Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2024

For example, a robust supply chain may have backup power generators, firewalls, security systems, and emergency plans to prevent or mitigate the effects of disruptions. For example, an agile supply chain may have real-time data, advanced analytics, decision support tools, and cross-functional teams to monitor, diagnose, and solve problems.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

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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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 22, 2021

In this edition of “SONAR Indices & Insights,” readers will learn about FreightWaves SONAR’s Weighted Rejection Index (WRI) to monitor trucking capacity in the freight market and the impact rejections have on shipping rates. For example Atlanta’s OTMS value is 4% and outbound rejections increased from 3% to 5% over the past seven days.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 4, 2021

Here are 10 shipper of choice tips to help enterprises secure capacity and improve relationships with carriers, not to mention transportation brokers. The best examples of shippers of choice provide services along several trucking routes. Focus on dock experiences for drivers. Provide driver shipping route choices.

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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.

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MTS Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For example: The global GDP growth rate for 2021 was 6.02%, a 9.1% Fleet Overcapacity The container shipping industry has experienced significant growth in recent years, leading to an increase in vessel capacity. Considering higher capacity, with reduced demand, these tools have barely any impact. increase from 2020.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 27, 2021

Michael is the CEO of DFM Data Corp, a utility company designed to be a tool between digital partners moving freight in the USA and Canada. Example: A shipper or broker posts a load on multiple load boards and then the load is covered by a carrier. The same problem exists with capacity. About Michael Darden.

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Now, That's Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The ocean freight sector is facing a particularly high amount of uncertainty right now thanks to ongoing container shortages, port congestion and lack of capacity. At the end of August, for example, 44 container ships were stuck outside of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in California. Covering the Demand.

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ShipLilly

MARCH 5, 2020

Perhaps many of the carriers will opt to repeat the tight capacity management approaches that were used in 2019 for purposes of maintaining a specified floor on rates. Early indicators are that many of the ocean carriers will seek to maintain rates by managing their capacity effectively. 2020 carrier strategy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

There are different tools, goals, and market dynamics. It can move quickly from a situation where there is too much capacity in the market and buyers having the whip hand, to a situation where shippers are begging carriers to take their loads at almost any price. We did not have a great spot tool.”

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Transporeon

JANUARY 25, 2018

In the case of an Amway multivitamin, for example, the company controls the process “from seed to supplement,” transporting raw materials to manufacturing sites in the U.S., China, India and Vietnam, and then shipping finished products on to distributors and consumers, utilizing a network of hundreds of distribution centers around the world.

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Parade

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Tech and the Data Garnered from It Can Drive Smarter Strategy The , tools that tech provides are one thing; the data it collects and synthesizes so that companies can learn something from are infinitely valuable to gaining end-to-end visibility. They look to see which lanes their carriers have capacity. It all comes down to data.

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Parade

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Tech and the Data Garnered from It Can Drive Smarter Strategy The , tools that tech provides are one thing; the data it collects and synthesizes so that companies can learn something from are infinitely valuable to gaining end-to-end visibility. They look to see which lanes their carriers have capacity. It all comes down to data.

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Trinity Logistics

OCTOBER 16, 2023

An example can be seen the Los Angeles market. Capacity Declining Six months ago, I would have taken a bet with anyone that the spread between contract and spot rates would not be greater than $0.50 It will be important for shippers, carriers, and brokers to keep an eye on activity around U.S. As seen in Figure 1.2,

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Parade

MARCH 18, 2021

In this post, we explore truckload pricing tools as an important part of every digital freight brokerage’s operations. Truckload pricing software is key to a broker’s ability to buy freight and sell capacity profitably in the daily spot environment. Key Uses of Truckload Pricing Tools. Pinpoint Market Rates.

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Parade

MARCH 18, 2021

In this post, we explore truckload pricing tools as an important part of every digital freight brokerage’s operations. Truckload pricing software is key to a broker’s ability to buy freight and sell capacity profitably in the daily spot environment. Key Uses of Truckload Pricing Tools. Pinpoint Market Rates.

Negotiating Skills 78

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Parade

MARCH 18, 2021

In this post, we explore truckload pricing tools as an important part of every digital freight brokerage’s operations. Truckload pricing software is key to a broker’s ability to buy freight and sell capacity profitably in the daily spot environment. Key Uses of Truckload Pricing Tools. Pinpoint Market Rates.

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MTS Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Elastic logistics is becoming a shining example of efficiency and cost savings due to its capacity to dynamically react to changing demand by expanding or reducing operations. Logistics companies are leading a shift towards elastic logistics in a world where supply networks are becoming more intricate and uncertain.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 13, 2024

Without the capacity to then quickly reroute vessels to reduce delays in trade routes, these events become increasingly difficult to overcome. It’s also grappling with persistent drought conditions that have reduced its capacity by as much as 30%, leading to lengthy trade disruptions and reductions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 24, 2023

One telling example is that an item would sometimes pass through three DCs before final delivery to the customer. For example, inventory was not slotted to minimize touches or facility travel distances. Warehouse Advantage, too, was a highly-adaptable solution with the tools necessary to adapt the WMS to its business requirements.

