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WERC
We've reopened our Call For Proposals with a focus on a limited set of topics, and we want YOU to present! The deadline is Nov. 8, 2019. Click here for details!
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The Wall Street Journal
Truckers edged back into hiring mode last month as overall logistics-sector job growth remained muted ahead of the holiday peak.
Trucking company payrolls grew by 1,300 jobs in October, ending a three-month stretch of job losses. The trucking industry added 11,000 jobs between October 2018 and October 2019, the slowest rate of annual growth in nearly two and a half years, as carriers contend with weakening freight demand and a slow start to the fall shipping period.
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Material Handling and Logistics News
A new device made by startup StrongArm Technologies tracks employee movements and will send an alert to workers and businesses when it detects high-risk body movements like bending at the waist. Companies including Walmart and Pennsylvania-based Geodis are among the few warehousers using the technology.
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Distribution Technology – Celebrating 50 Years in the Industry!
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Supply Chain Digital Magazine
UPS received its first full certification from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate a drone airline. As part of its expansion into drone delivery services, UPS aims to further support hospital campuses across the country to transport multiple items to a range of industrr customers. “This is history in the making, and we aren’t done yet,” commented David Abney, UPS chief executive officer.
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Material Handling and Logistics News
New upstart Convoy platform lets drivers select nearby loads listed by shippers and get paid a day or two after completing a trip. It uses a phone’s GPS to estimate a driver’s arrival time for pickup and tracks where he is throughout the route. For these reasons, Convoy Inc. is often described as "Uber for trucking" — a moniker that took hold before the real Uber set up a competing business and was gripped by a corporate crisis.
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DC Velocity
Orders for new trucks in October rose 79 percent over the previous month — right on schedule for the traditional start of the ordering season — but still lingered 51 percent lower than the industry recorded for the same month in 2018, a new study shows.
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Forbes
All companies — especially retailers, franchised and independent — depend on their supply chains to maintain the compelling customer relationship that today’s demand delivery economy requires. For companies that really seek to achieve this balance, recruiting board members who can speak to and understand the critical role of the supply chain is self-evident.
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MSPoweruser.com
Microsoft recently revealed a brand-new limitless analytics service called Azure Synapse. Azure Synapse brings together enterprise data warehousing and Big Data analytics. Using this new service, organizations can make use of their data quickly, pulling together insights from all data sources, data warehouses and big data analytics systems.
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Freight Waves
The Logistics Managers' Index (LMI) declined in October to 54 percent, a 220-point drop from the September reading. That signals growth in the logistics industry, albeit at a more subdued pace. The October reading was the slowest growth rate recorded in the history of the 3-year-old index, significantly lower than the 71 percent reading the same month last year.
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Voxware
It’s no secret that e-commerce growth and low unemployment numbers have created a major labor shortage in the warehousing and logistics industry. While the labor shortage is daunting and nearing crisis levels, there are affordable and strategic ways to adapt and thrive, specifically using voice technology. Here are five ways voice technology can immediately help address warehouse labor shortages in your organization:
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DC Velocity
For businesses planning for the 2019 peak, there's one major problem — the U.S. economy is in the midst of a historic labor shortage that's making it difficult for many DCs to find enough workers to fill their shifts. Now, the focus of labor management software has shifted from performance improvement to employee retention.
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Supply Chain Management Review
A new survey of warehousing and distribution professionals found 85 percent of supply chain organizations are actively involved in using analytics and "Big Data" to drive improvement efforts and innovation.
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