Mojo Demo: Optimize Your Transportation Strategy
MercuryGate
MARCH 6, 2019
The post Mojo Demo: Optimize Your Transportation Strategy appeared first on MercuryGate International.
Near-real-time data-driven route optimization best practices
FreightWaves SONAR
APRIL 8, 2021
One of the most significant challenges facing logistics managers is route optimization. Data represents an integral part of daily life for most people, and it is no different within the transportation industry. Route optimization relies on fast and intelligent responses to real-world situations that may arise during transportation.
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Log-hub 3.3: Introducing Shipment Analyzer and Routing Optimization Enhancements
Log-hub
AUGUST 1, 2023
Additionally, they can utilize benchmark tariffs, cost adjustments, and consolidation rules to optimize expenditures. This release brings enhancement in routing optimization as well. Book a demo The post Log-hub 3.3: Introducing Shipment Analyzer and Routing Optimization Enhancements appeared first on Log-hub.
Shippers- Optimize Truckloads With Intelligent Solutions
Locus
JULY 24, 2023
Retailers should find ways to optimize truckloads to reap benefits. How do we optimize these loads? Shippers need to leverage automated and intelligent solutions to truly optimize the supply chain and impact the bottom line in a positive way. However, trucking industries have many business models they operate by.
How Carriers Can Optimize Their Assets (with video)
FreightWaves SONAR
DECEMBER 2, 2020
They discussed how Zaro Transportation leverages SONAR to improve and increase its business. As an asset-based broker, Zaro Transportation is using SONAR to create more accurate rating processes and higher productivity gains. Watch the episode below: Zaro Transportation offers better service and data-driven rates due to SONAR.
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6 Truckload freight spend optimization best practices
FreightWaves SONAR
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Optimizing truckload freight spend is essential in today’s freight market. As the world of transportation continues to evolve, shippers and logistics service providers (LSPs) are effectively utilizing certain methods along with modern data platforms to meet the demands of today’s supply chains. Request a SONAR Demo.
Load Matching: Optimizing Logistics Efficiency in the Last Mile
Locus
JULY 24, 2023
Supply chain management involves the transportation of freight between locations, and load matching is a small but critical aspect that drives supply chain efficiency. Load matching can be understood as the pairing of freight with the most suitable transportation carriers. This ensures efficient and safe transportation.
Achieve Flawless Transporter Management Without APIs | Locus Transporter Management
Locus
JUNE 22, 2023
Transporters serve as the backbone for successful delivery companies when it comes to long-haul, multi-day deliveries. However, transporters face a call on their business growth as many of their systems lack tech and API capabilities, necessitating time-consuming manual coordination with intersted businesses.
The Role of Logistics Management in Optimizing Supply Chain Operations
Locus
APRIL 3, 2023
This refers to planning, coordinating, and executing the flow and storage of goods and services, including activities such as transportation, inventory management, order processing, warehousing, packaging, and security. The global last-mile delivery market size is expected to reach $61.57 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 16.7%
Navigating the Freight Downturn with Kevin Coomes
The Logistics of Logistics
MAY 17, 2023
Kevin Coomes and Joe Lynch discuss navigating the freight downturn in the logistics and transportation space. Kevin’s journey in transportation and logistics began in China, where he managed ocean and air imports for his own venture, Phoria Energy Solutions. By leveraging comprehensive data analysis, Greenscreens.ai
Conducting a Trucking RFP: Tips for Shippers to Optimize Contract Freight
FreightWaves SONAR
DECEMBER 22, 2020
Shipping managers who have maintained strong relationships with carriers during these trying times will be in a better position to recover and optimize freight assets. These strong partnerships allow shippers to ramp back up quickly and can handle loads and transports more easily after the turmoil 2020 has caused the industry.
