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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

The Covid-19 pandemic tested the global supply chain. The Emergence of Logistics as Constraint. Advanced planning tools(APS) never considered the issues of logistics. Availability of logistics was always assumed. Air expediting took on a new meaning in January, with air capacity down 18% and escalating prices.

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Freight Innovation and the Lesson from a Dead Remote Control Tech Play

Freightos

In this article, we review how carrier and forwarder fragmentation remains one of the most significant hurdles for modern freight, how freight standardization and platformification are posed to change that, and why innovation we can’t even imagine might be around the corner. But as a freight technology junkie, it made sense.

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Transportation Management System: What is a TMS in Logistics? [+ Top Companies Compared]

ShipBob

It is typically a part of a larger supply chain management system and allows them to organize and centralize all their logistics and transportation functions. Most transportation management software solutions offer a comprehensive set of features that allow you to manage all your logistics and transportation functions in one place.

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11 Ways Tech Will Change Logistics in 2017

Freightos

11 Ways Tech Will Change Logistics in 2017. This year, supply chains reached Silicon Valley (and not just in the form of logistics startups ). This year, supply chains reached Silicon Valley (and not just in the form of logistics startups ). Tech companies, not logistics companies, are making driverless trucks a reality.

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Intermodal Shipping is Growing and the Railroads are Ready

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Tight truckload capacity usually means more intermodal shipping. The two main technologies used—mobile apps and container trackers—each comes with barriers. Mobile apps still rely on some human interaction and intermodal container tracking is a costly investment to retrofit older containers. The shipper.