Driving E-Commerce Logistics Forward

March 17, 2017

A new wave of e-commerce is upon us and lessons have been learned, particularly in logistical support. A myriad of new business models in customer engagement and in addressing gaps in the traditional demand chain abound. However, in our view it's not just about novel business models that may wow us now, the real crux of the matter is about fulfillment matched to the needs of each unique environment it has to serve.

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LMTS

L&M Transportation Services is a third-party, non asset-based logistics company headquartered in Raleigh, NC, with companion offices in Nogales, AZ, Jacksonville, FL, and Greenville, NC. LMTS handles dry, frozen and refrigerated truckload freight, with a specialization in fresh produce. LMTS manages produce loads from all growing areas and ports to all forty-eight contiguous states, Mexico, and Canada.

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Will Robotic Automation Lead to a Lights-Out-Warehouse

whitePaper | March 16, 2022

What is lights-out warehousing? The simple answer is a facility without people. One that relies entirely on automated equipment, to the point that no manual touches are necessary. With no employees required on the floor, operations do not need to turn the lights on, hence the term “lights-out warehousing.”

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Autonomous shipping

whitePaper | December 9, 2022

Autonomous shipping is set to revolutionize work in the maritime industry not by replacing humans on board vessels but by augmenting their cognitive capabilities to enhance the ship operators’ potential. As an example, the challenges are considered faced by the officer of the watch, who is responsible for ensuring a safe navigation of the vessel whilst keeping a watch on the bridge. Not only must she or he contend with working shifts and periods of fatigue and boredom, but also with spells on the bridge during which the outlook is impaired by darkness, fog or challenging weather.

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Remote Support Security Whitepaper

whitePaper | October 21, 2022

BeyondTrust connects and protects people and technology with leading secure access solutions that strengthen security while increasing productivity. The BeyondTrust Appliance B Series gives support technicians secure remote control of computers, over the internet or on local networks. This specialized B Series Appliance provides exceptional performance, reliability, ease-of-use, and scalability through a solution that is optimized for remote support. With BeyondTrust, a support technician can see the supported screen and control the supported system remotely, as if physically present.

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10 PRINCIPLES TO DECARBONISE THE OSV INDUSTRY

whitePaper | June 21, 2022

The shipping industry as a whole accounts for 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Decarbonising the maritime industry in line with the Paris Agreement is essential to fighting climate change, and key to facilitating the decarbonisation of many other industries. This requires systemic industrywide change, the complexity of which cannot be understated. Many aspects of the transition to zero-carbon shipping are necessarily long-term endeavours, such as the development of green technology for a new generation of vessels. However, certain shortterm changes can be implemented to help accelerate this transition over the coming decade, until such technological solutions have matured.

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Building the supply chain forward Strategies to mitigate disruption in automotive logistics

whitePaper | April 14, 2022

The automotive supply chain is surrounded by rising uncertainty. Global freight, material and energy networks face significant imbalances and congestion. The industry is struggling with whiplash between shutdowns and pent-up demand in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic – resulting in constraints in the upstream supply of components, higher logistics costs and production losses, as well as depleting finished vehicle inventory.

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Decarbonising Healthcare Supply Chains

whitePaper | November 17, 2022

The climate crisis is one of the most pressing risks to global health: [1] rising temperatures are resulting in an increase in hospital admissions and heat-related deaths; extreme weather events such as flooding and droughts are disrupting food systems, displacing people, and undermining access to healthcare; and changing patterns of water-borne and vector-borne diseases are threatening decades of progress in infectious disease control.[2] Climate change is also exacerbating the incidence of many non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses, through increased air pollution, extreme heat, and other factors.[

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Spotlight

LMTS

L&M Transportation Services is a third-party, non asset-based logistics company headquartered in Raleigh, NC, with companion offices in Nogales, AZ, Jacksonville, FL, and Greenville, NC. LMTS handles dry, frozen and refrigerated truckload freight, with a specialization in fresh produce. LMTS manages produce loads from all growing areas and ports to all forty-eight contiguous states, Mexico, and Canada.

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