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The Year Ahead with Doug Waggoner

The Logistics of Logistics

From April 2004 to December 2005, Waggoner served as Chief Executive Officer of USF Bestway, and from January 2002 to April 2004 he served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing for USF Corporation. Large companies like Echo will invest in their own proprietary systems while smaller companies will leverage SaaS offerings.

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LTL Industry Trends and Tips for 2022

GlobalTranz

Fuel surcharges simply reflect rising fuel costs, but accessorials can quickly raise LTL shipping costs as carriers levy fees for additional services like liftgate use and delivery/pickup appointments. Ensure freight is classified right the first time to avoid re-weigh or re-class fees and recover shipping costs in sales more accurately.

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Building Value Networks. Stopping the Backward Slide.

Supply Chain Shaman

Slowly, the systems became more interoperable, increasing the value for the consumer, the participants, and the companies involved. I was a Gartner analyst in the period of 2000-2002 when trading exchanges were cool. Like a rocket ship traveling to Mars, a new press release popped into my email each day. Use standards.

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Selecting a Supply Chain Technology Provider is Harder than it Seems

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Think about your company, your sector and the level of supply chain digitization you already have in place. The ongoing congestion at ports globally and the uptick in consumer demand seen during the pandemic are forcing the digital discussion at companies who have held on to old methods. Then he made a career change to shipping.

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Realties of Declining Global Trade and Transport Rates More Evident

Supply Chain Matters

Carriers and logistics services providers experienced windfall profit levels in their ability to leverage the constant disruptions and ship deployment imbalances into skyrocketing spot rates, added services fees, surcharges or demurrage penalties. billion in 2022, the company estimated.”

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

In reporting of the latest investment, The Wall Street Journal observed that the total investment represents Amazon’s largest investment in another company since its founding 30 years ago. With this latest investment, Amazon ’s total investment in this AI start-up amounts to $4 billion, and reportedly has a minority ownership.

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In Search of the Perfect Order: How Decision Intelligence can help master order fulfillment

Supply Chain Movement

Back at the start of the millennium, I was fortunate enough to find myself part of a team empowered to redesign a global CPG company from the ground up, in what was to become the world’s largest SAP implementation. Unfortunately, the business environment is not the same as it was back in 2002.