Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

At its core: it is getting the products from a raw material to a finished good, to a shelf,” said Randy Ofiara, Vice President of Sales at BlueGrace Logistics in Tampa. Workers at BlueGrace Logistics basically help clients transport product, so they know a thing or two about the supply chain, and how it should work.

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Dedola Global Logistics

JULY 14, 2023

In this blog, we will explore the appropriate fees typically associated with ocean freight shipping, shed light on hidden fees that can emerge after the cargo has shipped or landed, and guide avoiding these hidden or fake fees to ensure a fair importation process into the USA. What you see is what you get.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 5, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll walk through some of the obstacles to medium-term demand planning, consider how high-frequency supply chain data can help fill the informational gaps that companies are grappling with, and then look at a real-world example of how the data in FreightWaves SONAR can give insight into the goods economy.

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Camelot 3PL Software

MAY 24, 2023

This week’s blog will explore how to be helpful after a hurricane makes landfall and not inhibit the professionals who are handling and coordinating resources at the regional or national levels. Geoff Greenhill, Director of Sales, Camelot 3PL Software. Take ALAN’s work for example.

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3PL Links

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

These included lower labor and equipment expenditures in addition to improved item control and transportation. The names are suggestive, after all. As an example: The conference can be for larger amounts; Identification made by automatic software; The process of separation by areas, and so on.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 30, 2017

But, modern businesses have grown to encompass an omnichannel sales opportunity. In other words, manufacturers need analytics from point-of-sale systems, transportation metrics and more. For example, a customer is a shoe store may purchase shoes, but if offered a new brand of socks, he or she refuses.

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GoShip Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In the UK, for example, retailers estimate a 26% increase in sales in 2021 compared to the previous year. For example, roses need to be kept at 35 degrees (F) through the entire transit, and upon arrival as well. Valentine’s Day in Numbers. More than 90% of flowers going to the US go through the Miami Airport.

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Blue Grace Logistics

AUGUST 3, 2021

What This Blog Is About: How to build a mutually beneficial relationship based on trust & credibility with your suppliers. The importance of setting the tone of the relationship and being an example of what you expect. Conditions of distribution, transport, and delivery. After-sales service. Payment conditions.

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GoShip Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

CPG is common to transport, but there are still conditions that need to be met by the client and their LTL providers to ensure a successful pickup and delivery. Some examples of CPGs are personal hygiene products, food, beverages, and cosmetics. These are products consumers only buy after some research and comparison.

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

This call was particularly challenging because, reading between the lines, two things became readily apparent after listening to Jim vent: Jim was questioning the competency of his transportation and logistics people. And after asking me: “How could they make such a big mistake?” I got the message.

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Camelot 3PL Software

MAY 18, 2023

For example, I have seen a general long-term shift with traditional 3PL Bulk storages evolving to handle eCommerce. This week’s blog will explore the many ways you can contribute to ALAN for Hurricane and other disaster relief efforts. Geoff Greenhill, Director of Sales, Camelot 3PL Software. Thanks for reading.

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Camelot 3PL Software

MAY 18, 2023

For example, I have seen a general long-term shift with traditional 3PL Bulk storages evolving to handle eCommerce. This week’s blog will explore the many ways you can contribute to ALAN for Hurricane and other disaster relief efforts. Geoff Greenhill, Director of Sales, Camelot 3PL Software. Thanks for reading.

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Carter Logistics

MAY 13, 2020

Blog Topics. After giving it some thought (and wiping the sweat from my brow), I gave her my perspective. It is important to note that in addition to cash flow gains, “lean” savings in terms of floor space; labor; and transportation expenses are also realized. The Shared Milkrun. Mexico & Border Logistics.

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GoShip Blog

JANUARY 19, 2021

For example, it is important to stay updated with the latest NMFC changes , especially if you are shipping LTL freight, or keep an eye on the general rate increases of significant carriers like USPS, FedEx, and UPS. . Plan your transportation budget. Diversify your carrier network. Kick start 2021 with GoShip.

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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

They were able to take variable costs, fixed costs, transport costs, different transport types and many other options into account. . On top of this, after demand has been adjusted, demand simulations can be run to study the behavior of your resources over time as demand continues to increase or decrease. .

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Expedited Freight Questions Answered Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® Newsroom Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - November 10, 2023 Whether your organization uses expedited freight shipping every day or occasionally, it pays to understand how to use these services as effectively as possible.

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3PL Links

DECEMBER 3, 2023

After this, having trustworthy data is useless if the predictive insights cannot be adequately interpreted. Numerous fields, such as sales forecasting, product demand, credit risk, medical diagnostics, equipment predictive maintenance, and logistics, might benefit from this. How predictive analytics works in logistics?

