GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

With transportation costs often comprising 4 to 7.5% We invite you to register and attend our educational webinar titled, “Major Factors to Consider for Efficient LTL Shipping” presented on October 5th, at 10:00 am CST. Who Should Attend this LTL Webinar? Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain Managers.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 30, 2020

Today I want to present to you the topic of digital twin for warehouse and distribution centers. The goal is to get an insight, how it could be implemented and in which way that technology operates. Choosing the correct transport container can significantly increase or decrease your transport costs.

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CH Robinson Logistics

AUGUST 20, 2019

I recently participated in a webinar to discuss the changes in retailer expectations and how companies can successfully navigate retail compliance programs. Look for ways to create shipping and transportation strategies that remove days, or even weeks, out of the supply chain. Transportation spend. Inventory management .

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 25, 2021

For those in the trucking industry, produce season carries an awareness of the many opportunities and challenges that comes with transporting perishable commodities. In addition to the driver shortage, there are also federal regulations that need to be considered when transporting produce. Watch The Recorded Webinar Below.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 9, 2023

The third episode of our Podcast series, ‘Logistics Business Conversations’, is now available free on Spotify , Apple Podcasts, Acast , Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Simplecast, YouTube , and all other podcast distribution platforms – just search for Logistics Business Conversations. Listen to find out.

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Packaging plays a significant role in preserving freshness and preventing damage during transportation. Transportation: Produce often travels long distances to reach consumers. The primary modes of transport include trucks, ships, and planes. These centers serve as key hubs in the supply chain.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Editor's Note: Today's blog is from Cindy Banker with ProCorr Display and Packaging who is bringing us some great insight on how to reduce product damage. Warehousing eats up about 25% and transportation 60%. For heavy boxes, stack them like bricks, so the weight is more evenly distributed. Trucking Logistics.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 26, 2021

For those in the trucking industry, produce season carries an awareness of the many opportunities and challenges that comes with transporting perishable commodities. In addition to the driver shortage, there are also federal regulations that need to be considered when transporting produce. Watch The Recorded Webinar Below.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 7, 2016

A little more than a year ago, Audi created a parody of transport drones in the sUVA commercial, but the ideas behind these “Terminator-like” actions actually represent very real possibilities for how extensive the network of drones will grow in 2016. What’s Happening with Transport Drones for the Use in Logistics?

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 24, 2015

In a perfect world, shippers and carriers would work hand-in-hand to create seamless goods distribution. Recession for Goods Distribution. Whereas 2009 saw the control of transportation industry profits in the hands of the shippers, two years later a shift occurred in the favor of carriers. Meeting in the Middle.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Today we continue our long series and look at teaching shippers how to remain strategic when it comes to logistics and their transportation management program. The Use of Data to Create a Successful Transportation Management Program. We then are going in depth on each of the 10 listed. Origination of Data.

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Blue Grace Logistics

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Consider inflation and the rising costs of production and manufacturing: Almost everything, whether the transportation of fuel, raw materials, or workers, has caused shippers to lean on logistics professionals to provide contextual data on how all those variables are affecting their own customer base.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

A Transportation Management System is a vital tool for shipping professionals. It helps to coordinate all of the available data points in a transport network, including rates, route options, warehouse supply, and distribution. The Potential of Transportation Management Systems.

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Penske Move Ahead

APRIL 29, 2020

Penske Logistics senior vice president of global sales Joe Carlier will join a panel of experts in a May 21 webinar hosted by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals ( CSCMP ) on the 2020 Third-Party Logistics Study. Please click here to register. Please note: The study is forward looking and was published in September 2019.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 31, 2015

This is in part due to the fact that as a third party logistics company, focused on efficient and strategic transportation management solutions through technology and services, it is vital for us to educate our shipper customers and our team in order to continually improve and always provide value. .

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GlobalTranz

JULY 29, 2015

This is especially true when outsourcing transportation management, as transportation can include a large part of your overall supply chain and business costs. Consider the many shippers who have outsourced transportation management and other logistics functions to third-party logistics (3PL) providers the past few years.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MAY 18, 2021

These embargoes are also widely misunderstood since they effectively impact the middle mile of transportation, resulting in shippers failing to plan for them. While LTL embargoes are and will always be a major part of any transportation network, there are a few things shippers can do to reduce their impact.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 9, 2016

While the parodies are quite “terrifying,” the problem remains, but one piece of legislation, passed in December 2015, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act ), offers a solution, and actionable steps are being laid out to define a way to dramatically reshape the infrastructure-landscape in several key ways.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

