Talking Logistics

APRIL 17, 2019

Those advancements are now making their way into other modes of transportation, including ocean transport. How are these advancements improving the way data is shared in ocean transportation? The EDI transactions would feed milestone events into the company’s transportation management system (TMS).

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 7, 2021

Through data-driven transportation management , carriers can finally become more strategic and tactical, thriving through the good and bad times. Achieving that goal hangs on a carrier’s ability to capture meaningful data. Autonomous processes are only as valuable as the data that powers algorithms and decision-making.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2022

The pursuit of ever higher efficiency and speed have dominated transformation initiatives for more than forty years, driven in large part by the assumption that raw materials, commodities, warehouse space, transportation capacity and labor will be plentiful and immediately available at stable and often declining cost.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Today begins our series about electronic data interchange or EDI in transportation. In this series, we will first talk about how EDI in transportation works and what it is, covering the history of EDI in transportation, the definition, how it works technically, and then some common EDI codes used within the transportation industry.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2024

The spectrum ranges from modular workstation designs and systems to hoists not yet exhibited anywhere in the world, software-driven language-based picking processes with smart glasses, and new accessories and assistance systems for forklift operators.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

By Andre Luecht, Global Strategy Lead for Transportation, Logistics and Warehouse, Zebra Technologies. billion, according to NRF data, while in the UK that figure stood at £2.2 For example, if a delayed arrival of an empty truck is reported, a loading dock manager can turn to their workforce management solution to reallocate labour.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 28, 2023

There is no zero-touch fulfilment without robotic picking. KNAPP’s Pick-it-Easy Robot (pictured) will pack and pick diverse items into different containers in a live demonstration. The intelligent KiSoft software suite functions as the brain of Pick-it-Easy Robot.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 31, 2023

A number of unification examples and their benefits were provided. For live unloads, Active Yard Management can leverage real-time inbound shipment visibility data from the TMS mobile app and from shipment visibility providers such as FourKites to match doors to projected inbound shipments.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 7, 2019

Last year many shippers were caught flat-footed by rising transportation costs and capacity constraints. It’s safe to say that in 2019 shippers will likely be more vigilant and more proactive in looking for opportunities to better manage and control their transportation costs. Transportation spend at the C-level.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 17, 2022

High priced diesel fuel impacts the total cost of transportation through fuel surcharges. How to help manage overall transportation costs. Add that to an already volatile, over-burdened freight market and these steeply rising prices are greatly impacting fuel surcharges, total cost of transportation, and logistics budgets overall.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

A practical way that manufacturers can do so is firstly through using data in more comprehensive ways and secondly by embracing digitization to optimize their operations for the future. Optimizing the use of data for manufacturers. Obstacles on the data journey for manufacturers.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 7, 2024

But let’s not overcomplicate things: having the right data beats having a lot of data. (It In this fast-paced, competitive world, it is critical to leverage data to make informed decisions quickly. Much of this data comes before the freight is even picked up. Whoa…what a title, right?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. The transportation team supports 13 production facilities. An RFP is a data intensive exercise.

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EazyStock

MAY 20, 2022

The right technologies can increase efficiency by improving stock control and pick accuracy, warehouse flexibility, responsiveness, and safety and security. The most resilient supply chains use systems that can process big data and provide advanced analytics and real-time insights. Automated picking systems. Voice picking.

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AIMMS

APRIL 6, 2022

There are many great examples where advanced analytics have contributed to social good. To illustrate the type of passengers we work with, I think it’s best if I recall some examples from my pilot years. I picked her up for transport to the Bay Area. Those are very touching examples. Preparing for Champ Camp.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

Powered by data-driven virtual models that can simulate real-world operations, digital twins are allowing the sector to predict the future and plan for it. This generates masses of data, which can be stored and analysed to offer insights into an operation. Outside of fantasy novels, nobody has a crystal ball to see into the future.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 9, 2022

Transparent data prepared especially for your logistics operation will get you easily through your peaks. Sophisticated transport networks are great in logistics, but the bottom line is how quickly an order gets moved through a warehouse. In this context, the magic words are clear logistics data and integrated software systems.

