GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

At Cerasis we work with our shipper customers who procure items every day and have needs for inbound freight management as they secure those products from their vendors. Increasingly, as we work with procurement folks at these companies, we are hearing that technology for better communication and to create more efficiency.

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Supply Chain Movement

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Multimodal 2015. Entering its eighth year, Multimodal has grown to become the UK and Ireland’s premier freight transport and logistics event. Events Clarion Events distribution managers event freight transport logistics Multimodal NEC Birmingham procurement directors shipping managers Supply Chain Directors traffic managers'

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Freightos

MAY 17, 2016

Five Tech Trends That Will Change Freight. Elon Musk’s concept of the hyperloop promises 700 mph transportation between major US cities. Musk already has experience with transportation innovation; reinventing the electric car with Tesla, and creating reusable rockets at SpaceX. VC ❤️ Freight Startups.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Recently, CEVA Logistics joined the Singapore Changi Airport community in a humanitarian aid project to transport 14,000-kilogram of oxygen concentrators from Los Angeles to Jakarta via Singapore. We want to support and enrich these local communities through what we do best: logistics and transportation services. Acting for Planet.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

That will be in 2015, after the peak of oil [supply].”. 2015 is less than three weeks away, and a barrel of Brent crude oil is $65.70 million bbl/d in 2015.” . Big Data and Analytics for Oil and Gas Transportation. If you want that oil, that’s what you will have to pay for it. Robinson Acquires Freightquote.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 22, 2015

As 2015 comes to an end, a quick thank you to all of our readers, followers, and sponsors for another great year of learning and conversation on Talking Logistics. Leveraging Optimization to Unlock Value from Your Transportation Network (2,768 views). Leading Practices in Transportation Procurement (2,166 views).

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

There was a deceleration in freight volumes during the second half of 2015 which continued into the first month of 2016. So, that tells me that the inventory situation continues to weigh on truck freight volumes. percent in December from November , with December 2015 freight shipments down 2.0

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

In today’s highly competitive marketplace, understanding how your company’s procurement strategy and results compare with industry peers is critical. Once the election concludes, if the economy picks up steam, the capacity challenges seen in 2014 and early 2015 may return. New Government Mandates and Regulations. How a 3PL Can Help.

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Freightos

JANUARY 12, 2016

How Freight Disrupted Itself. In the last year, a new dynamic has begun to reshape the freight industry. Phil knows his (freight) stuff. In his PhD thesis he developed a product to secure ocean freight rates with financial derivatives. Then, in November 2015, Phil joined Freightos. Declining Freight Rates.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The invention of the ocean container as a means for inter-modal sea and surface transportation movements have orchestrated the march toward lowest cost global based sourcing of components and materials. The net result was that global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. This blog examines the “red” times, like the roughly three-month period we have just entered that is historically one of the regular disruptors in the ocean freight market. All of this will cause a tightening of space for ocean freight shipping. Regular disruptors. Golden Week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

Of these 37 projects, 23 are in the US, which brings Amazon’s total clean energy procurement in the US from 7.2 The United States Postal Service will slow delivery times for a third of its first-class packages in an effort to cut costs and its dependency on air transportation amid financial struggles. GW to 10.4

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Talking Logistics

JULY 12, 2016

At Transplace’s recent Shipper Symposium, a diverse group of shippers, logistics experts and analysts came together to discuss the latest industry trends and obstacles faced by supply chain and transportation professionals, and identify strategies for addressing these issues and improving operations. It was negative in 2015.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

I consider her the best in the biz for transportation management consulting. Ellen’s was to design and execute the transportation planning logic. in to transportation management to drive routing information and booking optimization). How Do We Connect Supply Chain Planning Architectures to Transportation Planning?

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Editor's Note: This is a blog post about the state of the freight brokering business in 2015. Cerasis is a freight broker and holds a $250,000 TIA Broker Bond. This is because there is not a lot of education on how a freight broker must adhere to certain standards and what shippers need to look out for. Why is that?

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). While freight industry executives likely sighed with relief when an update of Amazon’s logistics.amazon.com page on June 28th turned out to be nothing more than a franchise model for courier delivery services.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2016

What defines the small and mid-sized business (SMB) market for transportation management systems (TMS)? Its freight spend? Procurement & Contract Management. Freight Bill Audit & Pay. Is SMB defined by a company’s annual revenues? Its annual shipment volume? Location Management. Capacity Management.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 24, 2016

April 2016 North American Freight Numbers. Cass Freight Index Report – May 2016. From a supply chain perspective, Brexit will have a ripple effect on procurement, trade agreements, customs, and other areas. trillion in 2015, a 2.6 Late Tuesday, Covenant Transportation Group Inc. in favor to 48.1%

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

We continue our series on the “State of the Transportation Management Systems” today with our post on the 4 key processes enabled by the use by shippers of a transport management system or TMS. The popularity of the use of transport management system (TMS) has been growing steadily in the last few years.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 17, 2015

since January 2015. One area where significant waste exists is transportation management. Simply put, many oil and gas companies manage their transportation operations in a highly decentralized and fragmented manner with little or no technology. Execution (Tendering, Dock Scheduling, Track & Trace, Freight Audit & Pay).

