Thu.Oct 12, 2017

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Bridging the Gap Between Supply Chain Design and Planning

Talking Logistics

From demand shifts and evolving customer preferences, to new product introductions and sales strategies, volatility creates a continuously moving target for supply chain managers. But most enterprise planning systems weren’t designed to rapidly adapt to these changes—they were designed for problems that have already been solved! Supply chain professionals are left trying to patch together point solutions with a mass of spreadsheets and are unable to effectively collaborate with other business us

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7 Ways to Overcome Yard Management Challenges

GlobalTranz

Effective yard management is a complex topic in today’s ever-evolving supply chain. Poor planning on the part of warehouse managers can lead to extensive demurrage or detention charges, irritability and anger among truck drivers and employees, and excessive gait, congestion, reports PINC.com. Meanwhile, warehouse managers struggle with maintaining visibility and control over trucks, personnel, and assets in their yards.

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The Future of Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

Jeff Potts, Vice President of Sales at BluJay Solutions discusses the following questions and more in this timely and informative episode: What are you seeing with regards to rates and capacity based on the activities on your network and the shippers and carriers you work with? Are shippers in a better position to weather this storm today than in the past?

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Is WalMart’s OTIF Initiative Placing Impossible Pressure On Carriers?

Blue Grace Logistics

Carriers already face many challenges in the transportation industry. It includes a multitude of rules and regulations that they must follow or else they could be fined. Or, even worse, drivers could lose their CDLs. Now on top of all of their rules and regulations, WalMart is making it even tougher for carriers by imposing their OTIF program on them.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Transportation Industry

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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Find out why people are moving to Cloud Warehouse Management Systems

Jayem Logistics

In this business world, 83% of companies are using cloud software technology in their daily operations. The cloud is cheaper, faster and better integrated specially for warehouse management system. This is completely changing the way of business budget and expenditure for their new WMS. There are many attractive reasons for switching to the cloud. Have a look.