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Cold Chain
Nominations Open for 2024 Rock Stars of the Supply Chain Award
NEW THIS YEAR, this award recognizes Top 100 influential individuals in four distinct categories within the cold chain space, whose achievements, hard work and vision have shaped the global cold food supply chain.
Trucking
Zero-Emission Technologies are the Future of Transportation
AI/AR
4 Ways AI Can Help Food and Convenience Distributors
Trucking
What Advanced Clean Fleets Rule Means for Future of Trucking
Transportation
State of Transportation: In the Driver’s Seat and Bracing for Impact
Trucking
Warehouse Appointment Scheduling Platform
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Professional Development
Women in Supply Chain: What They're Doing Matters to the Future of Supply Chains
This year's award took in over 400 submissions, the highest amount of applications for this award. This is because what these winners are doing matters to the future of supply chains.
Mentorship Programs
#BetterTogether. Women in Supply Chain Forum Promotes Collaboration in Logistics
The Women in Supply Chain Forum is the industry’s premier networking and educational forum tailored to men and women in executive-level positions to expand their professional network through thought-provoking discussion panels.
Transportation
SCN Summit: Future of the Supply Chain Opens Registration
Registration is open for SCN Summit: Future of the Supply Chain, the premier virtual event aimed at educating logistics professionals on critical issues impacting the supply chain industry.
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Ocean Ports & Carriers
2023 State of the Ocean Freight
IMO 2023 is a series of new international regulations that targets vessel efficiency and carbon intensity with hopes to reduce the carbon emissions of all ships by 40% (by 2030) and 70% (by 2050). So, what changes does this bring and why?
Trucking
How Self-Driving Trucks Curtail the Driver Shortage
Autonomous trucks have the potential to revolutionize the trucking industry. They could improve safety, efficiency, and productivity, and help to address the the truck driver shortage. However, there are still some challenges that need to be addressed.
Trucking
How TMSA Truly Elevates Supply Chain Relationships
It didn’t matter that some sessions didn't apply to me. For me, it was about relationship building. It was about networking. It was about learning.
3PL/4PL
Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers: Adopting and Adapting are Key to Cold Chain Success
This award recognizes leading third-party logistics and cold storage providers in the cold food and beverage industry.
Automation
Autonomous Drone Delivers Groceries, Takeout Food to Local Homes
Kyte is capable of delivering groceries, takeaway food and non-prescription medicines to sparsely populated areas and holiday homes in Norway.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Everstream Analytics Acquires BlueNode, Expands Intermodal Analytics Solutions
With the acquisition, Everstream will now offer the ability to make strategic decisions on maritime carbon mitigation that balances shipping time, expense and environmental impact.
Sponsored
The Transformative World of Workforce Development
Kacy Swanson, VP of Employee Services at Trailer Bridge, discusses workforce development, investing in people, and growing the future of logistics.
Webinars
Everything You Need to Know About Building a High Bay Warehouse and Automated Storage Retrieval Systems
April 26, 2023
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Experts from SSI Schaefer break down how to plan for a high bay warehouse and the various steps and procedures involved.
Last-Mile
2023 Rock Stars of the Supply Chain: Beans.ai Founder Nitin Gupta Solves Last-Mile Challenges in Food Delivery
Nitin Gupta, founder and CEO of Beans.ai, was named the overall winner of Food Logistics’ 2023 Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award.
Emerging Technologies
Into Innovation: My Experience from the Floor at Manifest
The Future of Logistics event showcased new technology, a lot of robots, talk of AI and a highlight on how fresh ideas can transform the supply chain in virtually every space. Here's a look at everything I experienced from the show floor at Manifest.
Automation
The Demand for Delivery is Diminishing as Food Prices Skyrocket
While inflation is largely to blame, there is more that retailers and delivery services can do to keep business on the up and up than simply waiting for prices to go down.
