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The Power of Outsourcing for Supply Chain Improvement

Logistics Bureau

Across our many blog posts, videos, webinars, eBooks, and other shared content, you’ll find a wealth of information about various aspects of outsourcing in the supply chain. However, I can’t recall writing a general guide about exploiting outsourcing opportunities to improve your supply chain.

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LTL Dimensional Pricing: 4 Myths Debunked & The Essentials to Know

GlobalTranz

Now, you would think the other larger package is going to incur the higher shipping cost. So how does this change with LTL dimensional pricing? . Essentially, smaller packages should have lower shipping costs than larger packages in LTL shipping, and DIM pricing enables this ideal. Myths of LTL Dimensional Pricing.

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Using Predictive Analytics For Better Supply Chain Resilience

Blue Grace Logistics

What this blog is about: Leveraging predictive analytics for forecasting and visibility. The drivers for growth are not simple factors like the price or quality of a product. Customer expectations and the buying capacity of the purchaser coupled with the cost of substitutes or complementary goods also play an important role.

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NMFTA Announces Freight Classification Changes & What Shippers Need to Know

GlobalTranz

For example, the following changes to freight classification were made: Conduits and pipes not in packaging were changed to reflect density and dimensional classification, canceling item numbers 50940 and 50942. The new freight classification changes will impact customers in terms of purchase price and shipping costs.

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The State of Supply Chain Trends Part II: AI, Procurement, & the New Lean

GlobalTranz

The move to agile supply chain management inherently required more data sources than traditional supply chains, reports GT Nexus. 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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Which Industrial Winch? 3 Great Questions to Ask When Hiring and/or Buying Industrial Equipment

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: Every company who needs equipment has to ask themselves the proper questions before either purchasing or hiring from the right company. For example, let’s say that you’re a construction company. Usually you can correlate price with quality. Intermediate-level quality will cost you between $700 and $900.

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Top 14 Logistics and Supply Chain Management Training Programs and Courses in 2016

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from our friend Kelli Harris, a consultant and recent college graduate in Logistics Management. This program is 48 months long and its cost is around $7,000. The cost of such program is $25,000. The price for this course is 5,300 USD and it starts in September 2016. 3) OnCampus Texas.