EC Sourcing Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Demystifying Transportation Sourcing. If you are like me, transportation sourcing is a mind boggling and complex field. This article is about creating value in transportation sourcing. This article is about creating value in transportation sourcing. Applying sound sourcing principles will enable you to unlock value.

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Vinculum

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It is essential to accelerate a Warehouse Management System to run any 3PL business which are dealing with physical goods or items that are mostly transported to and from consumers. For finalising what software system is better for your warehouse operations, this write up will guide you decide. A standalone WMS is the most basic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2023

It’s good to see these companies recognizing the impact of climate change, and changing their policies, sourcing, and manufacturing practices to reduce emissions. Agriculture, oil and gas operations are major sources of methane emissions. This can cause massive flooding for coastal cities, impacting manufacturing and shipping times.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Why don’t you have a TMS (Transportation Management System) Solution yet? Supply Chain Systems article and permission to publish here provided by Dave Joseph at veridian.info. As evidenced by the most recent peak shipping season , the need for effective, high-quality logistics and warehouse management has never been higher.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2024

But for that to occur, all of the dominos must fall into place: the product must be available to promise, there needs to be enough shipping capacity, and there needs to be an understanding of how inventory will be moved between mills and distribution centers. IT systems can be part of the problem. Sometimes that is not possible.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 19, 2019

While we live in an age where same-day delivery and free shipping have become customer expectations, we also live in an age where dimensional weighting and quarterly accessorial increases have become a reality from the carrier. The reality is that most carriers do not invoice as soon as a package has shipped.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 14, 2023

Vizion changes the game by providing multiple data sources that are already connected, offering instant-on capabilities. Their API normalizes data from various sources, including EDI, AIS, port-terminal events, and direct connections to Class I railways. With data refreshed multiple times daily, latency is reduced to 6 hours or less.

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EC Sourcing Group

APRIL 27, 2021

5 Benefits of Global Sourcing in Supply Chain Management. When the topic of global sourcing comes up, procurement managers often balk at global sourcing in supply chain management because they worry they will have to sacrifice quality or delivery when using global suppliers. Read on to learn about the benefits. Operational.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Today, more than 1% of the world’s container ships are stuck off major ports. Warehouses are full–often with the wrong stuff resulting in the slowing of the forty million shipping containers around the world. Too few companies have a holistic approach to embrace the plan, make, source, and deliver together.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

As consumer spending fell, the days of escalating ocean freight and extreme shipping variability eased this year. During the pandemic, companies struggled with planning systems turning off the optimizers, and using the technology as a system of record. Build in-market sourcing. What is normalcy?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2024

From autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to collaborative robots (cobots) to industrial robots, robots are transforming the way goods are moved, stored, picked, packed, and shipped. They also allow robots to communicate with each other and with other systems, creating a more connected and intelligent supply chain.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Mark is the Chief Executive Officer off Princeton TMX , a SaaS-based transportation management system (TMS). About Mark McEntire Mark McEntire is the Chief Executive Officer at Princeton TMX, a SaaS-based transportation management system (TMS). Mark McEntire and Joe Lynch discuss scaling a FreightTech business. Mark earned a B.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Mr. Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain. VFC’s supply chain sourced over 410 million units of apparel, footwear, and accessories in their last fiscal year.

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Herlitz Inventory Management

JUNE 1, 2022

That’s where advanced shipping notice (ASN) comes in. Part of our culture is to listen to customer feedback and, when possible, make changes to the system accordingly to fully support users. When the order ships, it also shows what inventory will actually be on the truck.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2022

The world’s fleet consists of approximately 6,000 ships. These ships carried nearly 150 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers last year. Last October, over 100 ships, including 70 container ships, were waiting at anchor or in drift zones to unload at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 17, 2020

Strategic National Stockpiles and Sourcing for the National Interest! These Rare Earth Elements have long ago been abandoned for mining and processing here in the United States and are part of our reliance on Chinese sources of supply. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What are Rare Earth Elements?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2024

This allows for “the industry’s first unified business planning platform that enables bi-directional collaboration between supply chain planning and execution systems.” Cubing out is preferable; companies don’t like to ship air. This puts their SCP on the same microservices platform as their other solutions.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 5, 2022

By learning about ways to minimize spending on pharmaceutical shipping, companies can better compete in the evolving market. . The State of Shipping Pharmaceuticals in the U.S. Unfortunately, this growing supply and demand trend coincides with a severe capacity crunch due to labor shortages, inefficient port systems, and more.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The good news is that if you have a modern ERP system , the process of digitally transforming your business can be done as a step-by-step process, not a big bang. It ties into the ERP system where quotes and purchase orders are managed. It may be difficult to decide how to spend a limited budget on new digital technology. Operations.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 12, 2023

