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Delivering Hope: Taimen Transport Ships Life-Saving Vaccines

Turvo

Taimen Transport LLC is a rapidly growing logistics company located in Chattanooga, TN specializing in over-the-road transportation. Taimen Transport had previously implemented Turvo , replacing a number of legacy systems and processes. It was a virtuous cycle of compounding improvements and growth. Lives were saved.

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Want a Better Supply Chain? Here Are 4 Reasons to Outsource Your Transportation Management

Talking Logistics

Now more so than ever, corporations understand the tremendous impact logistics and transportation can have on their overall business performance and are taking meaningful strides to optimize their supply chain operations. dollars) in 2012 – a 9.9% But it’s not just limited to large corporations. Global 3PL revenues grew to $676.9

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Transportation Strategy in a Constrained Infrastructure: 30th SCRC Meeting Kicks Off Today

Supply Chain View from the Field

The 30 th SCRC meeting kicked off today with a theme on “Transportation Strategy in an Infrastructure Constrained Environment”. This is a theme that was discussed a year ago at a conference in DC on Transportation Infrastructure, over coffee with William Lucas from Caterpillar. Replacement costs are going up.

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Consumer Demand Helping Drive 3PL Industry Growth

Talking Logistics

As a result, many organizations are turning to third-party logistics providers (3PLs) and enhanced transportation management systems (TMS) to deliver the velocity, visibility, predictability and control they need. McGuigan served as the President of Transplace’s Transportation Management and Software as a Service business (SaaS).

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Managing for Daily Improvement: Bridging the Gap Across Teams and KPIs

Talking Logistics

For companies focused on continuous improvement, MDI is the springboard to answering how processes can be improved, and LSS provides the tools to implement these improvements. Continuous Improvement from the Bottom Up. Keith Richard is Vice President, Operations, Transportation Management, at Transplace.

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Evolution of B2B Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

While, in 2012, SAP acquired Ariba. After a very tough decade, the Supply Chain Operating Network solutions were evolving with strong development plans during the period of 2012-2015. . As shown in Figure 2, buyers and suppliers push continuous improvement, and Kaizen events, in supplier development programs over B2B programs.

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How Shippers And Logistics Providers Can Keep The Relationship Fresh

Talking Logistics

Commitment to Continuous Improvement, Not Just Short-term Savings. Transportation optimization is more than moving freight for the lowest cost or a short-term boost in performance; it’s also about continuous improvement delivered through smart, data-driven planning and efficient execution.