What is transportation rate forecasting and why do I need real-time data to forecast accurately
FreightWaves SONAR
MARCH 18, 2021
Nothing in life comes for free, especially in the transportation and shipping industry where predictive freight costs carry so much weight. Ultimately, it comes down to how good logistics managers get at transportation rate forecasting. It cost money to make money and even to try and save money. Download the White Paper.
How to Calculate the Cost of Transport
Locus
JUNE 9, 2023
In the midst of an outdoor movie screening of “Trucks,” a film about a town overrun by driverless trucks, a person from the crowd, who runs a transport service company, jokingly mentioned that while phantoms could handle the task, they couldn’t effectively control transportation costs. Click this! They are: 1.
How to Calculate the Cost of Transport
Locus
JUNE 9, 2023
In the midst of an outdoor movie screening of “Trucks,” a film about a town overrun by driverless trucks, a person from the crowd, who runs a transport service company, jokingly mentioned that while phantoms could handle the task, they couldn’t effectively control transportation costs. Click this! They are: 1.
SONAR Indices & Insights: Intermodal transportation vs truckload? Using Intermodal Savings Versus Truckload Tickers
FreightWaves SONAR
MARCH 8, 2021
These latest tickers again reflect FreightWaves’ commitment to provide the latest data insights in SONAR – across all logistics concerns relating to OTR transport and other modes of transportation. The SONAR chart above shows the initial and final reported intermodal transportation savings versus truckload transportation values.
7 Reasons Why Last-Mile Delivery Is Critical for Supply Chain Success
WorkWave
MARCH 19, 2024
Solutions Worth Considering To address these challenges, businesses are turning to innovative solutions such as route optimization software and real-time tracking systems – like RouteManager. By optimizing routes, businesses can reduce fuel consumption, minimize delivery times and improve overall efficiency. Start Using RouteManager!
Responding to Supply Chain Disruption Amid COVID-19
AIMMS
MARCH 30, 2020
As transportation lanes become unavailable, the availability of suppliers and components will decrease. There is a strategic incentive in understanding the optimal sourcing location for specific customers, and the optimal sourcing location for different resources. Study 3: Identify Optimal Sourcing Locations .
Logistics carbon footprint reduction best practices
FreightWaves SONAR
APRIL 20, 2021
This becomes especially significant for the carbon footprint of companies in transportation, logistics and supply chains, including the added expenses associated with reefer during the warmer months. Increase your use of rail transport to lower costs One way to lower costs over the short- and long-term lies in the use of rail transportation.
Transportation Visibility: What You Need to Know
CLX Logistics
OCTOBER 10, 2021
Transportation Visibility [trans-per-tey-shuhn viz-uh-bil-i-tee]. CLX Logistics offers modern telematics provide real-time transportation visibility on all in-transit shipments, anywhere in the world.”. Transportation visibility is critical to success in today’s logistics industry. The Key Benefits of Transportation Visibility.
Shippers: Have you considered contracted or outsourced fleets?
Locus
JUNE 27, 2023
Transportation networks form the vital nerve center for every delivery-focused organization. However, it’s not merely these reasons that should prompt delivery organizations to consider strategic partnerships with external transport providers. So, what hurdles do companies encounter when exclusively reliant on an in-house fleet?
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Unlocking Shipping Potential: The Importance of Effective Fleet Management
Locus
JULY 5, 2023
Furthermore, transportation often represents a significant cost center for shippers, thus elevating the optimization of fleet management to an operational imperative. How can one achieve this optimization? Importantly, all data on the transporter’s dashboard is visible to the client via their dispatch management platform.
Bringing Order to Chaos: Last-Mile Delivery Costs and How to Reduce Them
Locus
JUNE 16, 2023
Customer satisfaction and keeping costs in check rests on optimal last-mile delivery operations. Last-mile delivery is the crucial stage of transporting goods from the retailer’s transportation hub to the ultimate delivery destination. Read also: How to Calculate the Cost of Transport 2.
