Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As an engineer, former solutions architect and now CEO of a leading supply chain technology company, I have a real affinity and respect for Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and their teams, without whom successful enterprise technology deployments would be impossible. What’s more, today’s supply chains operate at lean levels.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 4, 2024

In today’s complex freight industry, comprehending regional market nuances is essential for logistics professionals looking to navigate the intricacies of supply chain management. Curious about how KMA trends can inform an effective supply chain strategy? Reach out to our team to learn more.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

ARC Advisory Group did a study on the supply chain collaboration network (SCCN) a couple of years ago. FourKites believes they have the largest repository of supply chain data in the world. To get visibility to whether a load will be on time and in full, a lot more data is required. That is fast growth.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In February, Klaus Niebur, the director of global supply chain risk management at Autoliv, and Jan Thiessen, the managing director at targetP!, spoke on best practices on supply chain risk management at ARC Advisory Group’s Digital Transformation in Industry conference. The implementation was not trivial.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

But there is a type of solution known as multi-enterprise supply chain networks (MSCN). Metcalf’s law does not apply to these supply chain networks. Yes, these supply chain networks advantages do improve as more companies and users join. TraceGains’ solution digitizes the food ingredient supply chain.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

Unlocking customer experience is the critical role of your supply chain, writes Roy Arguelles, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain Sales, QAD. To deliver seamless experiences, businesses must break down silos, fostering cross-departmental collaboration and data sharing.

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FreightWaves SONAR

AUGUST 14, 2023

Supply chain optimization is often presented as a choice between resilience and responsiveness — between being able to withstand and operate normally under conditions of disruption and stress and being able to quickly flex capacity and throughput up or down opportunistically.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2022

There have been massive supply chain disruptions since the pandemic began. China’s stringent COVID lockdown in critical port cities has impacted global supply chains. The devices will improve visibility by transmitting data on a real-time basis from each container. It has so many data points.”.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 30, 2021

Establishing a practical freight routing guide helps outline essential rules of engagement for vendors, clients and supply chain managers. Maintaining good compliance to these informational guides is critical to supply chain management and relies heavily on current data and automation. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Faced with anemic demand growth and persistent margin pressure, CPG, retail, and food and beverage companies are being forced to make their transportation networks and supply chains more nimble in the face of recession. Logistics leaders navigate market volatility via SONAR’s high-frequency supply chain market intelligence. .

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Ship Monk

JUNE 14, 2023

There are a lot of moving parts to managing an ecommerce supply chain. It’s called a supply chain for a reason; there are many links, and if any one of them breaks, the chain no longer functions. Today we’re going to take a look at a typical ecommerce supply chain from beginning to end.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Disruption has been the name of the game for more than a year as supply chain leaders have been dealing with changing buyer behaviors, inventory management challenges, labor shortages, weather and pandemic-related uncertainty, cyber security threats and capacity constraints that continue to create significant supply chain volatility.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 2, 2021

Supply chain visibility has become a vital element in today’s ever-changing market. Companies are rapidly adopting and using real-time data to clearly understand challenges to better mitigate unexpected problems when they arise. End-to-end transparency promotes supply chain agility Unexpected problems are bound to arise.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Global supply chains suffer from limited visibility and a general want for supply chain intelligence in carrier sourcing , freight tendering and all other processes. Fully 70% of companies say their supply chain is either very or extremely complex and only 6% of companies have full visibility within their supply chains.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 5, 2023

Lack of data, lack of conviction and lack of organizational agility all conspire to keep companies from recognizing medium-term opportunities and challenges and responding decisively. It’s hard to find good data that provides a view into the next few months of consumer behavior and economic activity.

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Morai Logistics

APRIL 29, 2020

Supply chains are having to deal with uncertainty now more than ever—here are 5 ways that demand sensing is helping them manage it. Today’s supply chain’s success is marked by the speed at which it can respond to the demands placed upon it. Improving their supply chain planning and resilience.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 12, 2021

One of the most popular tools that drives the supply chain to new heights is the process of intermodal freight shipping. This is seen exceptionally well when looking at rail capacity and transportation rates for the modern supply chain. Data access to see savings compared to truckload and other shipping methods.

