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Responding to Supply Chain Disruption Amid COVID-19

AIMMS

Our team put several resources together to help supply chain organizations navigate through this crisis safely. . The next 2-4 weeks are critical to understand the exposure throughout your value chain, take actions to address anticipated shortages , and ensure resource requirements to restart. Evaluate different scenarios .

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Identifying freight market trends across all modes

FreightWaves SONAR

Short-haul volume growth shines a light on current trucking trends. Understanding freight trends from the beginning of the supply chain all the way through to delivery is important for all parties involved. has been trending higher since mid-June 2020, likely setting new all-time highs in the coming weeks.

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Manufacturing Supply Chain Constraints and How to Overcome Them

FreightWaves SONAR

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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5 shipping trends for 2021 for carriers to know

FreightWaves SONAR

With the havoc 2020 caused, can shipping trends get any worse? According to Supply Chain Brief , “In such an environment, no one can truly predict what is going to happen. Preparation becomes the name of the game in shipping trends, and being ahead becomes the new normal. Congratulations and welcome to 2021!

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10 Supply Chain KPIs Freight Professionals Should Know

FreightWaves SONAR

Effective supply chain management and logistics RFP processes depend on an accurate measure of the health of the business and the market. As further explained by Grainger , “Big Data gives businesses the ability to monitor products with laser-like focus as they move through their supply chain in real-time.

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Supply Chain Intelligence: The Value of AI and Machine Learning to Predict Freight Rates

FreightWaves SONAR

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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Running Seamless 3PL Operations in the Midst of Supply Chain Chaos

Turvo

Third-party logistics, or 3PLs, help outsource business operations such as supply chain and logistics. Key trends in 3PL operations The key trends in 2022 for 3PL operations strive to automate processes and give better insight into customer and shipper expectations, dominated by technology and supply chain data analytics.