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Data key to tackling forecasting challenges

FreightWaves SONAR

Businesses are prioritizing the speed of data propagation within their supply chains. This includes sourcing materials, working with vendors, managing warehouses and transportation, and coordinating with retailers to ensure they can meet the changing demands of consumers while remaining profitable. and Target Corp. and Target Corp.

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The 3 top benefits of trucking fleets benchmarking financial and operational performance

FreightWaves SONAR

As reported by DC Velocity , “the 2020 Fleet Advantage Industry Benchmark Survey noted, “11% of transportation fleets estimate they have saved more than $1 million in crash avoidance by upgrading to newer trucks with advanced safety features.” The data from benchmarking trucking fleets provides companies with a wealth of information.

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

GEON Performance Solutions purchases plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. The simplified assumptions allow companies “to manage margins, supply chain costs, and inventories”, but “it does not enable them to manage enterprise costs, profit, and working capital.”

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Email Tips for Ecommerce Businesses

Ship Monk

These people are genuinely interested in your product — so much so, that they have purchased your products. Email vs. Other Forms of Communication For many years, email has been the gold standard of communication tools for DTC businesses. You do you and look at the data to determine what sending profile best fits your client base.

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7 Tips: A Guide to Mastering Procurement

Material Handling and Logistics

With the digitization of the source-to-pay process being a key initiative for many chief procurement officers, to the inherent automation which promises to accelerate innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI), digitization is growing. In a recent Forrester study, they found the problem to be poor quality data.

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Launching the Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) for Daily Rates

Freightos

The concept of an index, reporting the market price for a specific good, was developed precisely for this reason. Its value explains the existence of the S&P 500 for nearly 95 years, the power of the Baltic Dry Index for determining bulk shipment prices, and even poultry indices. Sources: FBX and SGX.

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Main Challenges in Same-Day Delivery: Use Technology As Your Ally

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Main Challenges in Same-Day Delivery: Use Technology As Your Ally | Image source: Pexels In recent years, the emergence of same-day delivery super applications has helped to create a new consuming habit. Without a tool that can alter already-started routes, this process is almost difficult to complete manually.