PINC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

It has hit us like nothing we’ve ever seen before in supply chain and it has affected all countries, all industries, and all companies worldwide.”. There’s been a lot of consolidation and investment in the industry, because it is still highly fragmented and has room for technology enablement,” Yearling continues.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 17, 2018

Manufacturers are looking for ways to explore new technologies, reinvent manufacturing strategy, enhance troubleshooting, bringing manufacturing closer to consumer and levy the power of intelligent tools to streamline operations and cut costs. IT and OT Technical Staff Will Begin to Cross Roles.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2014

To that end, every warehouse manager’s role is to manage the physical environment, loadshifting equipment and people, to decrease the chances of collision and accidents, and often, to help the flow of freight via outbound and inbound freight management; an entire process known as warehouse traffic management. Download the Webinar Replay.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 23, 2015

Both industrial engineering and operations research have their roots in logistics. Fredrick Taylor, who wrote The Principles of Scientific Management in 1911 and is considered the father of industrial engineering, focused his early research on how to improve manual loading processes. History of Supply Chain Management: Roots.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 11, 2018

If negotiations rely on an understanding of all inbound and outbound freight statistics and processes, lacking information will result in strong variances between rates and trouble securing available capacity. Full Truckload White Paper Series. Contracted rates are indeed possible in full truckload freight management.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 24, 2015

Carriers in the trucking industry and also shippers today are actively looking for ways to combat the rising costs of operating their businesses, but they often do not fully understand proper benchmarking, transportation cost analysis, and profit management are intertwined. Outbound freight costs as percentage of net sales.

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CLX Logistics

APRIL 26, 2019

The year 2018 was challenging for shippers in all industries, including chemical, due to capacity constraints in the marketplace that inflated costs. In the chemical industry for example, safety is of the utmost concern. You need collaboration from analytical and industry experts. So, what happens after a year like that?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Manufacturers must receive raw material inbound and send out product to customers outbound. Let’s take a closer look at this trend and how it affects the manufacturing industry. Where and Why Is the Logistics Industry Growing? So, what is the driving force behind the growth of the logistics industry?

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GlobalTranz

JULY 14, 2017

Over the past year, industry experts have pointed to a coming capacity crunch. However, you can increase your company’s profitability and decrease costs by managing your inbound and outbound freight through data. Shippers need to track the percent of total shipments using the LTL mode.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 17, 2017

This independence naturally lends itself to more efficiency in performance management and ensuring everyone, including inbound and outbound logistics partners, stay on the same page. The shipping industry stands on the cusp of renewed automation goals through modern, dedicated TMS solutions, like the Cerasis Rater. The Big Picture.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Third party logistics (3PL) is the function by where the owner of goods outsources numerous components of the supply chain to a 3PL company that can perform the management function of the clients’ customs, inbound freight, distribution, warehousing, order fulfilment and outbound freight to the client’s customers.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 6, 2015

We not only had over 200 blog posts, but we featured voices from all around the industry by having over 45 guest bloggers. This variety of voices gives us the best and brightest around all of these industries in a collective effort to provide value and education to the Cerasis blog readers. Now, why do we blog? Read the Full Blog Post.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

In the United States for example, Thanksgiving brings the logistics industry to a screeching halt on Thursday and Friday. This time of year can mean peak busyness or slowness, depending on the industry. In fact, the number of Americans traveling more than 50 miles by car for Thanksgiving weekend will rise 4.3% from last year to 41.3

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Turvo

APRIL 1, 2021

The pair talked about how the supply chain industry is moving beyond the table stakes of TMS and turning to network-like technology platforms that go further upstream into the supply chain, enabling strong supply chain collaboration amongst all trading partners, putting the supply chain at the heart of their customer experience strategy.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Holidays are always difficult to work around in our industry. We wanted to bring you some quick strategies and tips that can help your holiday shipping woes or at any time of the year where you experience an increase in shipping volumes. We lose valuable transit days with shipments when carriers aren’t moving freight.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Holidays are always difficult to work around in our industry. We wanted to bring you some quick strategies and tips that can help your holiday shipping woes or at any time of the year where you experience an increase in shipping volumes. We lose valuable transit days with shipments when carriers aren’t moving freight.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2016

In some cases, the costs are being passed along to customers as they occur through prepaid charges, and in others, customers are being billed in arrears for the cost of using LTL shipping opportunities that do not involve a specific shipper (add-in shipping), explains Parcel Industry magazine. Add-In LTL Shipping.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 24, 2018

Handheld scanners and signature pads, barcode and label printers, smartphones, tablets, and wireless scanners have the potential to provide end-to-end visibility for inbound shipments , making shippers capable of handling more inbound orders to process more outbound orders. Download white paper.

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