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What Less-Than-Truckload Data Should a Shipper Track?

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The answer is simple; shippers must track the right data. Knowing the proper metrics and data points to track promotes cost-effective shipping practices and can improve vendor, carrier and consumer relationships, reports Merrill Douglas of Inbound Logistics. Less-than-Truckload Data Shows Carrier Performance Scores per Carrier.

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Autoliv’s Supply Chain Risk Management Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

Implementing the solution involved cleaning up master data and mapping their complete global supply chain. Risk management solutions scrape data from hundreds of thousands of online & social-media sites, but Autoliv also has access to sources of information that they pay for. The implementation was not trivial.

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Top Suppliers of Transportation Execution and Visibility

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Billions of venture capital dollars of investment are being poured into companies that can integrate real-time visibility data with transportation to provide a more informed ETA for shippers and carriers. and FourKites are building a data platform that aims to predict shipping delays and prescribe alternative plans for their customers.

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Emerging Trends in Automation: What it Means to Supply Chains

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This example generates a huge amount of data that can leverage in the supply chain. But, the same data can have a drastic impact on transportations planners and agencies around the globe. Today’s Status: Today, this technology is limited to automated identification and data capture (AIDC) applications.

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5 Tips for Writing a Transportation Management Plan

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Describe the Outbound Transportation This description covers the movement of an outbound load from the company premises/warehouse to the customer’s destination. It is a hands-on activity which relies on real-time data. C onclusion Transport management covers many variables.

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Shipping Technology: Non-Tech Savvy Shippers Lose Advantage Over Time?

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As mentioned in this webinar , autonomous vehicles and third-party logistics providers ( 3PLs ) are making shipping technology affordable for small to mid-sized shippers, leveling the playing field at last and improving supply chain efficiency across the board. Standards in TMS Capacity and Profitability Have Evolved. Efficiency Gains.

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Top 15 Logistics Blog Posts of 2014

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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. Download the Webinar Replay.

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