GlobalTranz

MARCH 7, 2017

As Maurice Conti has said in one of his presentations , we have arrived to the augmented era, in which Artificial Intelligence in manufacturing gains a new role. Michelin, for example, is helping truck fleet managers reduce fuel consumption and costs through their new hybrid product.

Cost Reduction 74

Cost Reduction After-sales Case Study Presentation 74

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.

Manufacturing Procurement 82

Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Analytics After-sales Price Reduction 82

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.

Outsourcing 48

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Carter Logistics

MAY 13, 2020

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. In this example, trailer utilization for the truckload shipment is optimized.

Material Savings 78

Material Savings Expense Reduction Cost Reduction Inventory Reduction 78

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.

Transportation 28

Transportation Optimal Sourcing After-sales Material Savings 28

FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The answer lies in how shippers present the information to carriers – indicating how carriers can benefit from tapping backhaul opportunities in in-demand markets. As reported by Forbes , “Many companies, for example, have moved to e-commerce[…]This means shipping via B2C channels versus B2B channels. Email and fax don’t cut it.

Data 105

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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.

Optimal Sourcing 28

Optimal Sourcing Sourcing Strategies Negotiating Skills Negotiate Pricing 28

Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Online retail is accounting for an ever-larger part of total retail sales. Ideally, in a clicks and mortar business, logistics activities would be the same between fulfilment of online and physical sales. At each outlet local sales staff serve customer who travel to the outlets to buy. Make No Assumptions. Return logistics.

Supply Chain Design 48

Supply Chain Design Networks Price Reduction Expense Reduction 48

Forto

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

On Black Friday and Cyber Monday alone, retailers in Germany reported a sales increases of 189% in 2020 compared to the previous year. These two days are the biggest sales days in annual e-commerce, and by now probably in retail as well. But what does that mean for your transport planning? Christmas Holidays. Chinese New Year.

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3PL Links

DECEMBER 3, 2023

After this, having trustworthy data is useless if the predictive insights cannot be adequately interpreted. Predictive analysis is a branch of data analysis that makes predictions about patterns, behaviors, and habits based on past and present data using statistical methods and machine learning algorithms.

Supply Chain Planning Software 48

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 29, 2021

Let’s take a deeper look into these challenges and present some considerations for how those in the industry can overcome them. FACING DISRUPTION AFTER DISRUPTION. Issues such as these are causing supply chain disruption after disruption, resulting in increased costs and delays. FLATBED DEMAND VS. VAN AND REEFER.

Manufacturing Procurement 118

Manufacturing Procurement Construction Supply Chain Planning Software Material Savings 118

Now, That's Logistics

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

It’s the time of the year businesses throughout China shut down, factories cease operations, and activity at the country’s transportation hubs come to a grinding halt. Known as the Chinese New Year, this revered national holiday presents a unique set of challenges for importers and exporters alike. Brace yourself for payment delays.

Tips 60

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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.

Negotiating Skills 89

Negotiating Skills Purchasing Skills Cost Reduction Analysis 89

247 Customs Broker

AUGUST 19, 2018

It’s that time when transportation professionals begin preparing their freight budgets for the upcoming year. These C-Level presentations have been well received because they address the unspoken, but very real, undercurrent that is running through several C-Suites in corporate America. Let’s close with two thoughts.

Freight 28

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Freightos

OCTOBER 18, 2017

And, as if choreographed, speakers from startups, carriers, and forwarders brought up example after another of where the forces of change are finally breaking through. That was my big take from Elevate , presented by Air Cargo World earlier this month. Delta Cargo and Panalpina who have introduced digital cargo sales.

Cargo 50

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Conger

MARCH 22, 2024

This new idea has become a big part of the modern business world, revolutionizing how goods are transported within warehouses and manufacturing plants through automated guided vehicles (AGVs). They are often used in industrial applications to transport heavy materials around industrial buildings, such as a factory or warehouse environment.

Materials Handling 79

Materials Handling Material Savings Supply Chain Software Cost Reduction 79

Conger

MARCH 22, 2024

This new idea has become a big part of the modern business world, revolutionizing how goods are transported within warehouses and manufacturing plants through automated guided vehicles (AGVs). They are often used in industrial applications to transport heavy materials around industrial buildings, such as a factory or warehouse environment.

Materials Handling 75

Materials Handling Material Savings Supply Chain Software Cost Reduction 75

Shipping and Freight Resource

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

A shipbroker’s role is to bring the shipowners and charterers together to facilitate the charter of a ship for the carriage of cargo or negotiating and accomplishing the sale and purchase of a ship. ALSO DEFINITELY NOT AN EASY OR SMALL JOB AND CERTAINLY NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. A business landscape at change.

Digital 94

Digital Optimal Sourcing Maritime Purchasing Skills 94

Forto

MARCH 17, 2020

In the world of logistics, small and medium-sized logistics companies in particular have already been feeling the effects of the crisis for several weeks: the high production and transport downtime and level of illness in China has led to delays in the worldwide supply chain. every morning, including for all our sites worldwide.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 52

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

Transport optimisation considerations dictate that warehousing is used at the end-point of a transport system to amass enough products for a full load for the subsequent transport system. Less passenger traffic and reduced congestion means flexibility for TNT in scheduling onward transport, whether by air or road.

