GoShip Blog

JANUARY 21, 2020

Specifically, more retailers are now developing and deploying vendor compliance programs for their suppliers to manage the business on pre-determined conditions. While this makes retail companies more secure, it poses an additional challenge for shippers and vendors to meet the terms of the partnership. What is a vendor chargeback?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

So why do we feature content related to Vendor Managed Inventory? Distributors will inbound to a manufacturer the inventory needed and transportation management, especially inbound freight management, efficiency is paramount to an effective vendor managed inventory model. ” Vendor Managed Inventory Model: A Quick Back Story.

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Trinity Logistics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

With costs rising recently, it’s easy to see why the challenge for many companies has been to reduce their transportation costs. Before we jump into how to reduce your transportation costs, it’s essential to understand what factors are causing them to rise. STEPS TO REDUCE TRANSPORTATION COSTS. CUT YOUR MANUAL PROCESSES.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Governments across the globe are urging businesses to do more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the supply chain. In response, companies are taking sustainable leadership to new levels, with a particular focus on reducing their Scope 3 emissions to actively assist in supply chain decarbonisation.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Call it a cop-out if you like, but predicting which logistics and supply chain trends will make a difference to businesses in any given year has become notoriously difficult, given the speed at which technology in particular, can suddenly disrupt the way things are done. 2018 Update: How Did the Trends Progress?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Supply chain entities need to know vendors will be held accountable and adhere to the terms within vendor-supply chain partner service level agreements. The answers to these questions lie in understanding a few of the top industrial procurement trends to expect in 2018. Download white paper.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

More Resources Home November 7, 2023 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market.

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Freightos

JANUARY 15, 2024

For example, the Freightos Baltic Index indicates a 69% increase to North America’s East Coast and a staggering 226% to Northern Europe since the crisis began. It converged with a trend of both airlines and ocean liners investing far more heavily in their fleets over the past fewyears.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Rob O’Byrne makes an early start with his round-up of supply chain and logistics trends that might make industry headlines in the coming year. His observations include trends in first and last-mile logistics, and the increase in SMEs entering global markets. 2020 Supply Chain and Logistics Trends: What’s Around the Corner?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

As a result, shippers across the globe are looking for ways to keep up with the Amazon’s unrelenting approach, and these trends in trucking and freight reflect a few of the key ways shippers, third-party logistics providers and truckers will respond 2018. The ELD mandate will dramatically reduce the number of hours truckers can drive.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

Trend identification is a tricky business. Supply chain trends make it yet more complex because they represent the intersections of so many different domains. What is a supply chain trend-spotter to do? A Different Perspective on Business Trends and Supply Chains. What Happened to These Trends? A 2018 Update.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Supply chain vendors have been touting their investments in artificial intelligence (AI) for the last several years. Alex Pradhan, Product Strategy Leader John Galt Solutions, told me that “all planning vendors have bold marketing around AI.” Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes.

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WorkWave

MARCH 27, 2023

You can also develop marketing strategies that resonate with community members. For example, local employees might understand local culture and customs. They can also help you navigate economic or seasonal trends that might affect business. This can reduce the time required to introduce employees to the area.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Aside from the new administration, Amazon’s supply chain continued push deeper into new and existing markets will define additional trends in the supply chain throughout the coming year. Fortunately, these five trends may alleviate some of the strains of competition by giving supply chain partners an advantage in the global market.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Before we look at the barriers to optimal inventory and the possible ways to eliminate or overcome them, let’s be clear on what inventory optimisation means—because misconceptions do abound. For example, you can optimise for cost, profit, or service, but not for all of them. Inventory Optimisation: A Clarification.

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Conger

JULY 30, 2021

Top challenges and the steps for adopting an omnichannel distribution strategy. 4 Steps for Adapting to an Omnichannel Distribution Strategy. Then, a seller uses a third-party vendor to ship the items to the buyer’s home. To reiterate, an omnichannel strategy will integrate each of these channels. Let’s get started!

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2018

It’s that time when idle chatter at the office Christmas lunch turns to debating what next year will bring, especially among logistics and supply chain professionals, for whom it seems every New Year brings new challenges, trends, and disruptive innovations. The 7 Trends for Supply Chain Pros to Watch in 2018.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Jackson Wood, director of industry strategy for global trade intelligence at Descartes. I had interesting conversations with Jackson Wood- director of industry strategy for global trade intelligence at Descartes, and Linda McKee – director of solution management for global trade services at SAP. Both are leaders in this market.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 20, 2021

This would make it almost impossible to identify any trends around things like customer preferences and demands, as well as to define the optimal future direction for your organization from a technology perspective if the organization only produced analogue data. Digital transformation: a strategy. The journey to the smart factory.

