GoShip Blog

JULY 19, 2022

In the fast-changing logistics world, shippers constantly research new ways to optimize their supply chain and stay competitive. Lately, route optimization and digital road mapping have helped many businesses overcome common delivery challenges and grow customer satisfaction. What is route optimization? Accidents prevention.

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CLX Logistics

JUNE 27, 2023

In the realm of rail freight transportation, businesses often encounter a myriad of challenges when dealing with railroads. By highlighting viable alternatives to subpar rail service, we’ll empower shippers with the knowledge and assurance that superior options are available to meet your rail transportation needs.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 17, 2022

High priced diesel fuel impacts the total cost of transportation through fuel surcharges. How to help manage overall transportation costs. Add that to an already volatile, over-burdened freight market and these steeply rising prices are greatly impacting fuel surcharges, total cost of transportation, and logistics budgets overall.

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GoShip Blog

MARCH 21, 2023

Manufacturers often rely on inbound freight to transport all the materials and machinery they need to produce their products. So how do you optimize inbound freight management? Why should you optimize your inbound freight management? Using TMS allows you to streamline your transportation operations.

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GoShip Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Setting a transportation budget for 2021 seems like a daunting task after the roller coaster that was 2020. While many companies will surely keep their budgets low, logistics and transportation experts anticipate a rise in short-term contracts, extending existing agreements, and early planning. Rates will increase.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 11, 2021

The supply chain is evolving, and the standards used for managed logistics transportation services today are more data- and technology-driven than those of the past. Shippers should consider the following as indicators for when to add an outsourced managed logistics transportation services provider. Take an example.

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MercuryGate

MAY 14, 2020

Implementing a transportation management system (TMS) is an excellent way to centralize controls and increase visibility into supply chain processes. For example, the combination of machine learning and TMS functionality offers the opportunity for self-optimizing systems, continuously generating more accurate reports and […].

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Shipchain

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Determining the total cost of transportation is essential to understanding your company’s profitability. Understanding the total cost of transportation means understanding the costs and factors affecting spend in each leg of the supply chain. When it comes down to it, accounting for the total cost of transportation is pretty complex.

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CLX Logistics

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

While no one solution can account for or prevent these disruptions, ensuring that you have complete, real-time transportation visibility for your shipments can vastly improve your shipping stability, speeds, procurement, and brokerage abilities. What is Transportation Visibility? Real-World Transportation Visibility Effectiveness.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2018

This approach to optimizing shipping performance is educational because of how it illuminates potential weaknesses and offers advice for making positive changes. For example, did you know a box’s structural integrity breaks down by 50 percent after only one shipment ? Wrapping Up The Benefits of Optimizing Shipping Performance.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

There are many great examples where advanced analytics have contributed to social good. North Star Alliance , for instance, uses optimization to find optimal locations for its mobile HIV-AIDS clinics in Africa. I picked her up for transport to the Bay Area. Those are very touching examples. Willem Jan van Hoeve.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 4, 2015

Our job at Cerasis is to optimize transportation management for these manufacturing shippers so that in turn, they can focus on their own core, the process of manufacturing. At the end, we also include an infographic to go along with the research from LNS, who is a provider of regular research on their blog.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 13, 2023

For example, tracking global container bookings at the port of origin allows more than 60 days of visibility into U.S. These indexes, however, also prove invaluable to analysts covering transportation companies. . For example, analysts covering retailers or CPG companies need to include freight costs to estimate the cost of goods sold.

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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

How are companies leveraging scenario modeling for network design and optimization ? The good news is many of the survey’s respondents recognize the potential of more advanced optimization solutions. You can study optimal sourcing locations while minimizing both production and distribution costs.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

To do this, we assume that these sample new customers will initially optimize based only on their current distribution assets and constraints (such as lead times), and simply allow the technology to make the best of what they already have by optimizing customer/DC associations. Optimization ‘right sizes’ your network for each scenario.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 8, 2021

These latest tickers again reflect FreightWaves’ commitment to provide the latest data insights in SONAR – across all logistics concerns relating to OTR transport and other modes of transportation. The SONAR chart above shows the initial and final reported intermodal transportation savings versus truckload transportation values.

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Transporeon

APRIL 4, 2018

Sustainable transport: What are the choices for shippers? Why is sustainable transport such an important issue? More and more companies are therefore aligning their entire supply chain with sustainability criteria – right through to transport logistics. So many transport journeys continue to be handled by road.

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AIMMS

APRIL 6, 2022

There are many great examples where advanced analytics have contributed to social good. North Star Alliance , for instance, uses optimization to find optimal locations for its mobile HIV-AIDS clinics in Africa. I picked her up for transport to the Bay Area. Those are very touching examples.

