, based in San Francisco, CA.

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ThroughPut

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Where contemporary data systems fail to predict, we have always advocated for strong risk management, insurance fundamentals and a holistic view of operations across the end-to-end supply chain using all data sources. SOURCE ThroughPut Inc. DKODING Media is not responsible for the correctness, topicality or the quality of the content.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2023

John was raised in Chicago, but traded polar vortexes for the Bay in San Francisco where he lives with his wife and his corgi, Buzz. ISO provides a neutral, single source of truth for logistics performance, eliminating siloed systems and human analysis.

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