Transportation
The State of a “Normal” Supply Chain
Industry experts offer hope to a return to normalcy in the supply chain space, but it will be a new normal of sorts and be quite the bumpy ride in getting there.
Fleet Management
Capacity Optimization Tool Automates Truck Assignment
Capacity Optimization takes electronic requests from shipping customers to auto-generate orders. A dispatch scheduling tool calculates variables from appointment windows and truck availability to truck floor space and maximum weight.
Trucking
Why Winterizing Food Distribution Fleets is Different This Year
When food distributors combine a comprehensive annual plan with today’s sophisticated data analytics and maintenance technology, they can keep their trucks on the road more and drivers safe during the winter months.
Fuel Efficiency
How Adding EV Charging Stations to Restaurants Attracts Key Audiences
The increasing EV demand means that restaurants will be competing with other businesses, including shopping centers, grocery stores and convenience stores to attract EV owners and convince them to come stay – and spend – with them.
Emerging Technologies
Nearshoring, Autonomous Vehicles, Data Science to Create Seismic Shift in Future of Freight
Cloud services providers, megaretailers, vehicle manufacturers and tech startups are pursuing the transportation industry and its profit streams.
Cold Chain
Cargo Sensor Provides Full View of Available Cargo Space
This enhanced cargo sensor changes the carrier’s view of available cargo space with 99% accurate load status.
WMS/TMS
Dispatch Planning Solution Provides Better Predictability
The dispatch planning solution includes predictive ETA and one of the industry's first automated BL reading technologies for tracking.
Sponsored
The Transformative World of Workforce Development
Kacy Swanson, VP of Employee Services at Trailer Bridge, discusses workforce development, investing in people, and growing the future of logistics.
Trucking
Convoy Introduces Hi-Fi Visibility
Hi-Fi Visibility offers detailed, real-time updates across trailer pools and shipments hauled by Convoy-connected carriers, with analytics to improve supply chain health.
Automation
Autonomous Trucks to Solve Driver Shortage Issue?
Shippers said reduced costs and better reliability are the most important benefits of autonomous truck adoption.
Trucking
Transportation Requires More Digitization
Dave Brajkovich, chief technical officer for NorthStar Digital Solutions, details why shippers need transparency from their carriers.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Route Pilot AI Optimizes Voyage Efficiency
Yara Marine launches a cloud-based AI-powered ship operation support system that utilizes high-frequency data to calculate the most advantageous propulsion settings for upcoming voyages.
Trucking
Bridging Today’s Clean-Diesel Technology into Tomorrow’s Alternate Energies
Brian Antonellis, SVP, fleet operations for Fleet Advantage, details the importance of fusing today’s and tomorrow’s technologies.
Fleet Management
AI Dashcam Boosts Driver Safety
Audible alerts detect unsafe driving, including signs of tiredness, distraction and phone usage and then tells drivers to take corrective action.
Last-Mile
Additional 60,000 Customers Eligible for Drone Delivery
Last-mile delivery in the food and beverage space continues to become more high-tech, now that Flytrex receives approval to double drone delivery radius.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
eBL Platform Interoperability Proof of Concept Further Promotes Digital Trade
The companies will implement DCSA eBL Interoperability Standards to test eBL interoperability through the full bill of lading lifecycle using data that mirrors a live shipment.
Fleet Management
How Fleets Use Telematics to Their Competitive Advantage
Recent reports show many companies could fail in a matter of days if their paper processes were compromised. Not digitizing and storing securely is courting disaster.
Transportation
Supply Chains Yearn to Get Back in Sync Amidst Rising Costs
Efforts to increase multi-shoring are expected to accelerate. Companies are seeking to have operations move closer to the United States to respond quicker to fluctuating market demands.
Automation
Transportation & Logistics Sees Least ROI From Intelligent Automation
The most popular technology introduced in the last year was process automation (57%) followed by artificial intelligence (52%) and document centric process automation (39%).