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Parade

MARCH 3, 2021

In this article, we explore Invoice Reconciliation tools as a core piece of every digital 3PL/freight brokerage’s operations. This post was written in collaboration with , OpenEnvoy , a leading automated invoice reconciliation tool. Digitize Invoicing to Eliminate Errors and Guard Cash Flow.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 28, 2021

As I mentioned in an earlier post on the growth drivers for the Transportation Management Systems market , transportation visibility tools are one of a number of technologies that are improving performance and helping to reduce freight spend. Real-time visibility tools are often thought of as an over-the-road technology.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 7, 2018

Whatever the cause, the end result is the same: trucking capacity is tight, really tight. Shippers are paying higher rates, and even with offering higher rates many shippers are seeing rejected loads from the same carriers they relied on for capacity in the past. What does all of this mean? Becoming a Shipper of Choice Using a TMS.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2024

The logistics industry, for example, has historically struggled with labour shortages, rapid changes in demand, and poor tracking information. A complete network One of the factors previously holding back the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has been capacity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 17, 2022

As an analogy, DHL has established parameters that enable these technologies to be used like “a tool in a toolbox.” Brian provided me with insights into some specific warehouse automation and robotics examples. DHL has defined twelve technologies with clear benefits to the company and its customers. Autonomous Mobile Robots and AGVs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2022

Retailers also took steps to contain costs and preserve margins as they reoriented toward e-commerce like never before, including putting solutions in place to more effectively navigate carrier capacity caps and improve the visibility, accessibility, and mobility of inventory. More to give the organization.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 25, 2024

The new system offers a tenfold increase in dynamic load capacity. Additional connecting elements with internal clamping improve the frictional connection and provide more useful space, for example for supermarket shelves or material trolleys. EcoShape is compatible with many other Rexroth components from the aluminum profile toolkit.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2023

The supply chain design solution, for example, continues to grow in depth and usability. An example of this electronically automated process flow would be a buyer asking a supplier if they can provide 1,000 widgets on January 10 th , the seller replies “we can do 950 on July 11 th , is that OK?” Coupa meets this definition.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 19, 2021

Dr. Lassen views Anaplan – their connected planning tool – as a cloud-based, business planning platform capable of doing multidimensional planning with very fast solve times. The idea that a plan is “multi-dimensional” reflects the dimensions of customer demand, capacity, and products. So, what is “connected planning?”

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Parade

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In this post, we explore DFM Marketplaces as an important tool in every digital freight brokerage’s operations. These marketplaces enable freight brokerages to find new carriers, share freight opportunities, and discover capacity options. Truckstop Truckstop offers tools carriers need to book loads. Benefits of DFM Marketplaces.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 25, 2023

When the OTRI is high, it indicates that carriers are rejecting a larger share of tenders, which could suggest that they are at capacity or have other options for more profitable loads. When the OTRI is low, it indicates that carriers are accepting a larger share of tenders, which could suggest that capacity is more readily available.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 5, 2021

Shippers will not be willing to accept a lack of trucking capacity or last-minute price changes in an industry that is becoming more transparent. Unlike other tools in the market, the Lane Signal considers an abundance of data from multiple sources, not just dirty data that flows through one system like other industry tools.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2023

Machine learning also makes it possible to make more granular forecasts – for example, instead of forecasting demand for the company’s products in the Eastern Region of the U.S., Instead of monthly forecasts, for example, a weekly forecast can improve agility. forecasting product sales at 10,000 stores. This sounds obvious.

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CH Robinson Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2021

For example, while it may not be feasible to transport 100% of your freight via air, air freight continues to be the fastest way to replenish inventory, so prioritizing specific freight can help keep cargo moving. Overall, this increased our container capacity by 25% in Southern California. If you import into the U.S.,

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CH Robinson Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In a fast-moving world which has been shaken by a global pandemic, ongoing geopolitical challenges, and an untold capacity shortage, shippers are trying hard to stay on top of the game keeping their supply chains moving without sacrificing on their delivery promises. For example, at C.H.

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Parade

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In this post, we explore DFM Marketplaces as an important tool in every digital freight brokerage’s operations. These marketplaces enable freight brokerages to find new carriers, share freight opportunities, and discover capacity options. Truckstop Truckstop offers tools carriers need to book loads. Benefits of DFM Marketplaces.

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Parade

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In this post, we explore DFM Marketplaces as an important tool in every digital freight brokerage’s operations. These marketplaces enable freight brokerages to find new carriers, share freight opportunities, and discover capacity options. Truckstop Truckstop offers tools carriers need to book loads. Benefits of DFM Marketplaces.

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