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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

That processing event determines when the goods need to be delivered to the next stop. The moves span inbound, intracompany, and outbound shipping. It was quickly determined that a procurement event was necessary just to set a baseline. It was quickly determined that a procurement event was necessary just to set a baseline.

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The American trade imbalance and port congestion

Shipping and Freight Resource

Bureau of Economic Analysis, the American trade deficit on goods and services went up 4.2%, rising from $70.3 However, port information from San Pedro Bay ports, which handles 40% of US trade, shows that this trend of empty container outbound movement has been going on for a few years and is not a new phenomenon.

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Leveraging the Internet of Things (IoT) for Container Tracking

MTS Logistics

Outbound Logistics Track assets on their way to their final destination, providing customers and suppliers with up-to-the-minute ETA visibility. Essentially, the Internet of Things (IoT) allows users to track the location of every container within a fleet. It offers various advantages at each stage of the supply chain.

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Mastering Profitable Omni-Channel Logistics, Despite Disruptions

Logistics Viewpoints

The answer lies in identifying supply chain disruptions — from a big event, like a port closure, to smaller day-to-day performance exceptions — at the earliest possible moment. As disruptive events occur along the digital thread, the entire organization can act in a fluid, connected manner to optimize costs, service levels and other outcomes.

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SONAR Indices & Insights: Improve Freight Shipping Procurement with SONAR SCI’s Lane Acuity Plus

FreightWaves SONAR

In the screenshot above, you can see that the outbound and inbound stability show scores of 29 out of 100 and 21 out of 100, respectively. harder to procure capacity at the benchmark rate per mile ) in both the outbound and inbound directions. Carriers will be able to see inbound and outbound stability on specific lanes.

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Near-real-time data-driven route optimization best practices

FreightWaves SONAR

Predictive data analysis allows managers to tweak and adjust route optimization and shipping protocols to accommodate market demands. As highlighted by FleetOwner , traffic jams, vehicle problems, major weather events, customs and border issues and construction projects can delay delivery and disrupt normal transportation flow.

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Sexify Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

Polycrisis logistics When multiple supply chain disruptive events happen concurrently how can they be tackled? For example, the Dexory View dashboard enables pick face analysis of volumes. Real-time analytics with a virtual control tower helps forecasting freight lanes, both inbound and outbound.