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How to Anticipate Supply Chain Issues

Logistics Business Magazine

Wincanton , experts in infrastructure logistics, have provided insight into how to anticipate issues within the supply chain. Predictive analytics Many companies may not realise they have existing data from within their industry of trends, fluctuations, and disruptions that regularly occur.

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What Can Freight Forwarding Learn from Airbnb? – A guest post from Container xChange

Freightos

While people find it easy to book things like accommodations online, container owners and freight forwarders or shippers looking for available Shipper Owned Containers (SOCs) often still struggle to connect with trusted partners. As freight forwarders, we’re not the only industry that has had to digitize.

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Freight Forwarders: The Important Link of a Supply Chain Logistics

20Cube Logistics

Today, the freight forwarders are not just about pushing your consignment from one international destination to another, but it is how they fill the transportation gap by adding the specialized expertise along with adding transparency and complete control. Freight forwarders hold the right certifications.

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[WHITE PAPER] How to Leverage Data to Enhance and Strengthen Decisions in Volatile Freight Markets

FreightWaves SONAR

This year has taught freight management experts and leaders that nothing is set in stone. Brokerages, freight forwarders, shippers, carriers, and other logistics service providers (LSPs) need to realize that the only way forward lies in the proper application of data and a robust freight tech stack.

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How To Reduce Soft Costs in Shipping

Dedola Global Logistics

Archives When it comes to choosing the right international freight forwarder for your shipping needs, cost plays a factor in your decision. An experienced forwarder or third-party logistics company (3PL) can help you improve your bottom line by reducing your soft costs in addition to saving you money on hard costs.

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How to Choose an Automated Document Processing Platform

RPA Labs

Creating a standard for current operations better equips decision-makers to choose a data-driven processing option that doesn’t limit them to their platform’s restraints. . When buying RPA for supply chain needs, freight forwarders should consider the intelligent document automation abilities it holds.

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How to Use Artificial Intelligence (AI)  for Shipping Document Automation

RPA Labs

As domestic truck rates increase, international trade freight costs will most likely escalate too. Shippers and freight forwarders are turning to AI for shipping document automation to stay competitive in price and efficiency. . Baseline RPA is limited to extracting data with rules set for each session or document type.