GlobalTranz

APRIL 20, 2021

Whether it’s a pandemic, severe weather events, trade disputes and tariffs, economic upheaval, or even unexpected surges in customer demands, you can’t prepare for every eventuality. For example, GlobalTranz’s Cost Prediction Model provides intelligence on pricing and market trends via a live dashboard.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 17, 2020

These disruptions are like black swan events which no one can forecast or plan for in advance. For example, according to reports , the 2011 earthquake and Tsunami in Japan had caused grave damage to infrastructure and manufacturing facilities in the country. Will the analysis help in mitigating risks from black swan events?

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Blue Grace Logistics

MAY 10, 2021

These disruptions are like black swan events which no one can forecast or plan for in advance. For example, according to reports , the 2011 earthquake and Tsunami in Japan had caused grave damage to infrastructure and manufacturing facilities in the country. Will the analysis help in mitigating risks from black swan events?

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Trinity Logistics

JUNE 19, 2019

In this blog, we’ll go over the economic and supply chain impacts that result from these events and how you can best prepare your supply chain. When these natural events happen, numerous businesses find their supply chains shook. Impacts on the economy and supply chains. Severe weather has exponential impacts on our global economy.

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Kanban Logistics

APRIL 30, 2020

Makers of all types of products turn to third-party logistics (3PL) providers to optimize warehousing and distribution operations in order to meet modern supply chain demands. Makers of food products, however, have a host of safety and regulatory requirements to contend with that make selecting the right 3PL even more crucial.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Fortunately, this will probably include some topics you’re already familiar with, such as: A market analysis Roles within the organization Product assortment (if adding new products to the catalog) A marketing plan (social media, newsletters, campaigns, etc.) Partnering with a 3PL — seriously! The best way to do that? BFCM Incoming.

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Trinity Logistics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Although devastating, these side-by-side catastrophic events are seemingly becoming a norm. In this blog, we’ll go over the economic and supply chain impacts that result from these events and how you can best prepare your supply chain. When these natural events happen, numerous businesses find their supply chains shook.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2019

The latest example is Walmart “raising its delivery goal posts for suppliers, asking them to deliver more goods on time,” as reported by Jennifer Smith and Sarah Nassauer in the Wall Street Journal. Walmart ‘Tightens the Vice’ on On-Time In-Full (OTIF) Requirements. threshold for food consumables.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 20, 2015

There are plenty of mobile apps capable of helping you with freight management in the long run, becoming an invaluable tool to help with your business analysis. You can find GPS tracking , confirmation apps and delivery logs, but there are even more specific apps that track a number of other options, such as fuel efficiency, for example.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

What if there’s a major weather event that has the logistics network scrambled? Langley sites dynamic pricing in freight for an example. Of the shippers that responded to the 3PL study, many agreed that the use of analytics would be helpful to many facets of their operations as well as overcoming the challenges they face day to day.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 5, 2015

For many businesses, this means partnering with a third-party logistics service provider (3PL) such as Flash Global that has already integrated evolving technology into its holistic, comprehensive logistics services. equipment uptime. This would ensure no disruption in the production schedule, customer service or revenue stream.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 28, 2015

As a retailer, or as an executive at a multi-location LTL shipping company, you must understand the facts of this change, what’s driving it, and how a 3PL will become increasingly important in the role of monitoring and mitigating volatility in LTL management. Recall the events of last year’s holiday season.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 22, 2016

Both of these forces are actually just the cascading events from engaging in e-commerce, and you need to think about what they mean to today’s shippers. In other words, these collaborating entities can both achieve profits by simply combing resources through the use of a third-party logistics provider (3PL). E-commerce Rises to Power.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2016

Yet, contractual parties, such as third party logistics providers ( 3PLs ) are expecting increases in freight of between 2 and 3 percent from 2015. As a result, most carriers, including local and 3PL carriers, are also increasing the size of their fleets. Expansion of the Panama Canal Will Increase Incoming Ocean Freight.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Accurate data forecasting requires accurate data, robust data analysis tools, and people who understand how to use them. Look for a tech-first 3PL that understands the importance of real-time transparency and easily accessible data that gives you the big picture as well as the granular details.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For example, you might: Diversify your supply base , so you’re not too reliant on a single source. 3PL Decision-Making. Or maybe you have already outsourced your warehousing, and your 3PL partner was a good match when your business was smaller, but is now struggling with your higher volumes. How to Improve Product Availability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2021

At our Blue Yonder ICON event later in April this year and 3PL Execution Forum in June, 3PL and 4PL companies will explain how they are leveraging innovations as an advantage. An example is carrier network services for executing a cohesive set of first-, middle- and last-mile operations and optimizing common carriers and fleets.

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

To better understand true cost and volume impacts, Zipline Logistics evaluated a sample of 33,000 shipments, comparing data prior to the 2017 Tropical Storm Harvey with data after the event. How a Third-Party Logistics Provider (3PL) Can Help. Port Fluidity Ports are often hit hardest during a hurricane due to their coastal locations.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

As a 3PL who offers a transportation management system we’ve integrated to many ERP software, we view the use of technology as an enablement tool for shippers to cut out unneeded waste and thus add more to the bottom line by saving money from such efficiency. For example, we’re looking at one set of numbers – one version of truth.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

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 Rate uplift. Fuel for thought in 2019.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 6, 2017

If existing scenarios and events have triggered an assessment of your supply chain flow, you’re operating with a reactive design. If on the other hand, you’re considering events that aren’t in the process of happening right now, you’re proactive instead. Times Have Changed For Supply Chains.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 19, 2018

Additionally, a Center of Excellence solution enables “what-if ” analysis of sourcing and distribution initiatives that can be invaluable because it can identify plan deviation or breakdown. In such an event, fixed delivery dates of those products, as opposed to “manageable” dates, may require expedited delivery.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

Analysis of these simulations will identify safety issues as these new aircraft take to the air in an already crowded air traffic control system. The most recent example is C.H. Meanwhile, as reported by Bloomberg, “a who’s who of technology and aviation companies won U.S.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

An off-cited analysis from McKinsey in late 2017, for example, found automation could destroy as many as 73 million US jobs by 2030, about one third of all jobs in the country. For example, in a story I remembered that we ran in 2014, a company called Parkdale Mills had recently re-opened a factory near Gaffney, SC that now produces 2.5

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

Gilmore Says… In a great example of the balance in this book, Sheffi notes the actual evidence of consumer preference for Green products is tenuous at best. In fact, after reading Sheffi’s examples, I’m surprised more companies haven’t been forced to be zealous advocates.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I was wrong, for example, about obstructive sleep apnea becoming the new debate in trucking; the debate ended before it really started after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Federal Railroad Administration withdrew their proposed rule to have rail workers and commercial motor vehicle drivers tested for obstructive sleep apnea.

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