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Logistics and Supply Chain Trends for 2018

Trinity Logistics

It’s no doubt that 2017 brought some big changes to the logistics and supply chain world. With the implementation of new regulations and political shifts that have taken place, 2017 saw a lot of ups and downs. As we put the year behind us, let’s talk about some of the biggest logistics trends to watch for in 2018. Let us know!

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This Week in Logistics News (May 8-12, 2017)

Talking Logistics

March 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). One of its partners is Iron Mountain, which provides document storage for financial, legal, healthcare and government clients. Finally, lots of news this week in the supply chain software realm, led by Manhattan Associates, which held its Momentum 2017 Conference this week.

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Pitfalls of digitalisation in shipping and freight

Shipping and Freight Resource

Some examples and benefits of digitalisation in shipping are. Whether digital or manual, the business of shipping involves a lot of documentation. Here is a real life example. For example, seafood products are best shipped at -20°C (-4°F) or lower. An exporter secured a loan from a finance company to buy hides & skin.

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Top 6 Supply Chain KPIs: Keep Your Dashboards Simple

Logistics Bureau

Accurate documentation: This metric tracks the percentage of sales orders accompanied by accurate documents throughout the process. Documents included in the metric can vary but usually include advance shipment notifications (ASNs), labels, and invoices. For example, suppose you can see the cycle time reducing.

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How RPA is Transforming Transportation and Logistics

RPA Labs

RPA bots can also scrape relevant data from emails, texts, social media and other digital sources to identify market trends and insights. RPA allows for seamless system-to-system interaction, so migrating data from shipping instructions, BOLs, packing invoices, and other documents is done automatically. Shipment status communication.

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Ocean Carrier Trends: Containing capacity while remaining poised for growth

247 Customs Broker

According to Youssef, other factors driving uncertainty include the ongoing global energy transition, structural shifts in economies (China for example) as well as shifts in global supply chain development. “If This was an improvement of 4% over the first nine months of 2017.” You can reach him directly at [email protected].

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Transportation Management System ROI: What Other Business Areas Can Benefit?

GlobalTranz

Cloud-Based Data Analytics Identify Trends and “Concerns.”. Cloud-based TMSs utilize analytics to identify key trends that not obvious. For example, everyone knows that sales will peak around the holidays, but analytics can identify peaks that happen when you think you are in a lull. You could lose current and future customers.