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 22, 2022

SKUs allow business owners to keep track of their products in terms of managing inventory levels, differentiating between products, and tracking products from vendor to customer. SKUs are unique to your business and can be customized to fit your needs and the needs of your vendors and customers. and enhance customer relations.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 19, 2021

Nevertheless, a recent meeting with a software vendor brought home to me how profoundly digital technology, primarily when provided via cloud-hosted SaaS delivery models, influences the focus of business relationships. The Problem with Vendor/Consultant Partnerships. The Problem with Vendor/Consultant Partnerships.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 25, 2017

The concept of actionable intelligence is about using technology and software to ensure company goals reflect industry strategy and demands. For example, companies partnering with 3PLs can maintain control of order and load sizes, decrease accessorial charges and provide higher service levels to customers. Why Work With a 3PL?

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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In order to stay competitive in the market, shippers need to be agile and adapt to new trends. This is critical as shippers committed to sustainability tend to have a better brand image with vendors and customers. To reduce the environmental footprint and costs, shippers need to adopt a sustainable reverse logistics method. .

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Freightos

DECEMBER 6, 2023

More Resources Home December 6, 2023 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. Freightos Air Index data show that China – N.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

Thomson Reuters purchased the global trade compliance vendor Integration Point in 2018. Nevertheless, the argument that trade compliance is complementary to a company’s overall tax strategy certainly makes sense to many companies. The large fines above are examples of this class of penalties. For example, the U.S.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 9, 2022

Which vendors are late delivering components to us? Here’s an example. BI integrated within your ERP system then analyzes that data helping your organization dive deeply into performance metrics and uncover trends that can be used to improve overall business strategies.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Discrete manufacturing makes distinct ‘things’, process manufacturing makes ‘stuff’ (for example, fertilizer). Specific industries have specific manufacturing strategies for good reason. For example, different grades of chocolate depending on the percentage of cocoa. Manufacturing planning and scheduling.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 16, 2017

Essentially, the cloud is working to reduce overall risk and reduce costs along the way, but it is also becoming key to increasing accountability and visibility throughout an organization. The use of wearables will continue to be one of the top trends throughout the remainder of 2016 and upcoming years as well.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 5, 2016

Yesterday we began our two part series on 2016 supply chain trends that will drive supply chain management into the future. As with most trends we all have read over the last few years, the focus was on technology. Supply Chain Trends 2016: 5 Additional More Areas of Focus. We listed the first 7. Increased velocity.

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WorkWave

MAY 8, 2024

The data collected over time allows for trend analysis, enabling continuous route optimization for improved efficiency. For example, integrating your GPS device with route optimization software enables managers to monitor whether drivers exceed speed limits, thus reinforcing safety protocols and reducing the likelihood of accidents.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2021

However, they are frustrated that their organizations are not quickly pivoting to adopt these technologies to extract and leverage this data, get faster insights requiring less resources, and reduce overall IT costs. To fully understand our strategy, it is important to understand the differentiation between autonomous and automated.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 17, 2017

In fact, the sustainable trend is becoming essential to all parts of manufacturing and supply chains, ranging from smart factories to green delivery trucks. But, understanding the driving forces and added benefits of this trend are also essential to making green methodologies useful to modern manufacturers. . Reduce costs.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 10, 2017

The State of Supply Chain 2016 Trends. In other words, the use of AI may help to improve patient outcomes and reduce delays from misdiagnoses or laboratory testing. Most importantly, agile methods allowed for faster decision making across a virtually limitless stream of issues, and this trend held true throughout the year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

To accomplish this, 10,000 supply chain associates worked with 450 global vendors who operate over 600 factories. China, for example, only produces 14% of their total units, only 3% of those units end up being exported to the United States and 2% to EMEA. Much of the world’s fabric is produced in Asia, for example. Conclusion.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

More Resources Home November 21, 2023 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market.

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The health care supply chain is a perfect example. Within any multifaceted organization lies the beating heart of a complex supply network which consists of thousands of vendors working across multiple sites and regions that provide supplies and supporting operations. Using Technology to Create a Disaster Preparedness Plan.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 26, 2019

Why are some supply chain managers able to reduce costs without compromising product and service quality, while others are dealing with rising costs? It involves, encourages and motivates all the employees, management, vendors, and suppliers to seek out avenues and means to improve how the organization functions at every level.

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