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FreightWaves SONAR releases Capacity Trend Indices

FreightWaves SONAR

FreightWaves SONAR is releasing new indices – Capacity Trend Market Scores and Capacity Trend Market Direction – to help shippers, carriers and brokers prioritize specific routes daily. Capacity Trend Market Scores Capacity Trend Market Scores are divided into two perspectives – shipper/broker and carrier.

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, a robust supply chain may have backup power generators, firewalls, security systems, and emergency plans to prevent or mitigate the effects of disruptions. For example, an agile supply chain may have real-time data, advanced analytics, decision support tools, and cross-functional teams to monitor, diagnose, and solve problems.

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SONAR Indices & Insights: Plan and Measure Refrigerated Shipping Capacity & Rates

FreightWaves SONAR

In this article, you learn what are the various reefer freight data indices available in SONAR, who in the freight market relies on these indices, what the indices tell freight market participants, and real-world scenario analysis of using SONAR refrigerated shipping indices to better understand the freight market.

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Managed Logistics Meets Five Challenges for Complex Supply Chain Operations

Blue Grace Logistics

For example, if a focus on customer service has resulted in shipments that are too small for optimized handling, the right provider should have ideas for a hierarchy of batching decisions that will both protect the company’s reputation with customers and create new efficiencies. Inbound Programs.

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The Trends Shaping Supply Chain and Logistics: Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2017

Talking Logistics

As I wrote last June, investments are rising in Supply Chain Operating Networks and Descartes is a prime example of this trend in action — a trend that I predict will continue to gain momentum in the months and years ahead. There are so many possibilities.

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3 More Advanced Technology Trends in Logistics in 2016: Welcome to the Hyperconnected Logistics Industry

GlobalTranz

After taking a look at the automation technology trends in logistics from our first post, take a look at how these technology trends in logistics will grow and what impact they will have for the industry. This specific example may also be applied to a new concept in logistics, tracking shipments with Bluetooth technologies. .

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Inventory Optimisation: How Much Stock is Right for Your Company?

Logistics Bureau

For example, if your cost of goods sold for 2020 was $250,000, and your average inventory on hand was worth $25,000, your inventory turnover ratio would be $250,000/$25,000 = 10, meaning your entire stock of that particular SKU turns over around ten times per year. Using the previous example, dividing 365 days by 10 gives you 36.5