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Outbound volume data provides capacity blueprint for logistics teams

FreightWaves SONAR

Tender data is an indicator of raw demand. The outbound tender volume data provided in FreightWaves SONAR allows companies across the supply chain to visualize freight movement, enabling them to anticipate market changes and respond appropriately. FreightWaves is currently the only provider of tender data analytics.

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Modernizing the Ecommerce Supply Chain with Jason Murray

The Logistics of Logistics

While there he owned the global software and operations group that powered Prime, Subscribe & Save and Pricing. About Shipium Shipium builds the ecommerce infrastructure that smart companies use to modernize their operations. He is a University of Washington grad and an engineer at heart who loves solving complex scaling problems.

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Why data is critical to freight routing guide compliance

FreightWaves SONAR

Maintaining good compliance to these informational guides is critical to supply chain management and relies heavily on current data and automation. Missing data amounts to inevitable routing guide failures Data is king in today’s ever-changing market, and it is only becoming more vital for supply chain operations and management.

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How Brokerages Can Proactively Identify Market Volatility

FreightWaves SONAR

SONAR tickers: OTRI.CHI, OTVI.CHI, VOTLT.CHI SONAR’s brokerage customers utilize multiple data sets to determine where the greatest opportunities lie as different markets experience volatility. For example, Baltimore is seeing rejections and more outbound tenders than much of the western U.S.:

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What data is available to track intermodal freight shipping rates

FreightWaves SONAR

Data access and analysis continue to be essential to competitive operations within the process of monitoring rates and expenses in intermodal shipping lanes. Data access to see savings compared to truckload and other shipping methods. Data accuracy can and does impact freight transportation in a significant way.

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Near-real-time data-driven route optimization best practices

FreightWaves SONAR

Data represents an integral part of daily life for most people, and it is no different within the transportation industry. That insight into how freight logistics and optimization rely on data and understanding the full picture is critical to making the best improvements in supply chain route optimization too.

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Supply Chain Software’s Best Return on Investment

Logistics Viewpoints

Executives must have the fortitude to make changes in the operating policies and the network infrastructure that may affect the lives of employees. million outbound shipments per year. A network design solution operates by looking at the Total Cost to Serve (TCTS) across a range of fixed and marginal costs.