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In this blog post, you’ll learn about produce supply chain and the key aspects that ensure the delivery of fresh and sustainable produce to our table. Packaging plays a significant role in preserving freshness and preventing damage during transportation. Transportation: Produce often travels long distances to reach consumers.

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AIMMS

JULY 10, 2018

There are many great examples where advanced analytics have contributed to social good. North Star Alliance , for instance, uses optimization to find optimal locations for its mobile HIV-AIDS clinics in Africa. I picked her up for transport to the Bay Area. Those are very touching examples. Willem-Jan van Hoeve.

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AIMMS

MARCH 4, 2022

There are many great examples where advanced analytics have contributed to social good. North Star Alliance , for instance, uses optimization to find optimal locations for its mobile HIV-AIDS clinics in Africa. I picked her up for transport to the Bay Area. Those are very touching examples.

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CLX Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

It’s pretty simple – intermodal transportation uses two or more modes or carriers to transport freight from shipper to consignee. This shipping strategy began in 18 th century England, and in the 1950s, the steel intermodal transportation container was standardized based on design specifications from the US DoD.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 27, 2023

At the end of the previous blog I mentioned the concept of DFL (design for logistics) , which is very friendly to shipping and storage， because IKEA takes into account the cost reduction of shipping and storage in the design phase of the product, thus optimizing the overall product cost and making the company’s products more competitive.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Then in the early 2000s, a new technology emerged, inventory optimization (IO), which could account for variability and multi-level activity in the supply chain and optimize inventory management policies using a statistical approach to manage both demand and supply variability. Inventory optimization.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Then in the early 2000s, a new technology emerged, inventory optimization (IO), which could account for variability and multi-level activity in the supply chain and optimize inventory management policies using a statistical approach to manage both demand and supply variability. Inventory optimization.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. In this blog post, I describe the different paths these modes took and where things stand at the close of 2023. It is indeed “A Tale of Two Modes,” each with its own story, pace, successes, and snags.

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AIMMS

JULY 10, 2018

There are many great examples where advanced analytics have contributed to social good. North Star Alliance , for instance, uses optimization to find optimal locations for its mobile HIV-AIDS clinics in Africa. I picked her up for transport to the Bay Area. Those are very touching examples. Willem-Jan van Hoeve.

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Locus

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A prime example is how governments in the Middle East have begun to rethink food security targets after the disruptions to their food supply chains. Transportation: Trade routes blockage – Congestion at ports. This factor would vary with the mode of transportation we choose and also how optimized our routing is.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Consumer buying behavior has tightened capacity in all modes of transportation. What This Blog Is About: Shipper’s top concerns for their supply chain. The opportunity cost of choosing the wrong mode of transportation. Analyzing Transportation Mode Opportunity Cost.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

If you’ve ever paid $10 for an Uber ride to the cocktail lounge in the evening and then a “surge priced” $50 for the same distance Uber ride back to your home only a few hours later around closing time, you understand the dynamics troubling shippers in today’s capacity constrained transportation market. Consider the potential savings.

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AIMMS

MARCH 30, 2020

The examples below show you how to do this in AIMMS SC Navigator Apps, but we encourage you to study these scenarios in the tools you have at your disposal. . As transportation lanes become unavailable, the availability of suppliers and components will decrease. Study 3: Identify Optimal Sourcing Locations .

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

A practical way that manufacturers can do so is firstly through using data in more comprehensive ways and secondly by embracing digitization to optimize their operations for the future. Optimizing the use of data for manufacturers. The post How manufacturers can enable innovation on the factory floor appeared first on SYSPRO Blog.

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Trinity Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In this blog, we’ll take a walk through what chemical manufacturers are currently facing and how they can better manage their operating expenses. For example, raw agricultural materials have increased 117 percent since 2000 , rubber has seen an increase of 359 percent, and steel is up 167 percent. Transportation Management Systems.

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Locus

MARCH 24, 2023

In this blog, we’ll explore the concept of ETA in shipping and the challenges that retailers and delivery partners face in ensuring timely deliveries. The ETA can be calculated in different ways, depending on the mode of transportation. How can Retailers and Delivery Partners Overcome these Challenges? SLA promise intact.

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FreightWaves SONAR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

HOW MUCH DO PAPER AND PACKAGING COMPANIES SPEND ON TRANSPORTATION? As reported by McKinsey & Company : “The degree to which each mode of transport and trade lane is affected depends on their particular commodity mix. As companies tried to keep responses to COVID-19 under wraps, problems quickly spiraled out of control.

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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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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The shipping industry must use technology and digitization to optimize operations and achieve their sustainability goals. . For example, human and electric-powered bicycles, droids, combination drones, trucks, and collaborative cargo platforms are technology-based solutions that profoundly impact last-mile shipping.

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