The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 1, 2022

Flatbed Messenger eliminates empty miles by matching Home Depot’s dedicated capacity to Loadsmart shippers who need flatbed services. Enterprise brands looking to reduce empty miles from their dedicated/private flatbed capacity can reach out directly to flatbedmessenger@loadsmart.com for more information.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Supply chain leaders are enthralled with the idea of using big data, but they tend to fail to understand how to disseminate big data in their organization properly. True, they may know how to roll out big data in a single warehouse, or they may have heard their competitors used branded systems for implementing this new technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2024

Situation Companies are increasingly confronted with complex planning scenarios due to predictable events such as mergers and acquisitions, category expansions, supplier changes, and distribution evolution, as well as disruptive events including demand volatility, material shortages, capacity constraints, and logistical surprises.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

As data becomes a critical resource in modern organizations, business users are clamoring for tools to ease access to data for reporting and dashboards. EA plugs data in the form of reports, dashboards and data visualizations into applications, putting the information where it will get used.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 12, 2021

One of the most popular tools that drives the supply chain to new heights is the process of intermodal freight shipping. This is seen exceptionally well when looking at rail capacity and transportation rates for the modern supply chain. Data access to see savings compared to truckload and other shipping methods.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

There are different tools, goals, and market dynamics. It can move quickly from a situation where there is too much capacity in the market and buyers having the whip hand, to a situation where shippers are begging carriers to take their loads at almost any price. An RFP is a data intensive exercise.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Shipping analytics tools shine a light on the value of informed freight management. Freight market participants need these top shipping analytics tools in their freight stack. Shipping status tools to track freight. Tracking shipment status is a core function of advanced shipping analytics tools. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 18, 2021

A great deal of the cost that goes into shipping gets tied up in securing load capacity and budgeting for fees and expenses incurred along the way. Understanding why rate forecasting is so vital and how accurate data and analysis can help improve predictions are essential. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 10, 2021

FreightWaves SONAR is releasing new indices – Capacity Trend Market Scores and Capacity Trend Market Direction – to help shippers, carriers and brokers prioritize specific routes daily. Capacity Trend Market Scores Capacity Trend Market Scores are divided into two perspectives – shipper/broker and carrier.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 16, 2024

Market Dashboard Plus is a multi-lane management tool that provides context around origin and destination capacity conditions in relation to spot and contract rates. Using those deltas, SONAR customers can target lanes that have low variance in pricing, which provides a starting point for analysis of the easiest lanes to cover.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 9, 2022

Instantaneous freight quotes created by a dynamic pricing tool that delivers the right price with guaranteed capacity. Mode optimization has traditionally been promised, but not delivered because the analysis was completed by people who didn’t have the data or tools.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 5, 2021

And that’s why it’s important for carriers to apply data and enable predictive freight rating through these five requirements. Recognize that not all loads are as lucrative as meets the eye, letting data do the talking Benchmarking may be the first step, but the next focuses on identifying the less-lucrative loads.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

With a detailed analysis of current challenges, including capacity constraints and the need for greater operational efficiency and transparency, this report is grounded in insights from 106 industry professionals. Key Findings from the Report 1. Just 11% are completely satisfied with their vehicle logistics software.

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Log-hub

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Your most valuable tool in such situations is making decisions based on data. Did you know that the impact of data-driven decision-making is significantly amplified when disruptions occur? Leveraging data-driven decision-making has the potential to yield improvements of up to 10% in conditions characterized by disruptions.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 2, 2021

Instantaneous freight quotes created by a dynamic pricing tool that delivers the right price with guaranteed capacity. Mode optimization has traditionally been promised, but not delivered because the analysis was completed by people who didn’t have the data or tools.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Cloud-based supply chain management tools, the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning are expected to figure prominently in future supply chain operations. Freight tech APIs collect data in near real-time. APIs eliminate the inconsistency and risks associated with manual data re-keying.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 2, 2018

New “digital assist” online price negotiation tools and workflow streamline price bid and counter offer process; eliminate excess phone calls and emails. Advanced “lane search” tools enable carriers to search by preferred lanes and city pairs, presents current available loads, continually updated, ranking best lane-specific loads highest.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Suppliers are facing increasing pressure from the buyers of their goods and services to report their environmental, social, and governance data. Increasingly, EcoVadis is becoming known as the go to organization to help corporations accelerate this journey to collect upstream supplier environmental, social, and governance data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Supply chain network design (SCND) is a powerful tool for improving business operations. Demand is at the Heart of Supply Chain Network Design The first step in the SCND process is translating business rules into a set of data inputs: demand, products, customers, sites, shipment rules, production details, and various constraints.

