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Redefining Freight Brokerage with Nick Jensen

The Logistics of Logistics

Dynamic pricing that enables shippers to get an instant freight quotes created by a dynamic pricing tool that delivers the right price with guaranteed capacity. Rate Guard gives shippers an easy to use tool to control their freight costs and avoid the spot market. Loadsmart is a Chicago-based freight tech company founded in 2014.

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Truckload Pricing Dynamics with Jon Payne

The Logistics of Logistics

Dynamic pricing enables shippers to get an instant freight quotes created by a dynamic pricing tool that delivers the right price with guaranteed capacity. With reliable contracts shippers are less likely to be forced in the spot rate market and Loadsmart has an incentive to meet the target price.

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Always Ready to Go to the Field: Meet Marta, FFA Focal Point

World Food Programme Logistics

Though FFA is powerful as a stand-alone tool for improving long-term food security, Marta emphasizes that integration with other WFP programmes further increases the positive impact on programme participants and their communities. “At Meeting with farmers outside of an Agriculture Business Centre, Sierra Leone.

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Smart Manufacturing: A Solution to Supply Chain Optimization

Morai Logistics

Smart manufacturing is a new advancement in supply chains that will help optimize the customer experience and meet consumer demands. Statistics show that in 2014, the global ecommerce market generated USD $1.3 Therefore, supply chains must think of ways to leverage digital tools to help. trillion in sales. Cost reduction’.

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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2022

Logistics Viewpoints

Unlike some of the other trends articles we have covered at Logistics Viewpoints, which take a deeper dive into technology and application specific trends, this article looked at the top trends executives need to be paying attention to before their strategic planning meetings commence. In my own defense, things kind of took off after 2014.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Manufacturing Innovation Hubs Revitalize American Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

Launched – 2/25/2014. The new state-of-the-art facility for digital manufacturing and design will develop and innovate the manufacturing tools and processes needed to streamline and maintain a networked supply chain. Launched – 1/24/2014. Lots of experience in traditional marketing techniques and tools as well.

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How the pandemic has changed the supply chain

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

A year before, in 2014, a Harvard Business Review article pointed out that supply chains were becoming increasingly global and complex and consequently more at risk than before. The move to a dual or multiple supplier model will be critical to meet the supply chain demands should any further disruptions occur. Hidden Risk” suppliers.