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Are you being served?May 31, 2018
Customer-3PL relationships are always a hot topic in our industry and we’re benchmarking these relationships to better understand how providers meet the expectations of their customers.
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Inspired-Search opens office in SwitzerlandMay 1, 2018
Geneva/Amsterdam May 1st, 2018 - Inspired-Search, a boutique executive search organization for (senior) professionals in logistics, manufacturing & supply chain, has today announced to expand its activities in Switzerland by opening an office in Geneva.
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Predictive Analytics Improves End-To-End Visibility In Supply ChainApr 26, 2018
Predictive analytics is a technology tool that is improving the end-to-end customer experience of the retail, healthcare and transportation industry
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Trucking SizzlesApr 26, 2018
Despite the ongoing drama in Washington, the economy continues to roll with inflation rising and oil trading at the highest levels since 2014 closing in on $70 a barrel.
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The Week of April 19th: 10 things eft's been readingApr 19, 2018
The retail war went global this week, so in honour, I’ve gone full classic war movie titles.
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Arming Warehouses With Robotics And AutomationApr 12, 2018
In 2015, the value of Canadian robotics reached $201 million in orders, with an annual growth rate of 32% between 2010 and 2015. With consumer demands for speed and efficiency increasing, the supply chain and logistics industry is seeking accelerated processes from robotics.
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The Week of April 9th: 10 things eft's been readingApr 12, 2018
There’s more to electric trucks than Tesla. Amazon causes a lot of problems, but maybe not the Post Office’s.
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The Week of March 26th: 10 things eft's been readingMar 29, 2018
Surprisingly, Walmart came up a lot this week! To be fair, still the world’s biggest retailer – and by some ways.
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The Week of March 19th: 10 things eft's been readingMar 22, 2018
Amazon and ways retailers are fighting amazon
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The Week of March 12th: 10 things eft's been readingMar 15, 2018
Is KFC’s chicken and gravy disaster over?
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The Impact of Self-driving Cars on Transportation
Mar 15, 2018
While it may sound as though self-driving vehicles are a thing of sci-fi movies of the future, their presence on roads today is very much a reality.
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The Week of March 5th: 10 things eft's been readingMar 8, 2018
KFC UK continues to face disaster, this time gravy and retail gets automated
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The Week of February 26th: 10 things eft's been readingMar 1, 2018
Retail reinvents itself as the UK suffers from a fried chicken shortage
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The Science & the Art of Warehousing
Feb 27, 2018
Hanging from the ceiling of Intermountain Healthcare’s Utah facility are bright banners with photos of patients, doctors and nurses. Among the towering shelves, pallets and forklifts, one of them reads, “Patient-centered.” It might seem incongruous, but it’s demonstrative of the company’s commitment to its core function: helping people live the healthiest lives possible.
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The Week of February 5th: 10 things eft's been readingFeb 8, 2018
Yes Amazon, blockchain etc. make an appearance – but so does Talent – and in a big way!
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The Week of January 29th: 10 things eft's been readingFeb 1, 2018
Amazon wants to track its workers movements. Whole foods doesn’t have anything on its shelves. VCs keep throwing cash at logistics-tech.
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WERC: Warehousing a nationFeb 1, 2018
The astounding growth in online transactions among consumers and commercial clients is the new normal. More and more exists in a digital space. For all that the cloud can contain, though, the warehousing industry is as vital as ever for the physical realities of commerce.
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The Week of January 22nd: 10 things eft's been readingJan 23, 2018
Imagine team drinks when your newest colleague’s name is IRB 14000 YuMi.
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The Week of January 8th: 10 things eft's been readingJan 11, 2018
Predictions, punts and pitfalls. 2018’s first 10 Things
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Supply Chain Predictions for 2018: Real-Time, Innovation, Cognitive, Blockchain, Industry-Academic Partnerships, and Taking a Stand!Jan 10, 2018
I had an opportunity to work on a number of exciting projects this past year, and in the process, spent a lot of time talking about digital supply chains with a lot of really informed people.
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2018: moving from zero-emission to zero-impact city logisticsJan 9, 2018
So far, city logistics has played a limited role in improving air quality in cities. The focus on clean vehicles has been positive for air quality. But shouldn’t we really be talking about economically sound, vital and healthy city centers and neighborhoods when developing urban freight policies? Today, “zero impact” city logistics should be the focal point.
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The Week of December 11th: 10 things eft's been readingDec 14, 2017
Is the Tesla truck the new Amazon of the headlines?
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The Week of December 4th: 10 things eft's been readingDec 7, 2017
Stores and apparently Bitcoin is in the trough of disillusionment (Someone should tell the speculators).
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Connected Machines: Changing the way Supply Chains workDec 4, 2017
In Digital economy, the consumer expectations are increasing and that’s putting pressure on the companies to get the products/goods to the customer Sooner than later; and this involves re-imagining the supply chains by adopting technologies like IoT, Big Data, Drones etc and thus creating a good customer experience.
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Postal Hub Podcast- Electric TruckingDec 4, 2017
DHL Supply Chain, part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has announced that it has placed an order for ten Tesla Electric Class 8 Semi Trucks.