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AIMMS

MARCH 4, 2022

There are many great examples where advanced analytics have contributed to social good. To illustrate the type of passengers we work with, I think it’s best if I recall some examples from my pilot years. I picked her up for transport to the Bay Area. Those are very touching examples. Preparing for Champ Camp.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 16, 2022

SCCN is a collaborative solution for supply chain processes built on a public cloud – many-to-many architecture – which supports a community of trading partners and third-party data feeds. It is these changing constraints, transportation capacity, and bottlenecks across an entire ecosystem that matters. But something called ERP 4.0

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2021

Combined with omnichannel offerings like buy online pick up in store (BOPIS) and curbside pickup, two-hour and same-day delivery round out a suite of order fulfillment services even Amazon cannot match. Critical data to track. Carrier invoice data (actual costs). Carrier delivery status (visibility/performance).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2024

Emergency vehicles, for example, would be exempt, and the California Highway Patrol could authorize the system’s disabling in certain other cases. The device prevents vehicles from surpassing a certain speed, by harnessing GPS and on-board camera data to determine limits on a specific roadway.

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Trinity Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2024

CHALLENGE 1: CHOOSING BEST TRANSPORTATION MODE Produce shippers first face the challenge of determining what transportation mode to use for their shipments. This is why produce shippers must ask themselves these questions to help determine the right transportation mode for their shipment. For example, in the U.S.,

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

In today's ever more complex supply chain riddled with thousands upon thousands of processes, shipping freight has moved beyond tactical prowess for those who execute well and has evolved to now include strategic, innovative, and collaborative efforts to maintain not only a competitive edge but reduce overall transportation cost footprint.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Robots load and unload cargo In Japan, the average annual working hours for a heavy truck driver were 2,568, which is 444 hours longer than the national average for all jobs – labour ministry data from 2022 reveal. Mobile robot solutions in transportation and logistics can help.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 31, 2018

Every transportation firm sees the utility of having a transportation management plan. It is essential in organizing activities in the transportation industry effectively and efficiently. The challenges that the transportation industry faces are enormous. The Freight & Transportation Management Trends to Know in 2018.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 24, 2021

is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for healthcare facilities. Cardinal picks, packs, and ships orders the next day across the country. Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

That’s shorthand for a supposed future state when pandemics, natural disasters, political conflicts – pick your disruption du jour – have receded into the background and our supply chains can once again operate in a relatively stable environment. Once that’s in place, CFOs will notice: Improved margin by lowering your cost of goods sold.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Red Bull’s Formula One HQ in Milton Keynes is an appropriate and impressive backdrop to learn why data is fuel in logistics. High performance in logistics can be maintained by extracting insights from data and taking practical steps. Complexity requires having a data strategy.” The quality and timeliness of data is crucial.”

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 22, 2021

To simplify it, it’s the rise in crop volumes and heightened demand for trucks to transport these crops that impact capacity during this season. For example, this year produce demand may be even higher because of states reopening and reducing restrictions at restaurants and other businesses. Data from the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Niebur did not say which risk management solution provider they picked, but I suspect they implemented a solution from riskmethods. Implementing the solution involved cleaning up master data and mapping their complete global supply chain. The implementation of this digital risk platform was supported by targetP!,

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 5, 2021

Failure to Share Data. Another major issue is that people don’t share data enough. When I see 3PL relationships going off the rails, 55% to 65% of the time it is because accurate data wasn’t being shared sufficiently from the outset. Data about your products. Failure to Share Enough Information on Operations.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 19, 2023

Transporting day to day goods like food and toiletries has always come with challenges and pressures and having items that are daily necessities for millions of people around the world and must be available at all times is a given. At the same time, tapping into data is what will provide balance in terms of optimising their operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

From a supply chain digital perspective, the growth of ecommerce has: Ramped out the growth of each picking automation, including autonomous mobile robots. We know of a 3PL that received good payback by using RPA to automate the highly manual tasks associated with planning optimization in their legacy transportation management system (TMS).

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 19, 2021

If, for example, you are concerned about the pick rates in your warehouse, or your transport costs, or your inventory accuracy, benchmarking can help you because it can show you exactly where your performance is compared to others in your industry. They had a little issue with their picking productivity in the warehouse.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 22, 2020

And the recipients have to collect their goods at pick-up stations or shops themselves more often. TSCs compact desktop printers, such as TDP-244 or TDP-247 series, can be used at providers and pick-up stations, even in confined spaces. In short, routes are becoming troublesome and therefore uneconomic.

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CH Robinson Logistics

AUGUST 17, 2021

While ocean carriers are trying to stay on track to destinations by skipping ports or enabling blank sailings, improving the schedule systematically in time, their methods are negatively impacting customers trying to transport products out of high-traffic areas such as Asia in a timely manner. For example, for one C.H. Air Shipping.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 16, 2017

Modern supply chains are evolving beyond anyone’s expectations due to increased use of cloud-computing technologies, wearables and advanced data analysis. In other words, greater access to identical systems prevents organizational silos from inhibiting visibility, asserts Alex Whiteman of Eye For Transport.

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