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3PL Links

MAY 9, 2024

Smart warehousing is a sophisticated inventory management approach that maximizes the transportation, storage, and distribution of goods and materials within the company by utilizing data analytics and state-of-the-art technologies. It makes it possible to optimize storage capacity, making better use of the available physical resources.

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Parade

MARCH 18, 2021

In this post, we explore truckload pricing tools as an important part of every digital freight brokerage’s operations. Truckload pricing software is key to a broker’s ability to buy freight and sell capacity profitably in the daily spot environment. Key Uses of Truckload Pricing Tools. Pinpoint Market Rates.

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Parade

MARCH 18, 2021

In this post, we explore truckload pricing tools as an important part of every digital freight brokerage’s operations. Truckload pricing software is key to a broker’s ability to buy freight and sell capacity profitably in the daily spot environment. Key Uses of Truckload Pricing Tools. Pinpoint Market Rates.

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Parade

MARCH 18, 2021

In this post, we explore truckload pricing tools as an important part of every digital freight brokerage’s operations. Truckload pricing software is key to a broker’s ability to buy freight and sell capacity profitably in the daily spot environment. Key Uses of Truckload Pricing Tools. Pinpoint Market Rates.

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Trinity Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2023

the role of Generative AI, a subset of artificial intelligence that can generate data like what it’s trained on, is becoming significant. Alex had seen the wonders of electronic data interchange, warehouse management systems, and transportation management systems. As the industry pivots from Logistics 3.0 to Logistics 4.0,

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Parade

JULY 17, 2019

Freight brokerages who want to benefit from technology solutions like Parade must first be willing to give their technology partners access to data about their carriers and load opportunities. However, in sharing your data with a third party, there are concerns about 1) How they will use your data, and 2) Who they will share your data with.

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Parade

JULY 17, 2019

Freight brokerages who want to benefit from technology solutions like Parade must first be willing to give their technology partners access to data about their carriers and load opportunities. However, in sharing your data with a third party, there are concerns about 1) How they will use your data, and 2) Who they will share your data with.

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Parade

JULY 15, 2019

Freight brokerages who want to benefit from technology solutions like Parade must first be willing to give their technology partners access to data about their carriers and load opportunities. However, in sharing your data with a third party, there are concerns about 1) How they will use your data, and 2) Who they will share your data with.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2024

For example, an agile supply chain may have real-time data, advanced analytics, decision support tools, and cross-functional teams to monitor, diagnose, and solve problems. Build and maintain the capabilities and resources that enable supply chain resilience, using tools such as redundancy, flexibility, agility, and robustness.

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Transporeon

JANUARY 25, 2018

The challenge For many years, Amway had used a generic sourcing tool that only facilitated communications with the company’s carriers rather than providing access to a supplier database and a collaborative environment to conduct sourcing events. The company began searching for a better way to procure freight and manage bids.

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Blue Grace Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Informed by shippers across various industries, BlueGrace’s LCI comprises data related to customers’ expectations and confidence in their organization’s financial growth or stagnation, level of inventory and warehouse capacity, as well as unique information on the expansion or contraction of orders for the upcoming quarter.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Quality and Detail of Data and its Analysis In some of our earlier posts, we’ve stressed the importance of simplicity in distribution network design , and we will return to that topic later in this article. It would be folly not to take advantage of data availability and accessibility.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 28, 2021

Enterprise shippers are looking for ways to capture and analyze more data Making the most of available technology has always been critical for fine-tuning a supply chain. Now more than ever, shippers need to find innovative ways to make the most of real-time freight data and analysis. Download the White Paper.

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CLX Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Addressing capacity management issues for all freight flows. Finding the right logistics partner and tools to help simplify the brokerage process is essential to success in chemical logistics, so be sure that chemical freight brokerage is a priority when establishing your transportation management operations. Do: Focus on Data.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 6, 2021

With demand for drivers often exceeding availability, shippers find themselves forced to pay more to secure capacity and drivers across many industries. Leveraging a 3PL’s relationships, people, processes and technology helps businesses balance supply and demand volatility and secure reliable and consistent capacity.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

By using strong management and analysis processes, supply chains can maximize value and stay competitive. And freight KPIs can serve as a valuable tool for freight market intelligence. Streamline data capture and analysis. Freight intelligence tools help management develop a more unified freight strategy.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 24, 2017

For those who keep a close eye on freight market trends and have lived through past capacity shortages, the signals arrived early this year that the freight market would quickly tighten, and that rates would soon spike. And, according to the latest data from the freight indexes, spot rates are as much as 100% more than this time a year ago.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Tim Consult has developed the Transport Market Monitor (TMM) into an interactive, web-based analysis tool. The TMM is a unique tool in the market with transport data from additional industries and numerous routes. Moreover, only valid market data from real shipments are included in the TMM.

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