Logistics

The CNG conversion comes as the 2014 football season kicks off one of the companys busiest shipping periods of the year with 17 million cases of beer shipped by the Houston fleet during third quarter.

Procter & Gamble has identified a global best practice for case picking and truck loading,driving down freight costs, increasing labor productivity by 15+ percent, and reducing material handling and in-transit damage.

Ryder will provide a combination of Comprehensive Maintenance and Preventive Maintenance services for Southerns fleet of 2,200 tractors, trucks and trailers.

The acquisition of Quintiq extends Dassault Systmes 3DEXPERIENCE platform to business operations planning and further enables its longtime goal of harmonizing product, nature and life.

The combination of the two companies is expected to create a product portfolio that is uniquely positioned to meet the advancing needs of retailers, distributors, manufacturers, and logistics service providers to manage complex order fulfillment cycles and collaborate with supply chain partners.

Campbell Soup Company will leverage transportation management services and logistics technology to achieve greater operational efficiencies, and cost savings.

With transportation spend for consumer product companies at roughly 7 percent of cost of goods sold, why is logistics planning stuck in a world of manual spreadsheets disconnected from core supply chain systems?

This agreement represents a shift in Coty's go-to-market strategy for brands sold through the mass distribution channel in China, by allowing Coty to leverage Li & Fung's broad distribution network in that channel.