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BCOs and drayage planning: How global retailers apply data

FreightWaves SONAR

H aving access to real-time freight data and being able to make good use of it is essential for global trade and maritime shipping. Global retailers use data to understand lead time Successful supply chain operation at any stage hangs on the ability to stay on top of shipping and transport logistics. Request a SONAR Demo.

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Open Sky Kaleidoscope: Connecting the Dots

Logistics Viewpoints

Kaleidoscope as a Platform Kaleidoscope is a cloud SaaS offering that is secure. The lenses are all built around the common Kaleidoscope core platform, which is responsible for extracting, storing, and indexing an entire supply chain’s worth of data.

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Digital twins help postal and logistics companies plan for the future

Logistics Business Magazine

Powered by data-driven virtual models that can simulate real-world operations, digital twins are allowing the sector to predict the future and plan for it. This generates masses of data, which can be stored and analysed to offer insights into an operation. This helps to build a complete data set and deliver accurate predictions.

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Trends Shaping the Chemical Industry

Trinity Logistics

Trends Affecting the Chemical Industry Artificial intelligence Data analytics Specialty chemicals Sustainability Renewable and bio-based chemicals Safety and reducing risk Resilient supply chains Embracing Artificial Intelligence The chemical industry has a history of embracing new technologies. We see it all over the news.

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The Best is Yet to Come

3PL Insights

In a market where industrial real estate is at record-low vacancy rates; we were able to secure more than 700,000 square feet of additional warehousing space to support new and existing Evans customers. With this exciting growth, we invested in our other facilities, with exterior/interior paint, lighting, signage, and new security structures.

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The Black Hole at the Heart of Supply Chain Management

Logistics Viewpoints

They need supply planning capable of concurrent planning, multi-enterprise supply chain networks, real-time supply chain alerts across an n-tier supply chain, and a data lake. If a Tier 1 company is having a problem manufacturing a component for the OEM, or securing transport for a shipment, that is quickly visible. The Data Lake.

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Package Theft Season is Here

Logistics Viewpoints

Based on data from the FBI and Google Trends, package theft is big business. The first is the use of home security technology. When someone rings the doorbell, you can see a live video feed and hear what your visitor is saying. This makes the season a prime target for package theft. Since 2020, online shopping has hit $1.7

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