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Supplier Onboarding is Core to a Digital Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

When you talk to companies that have implemented enterprise or supply chain applications, executives will usually admit that they have under-invested in training and preparing users to use the new technology. People issues are always challenging. But change management is significantly more difficult when the technology deployed is used not just internally, but also by key trading partners.

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The Transportation Management Agenda in 2025: Innovate or Execute Better?

Talking Logistics

Editors Note: The following is an excerpt of a research report published recently, Navigating Tomorrow 2025 – The Transportation Management Agenda: Innovate or Execute Better? The research, conducted by Adelante SCM and commissioned by Alpega, highlights important trends that are top of mind for logistics executives heading into the new year and explores whether focusing.

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How AI Can Help Avoid Future Holiday Season Disruptions to Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

As they enter the new year, businesses need to be preparing for the next holiday rush. Artificial intelligence can help.

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What is Ocean Freight?

Logistics Bureau

You know how we often take for granted that we can order something from across the world and it’ll show up at our doorstep? Well, ocean freight makes that possible. It’s essential to global trade, moving about 90% of everything we use in our daily lives. Think about it this way – that coffee you’re drinking? Before it reached your cup, those beans probably spent weeks crossing an ocean in a container, stacked among thousands of others on a vessel bigger than several footb

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Benefits of ERP-Integrated Shipping for Parcel, LTL, and TL Shipment Management

Streamline your logistics operations with ERP-integrated shipping solutions, offering seamless data integration, cost savings, and enhanced customer experience. These systems automate shipping tasks, ensure regulatory compliance, and provide real-time analytics for parcels, LTL, and TL freight. Achieve better inventory coordination and scale effortlessly as you expand into new markets.

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The Ultimate Guide to Fleet Management: Strategies to Control and Optimize Your Processes

3PL Links

Image source: iStocks | The Ultimate Guide to Fleet Management: Strategies to Control and Optimize Your Processes Investing in a fleet management system results in an improvement in internal processes, which directly reflects the quality of the service provided to the end customer. A fleet management system is a fundamental tool in the planning and operational control of the logistics sector.

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Future-Proof Logistics Warehouses with Flexibility and Throughput

Logistics Viewpoints

Flexibility and throughput are indispensable for success in logistics warehouses today. According to Benchmark International, e-commerce sales are projected to hit $6.3 trillion globally by 2024. Logistics providers face escalating pressures to meet high-speed delivery expectations and manage unpredictable market dynamics. Logistics warehouses that prioritize flexibility, operational efficiency, and throughput will be able to secure long-term growth, meet client demands, and stay ahead of evolvi

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 10, 2025)

Talking Logistics

As you read this, Ill be making my way to my sons graduation from Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Moore, Georgia. After 10 weeks of basic training and 12 weeks at OCS, hell be a newly commissioned officer in the United States Army. The forecast calls for snow and ice for most of the. Read more The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 10, 2025) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Carriers Express Optimistic Outlook for 2025: Report

Food Logistics

The majority of carriers (91%) feel optimistic about achieving their primary professional goals in 2025, with 54% describing themselves as extremely optimistic.

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The Logistics of Success: A Mindset for Unstoppable Growth with Nick Klingensmith

The Logistics of Logistics

Nick Klingensmith and Joe Lynch discuss the logistics of success: a mindset for unstoppable growth. Nick is the Founder and CEO of Stride Motivation , a company dedicated to transforming lives through inspiring keynote speeches and mindset coaching. Nick is an expert at helping achievement-driven professionals and leaders to overcome fear and rejection and push past self-limiting doubts.

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PC*MILER vs. MileMaker: What Are the Differences?

MileMaker vs. PC*MILER: What are the differences? Both software options perform similar functions, but MileMaker stands out in key areas. Powered by Rand McNally, MileMaker offers truck-specific routing with a legacy of mapping excellence. MileMaker's U.S.-based customer service team provides responsive support and custom API updates. The software is regularly updated to meet customer needs, while PCMILER relies on an older interface.

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Introducing the Packet Parcel Sorting System: Enhancing Efficiency and Reducing Costs for Staci Americas' Clients

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

At Staci Americas, innovation is at the heart of what we do, driving us to deliver exceptional service and tangible value to our clients. To further this commitment, were proud to announce that weve partnered with ID Parcel & Mail Solutions to roll out a new semi-automated Packet Parcel Sorting System (PPSS) at our Lawrenceville, GA, distribution center.

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Tariffs and Trade in 2025: Uncertainty Will Create Opportunity for Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

"Companies can take a fresh look at the balance they strike between efficiency and resilience," says Marsh Advisory managing director James Crask.

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Trust More: A New Year’s Resolution for Supply Chain Executives

Talking Logistics

At the start of 2017, I wrote a post highlighting four things supply chain and logistics professionals should stop doing in the new year. Last January, I updated the list and added a couple of more things to stop doing in 2024 and beyond (see Supply Chain New Years Resolutions: Things To STOP Doing In. Read more The post Trust More: A New Year’s Resolution for Supply Chain Executives appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Key trends and insights for the trucking workforce in 2025

Truck News

As we begin 2025, all signs are pointing to another challenging year for trucking and logistics.

