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Freight Brokerage Tech: To Build or Buy? That is the Question.

Parade

In a recent article, Peter Rentschler, CEO at CarrierDirect, discussed why freight brokerages should focus on better utilizing their existing Transport Management System (TMS) to increase operational efficiency, rather than investing in upgrading their systems or purchasing something new. There's nothing to buy. The question is: how?

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Freight Brokerage Tech: To Build or Buy? That is the Question.

Parade

In a recent article, Peter Rentschler, CEO at CarrierDirect, discussed why freight brokerages should focus on better utilizing their existing Transport Management System (TMS) to increase operational efficiency, rather than investing in upgrading their systems or purchasing something new. There's nothing to buy. The question is: how?

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Freight Brokerage Tech: To Build or Buy? That is the Question.

Parade

If you are a business owner or member of the leadership team, you’ve probably already asked yourself this question: Should I build these tech solutions in-house or should I buy them? There's nothing to buy. Just because tech presents excellent opportunities for your brokerage, doesn't mean you have to become a tech company.

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Time To Value And Its Importance For the Last Mile

Locus

Before that, he wanted to purchase a pair of shoes from a nearby store. The shopkeeper presented him with two sets of Nike shoes. Time to value is the time customers spend to derive value from the purchased product. This time between purchasing the shoes and deriving value from them is what we call business as the time to value.

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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. At a high level, what GEON does is purchase plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. Mr. Herrin was a good fit.

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Demand forecasting challenges – how to deal with fluctuating demand

EazyStock

Customer behavior continues to be erratic as buying habits reflect current events and news stories rather than actual needs. It’s vital to maintain excellent supplier relationships. As a first step, if you have access to historical data, look for a sales period with similar trends and market dynamics as the present day (if possible).

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How Automated Guided Vehicles Transform Material Handling

Conger

Boosting Operational Efficiency AGVs excel in efficiency, outperforming even the most experienced workers by autonomously transporting materials across distribution centers or delivering parts directly to manufacturing assembly lines.