GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from our friend Greg Braun from C3 Solutions. In this blog, Greg discusses the real cost of inaction when you dont adopt new supply chain technology. New Supply Chain Technology: The Real Cost of Inaction. The cost of the status quo. And do the cost-benefit analysis.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 17, 2019

This post from project44’s blog shares insights from Joe Delussey, Target’s Director of Logistics, on how transportation operations can build loyal and happy customers. Organizations are searching for the best internal strategies as transportation shifts from a cost center into a viable area to drive customer experience.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 17, 2017

In a blog post earlier this year, we noted how since the election, more manufactures have expressed interest in reshoring and avoiding offshoring entirely. In other words, politics can lead to tax benefits and incentives for companies that abandon waste-producing practices or work to reduce their carbon footprints. Reduce costs.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JULY 27, 2021

We explore how predictive analytics and big data with human sentiments can add value and amplify their supply chain strategies. What this blog is about: Leveraging predictive analytics for forecasting and visibility. Simple Examples of Predictive Analytics. Check out our July Webinar!

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

We first started writing about and featuring reshoring content back in September of 2013, and have since added 10 more reshoring related posts in our reshoring blog category. Obscure costs and risks were overlooked by many in the rush to operate off-shore. 70% of manufacturers indicate that volatile energy costs are a major concern.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 21, 2015

In order to avoid incidents of mismatch between supply and demand, establish more efficient manufacturing and lower costs, it is necessary to establish an environment of consistent supply chain visibility. Walmart has effectively used a responsive transportation system to lower its overall costs.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 20, 2023

Freight Claims 101 Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® News Press Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - April 20, 2023 Freight claims are an inevitable aspect of shipping cargo. A commercial invoice – This proves that the amount being claimed is accurate.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2017

In the below is a real world example of a consultant coming to a third party logistics company with the goal of choosing a warehouse and 3pl provider. This two-part blog series will take you thru the RFP questions along with the answers you'd expect to see from the 3PL. The Client Details. Performance or Service. Customer metrics.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Therefore, shippers must be able to control to blend last mile with other shipping strategies. However, consumers’ experiences are the cornerstone of successful last mile delivery logistics, and shippers need to revolutionize their last mile delivery logistics strategy to meet these expectations.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is from our friend Derrick Rehn with FusionOps who shows us how big data analytics can benefit you in your supply chain. . As big data analytics offer a sizeable competitive advantage for many industries, the drive to deliver cutting edge innovation in data analytics is ever increasing.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is by Dr. Muddassir Ahmed of muddassirism.com. In this blog he provides a simple reference guide to better yourself as a supply chain leader. Here are few examples which I used: Focus Supplier improvement results (DPPM and/or OTD with min. Lead Time Reduction in Supply Chain.

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Blue Grace Logistics

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Technology Brings A New Dawn for Drayage Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® Newsroom Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - February 29, 2024 Tom Gresham | Inbound Logistics February 2024 The drayage industry has begun to come out of the shadows.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 30, 2017

Editor's Note: Today's blog comes from our friends at Barrington Freight where they give us a glimpse as to what the next 10 years will look like for automation in the freight industry. While automated ports might be cutting down on jobs, they are potentially saving lives and increasing the efficiency of operations tenfold.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 28, 2023

China tensions and the pandemic-driven distribution crisis forced businesses to give priority to supply-chain resiliency over the cost-cutting that once sent that production to Asia, particularly China, consultants and deal makers say. companies opening factories in Mexico, for example, nor investment in private real estate.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 24, 2022

How retailers are reevaluating post-pandemic inventory strategies. Mars Attacks Cost Drivers with Digital Twins. During one of its digital twin trials, Mars reduced the rate at which package overfilling occurred. Renault’s plans for network redesign and S&OP improvement. Trials a Success.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Lean manufacturing refers to eliminating waste, reducing costs, and improving production with finite resources. Most modern manufacturing programs use RFID scanners , barcode scanners, and automated data capture for processing in the manufacturing control platform, asserts an Apriso blog post.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 24, 2023

By providing that level of cus­tomer support, 3PLs should be able to grow regardless of fluctuations in freight demand, Harris said, pointing to his own company as an example. Earlier this year, RXO announced a program to provide rewards and cost savings to its carriers. RXO, based in Charlotte, N.C.,

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 30, 2017

AR aims to produce efficient operations by cutting down production downtime, quickly identifying the problems and keeping all the services and processes going. You Can Cut Down On Maintenance Time. You Can Reduce Production Downtime. AR technology is already creating waves of strides on the industrial manufacturing plant floor.

