Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

E-commerce order volume keeps climbing, straining carrier capacity with shippers sending more parcels outbound and receiving more returns inbound. Carrier capacity management strategies ease the crunch. Proactive shippers have used multi-carrier parcel shipping technologies and strategies to navigate rising carrier costs for years.

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Logistics Problem Solving

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Today, more than 20 years later, there are many companies receiving this data from the carriers and presenting it to the user on their web screens. Track & trace data allows for the shipping process to move smoothly and expectedly, and provides opportunities for remedies when things don’t go smoothly.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 7, 2021

Chart of the Week : Van Contract Base Rate per Mile Initial, Van Outbound Tender Reject Index , Truckstop Average Van Spot Rate per Mile – USA SONAR: VCRPM1.USA, The traditional strategy of relying on leverage will probably not work as well this year. Price too low and risk paying spot market premiums of 30%-50%.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2021

For this reason, supply chain solutions have become an integral part of business strategies to cope with these ever-increasing complexities. By doing this, you can run a day or a week in the life of your operation and get back data on its performance capability. Areas can include: In- and outbound workflows. Material handling.

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Logistics Problem Solving

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Today, more than 20 years later, there are many companies receiving this data from the carriers and presenting it to the user on their web screens. Track & trace data allows for the shipping process to move smoothly and expectedly, and provides opportunities for remedies when things don’t go smoothly.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 31, 2018

Describe the Outbound Transportation This description covers the movement of an outbound load from the company premises/warehouse to the customer’s destination. Another opportunity that’s presented by this integration is the centralization of transportation within company divisions.

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Logistics Problem Solving

JUNE 2, 2017

This includes both outbound and inbound freight. Stale, Incomplete Data Is a Problem in Problem Solving. Usually it’s the data. Many times, the shipper goes to their IT department to get the data they need to run an analysis to find out how compliant they are or to look for strategies to lower their spend.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 24, 2021

One of the best strategies of risk management is diversification of assets or revenue drivers. Brokerage leaders are turning to this strategy for their freight business. You see examples of this strategy in large brokerages today. XPO Logistics strategy has attacked diversity harder in the last few years.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 12, 2018

As explained by Dan Goodwill via Canadian Shipper, the problem goes much further than that, including lacking compliance management, subpar, if any, use of transportation management systems (TMS, and failure to utilize granular shipment activity data. Fortunately, this solution exists within a modern TMS, the Cerasis Rater.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 26, 2017

In this capacity, 3PLs have worked to improve a company’s expenses for logistics, but the renewed focus on customer service means the role of the 3PL must extend beyond traditional goals, building business strategy. Be present, and make your company extremely transparent to your customers. Alight shipping strategy with retail strategy.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 13, 2015

There are plenty of different shipping companies out there, and using a transportation management system to manage all inbound and outbound shipping needs will put those shippers who use one at an extreme competitive advantage. Have Easy to Analyze Actionable Insight Gleaned from the Data Created in the Transportation Management System.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Furthermore, with much wider networks of international trade, there are now more and more questions around the challenges of increasingly complicated supply chains; not least, the impact that both globalisation and the fulfilment of global commerce presents to our environment. Smarter, greener approaches to transportation.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2021

According to data compiled by McKinsey and the CDP a few years ago, most greenhouse gas emissions come from consumer-driven companies and e-commerce shipping, which account for approximately 33Gt of CO2 annually. Reliance on real-time data and analysis. The top causes of GHG emissions. How do you reduce your Scope 3 emissions?

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PINC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

However, besides the pandemic, logistics and transportation in general are ongoing challenges and still present a lot of other risks, including: Consumers are behaving differently. Once the threat of COVID passes, companies need to be thinking about how they can create data-driven supply chain planning and management processes.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 17, 2017

Automated data capture, analysis, and presentation through dashboards helps you see what is going on in your company. More importantly, people cannot change the data at their discretion. In other words, the information is accurate and data-based, not subjective assessments of managers who want to get in good with the boss.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 23, 2015

Over the last 100 plus years of the history of supply chain management has evolved from an initial focus on improving relatively simple, but very labor-intensive processes to the present day engineering and managing of extraordinarily complex global networks.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 21, 2018

Let’s take a closer look at the problem with trying to manage over the road (OTR) modes through traditional, manual data entry and freight scheduling versus using a TMS. Makes information presentable, identifying at-risk shipments, average freight spend, breaking down barriers to continuous improvement, and much more.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2014

To that end, every warehouse manager’s role is to manage the physical environment, loadshifting equipment and people, to decrease the chances of collision and accidents, and often, to help the flow of freight via outbound and inbound freight management; an entire process known as warehouse traffic management. Read the full Post.

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Automotive Logistics

JUNE 12, 2018

During the event on June 12 – held on the eve of this year’s Automotive Logistics Europe conference – former Opel, Fiat and BMW vehicle designer Chris Bangle handed out a total of 14 awards covering every aspect of inbound, outbound and aftermarket logistics. FVL top quality award winner: Seat – Quality distribution strategy.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Quality and Detail of Data and its Analysis In some of our earlier posts, we’ve stressed the importance of simplicity in distribution network design , and we will return to that topic later in this article. It would be folly not to take advantage of data availability and accessibility.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 26, 2018

Seat, the Spain-based Volkswagen Group brand, wants to introduce methods that will help outbound logistics to follow more of the ‘just-in-time’ process in production, which could mean a change in how transport resources are allocated and planned. However, carmakers outsourcing entire outbound supply chains remains relatively rare.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

They can also manage vendor compliance during inbound & outbound freight shipping , which is key during the holidays, when manufacturers are distributing product to thousands of retailers. Raw materials (groceries), manufacturing (preparation), delivery (presentation), etc. are all factors to consider.

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Automotive Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2018

In terms of the driver shortage, ECG’s president Wolfgang Göbel presented figures showing that over the next 10-15 years in Germany alone, 40% of truck drivers would be retiring, which given current trends meant a shortfall of 150,000 drivers. Caesar is on its way,” he said. Asked whether the refiners of the 0.5%

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Too much leads to resources being monopolised on gathering tons of data and a subsequent risk of “paralysis by analysis” Cost to Serve (CTS) is an approach that helps you avoid both extremes. Outbound transportation. Knowing your CTS per product and per customer also lets you better control different commercial strategies.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 22, 2018

Capacity is a very real problem impacting companies in all verticals, especially those who ship density-based freight that present further challenges. It is commonly used as a strategy for shippers who either ship: Many different freight classes mixed together on one pallet. Not Properly Dimming Your Density-Based Freight.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

An alternative is to engage a consulting firm that can provide both the technological solution and the data scientists to analyse your CTS thoroughly and present the results concisely. Your returns-management strategy should complement and support your policy.

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