Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

truck drivers still use paper logs to track hours of service, despite the federal mandate, says a new survey with 2,400 respondents from software-as-a-service (SaaS) company Teletrac Navman that provides GPS fleet tracking. . Analysis with BlueGrace . Even still, one-third of U.S.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

This is the first post in a four-part series on how to achieve best in class shipper status. However, a “Best in Class Shipper” has realized how optimizing different aspects of their processes will improve the satisfaction of both delivery recipients and clients. Each data entry is an opportunity for data capture and analysis.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Today we continue our long series and look at teaching shippers how to remain strategic when it comes to logistics and their transportation management program. 5 Areas of Technology Application to Aid in Logistics Visibility and Communication for en Route Disruptions. We then are going in depth on each of the 10 listed.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 20, 2015

How much should you invest? How to gain adoption? Bottom line, it’s great to say you want to have a commerce-enabled site, but before jumping to the technology stage, what is your strategy? How do I communicate my value in this new market? How do I increase sales to them at reasonable margins? Marketing Technology.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Technology advancements were among the most exciting topics to watch through 2016. Newer technologies have created entirely new methodologies for improving manufacturing, and the outlook is brighter than ever. Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are changing how everyone views the world.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 16, 2015

So we thought we would impart upon all the shippers out there some tips on how to reduce overall costs for effective LTL Procurement. These are some tips we gathered from one of our vendors who powers most LTL rating engines, SMC³, a supply chain technology provider on better request for pricing (RFP) bidding.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Editor's Note: This is a republish of an infographic from Sanderson IT , a supplier of software solutions to multi-channel retail and manufacturing businesses. We also included some other tips successful folks do before 8 am and right before bed to stay as optimized as possible, including a few productivity tools.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2016

The economy was on the road to recovery, and more technology was being developed and deployed to increase the productivity and efficiency of fleets. The state of the capacity crunch is also directly related to increasing technology. Capacity Is Tight, Not Impossible. Capacity of today’s fleets is tight.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 14, 2016

Gartner defines the IoT as “…the network of dedicated physical objects (things) that contain embedded technology to sense or interact with their internal state or external environment. Of course, many of these things have long been connected to the Internet – the phones, the computers, the alarm system.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Patrick gives us some insight into workplace efficiency and how to reduce waste. . The lean concept, itself, is a strategy created to simplify, organize and optimize a working environment. To fully understand how to implement lean manufacturing, you’ll need to understand how to add value to your end product.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 28, 2015

Yesterday we explained how to calculate dimensional weight covering the parcel examples and the impact on shipping costs , in general. However, it appears in the LTL shipping mode, we must also combine it with the freight class system we’ve all grown accustomed to in the LTL freight shipping world. Volume Optimization.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

We continue our ongoing strategic shipping series by covering how to use technology to provide better logistics visibility. Keep strategic with us as we talk a bit about technology in order to increase logistics visibility for your shipments, which then aids in customer satisfaction. Consider Differing Fulfillment Models.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 7, 2017

Editor's Note: Today's is blog is from Nicole Lewis who shows us the steps for smarter logistics planning optimization. However, contemporary business affairs feel an increasing need not only in logistics planning optimization but also in it as a whole procedure. Logistics planning optimization, evaluation of results and monitoring.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Thanks to data gathering programs, supply chain software , and data entry applications, this represents a mountain of data, which has the potential to provide ground-breaking insight into how to improve business-model efficiency. This includes risk analysis, detailed reports of how a supply chain functions, and even lead generation.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 1, 2018

Since this trend isn’t likely to change anytime soon, shippers who can contain the cost of shipping by maximizing efficiency and optimization throughout their shipping network will be on firm ground heading into the future. The first step is to collect all the data required to support optimal decision-making within the shipping function.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

However, while technology evolves to allow better tracking of carbon footprint, there’s a potential to substantially improve overall with sustainable logistics by addressing a less often discussed but insidious problem. How to fix (or at least begin to reduce) the waste. That’s potentially frustrating. Among the challenges: .

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 15, 2017

However, while technology evolves to allow better tracking of carbon footprint, there’s a potential to substantially improve overall logistics sustainability by addressing a less often discussed but insidious problem. How to fix (or at l east begin to reduce) the waste . That’s potentially frustrating. Among the challenges: .

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Editor’s Note: This is a guest blog from Paul Aureli a Marketing Associate at Crossroads MC , a company who optimizes current manufacturing systems through the use of their technology products. The problem with numbers is not numbers, per se; it’s how they impact our thinking going forward. Help is on the way… .

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