Retailers can now supercharge their OMS with Dynamic Fulfillment’s advanced optimization logic that reduces markdowns and shipping costs, improves margins, and satisfies customer SLAs. By integrating Dynamic Fulfillment into their existing order management systems, retailers realize benefits immediately upon adoption.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

It is no longer bound by the traditional constraints of the economy, and Amazon is gearing up to begin expanding to be the best of the global freight shipping providers. As a result, your company needs to think about these freight shipping trends and how you can prepare to respond to them as soon as possible.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 28, 2021

I am working on my latest Transportation Execution and Visibility Systems study, which looks at the total size of the market, the forecasted growth through 2025, and the leading suppliers across a number of categories including industry, region, customer size, and mode. Transportation visibility is clearly not only for trucks.

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Freightos

JUNE 15, 2021

You’ve seen the Suez Canal memes, you know furniture is taking way longer than usual to get to your door, and you may have even heard about Pelotons shipped by air to reduce delivery times. While the cure for COVID is well on its way, there is no vaccine for what’s afflicting container shipping. But that’s changed. Logistics is global.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

The seemingly miraculous capabilities of generative AI systems like ChatGPT (large language models, or LLMs, generating novel text and code), Dall-E (generating novel images), and Alphafold2 (protein structure prediction) come from exploiting this scale. It can then generate new content using prompts that resemble the original training data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Namely, how does machine learning help with predicting shipping transit times? Secondly, why should shippers and logistics service providers consider using machine learning in their transportation management systems, and why now? Prediction of shipping transit times sounds simple but is actually extremely complex.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 24, 2023

This process involves multiple stages, including receiving the order, getting parts and materials, manufacturing or assembling the items, picking and packing in the warehouse, shipping, and tracking the shipment to ensure successful delivery. By streamlining the order processing, an ERP system can reduce errors and minimize delays.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2021

Source: US DoD. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is mostly being shipped from Kalamazoo, Michigan directly to the point of use. Pfizer’s plan utilizes strategic transportation partners to ship by air to major hubs and then distribute by ground transportation to dosing locations. The Vaccines. Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Demand sensing involves the use of the external data sources – particularly the latest sales and market data – to improve short-term forecasting and then be able to use that improved understanding of consumer behavior to improve their supply planning. For the largest retailers, short shipping results in fines and penalties. “I’ll

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The Cooper University Health Care Supply Chain Cooper University Health Care is the leading academic health system in southern New Jersey. The system provides access to primary, specialty, tertiary, and urgent care. Operating a smoothly running supply chain for a system with that number of sites is challenging.

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 23, 2021

Many factors play into shipping costs within the supply chain network. Optimizing shipping costs and examining the budget and current spending will help improve operations across the supply chain network. . Connect the Data Streams, Systems and Team Member Resources. Download the White Paper.

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My Office Apps

JUNE 24, 2020

Save Money by Optimizing Your ERP System with a Shipment Management Software. You’ve worked hard to create, promote, and source a product and all that effort has turned into purchase orders. But the celebration can be short lived if shipping costs eat into your profit margins. Who can optimize less than load (LTL) freight?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The processes and systems for dealing with carbon numbers are relatively new. Identifying sources of Carbon emissions. These are classified into sources of emissions as Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3. These are considered “indirect” greenhouse gas sources. Well, how much carbon did the ship emit in the course of the move?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

One Network’s NEO Platform handles supply chain forecasting, sourcing, planning and execution (with routing and logistics optimization) for what may be the largest supply chain control tower deployment in the world. Have a System of Record for Tracking Compliance and Identifying/Reporting Violations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks. It also takes flexible and redundant suppliers, systems, and talent to create an organization that survives and thrives while others struggle. Price fluctuations and sourcing issues.

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ShipBob

JULY 28, 2023

But, the fact of the matter is, if you’re transporting products overseas then you need to know how to properly fill out a shipping manifest. Understanding the ins and outs of shipping manifests, and getting them right the first time, can save you a lot of time and stress down the line. What is a shipping manifest? The result?

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 16, 2020

Throughout recent years, Cerasis has covered the expected trends for the use and implementation of a transportation management system (TMS), as well as the shipping industry top predictions. The post Top Transportation Management System (TMS) 2020 Trends appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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