Beyond the Basics: Harnessing the Power of Advanced Carrier Management Systems
Locus
OCTOBER 6, 2023
At the heart of successful supply chain management lies the ability not just to find a transporter, but to identify the most suitable one for each unique requirement from a vast ocean of available options. For more information on how Locus’ Transporter Management System can refine your operational blueprint, click below.
Top 10 NEMT Software Solutions in 2024
WorkWave
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Time To Read: 4 minutes Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) plays a critical role in ensuring that individuals with medical needs can access healthcare services safely and efficiently. Managing transport operations can be challenging, especially with the traditional way of manually managing scheduling, dispatching and billing.
How to Measure Success: KPIs for Inbound Logistics
WorkWave
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Both inbound and outbound logistics involve the transportation of products across various distribution channels, however inbound logistics deals with supply and outbound logistics fulfill demands. This guide outlines the essential KPIs you should be monitoring to ensure efficiency. What are inbound and outbound logistics?
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Why asset-based carriers are using freight tech to recruit truck drivers
FreightWaves SONAR
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
Utilizing applied technology helps freight management reduce issues during transportation that cause drivers and companies to lose money. Increased route optimization to speed transportation. Creating the proper, fastest and optimized route will inevitably reduce the amount of time a driver is on the road.
5 Reasons How RFPs Help in Selecting the Right Logistics Technology Platform For Your Enterprise-Level Business
Locus
APRIL 26, 2024
More and more companies are looking to digitalization of their end-to-end logistics operations for high efficiencies at optimal costs. However, with a wide variety of dispatch management, transportation management (TMS), or logistics software providers, this makes the selection process quite challenging.
Top 4 Last-Mile Logistics Software Companies in Indonesia
Locus
APRIL 18, 2023
Optimal route recommendations: Locus’ Route Optimization Software considers 180+ real-world constraints like time windows, traffic, and roadblocks and then generates optimal routes for the delivery. Based in Indonesia and founded in 2018, some of its offerings include live tracking, route optimization, and task management.
Fall-ing into Freight Tech: The Envase Fall Newsletter
Envase Technologies
OCTOBER 12, 2021
In the second Trucknology Podcast , Brian speaks to Transport DSquare and Canal Cartage to delve into the myths and preconceptions of implementing a new software system. Book a Demo to learn more. Intermodal transportation has never required such complex management as it does today. Read the Blog. The Implementation Blues.
LTL Freight Rates: Using data to improve annual contract negotiations
FreightWaves SONAR
APRIL 13, 2021
Data and analytics can provide enlightening insights that can greatly improve transportation management. Using historical data and peer market insights allows for the optimization of a transportation strategy and strengthens bargaining power, giving the upper hand when it comes to negotiating and securing capacities.
Log-hub 3.2: Streamlining operations of supply chain planners
Log-hub
JUNE 5, 2023
From now on, users can use sea routes in their mapping, enabling them to visualize their maritime transport and set up routing restrictions to ensure routes avoid specific areas. Now users can visualize hidden map layers for potential warehouses directly on the map and compare them with optimal locations.
Logistics Analytics: Top Reports You Need To Reduce Costs
Trinity Logistics
AUGUST 31, 2022
Optimizing your logistics can make all the difference in your business’s bottom line. One such piece of technology is a transportation management system (TMS). A TMS is an excellent investment and according to Logistics Management Magazine, has been shown to reduce transportation costs by up to 30 percent.
[PODCAST] Enterprise Parcel Shipping Best Practices
GlobalTranz
APRIL 9, 2019
Parcel Shipping Resources The Ultimate Guide to 2019 Parcel Shipping Trends Download White Paper Shipment Optimization: The Challenges, Benefits, and Technology Solutions Listen to Podcast Parcel Management Compare pricing for all parcel shipping options including UPS, FedEx, USPS and more. Get Demo of our TMS.read More.
