FreightWaves SONAR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

When the OTVI shows a higher reading year-over-year, it’s an indication of less capacity in the full truckload market, which indicates higher freight rates. What if shippers could look beyond what’s expected and apply forecasting tools to keep freight spend under control and navigate uncertainty throughout this disruption – and beyond?

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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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Parade

JANUARY 7, 2022

Parade’s new feature helps brokerages find carrier capacity in every quote, even the ones they don’t use. The New Parade Feature in a Nutshell The new feature focuses on showing customers not only capacity within their current network, but also other potential capacity our system has identified. There’s no shame in it.

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Parade

JANUARY 7, 2022

Parade’s new feature helps brokerages find carrier capacity in every quote, even the ones they don’t use. The New Parade Feature in a Nutshell The new feature focuses on showing customers not only capacity within their current network, but also other potential capacity our system has identified. There’s no shame in it.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

On this inaugural stackd episode, I welcome Lindsay Watt, Head of Product at Parade , a capacity management platform for freight brokerage teams. Adam and Lindsay will have a lively discussion on the value of digital freight tools and how they aid modern-day freight brokers in achieving their desired outcomes.

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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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GlobalTranz

JUNE 19, 2018

These rates will have natural implications for smaller shippers seeking to lower overall transportation and freight spend, and paired with a “blurred lines between peak shipping and shopping seasons,” shippers will experience increasing trouble when trying to procure full truckload capacity. Download eBook. Fortunately, a solution exists.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 22, 2021

In this edition of “SONAR Indices & Insights,” readers will learn about FreightWaves SONAR’s Weighted Rejection Index (WRI) to monitor trucking capacity in the freight market and the impact rejections have on shipping rates. What does WRI say about capacity and shipping rates? What is the Weighted Rejection Index (WRI)?

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

If you’ve ever paid $10 for an Uber ride to the cocktail lounge in the evening and then a “surge priced” $50 for the same distance Uber ride back to your home only a few hours later around closing time, you understand the dynamics troubling shippers in today’s capacity constrained transportation market.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 4, 2021

Here are 10 shipper of choice tips to help enterprises secure capacity and improve relationships with carriers, not to mention transportation brokers. An effective shipper of choice knows that freight data access and application of that data are critical tools for maintaining their status through routine and unexpected trucking RFPs.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 24, 2018

This means we help the team answer questions about global production footprint design, such as “where should we build our breweries,” “where should we invest in capacity,” “how much capacity should we build on which location,” “what kind of equipment should we invest in” and “when should we invest.”. a non-alcoholic beer).

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GlobalTranz

JULY 8, 2016

Today, we wrap up our series on the top 5 blogs in our 4 main categories ( Freight , Manufacturing , Logistics , and Supply Chain ). Our last post covered the Top 5 Supply Chain blogs of 2016. Today's post will cover the top 5 Transportation Management blogs from 2016 so far. Get the FREE eBook Here.

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Envase Technologies

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Learn how Envase is leveraging our hundreds (upon hundreds) of collective years in dray-tech to make tools once only accessible to the major carriers available to all owner-operators. Read the Blog. Tired of calling and emailing to find capacity? Leveling the Playing Field for Owner-Ops. The Implementation Blues.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Th is blog post covers the critical ways strategic partnerships can help supply chain managers achieve optimal OTR management for their freight. With demand for drivers often exceeding availability, shippers find themselves forced to pay more to secure capacity and drivers across many industries. Carrier Vetting for OTR Freight .

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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. A low Lane Score indicates the flow of capacity into a given market is inbound-centric, while a high Lane Score indicates the flow of capacity is more outbound-centric.

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Blue Grace Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Logistics Blog®. BlueGrace’s data analysis platform provides future value and decision-making support using supply chain data, scorecard metrics, artificial intelligence tools, and engineering processes that lean on leading market indicators. Confidence Index™ Offers Supply Chain Insights Ahead of 2023 Show Submenu Resources.

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Parade

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The tools they’ve gained by implementing Parade’s capacity management solution are giving them a leg up. FreightSaver and Parade’s own Lindsay Watt, Head of Product, met with , Freightwaves to talk about how Parade’s capacity management tools are making this year’s peak season a little smoother at FreightSaver.

