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Study raises hopes for increasing digitalisation

Logistics Business Magazine

“Production in many industries is becoming ever more flexible, with greater options, and at the same time, increasing demands on deadlines for supply capacity. Compared to the results of a similar study conducted by INFORM in 2013, for example the percentage of companies relying on DTSs (25%) is almost twice. “It

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The Cost of Using the Wrong Mode When Capacity is Tight

Blue Grace Logistics

Consumer buying behavior has tightened capacity in all modes of transportation. In a 2021 study by Inbound Logistics, logistics technology providers said that 58% of their shippers were concerned with capacity constraints, triggering 68% of shippers worried about how they were currently optimizing their transportation resources.

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Innovative Synergies: Logistics Tech Lessons from Other Industries

Freightos

Air cargo for example, though continuing to make digital strides, is still behind – and is often compared to – passenger travel where digitized capacity, pricing and online bookings have been around for decades and is in some ways the digitalization template air cargo is referencing. But this problem isn’t new.

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Real-time Capacity Matching: Making Brokers More Efficient

Talking Logistics

Visibility Enables Faster Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash processes : for example, you can leverage Electronic Proof of Delivery (ePOD) and geofencing to initiate invoicing and payment process. . In case you missed it, check out my short video interview with William and David and our write-up of the case study.

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Responding to Supply Chain Disruption Amid COVID-19

AIMMS

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. . Multiple best/worst case scenarios should be run under different demand conditions to study the impact on your supply chain. Study 2: Inspect Demand Trends .

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Bucking the Trend in Transportation – Simultaneously Cap Rate Growth and Beat Capacity Constraints

Talking Logistics

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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How We Use Data to Better Plan for Produce Season

FreightWaves SONAR

This pulls the capacity from not only those direct markets, but surrounding areas as well. Take, for example, the market of Twin Falls, Idaho in comparison to Lakeland, Florida. Take, for example, the market of Twin Falls, Idaho in comparison to Lakeland, Florida.