Talking Logistics

JANUARY 17, 2019

This post from project44’s blog shares insights from Joe Delussey, Target’s Director of Logistics, on how transportation operations can build loyal and happy customers. Organizations are searching for the best internal strategies as transportation shifts from a cost center into a viable area to drive customer experience.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JANUARY 23, 2024

An adept third-party logistics (3PL) partner understands that each company possesses distinct requirements for freight transportation, particularly during winter months. For example, items such as perishable foods, chemicals, and electronics can suffer irreversible damage if exposed to sub-freezing conditions.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 11, 2021

The supply chain is evolving, and the standards used for managed logistics transportation services today are more data- and technology-driven than those of the past. Shippers should consider the following as indicators for when to add an outsourced managed logistics transportation services provider. Take an example.

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Shipchain

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Determining the total cost of transportation is essential to understanding your company’s profitability. Understanding the total cost of transportation means understanding the costs and factors affecting spend in each leg of the supply chain. When it comes down to it, accounting for the total cost of transportation is pretty complex.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 11, 2015

We conclude our series on supplier quality management (SQM) today with a look at some case studies and examples of benefits derived from the application of a supplier quality management system. We deal with our suppliers of transportation on a daily basis: our select carrier partners.

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GoShip Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Setting a transportation budget for 2021 seems like a daunting task after the roller coaster that was 2020. While many companies will surely keep their budgets low, logistics and transportation experts anticipate a rise in short-term contracts, extending existing agreements, and early planning. Rates will increase.

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Freightera

MARCH 10, 2023

Introducing our partner, Motherload Transport, and their General Manager, John Bennett Motherload Transportation is a small Vancouver Island freight brokerage with over 20 years of history, unique character, and many accomplishments. John has an extensive background in logistics and transportation. Why Motherload Transportation?

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 17, 2022

High priced diesel fuel impacts the total cost of transportation through fuel surcharges. How to help manage overall transportation costs. Add that to an already volatile, over-burdened freight market and these steeply rising prices are greatly impacting fuel surcharges, total cost of transportation, and logistics budgets overall.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 8, 2021

That’s the overview of white glove services evolution and it’s another piece of the transportation terminology puzzle. It’s important to know how white glove services and transportation management go together. They must go beyond the standard delivery in transportation management, and consumers are pushing this trend forward.

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GoShip Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

The future of transportation holds many exciting promises. Transportation has transformed our society and opened the doors to many possibilities. Moving products across the globe in a matter of days once seemed unfathomable but has become possible through innovation and transportation. Why it’s Time for Industry Change.

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LandLink

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

We have discussed the importance of becoming a preferred shipper in previous blogs. Historically, truckers have been treated as second-class citizens when it comes to, for example, driver accommodation and respect for one’s time. The impact of carrier relations on your supply chain is more important now than ever.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 13, 2023

For example, tracking global container bookings at the port of origin allows more than 60 days of visibility into U.S. These indexes, however, also prove invaluable to analysts covering transportation companies. . For example, analysts covering retailers or CPG companies need to include freight costs to estimate the cost of goods sold.

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CLX Logistics

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

While no one solution can account for or prevent these disruptions, ensuring that you have complete, real-time transportation visibility for your shipments can vastly improve your shipping stability, speeds, procurement, and brokerage abilities. What is Transportation Visibility? Real-World Transportation Visibility Effectiveness.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Transportation brokers continue to search for new applications and uses of technology to empower more informed decision-making. Therefore, transportation brokers need to know how freight data can add value, why actionability and timeliness enable accurate fast-paced decisions, and a few tips to apply FreightWaves SONAR data every morning.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 8, 2021

These latest tickers again reflect FreightWaves’ commitment to provide the latest data insights in SONAR – across all logistics concerns relating to OTR transport and other modes of transportation. The SONAR chart above shows the initial and final reported intermodal transportation savings versus truckload transportation values.

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Forto

AUGUST 17, 2021

In our last blog post , we have already covered the basics in the area of airfreight. Now it’s time to dive a little deeper into this transport mode. Formalities in Air Freight: From Air Waybill to Transport Insurance. Formalities in Air Freight: From Air Waybill to Transport Insurance.

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CLX Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

It’s pretty simple – intermodal transportation uses two or more modes or carriers to transport freight from shipper to consignee. This shipping strategy began in 18 th century England, and in the 1950s, the steel intermodal transportation container was standardized based on design specifications from the US DoD.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

We continue our series on the most read articles from the Cerasis blog for 2015 today by featuring any of the blogs in the transportation management or transportation categories. . We are now on the 4th of our 5 main blog categories we will feature as we wind down the year. A Look To 2018 and Beyond.