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 3, 2021

These platforms allow a multitude of businesses to participate by selling and buying goods and services while the likes of Amazon and Alibaba coordinate the logistics such as warehousing, fulfillment, and transportation in the background. For international transportation, there is the additional requirement of clearing customs.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Some logistics involves transportation or warehouses or both. However, though, with the expectations of an easy return experience from the B2C side of business, the industrial (read bigger freight shipments than small package) side and B2B side of business are now expected to have an efficient, focused, an costly reverse logistics program.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Jason Koebler and Joseph Cox explain, “In the 2015 novel Ghost Fleet , the spark that starts World War III is not a nuclear bomb, but a supply chain hack. The story line begins back in 2015 when Amazon was considering the acquisition of Elemental, a video-compression company. ”[3]. All of this is extraordinarily cheap.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2016

Second, we just released our second Talking Logistics YOUniversity course, Building a Strong Transportation Management Foundation. DOT Releases 30-Year Freight Projections. JDA Achieves Key Competitive Wins and Sees Strong Cloud Growth. MNX Global Logistics Acquires Specialty Aviation 3PL Aero Express Logistics in Singapore.

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TMC

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Managed services solutions offer transportation management system (TMS) software and third-party provider expertise in one package. It’s an attractive combination for shippers that want to outsource the day-to-day management of their freight networks while retaining full control of key decisions.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

According to the CSCMP's "State of Logistics" Report from 2015, logistics costs now make up over 8% of the GDP. A Transportation Management System (TMS) optimizes freight to utilize the most effective lanes and routes. transportation fuel) at a reduced cost that comes with buying in greater quantities.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Founded in 2015, the Sayari platform integrates global corporate and supply chain data to surface risk insights for investigations, analytics, and supply chain risk management. location, facilitating delivery of lithium inputs and shipment of battery-grade lithium products over multiple transportation routes.

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 15, 2019

of procurement expenditures. TMS. ,” says Bart De Muynck, Gartner’s research vice president, transportation technology to. New York City has seen a 29% increase in residential deliveries from 2010 to 2015. Transport Topics. Today in: "Where's my freight?". The state has agreed to update to. enterprise solutions.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Key factors influencing inventory levels, supplier quality, demand forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, production planning, transportation management and more are becoming known for the first time. New knowledge and insights from machine learning are revolutionizing supply chain management as a result. no opt-in). no opt-in).

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 5, 2016

And we have more than enough package supply to utilize the 40 planes we’ve procured.”. A July 2015 survey by consulting firm Kantar Retail showed the extent to which Amazon had eaten into Wal-Mart’s customer base. Clark also said Amazon for now is focusing its air operation on the U.S.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

Live Episode: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 12:00 ET. Shippers of all sizes face the same transportation challenges and opportunities, from finding capacity to controlling costs to meeting customer service level expectations. Click on the “Remind Me” button above or HERE to join the conversation!

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Enterra Insights

MAY 3, 2018

” Burnson goes to note that e-commerce is having an impact on air freight hubs, maritime cargo, middlemen, and intermodal operations. Re-orienting the company to embrace omnichannel retailing requires integration with IT, sales and marketing, and procurement as well as transportation.”[7] Footnotes. [1]

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 27, 2015

Since March 10, 2014, fuel prices have decreased by $0.884 per gallon, resting at $3.137 as of January 5, 2015. Because fuel is a large part of the cost of truckload transportation, most carriers and shippers participate in a fuel program of some kind. Diesel prices, according to the U.S. This post is credited to Kevin McCarthy.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 7, 2018

Statistics on the industry-wide use of a transportation management system (TMS), like the Cerasis Rater, are lacking. The most recent report on adoption rates of TMS is from 2015, with only 35 percent of shippers actively using a TMS, asserts Bridget McCrea of Logistics Management. However, technology can change the narrative.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

DECEMBER 15, 2014

The Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations bill, to be signed by President Obama this week, suspends certain HOS rules that went into effect on July 1, 2013. While on the road drive time has always remained the same — a maximum allowable time of 11 hours per day — two specific rules will be suspended until at least September 30, 2015.

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EazyStock

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

*This post was originally published June 2015; it was updated September 2018*. One of the most flexible trucking apps that allow those who work within transport sector to spend less time completing paperwork and instead tracks GPS locations, making this app the easiest way to stay compliant, track GPS and find your truck routes.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 15, 2015

1997 satellite image versus 2015 satellite image. A shorter monsoon season in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia will help miners procure more materials, used heavily in the electronics industry. This could be a record-setting year for typhoons, meaning heavy disruptions of air and sea freight. Image courtesy NASA.

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