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The Bloomberg of Freight with Mary O’Connell

The Logistics of Logistics

Expertise in operations, LTL pricing and procurement, flatbed operations, dry van, tracking and tracing, reality tv shows and how to turn a stranger into your new best friend. FreightWaves Events. When she’s not writing about 3PLs you can find her in the cold chain world hosting Running on Ice. Check Call.

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Drayage Service Challenges: Tips for Seamless Shipping

Trinity Logistics

Ports and rail terminals often operate in congested cities with lots of traffic and frequent road closures. Unforeseen events like canal blockages (Suez Canal) , the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse , or possible rail strikes have most recently created delays for shippers. What COMMON CHALLENGES ARE FACED WITH DRAYAGE?

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How electronics manufacturers can use ERP to address industry challenges

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

With a manufacturing-oriented ERP system, companies can track supplier capability and performance on a number of levels, including delivery performance and performance relative to other suppliers. A manufacturing operations management (MOM) system gives production managers visibility of current jobs and available resources.

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ERP addresses the challenges of Make to order manufacturers

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MTO operations bring their own set of unique challenges. The good news is that an ERP system with a focus on planning and shop floor management can help to make sense of a complex environment and help to manage these competing demands on the business via a comprehensive operations plan.

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The role that ERP systems can take in helping IM&E

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The industrial equipment and machinery (IM&E) industry needs to start looking at solutions that will handle change in key elements of the supply chain, production operations, and shipment activities without being disrupted. IM&E companies need to start looking at digitizing operations. Operations.

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

Logistics Viewpoints

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. What is supply chain visibility? Agility to act on transparency.

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Who’s Using Blockchain in 2020, and How?

Logistics Bureau

The diamond and gold, tea and coffee, beverage, food, and automotive industries all have participants with blockchain applications under test, operating as pilots, or implemented as digital solutions to improve supply chain operations. It’s not that tracking and tracing tea through the supply chain is a new departure for the company.