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Future-Proofing Transportation Spend in Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

In addition, mounting environmental concerns and sustainability goals push organizations to reduce their carbon footprint, which often entails optimizing transportation for efficiency. The digitization of manual drop-flows has become a transformative trend. As challenges increase, technology continues to evolve to meet demand.

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Transportation Cost and Capacity Trends

Now, That's Logistics

Damas goes on to say that ocean freight rates will not normalize until the systemic market disruptions in container shipping, caused by the pandemic, are significantly reduced. The post Transportation Cost and Capacity Trends appeared first on DB Schenker.

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Gamification and Robotics Level Up Employee Engagement

Logistics Viewpoints

The difficulties are pushing companies to come up with creative strategies that help encourage employees to find on-the-job fulfillment. Simultaneously, companies can regulate the supply chain flow and unlock operational savings. One such tactic is the implementation of robotics and gamification in a warehouse setting.

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4 Ways to Enhance Warehouse Efficiency with Prescriptive and Predictive Analytics

Logistics Viewpoints

While predictive analytics seeks to answer questions such as “what might happen in the future,” prescriptive analytics goes beyond by recommending the best course of action going forward. Predictive analytics can forecast future demand based on historical sales data, seasonal patterns, market trends, and other factors.

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

Talking Logistics

Bucking this trend is a daunting proposition and even those large volume shippers that are already embracing powerful logistics IT solutions to more efficiently manage spend, like transportation management systems (TMS), fleet tools, optimizers and others, are still frequently overpaying greatly for spot moves. Consider the potential savings.

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5 Logistics Trends to Watch for in 2023

GoShip Blog

With the hurdles of 2022 behind us, here are logistics trends 2023 you can expect in the coming year. As a business owner, keeping an eye on this logistics trend concerning the sustainability and eco-friendliness of your logistics solutions will do you a world of good. Automation and AI for Flexible Logistics Strategies.

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2016 Supply Chain Trends: 7 of 12 Trends that Will Drive Supply Chain Management in 2016

GlobalTranz

As we head into a new year it is a good time to take a look at the coming year and see what it may hold in the way of trends. We kick off today a month-long focus on trends in the following categories: Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transportation Management. Do you have the right people in place?