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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. These systems can automatically detect changes in inventory.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 24, 2015

There are 230,000 small manufacturing companies in the United States alone, according to a new Infographic from The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Manufacturing Innovation Blog. We have included the infographic below. The End Goal.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The Logistics Blog®. Poorly optimized networks can have many undesirable outcomes, including loss of customers, runaway freight and labor costs, and siloed — rather than integrated — supply chain management. Managed Logistics Meets Five Challenges for Complex Supply Chain Operations Show Submenu Resources. Whitepaper. Case Study.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

A recent study found that 80 percent of respondents, discovered in a survey by Packaging World magazine, own a tablet, asserts Apriso's Transformation Manufacturing Blog. However, take a moment to think about the operating cost of a non-mobile enterprise. No, imagine this example applied to 10 different warehouses or ordering centers.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 10, 2017

In other words, the use of AI may help to improve patient outcomes and reduce delays from misdiagnoses or laboratory testing. For example, planning, purchase order placement, manufacturing floor information logistics operations and beyond became essential variables in the goal of creating a more agile supply chain.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

Throughout this time, 3PL transportation management providers have taken advantage of the low-costs of transportation, which further reduced the costs for businesses and manufacturers. However, the uncertainty of these oil booms, especially when coupled with weather events, will drive the cost of Diesel up further.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 15, 2017

. Editor's Note: Today's blog is from our friend Robert Everett who gives us some fantastic tips for managing logistics effectiveness. But in today’s variable business sector the decision makers are oriented on profit or on keeping the leading position in the enterprise at any cost. It looks very uncomplicated.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from our friends at Camcode. In this blog, Camcode discusses how collaboration provides supply chain disruption to impact the future of logistics management. While new technology doesn’t always come cheap, costs are increasingly accessible by smaller corporations.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2017

Most of the changes within the NMFTA freight classification schedules were made to eliminate the nine-tier freight classification rules, replacing it with a standard, 11-tier classification table. The new freight classification changes will impact customers in terms of purchase price and shipping costs.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2016

Shippers are focusing on using dimensional pricing to cut down on wasted space, and consolidation of freight has become the new buzzword. Meanwhile, shippers expect the overall cost of shipments to increase by 1 percent, reports William B. This includes reducing dead time and driver-related processes that are not driving.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 18, 2016

However, these technologies are becoming more popular and cost effective to use. As we talked about in the blog post explaining the hyperconnected era, these main connection technology trends in logistics are squarely focused on efficiency. Increasing Use of Bluetooth Technologies.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

We continue our series on the most read articles from the Cerasis blog for 2015 today by featuring any of the blogs in the transportation management or transportation categories. . We are now on the 4th of our 5 main blog categories we will feature as we wind down the year. As you grow, so should freight costs.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 11, 2016

Our transportation management system , which has been a web based platform since 1998, has an entire development team shaping it for now and in the future so our shippers continue to get value out of technology gaining such benefits of decreased errors, ability to focus on their core, and of course, overall costs savings.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

In our recent blog post on the future of procurement , we discussed how the majority of respondents in a given survey reported procurement as a long-term career in manufacturing. After all, proposed solutions do not cost a company anything beyond data review until implementing those solutions. How Much Will Procurement Grow in 2016?

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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 hope you enjoy. That sounds pretty cool, right?

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is a guest blog by our friends at 2 Flow. In this blog, they discuss everything you need to know about a 3PL business. In general, warehousing by a third party provider is more cost efficient. Outline your current supply chain costs. What is 3PL? There are several definitions of 3PL.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from our friend Kelli Harris, a consultant and recent college graduate in Logistics Management. It is important to note the necessity to build strategy of company’s logistics system development and integrate it as a full-fledged component for not less than 10-15 years. 3) OnCampus Texas.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 9, 2014

For example, let’s say that you’re a construction company. Intermediate-level quality will cost you between $700 and $900. A top-shelf winch costs around $1,000 to $2,000. So, for example, a company like jackswinches.com will let you hire out a winch for a reasonable price. Low-end, but quality, winches start at $450.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 20, 2015

Design a good business plan to have all details figured into the cost of your office, equipment, and necessary software into your long-term business goals. You can find GPS tracking , confirmation apps and delivery logs, but there are even more specific apps that track a number of other options, such as fuel efficiency, for example.

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