What are the causes, impacts, and how can shippers successfully navigate this environment? How to navigate the current import/export environment. Order volumes will pick back up once companies work through existing inventories and as prices for transportation and fuel continue to decline. Case Study. BlueGrace Logistics.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 23, 2015

Fredrick Taylor, who wrote The Principles of Scientific Management in 1911 and is considered the father of industrial engineering, focused his early research on how to improve manual loading processes. In the 1940s and 1950s, the focus of logistics research was on how to use mechanization (e.g.,

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Today, is day two of our annual year-end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 5 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , Transportation Management , Freight. This year, most were interesting in supply chain optimization - from distribution to inventory management - and Key Performance Indicators.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 15, 2018

Knowing the available inventory and assets only in distribution centers is inefficient and lacks value, but when applied across an entire supply chain network, inventory visibility propagates effective warehouse management. As a result, stores and regional warehouses end up overstocked or understocked, and carrying costs soar.

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Expedited Freight Questions Answered Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® Newsroom Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - November 10, 2023 Whether your organization uses expedited freight shipping every day or occasionally, it pays to understand how to use these services as effectively as possible.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Some logistics involves transportation or warehouses or both. Currently, it remains the case that as e-commerce continues to grow, most shippers, particularly multi-channel shippers, are still only just beginning to work out what this will entail for their distribution network infrastructures. Download the Webinar Replay.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's Blog is by Carl Turn, a freelance writer in the distribution field, who is showing us how next-day delivery is changing the face of eCommerce. It’s no secret that the internet has reshaped our lives in many ways, and especially how we shop. How to Keep Up With Next-Day Delivery .

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Third party logistics (3PL) is the function by where the owner of goods outsources numerous components of the supply chain to a 3PL company that can perform the management function of the clients’ customs, inbound freight, distribution, warehousing, order fulfilment and outbound freight to the client’s customers. Responsiveness.

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AIMMS

MARCH 8, 2016

Transportation capacity and cost: carriers are more selective about which retailers they work with and parcel pricing strategies are changing. Retailers need to respond with innovative transportation strategies and packaging options, as well as training for employees. How to modify the overall product assortment for each category?

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

This is the first post in a four-part series on how to achieve best in class shipper status. As a 3PL focused on transportation management , and especially LTL freight management , Cerasis is well positioned to help you achieve the "Best in Class Shipper" status. . In subsequent posts, we will dig deeper into these areas.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 9, 2015

The advancements in 3D printing and 'Additive Manufacturing,' coupled with supply chain efficiencies, could make distributed manufacturing a reality, ushering in the era of smart manufacturing. It would be interesting to watch how AM matures in the years to come because it is still in early stages. In the next few years, Industry 4.0

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GlobalTranz

MAY 18, 2016

Unfortunately, carriers have made figuring out best practices and freight pricing difficult, but you can simplify the process if you know how to distinguish different modes of shipping, when to use less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping, and how combining LTL shipping with other modes of shipping will provide the greatest benefit.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Supply chain leaders are enthralled with the idea of using big data, but they tend to fail to understand how to disseminate big data in their organization properly. True, they may know how to roll out big data in a single warehouse, or they may have heard their competitors used branded systems for implementing this new technology.

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AIMMS

MARCH 8, 2016

Transportation capacity and cost: carriers are more selective about which retailers they work with and parcel pricing strategies are changing. Retailers need to respond with innovative transportation strategies and packaging options, as well as training for employees. How to modify the overall product assortment for each category?

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WorkWave

MARCH 20, 2023

This post delves into the fundamentals of delivery management, a variety of solutions accessible to delivery businesses today, key components offered by these platforms, and how to decide on the correct one for your organization’s requirements as well as effective strategies for implementation.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 12, 2017

Unlike the heart, however, your routing guide needs to be continually updated to reflect the most relevant changes in carrier preferences, stipulations for compliance violations and detailed instructions on how to handle different shipping circumstances. Identify the Limitations and Provisions for Each Form of Transportation for Each Area.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 1, 2016

Mobile CRM apps support distributed order management, pricing and fulfillment by providing real-time data to manufacturing sales representatives. Big data enables manufacturers to forecast demand for their products and better determine how to allocate their resources.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 6, 2015

We first featured the most popular manufacturing blog posts followed by the top Supply Chain blog posts, then logistics, transportation, business, 3PL, and then finally we round out our series today featuring the most popular blog posts focused on freight and freight management. 2014 was surely a fun year of content on the Cerasis blog.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2018

billion with FedEx’s purchase of GENCO Distribution System Inc., As a result, shippers must consider how to best re-integrate products into warehouses and avoid unnecessary costs in the restocking phase, as noted by Tony Sciarrotta of the Reverse Logistics Association , published by Eyetortransport.

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