Supply Chain Software 64

Supply Chain Software Warehousing Automation Supply Chain Design Software 64

GlobalTranz

AUGUST 20, 2015

The executives surveyed identified these positions as those they believe currently most affected and that they expect will present even more severe staffing difficulties by 2020. Averting this outcome depends upon business leaders and government policymakers to actually implement measures to reverse the present trend. Skills Shortages.

Buyer Training 104

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 10, 2020

According to figures just released by the Office for National Statistics, online sales as a proportion of all retailing hit an all time high of 30.7% The fact is that outsourcing to a logistics company does allow online retailers to focus on their core business and usually presents an opportunity to reduce costs.

Picking 36

Picking Cost Reduction Price Reduction Industry 36

Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

For example, it is possible to run the DIN EN 16796 cycle with the new RXE 10- 16C in such a way that energy consumption is up to 17% lower than was possible with its predecessor, the RX 50 – despite the greater vehicle mass. When it comes to energy efficiency, the new RXE 10-16C leads the way. Launch of in-house fuel cell production.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is by our great friend, Chuck Intrieri where he gives us a fantastic example of how Procurement and Suppliers can enhance Supplier Relations by navigating the "Battle of the Forms.". For example, in one Indiana case, Tyler Pipe Industries, Inc. This dispute presents a classic Battle of the Forms example.

Manufacturing Procurement 85

Manufacturing Procurement Negotiate Pricing Optimal Sourcing Procurement 85

Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 14, 2021

The good news is: “All the prerequisites are at hand – from technologies to investment models to experienced implementation partners,” explains Hubertus Wabnitz, STILL’s Head of Sales Automated Solutions. The risk of transport damage and accidents decreases rapidly while employee safety and the quality of work are improved.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 39

Logistics Network Optimization Software Modeling Software Optimization Software Material Savings 39

Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The question is, what causes transportation service industry emissions to be so high? Poor reverse logistics management – For every sale made and item shipped, there is a chance it will end with a return. Active monitoring and tracking of products throughout and after their useful life. Fast and reliable collaboration with 3PLs.

Waste Reduction 58

Waste Reduction Vendor Strategies Cost Reduction Resource Reduction 58

Globalior

JANUARY 27, 2021

The buyer is responsible for unloading the means of transport. The seller is obliged to contract transportation. This Incoterm works well for the transport of goods by land. There may be problems when there is a change in the mode of transport during the transfer. DAP A4 / B4: TRANSPORTATION.

Document 52

Document Packing Transportation Packaging 52

Bringg

MAY 5, 2021

POD is a vital part of both the sales process and ensuring the supply chain is working. Typically a driver or courier presents a document for recipients to endorse, with this signature acknowledging all expected shipment items are present and undamaged. Why does POD matter? It reduces or eliminates paperwork.

Optimization Software 62

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Logistics in War

JULY 3, 2023

This is the second part of a presentation given at the Australian – New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference during June 2023. Reports after the war sought a rethinking of assumptions about lean logistics and its relevance in contemporary, large scale, conflict. By David Beaumont. Part one can be found here.

Military 60

Military Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chains Scenario Planning 60

247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

In this regard, mobile technologies are the leading factors why companies, for example, in retail and logistics, need to keep abreast of this. For example, how often can a smartphone fall on hard asphalt from more than a meter in height without being damaged?” Only then can they assert their position and are thus able to grow.

Supply Chain Software 28

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 30, 2016

After all, how can two competitors collaborate without compromising the information and structure of each company? For example, value-added service may include perks when shipping a large quantity of products on a recurring basis. The Present State and Benefits of Collaboration.

Collaboration 54

Collaboration Logistics Network Optimization Software Purchasing Skills Buyer Training 54

GlobalTranz

APRIL 8, 2016

Editor's Note: Take it from us, a transportation management solutions provider, who understands the question we've all asked: "Who on earth will find manufacturing, logistics, supply chain, shipping, and transportation management content interesting? After all, it's just making stuff and tedious process-driven operations!"

Logistics Network Optimization Software 51

Logistics Network Optimization Software Expense Reduction Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 51

Ship Monk

JANUARY 27, 2023

2-Day shipping , for example, is a great service you can provide to your customers! For example, our 3PL fulfillment platform and Virtual Carrier Network. The United States, for example, is broken down into Zones 1 – 8 for domestic shipments (grouped by zip codes, not mileage, from package point of origin to point of destination.

eCommerce 52

eCommerce Inventory Reduction Purchasing Skills Material Savings 52

Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 7, 2020

The current Coronavirus pandemic has presented challenges for every industry, organisation and individual across the world. This added insight allows transport operators to add or amend jobs to avoid disruption, such as traffic, as well as send automatic updates to the customer about any changes to their delivery. Growth of ecommerce.

Supply Chain Planning Software 41

Supply Chain Planning Software Efficiency Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Software 41

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.

Manufacturing Procurement 110

Manufacturing Procurement ERP Logistics Network Optimization Software Procurement Solutions 110

Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 8, 2019

The pallets are transported around the warehouse by two MQ 30 electric multidirectional sideloaders supplied by Hubtex Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. The sideloaders transport goods across the new mobile racking facility with the aid an inductive guidance system. Frontloaders transported the pallets to their destinations. “We

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Locus

DECEMBER 1, 2021

With bottlenecks in manufacturing and rising labor shortages in transporting goods, businesses struggle to counter toy shortage. It is a colossal task for toy businesses to piece together a supply chain with one delay after another. A rise in transportation costs. – Oct 2021. Conclusion.

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