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[WHITE PAPER] How Enterprise Shippers Can Respond to and Mitigate Tender Rejections
FreightWaves SONAR
JANUARY 6, 2021
But transportation optimization , knowing when to tender freight, take advantage of company-owned assets, and outsource are other issues. The world of transportation sourcing and management is only getting more complicated. Request a SONAR Demo. They must manage replenishment, returns, supplier contracts and much more.
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The relationship between intermodal shipping & ESG initiatives
FreightWaves SONAR
MARCH 23, 2021
More rapid transport will inherently mean a need for either airfreight or overnight ground service. And for brokers , enterprise shippers, and carriers, figuring out when to balance the mode used for transportation against sustainability has proven to be difficult at best. Why intermodal shipping goes well with ESG initiatives.
LogiMAT ’24 Has Your Back
Logistics Business Magazine
JANUARY 26, 2024
Exhibitors from nearly every sector of the industry are coming to LogiMAT 2024 to present their latest products and solutions for ergonomically optimized intralogistics processes, healthy workplaces, and injury prevention. Optimized ergonomics, flexibility, functionality, and a customized modular concept are the hallmarks here.
BCOs and drayage planning: How global retailers apply data
FreightWaves SONAR
MARCH 9, 2021
This service joins different methods of long-haul shipping to help smooth overall transportation hand-offs. It can also refer to the transportation of shipping goods over short distances. Global supply chains rely on multimodal transport to ship goods from manufacturers that are far from their end customers.
[PODCAST] Blockchain in Shipping & Freight: A Pragmatic & Frank Discussion
GlobalTranz
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Blockchain and The Digital Supply Chain Resources to Download Learn more about ShipChain Request a Demo of ShipChain’s Platform Why Blockchain will Create Extreme Supply Chain Management Optimization Download White Paper Looking for a TMS for your OTR.read More.
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Responding to Supply Chain Disruption Amid COVID-19
AIMMS
MARCH 30, 2020
As transportation lanes become unavailable, the availability of suppliers and components will decrease. There is a strategic incentive in understanding the optimal sourcing location for specific customers, and the optimal sourcing location for different resources. Study 3: Identify Optimal Sourcing Locations .
Dark Kitchens and Last-Mile Tech: Transforming Food Delivery
Locus
JULY 17, 2023
Also read : Methods to reduce cost of transport Digital revolution of the food industry The impact of the digital revolution can be gauged from the food industry’s gross revenue bookings estimated at $82 billion in 2018, projected to more than double by 2025 with a cumulative growth rate of 14%.
Why is freight data a powerful weapon in the era of COVID-19?
FreightWaves SONAR
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
HOW MUCH DO PAPER AND PACKAGING COMPANIES SPEND ON TRANSPORTATION? As reported by McKinsey & Company : “The degree to which each mode of transport and trade lane is affected depends on their particular commodity mix. As companies tried to keep responses to COVID-19 under wraps, problems quickly spiraled out of control.
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FOSC: Collaboration drives last-mile success
The Logistics of Logistics
JUNE 23, 2022
It provides shippers access to a large network of last-mile providers (FRONTDoor Partners) as well as developing technology like route optimization and planning tools, and other tech commonly requested by its FDPs. OneRail showcased its final-mile solution during a Monday demo session at FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain event.
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The Power Of Using A TMS For Any Size LTL Shipper
Blue Grace Logistics
APRIL 13, 2022
A transportation management system (TMS) is traditionally used in larger shipping operations. The benefits of these systems are managing transportation costs and navigating capacity crunches. Since the volumes being handled are mostly one mode for mid-sized companies, there are fewer optimization opportunities from older TMS models.
[stackd] Using Data and analytics to make smarter retail shippers
FreightWaves SONAR
MARCH 23, 2021
On the episode you’ll hear: What is Hannah’s advice for retailers who want to reinvent themselves and perhaps what should they consider to stay optimized in shipping? What trends are you seeing for retailers in the use of technology to help optimize their supply chain and transportation networks?
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