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2025 Warehouse Cycle Count Automation Guide

Automating cycle count tasks is a lot easier than you may expect. Learn how leading warehouses are improving inventory accuracy while reducing their dependency on expensive labor. This automation resource will provide insight on: How to capture a 300’ L x 30’ H aisle in 35 minutes. Improve the overall accuracy of your WMS. Reduce dependency on slow and expensive labor.

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What is Ugly Freight?

Logistics Bureau

When people refer to “Ugly Freight”, they’re typically referring to challenging items that give logistics managers headaches because they don’t fit neatly into standard shipping containers or onto regular pallets. Think about things like: Irregularly shaped machinery parts that refuse to stack properly Extra-long items that extend beyond standard pallet dimensions Extremely heavy pieces that require special handling equipment Items with odd protrusions that make them diff

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Blown 262 Cummins almost derailed 1968 Peterbilt 358A's journey

Overdrive Online

Most of the pieces owner Shawn Wright has added to the truck since acquiring it about three years ago he's either made himself, borrowed or traded for, ultimately spending little money on the antique build.

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Report: Floods Pose Top Threat to Supply Chains in 2025

Supply Chain Brain

Flood insurance claims due to Hurricane Helene which swamped southern states in September could ultimately total $7 billion.

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Driving Futures Forward: High School Students Experience the Power of the Accelerate! Conference

Women in Trucking

Patterson High School students Eli Santoyo and Noemi Bravo pose at Daimler Truck North America's booth during the 2024 Accelerate!

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How to Prepare for Proposed New Tariffs in 2025

The global trade landscape is shifting. If President Trump’s proposed tariffs come into effect, they will impact your logistics in significant ways. Our free guide provides essential insights for consumer brands and manufacturers. It is crucial to understand what these challenges mean for your logistics operations, and more importantly, how to prepare.

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There’s a Less Frustrating Way to Negotiate Freight Contracts

Logistics Bureau

What do planes, trains, trucks, and ships all have in common? Unless you own them, you have to pay for space onboard. When you negotiate freight contracts though, there’s a lot more to consider (and haggle over) than the price per unit/tonne/pallet that you wish to transport. Indeed, freight contract negotiation can be time-consuming, frustrating, and complicated, but there are ways and means to reduce the frustration, and perhaps yield more rewarding outcomes.

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Tour-haul 'special forces': Small fleet owner builds the team

Overdrive Online

Specialized in concert-tour and other entertainment hauling, Rickards puts sharp focus on creating opportunity for the fleet's leased owner-operators through honesty and transparency in leasing agreements and business in general.

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Watch: Princess Auto Embraces Automated Demand Planning and Replenishment

Supply Chain Brain

A case study featuring Josh Rowson, vice president of demand planning and replenishment at Princess Auto, and Darryl Landvater, a business advisor with Oliver Wight.

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Quality of Life Themes Dominate ATRI’s Recent List of Critical Trucking Issues

Women in Trucking

Taking a close look at ATRI's most recent Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry 2023 report.

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GEP Spend Category Outlook Report 2025

2025 will feel familiar, in some regards. The procurement and supply chain category management landscape will remain turbulent, with geopolitical tensions, worries over fresh tariffs, rising costs, and supply chain disruptions posing significant challenges. But you should also expect some lightning-fast changes in 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to upend the way enterprises and procurement, supply chain, and category management professionals operate.

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What is Volume Leverage?

Logistics Bureau

Think of volume leverage like having a stronger negotiating position when you’re dealing with larger quantities. When we talk about volume leverage in logistics, we’re essentially looking at how we can use higher volumes to create advantages across different areas of the supply chain. Here’s where it gets interesting – volume leverage isn’t just about getting better prices (though that’s certainly part of it).

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Emergency declarations issued across multiple states

Overdrive Online

As winter storms stretch across the Central and Eastern U.S., several states have issued emergency declarations waiving certain hours-of-service provisions for drivers transporting heating fuel and other commodities.

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Will 2025 Be the Year of the Exchange Economy?

Supply Chain Brain

Retailers need to reimagine the exchange economy to meet consumers needs without sacrificing revenue.

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Forward Air exploring potential sale, merger

Commercial Carrier Journal

Forward Air has felt pressure from shareholders since its clumsy acquisition of logistics service provider Omni Logistics last January.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Can Non-Operating Reefer Containers Be a Solution For Empty Container Repositioning Problem?

MTS Logistics

The problem of empty container repositioning poses a significant challenge in the international container transportation industry. This problem has a profound impact on logistics processes, cost-effectiveness, and environmental sustainability, making efficient management of empty containers crucial for supply chain continuity. This article aims to investigate the use of non-operating reefer (NOR) containers as a solution to the empty container repositioning problem.

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Does Rail Freight Transportation Really ‘Suck’ that Much?

Logistics Bureau

Rail freight is essential to our modern supply chain. When you look at those long trains rolling across the country, you’re witnessing one of the most efficient ways we move goods across continents. You can think of rail freight as the backbone of our logistics network it’s how we transport everything from raw materials like coal and grain to finished products such as cars and containers filled with consumer goods.

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Podcast | Fighting the Scourge of Forced Labor in the Battery Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

The global battery supply chain must be purged of its reliance on forced labor and child labor.