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The Top 100 Logistics Companies with Seth Clevenger

The Logistics of Logistics

Seth is Managing Editor of features at Transport Topics. He plans, writes and edits news features for Transport Topics’ weekly newspaper, supplemental publications and TTNews.com. About Seth Clevenger Seth Clevenger is Managing Editor of features at Transport Topics. He is a 2005 graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

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National Logistics Day 2023

Enterra Insights

The staff at the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) note, however, that the logistics industry plays an “out-sized — and often underappreciated — role … within the greater transportation ecosystem.”[1] Logistics also creates jobs in the transportation industry, helping to stimulate economic growth.”

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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

You presume you can understand its behavior by looking at it, and there’s simply nobody who can do that” (Fisher, 2005). However, in the pandemic, companies with descriptive analytics performed better than peers.) You have this high-order, nonlinear, dynamic system in front of you as a diagram on the page. Any takers here?

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Cognitive Computing: Getting Clear on Definitions

Supply Chain Shaman

The decision support technologies that we use today–price management, trade promotion management, network design, supply chain planning, transportation planning, supplier risk management–are on the cusp of redefinition through new forms of analytics. Evolution of Analytics in Supply Chain Management. Definitions.

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Evolution of B2B Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

The Supply Chain Operating Network technology market evolved from the trading exchange market in 2000-2005. With the evolution of big data analytics, these Supply Chain Operating Network architectures are evolving: prescriptive and cognitive analytics enhanced by more advanced visualization and benchmarking. A Look at History.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 20-24, 2015)

Talking Logistics

In my post last week about Descartes’ user conference , I commented on how the company had made 28 acquisitions since 2005, including 7 acquisitions since 2013, and how global trade content was a growing focus for the company (evidenced by its acquisition of Customs Info). and Convergence is the Word for 3PLs.

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6 Manufacturing Trends to Watch Out for in 2016

GlobalTranz

Advanced Analytics Continue to Get a Bigger Plate at the Manufacturing Dinner Table. Advanced analytics will be further involved in everyday manufacturing operations. These few areas of the application of advanced analytics are some of the applications by manufacturers. Increasing Equipment Uptime.