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Parade

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The tools they’ve gained by implementing Parade’s capacity management solution are giving them a leg up. FreightSaver and Parade’s own Lindsay Watt, Head of Product, met with , Freightwaves to talk about how Parade’s capacity management tools are making this year’s peak season a little smoother at FreightSaver.

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

How to Navigate Your Supply Chain During Market Swings Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® Newsroom Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - November 21, 2023 Market conditions play a crucial role in shaping challenges professionals face when managing their organization’s supply chains.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 1, 2024

These tools are helping businesses advance operations, enhance efficiency and drive growth, irrespective of the volatile economic market conditions. Load consolidation: By consolidating shipments and maximizing load capacity, these platforms reduce the number of trucks on the road.

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Blue Grace Logistics

AUGUST 30, 2023

BlueGrace described this report as an important tool in measuring expected expansion or contraction within the logistics space. Truckload will see some seasonal relief although the LTL (less-than-truckload) sector will likely still be in an ideal capacity environment for carriers through 2023, due to the departure of Yellow,” he said.

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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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Parade

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Tech and the Data Garnered from It Can Drive Smarter Strategy The , tools that tech provides are one thing; the data it collects and synthesizes so that companies can learn something from are infinitely valuable to gaining end-to-end visibility. They look to see which lanes their carriers have capacity. It all comes down to data.

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Parade

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Tech and the Data Garnered from It Can Drive Smarter Strategy The , tools that tech provides are one thing; the data it collects and synthesizes so that companies can learn something from are infinitely valuable to gaining end-to-end visibility. They look to see which lanes their carriers have capacity. It all comes down to data.

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Parade

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Parade is enabling all freight brokers to grow their businesses online with its capacity management systems that manage the buying and selling truckload capacity. We believe modern tools and infrastructure empowers the freight brokerage workforce to gain efficiencies and grow business in an increasingly digital market landscape.

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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.

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Locus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

As their fleet routes weren’t being optimized, trucks often made drops without leveraging their full capacity, which meant extra vehicles to meet growing demand. With Locus’s routing and capacity management solutions, FKS achieved just that. The need was clear: better utilization to ensure efficient operations.

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Envase Technologies

AUGUST 3, 2021

Over the last year, Envase (pronounced: ‘en-VAH-say’) has acquired several leading technology providers — Profit Tools, GTG, Compcare, Tailwind, Infosite, SecurSpace, DrayMaster — with a vision to deliver a fully streamlined transportation management ecosystem. Read the Blog. Profit Tools Version 7.0 now released!

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Failure to plan for volume increases, react to unforeseen circumstances, or predict future capacity needs and your company may begin to resemble the delay-ridden airport terminals plaguing air travel recently. Does your existing software/ERP system have demand forecasting tools or data-analytics in the system?

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Morai Logistics

MARCH 18, 2020

This week our friends from Quality Scales Unlimited are contributing to our blog. Quality Scales Unlimited is a company that “sells all types of scale equipment, from highly sensitive lab scales to heavy capacity truck scales.” So, with further ado, here is their guest blog on material handling.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 1, 2022

For example, in a bakery business, using the right tool with the BOM, the overall capacity of the oven and fridges could be monitored, and improvements as to how best to use ability could be suggested to reduce electricity costs, capacity constraints and workforce. This all improves customer satisfaction in the organization.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Capacity Constraints Continue to Arise. Capacity constraints continue to come under microscope as shippers look for a better understanding to the state of the market. Top causes of capacity constraints include: . Capacity constraints within truckload and parcel have led to spillover within the LTL market.?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

First, you must recognize and evaluate inefficiencies preventing you from accomplishing your business goals, such as: Inability to provide realistic delivery dates: This is a classic sign that Production does not have visibility of load and capacity, and/or materials availability, and therefore cannot promise accurate delivery dates to Sales.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Network Design tools that are fueled by powerful mathematical optimization in the back end, and intuitive scenario analysis capabilities at the front, empower you to create flexible plans and expose hidden risks in your network. This leads to insightful and resilient thinking. . – Tweet this.

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AIMMS

MARCH 30, 2020

The examples below show you how to do this in AIMMS SC Navigator Apps, but we encourage you to study these scenarios in the tools you have at your disposal. . Companies may not be able to adequately ramp up capacity and lose sales. Capacity shutdown in S&OP Navigator. Understand Exposure .

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