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 30, 2023

The lack of a mechanism to tie contracts to prevailing market conditions creates enormous inefficiencies in freight transportation. Tender acceptance can range from 98% to just 75% over the course of a freight cycle, causing disruptions to supply chains that result in charge-backs, stockouts and lost sales. Contracts don’t hold up.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

If you can only say “No”, I will not be surprised, because many companies have never drilled down into the costs involved in selling specific SKU categories, individual SKUs, or providing particular services connected with those sales, to specific customers or customer categories. And that is the sole purpose of cost-to-serve analysis.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 30, 2023

A new year is underway, and what better way to begin our 2023 blog activity than with a summary of the freshest news from the supply chain and logistics theatre? As a proportion of total transportation costs for a given product, the last mile can generate up to 40%. Hunt Transport Services Inc.’s and RDI Last Mile Co.

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GoShip Blog

JULY 28, 2022

A returned item must first pass through a quality control process to determine if it’s still fit for sale. An RMS streamlines your after-sale management processes, allowing quicker, easier, and safer returns. Setting a return policy that’s too stringent can lead to low customer satisfaction and lost sales.

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Freightos

JULY 11, 2017

One of the first rules forwarders drill into their sales teams is that it’s all about key accounts. But as markets shift, technology shifts and, most importantly, margins shrink , forwarders are starting to revisit this core tenet of sales. For example, there are over 100,000 companies that sell over $100,000 worth of goods annually.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 26, 2018

I was having lunch with a friend of mine who had recently conducted a transportation sourcing event. There are plenty of companies using a flawed process in conducting their transportation sourcing events. As the VP of Sales for a large national truckload carrier recently told me, “Today, our negotiation strategy is indifference.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 24, 2021

You have a relative who owns a produce company or a friend started a new beverage line, and you enter the brokerage business to advise their transportation needs. You see examples of this strategy in large brokerages today. Examples of portfolio diversity in the freight business. SONAR Port Import Market Share (PIMS).

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Trinity Logistics

DECEMBER 29, 2021

After yet another unpredictable and unstable year, many hope 2022 will bring more stability back to the industry. In this blog, we’re going to dive into some of the latest trends in the food and beverage industry. One example is UPS Healthcare developing a system and opening facilities to move medicines safely. SUSTAINABILITY.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 26, 2021

The reverse logistics process further includes the management and the sale of surplus as well as returned equipment and machines from the hardware leasing business. Any process or management after the sale of the product involves reverse logistics. Normally, logistics deal with events that bring the product towards the customer.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Lucky for you, in this blog we’re going to cover both! In order to avoid order fulfillment woes, we recommend sharpening your demand forecasting game , and that is accomplished by leveraging data from previous peak season, and even previous sales in general, to gauge the stock you’ll need to keep buyers satisfied.

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GoShip Blog

JULY 12, 2022

Say you’re transporting furniture pieces that need reassembling after delivery. In all these cases, additional shipping services can streamline transportation. It also applies to transporting hazardous products that require careful handling and increased shipping safety. Or maybe the shipping destination is hard to reach?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

For example, the reverse logistics process includes the management and the sale of surplus as well as returned equipment and machines from the hardware leasing business. Any process or management after the sale of the product involves reverse logistics. If the product is defective, the customer would return the product.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2022

As you’ll know, if you follow our blog regularly, Logistics Bureau does a great deal of work related to supply chain strategy development and alignment. Another thing we talk about quite often on our blog is how companies often misjudge the needs and preferences of their customers. Transportation management systems (TMS).

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

As reported by Forbes , “Many companies, for example, have moved to e-commerce[…]This means shipping via B2C channels versus B2B channels. Aside from labor costs and energy use, transportation costs comprise a shipper’s most significant expenses. More collaboration will always generate additional productivity.

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GoShip Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Fashion e-commerce has grown tremendously over the years and is set to generate almost 300 billion dollars in sales by 2025. You must use the correct materials and apply appropriate techniques to protect the products during shipping, optimize freight costs, and enhance customer experience after delivery. Free shipping.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 2, 2017

In our predictions’ blog post from earlier this year, we noted how customization will begin to replace traditional inventory management, and essentially, customization goes back to using computer analytics to generate a more accurate, successful view of inventory management. This might sound obvious, but it is worth consideration.

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Parade

MAY 15, 2019

Like any competitive business, growing and managing a freight brokerage is full of operational challenges such as; attracting and retaining carrier sales reps, increasing operational efficiency, improving profitability, and strengthening relationships with customers and carriers.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

As part of our ongoing commitment to keep our blog readers updated on what’s happening in the supply chain and logistics world, we’re launching a regular industry news roundup, which we’ll release periodically. The impacts are widespread, and, at this stage, it’s impossible to know how much worse things will get.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 6, 2017

Editor's Note: Today's blog is by Fergus O'Sullivan with Cloudwars.net. In this mini blog series on, Fergus will teach us about the Internet of Things; What is the Internet of things, how it works, how to use it, and what risks may occur. We say “limited” because they are still just machines, after all. We hope you enjoy.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 19, 2021

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that 34% of carbon dioxide emissions come from transportation, but simply switching fuel sources is not going to eliminate the industry’s carbon footprint. For example, let’s examine a load going from Denver, Colorado to Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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