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Turvo

JANUARY 13, 2022

Maintaining a unified and interconnected supply chain network is of the utmost importance for shippers of all sizes. Logistics managers rely on clear insight, accurate data, and order visibility to maintain smooth operations day in and day out. Download this guide to learn how to unlock blindspots in your supply chain.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 7, 2020

Control over the end-to-end supply chain lies in careful planning of both inbound and outbound activities, and without doubt, disasters and emergencies will eventually arise. The post Emergency Shipping Amid Uncertainty Through Data Driven TMS appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 1, 2023

At its annual Investment Community Meeting in April in Tampa, Florida, Walmart’s management team took the opportunity to lay out an ambitious transformation of its supply chain. So we built an ambient supply chain that served stores. Walmart U.S. As our store footprint grew, that network grew. Now that’s changing.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2021

The pandemic highlighted the complexities of the modern supply chain and the need for companies to engage with a 3PL provider to succeed. Below are some of the critical characteristics to look for in a Logistics Service Provider partner to transform your supply chain. Supply Chain Solutions. 3PL vs. 4PL.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The Chinese New Year is exacerbating COVID-19 -related shipping delays outbound China. A new report from shipping technology firm Ocean Insights warns that a breakdown in intermodal connectivity between factories and ports could worsen global supply chain woes. After all, data are often unavailable and rarely comparable.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 4, 2021

Any discussion on supply chain risk management and applying managed transportation to help prevent risks from coming to fruition is incomplete without touching on the pandemic to overcome supply chain disruption. Market Volatility Continues to Undermine Supply Chain Risk Management.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Manufacturers and distributors experienced huge supply chain disruptions due to the pandemic which exposed many vulnerabilities and tested the resilience of supply chain leaders globally. In fact, SYSPRO research revealed that 60% of businesses were impacted by supply chain disruptions during the pandemic.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 25, 2021

Reaching mutually beneficial service level agreements (SLA) or trade agreements depends on the access and utilization of current logistics data and a decent amount of preparation. Far too often, there is a severe lack of real-time logistics data to work with during this process. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 8, 2021

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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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The Supply Chain Manager’s Multi-function Display. By now, you are probably wondering what airliners have to do with supply chain KPIs. You see, the set of primary data needed to keep an airliner aloft is (apparently) relatively simple—and the same is true of running a supply chain organisation.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 14, 2019

Commercialization strategies evolve, supply chains expand, and production rates accelerate. Today’s challenge is to lower the finished product defect rate by emphasizing supply chain quality. The only way to take control of your future is to double down on quality. These opportunities sustain a competitive edge.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 18, 2021

Managing the manufacturing supply chain and freight markets of today requires skills, tools, applications and services that have never been utilized in the past. Supply chain constraints are impossible to avoid, but they can be planned for to reduce their impact. It is what sets manufacturing supply chain companies apart.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MAY 30, 2023

Cut costs, then help finance set new budgets Freight rates in all modes have come down hard since last year, and if you’re a transportation manager or supply chain leader, you probably feel confident about hitting your budget this year. Macroeconomic forecasts and internal historical data can help with long-term planning.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 16, 2021

Real-time visibility and data into all things freight shipping is a supply chain gold standard. And nearly one-half of the industry’s freight market participants can see their data in real-time. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always amount to capturing real-time data outside of an individual company’s four walls.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Tracking the correct KPIs in supply chain processes across warehouses, logistics, transportation and freight management is essential. The capabilities of supply chains are continuously changing to reflect the latest advancements. Sales – cost of goods sold = X.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2022

Amidst ongoing uncertainty caused by COVID-19 lockdowns in Asia, war in Europe, scarce raw materials and steep inflation, companies are stockpiling inventory as never before in the hopes of mitigating future supply chain shocks. The yard is a black hole crying out for visibility.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

The success of your business links inextricably to the performance of your supply chain. you have to make your supply chain successful too. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers. Conversely, just 8% of businesses with less capable supply chains report above-average growth.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Covid-19 is straining supply chains around the world, most notably those of pharmaceutical companies. Control over their supply chain is a major challenge for all pharma companies today. A range of connectivity options enables communication of weight data, for documented quality management and traceability.

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FreightWaves SONAR

AUGUST 22, 2023

The national Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI) — a measure of the electronic requests for truckload capacity from shipper to carrier — is up nearly 7% versus month-ago levels,” Zach Strickland, FreightWaves’ head of freight market intelligence, reported earlier this month. A late-summer demand spike, however, is altogether unexpected. “The

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

announced at its recent Momentum Connect customer conference a landmark advancement in supply chain efficiency and optimisation. Manhattan Active Supply Chain eliminates these barriers by merging viewing, planning, optimisation and execution activities into a single app. Manhattan Associates Inc.

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