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In this blog post, you’ll learn about produce supply chain and the key aspects that ensure the delivery of fresh and sustainable produce to our table. Packaging plays a significant role in preserving freshness and preventing damage during transportation. Transportation: Produce often travels long distances to reach consumers.

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LabelMaster

JUNE 10, 2021

How you buy your Dangerous Goods transport resources isn’t as important as how you use them. For example: e-procurement. The post How Labelmaster e-procurement can lower your costs of hazmat compliance appeared first on Labelmaster Blog. But it can still make a difference in your operation’s compliance.

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Transporeon

APRIL 4, 2018

Sustainable transport: What are the choices for shippers? Why is sustainable transport such an important issue? More and more companies are therefore aligning their entire supply chain with sustainability criteria – right through to transport logistics. So many transport journeys continue to be handled by road.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Tracking the correct KPIs in supply chain processes across warehouses, logistics, transportation and freight management is essential. And embrace a next-level of transportation insight with SONAR-fueled data. The post [INFOGRAPHIC] Top KPIs in Supply Chain for Warehouse, Logistics, Transportation, Freight appeared first on SONAR.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Consumer buying behavior has tightened capacity in all modes of transportation. What This Blog Is About: Shipper’s top concerns for their supply chain. The opportunity cost of choosing the wrong mode of transportation. Analyzing Transportation Mode Opportunity Cost.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 7, 2024

It helps that we have both, but we’ll save that for another blog). What is undisputed amongst these players is that having the right data in the right places for the right people to make the right decisions is the right path to a successful transportation operation. Whoa…what a title, right?

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2018

To look at what risks will affect the supply chain in 2018, Rob Savitsky of AIR Worldwide ( a member of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Supply Chain Exchange program), wrote a blog for MIT discussing three broad categories of supply chain risk. Natural Catastrophes.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. In this blog post, I describe the different paths these modes took and where things stand at the close of 2023. It is indeed “A Tale of Two Modes,” each with its own story, pace, successes, and snags.

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United World Transporation

JULY 25, 2019

The Sanitary Food Transportation Act (SFTA) is one of 7 foundational rules outlined by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since January 2013 to create a modern, risk-based framework for food safety. In addition, the equipment must be capable of maintaining temperatures necessary for the safe transport of food. What is the SFTA?

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 27, 2023

At the end of the previous blog I mentioned the concept of DFL (design for logistics) , which is very friendly to shipping and storage， because IKEA takes into account the cost reduction of shipping and storage in the design phase of the product, thus optimizing the overall product cost and making the company’s products more competitive.

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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. Consider the potential savings.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 20, 2023

Freight Claims 101 Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® News Press Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - April 20, 2023 Freight claims are an inevitable aspect of shipping cargo. How to minimize the amount of freight claims How to mitigate freight claims when they happen What is a Freight Claim?

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 2, 2023

The ice cube crisis is an interesting example of how logistical problems can have a big impact on the economy and on everyday life. In this blog, we will discuss the logistical problems that led to this crisis and how it could have been avoided. Another problem was the lack of transport capacity.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 9, 2023

The fifth largest country of the word, covering almost half of South America’s territory, struggles with its logistics, particularly, when it comes to transportation infrastructure. This blog post will discuss why. Map of the Brazilian rail network in 2023, according to the National Association of Railroad Transporters.

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Trinity Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In this blog, we’ll take a walk through what chemical manufacturers are currently facing and how they can better manage their operating expenses. For example, raw agricultural materials have increased 117 percent since 2000 , rubber has seen an increase of 359 percent, and steel is up 167 percent. Transportation Management Systems.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 21, 2015

One of the often missing links, however, in supply chain visibility, is transportation management. We call this the transportation supply chain. What is the Transportation Supply Chain? This requires a new broad look at the business of transportation supply chain, including supply chain management, logistics, & procurement.

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Transporeon

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Shippers are feeling the effects of scarce transport capacities in the market. The driver shortage is affecting available transport capacities. Regularly since Q3 2017, many shipping companies have been confronted by transport scarcity – a problem they’ve never known before.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The difference between planned and actual transport costs can be significant, so maximum freight recovery is essential. What This Blog Is About: The difficulty of factoring in freight costs. For example, a company gets a shipping rate of $100, and they quote the customer $120. For example, for how long is it correct to do this?

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Jennifer McKeehan, SVP, transportation and delivery for Walmart U.S., explained in a company blog post that packages originate in the retailer’s fulfillment centers and move to a sortation center, or directly to stores, where they are then delivered to a customer’s home using Walmart’s last-mile delivery network.

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