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Editor’s Pick: Profiles in Yard Management Excellence – Pactiv

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Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Pick ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. Foods) and consumer brands (Walmart, Sam’s Club).

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The Secret of Getting Ahead (Takeaways from Command Alkon ELEVATE 2018 Conference)

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Last November, executives from all segments of the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) ecosystem got together at the inaugural Leadership Roundtable meeting organized by Command Alkon (a Talking Logistics sponsor) to discuss a couple of simple questions: Are there opportunities to elevate the performance of the HBM industry?

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The Best is Yet to Come with Transportation Management Systems

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These trends, in turn, are defining and shaping the innovation roadmap for TMS vendors, and they’re also fueling a new round of mergers and acquisitions (see Kewill and Leanlogistics coming together as BluJay Solutions ) and triggering a new wave of startups entering the market (see last week’s announcement about the launch of Haven TMS ).

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Real-time Capacity Matching: Making Brokers More Efficient

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At the Descartes Evolution User Conference this past March, I attended several sessions about the MacroPoint solution and they were all standing room only , including the one where William Wehrle and David Bazzetta from BASF shared their case study. Real-time Capacity Matching: The Second Wave of Demand and Value.

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Takeaways from SMC3 Jump Start 2018 Conference

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I gave a keynote presentation on emerging technologies (drones, driverless trucks, 3D printing, blockchain, etc.) Research Analyst at Baird, gave a comprehensive of overview of global economic trends. As I’ve said before, it takes a lot more than a mobile app to succeed in the freight transportation industry.

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Automation In The Supply Chain

Blue Grace Logistics

When there is real time freight data and reports based on history and trends in the system, we can learn from things that went right and also things we could improve on when it comes to making better business decisions. A Case Study: Invoice Automation. Access To Real Time Data.

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Supply Chain Visibility: Beyond “Where’s My Truck?”

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I’ve been an industry analyst for over 20 years and achieving timely and accurate supply chain visibility has always been — and continues to be — a top priority for companies across all industries. It’s an ongoing challenge because supply chains continue to get more fragmented, more global, and more dynamic.