GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Less-than-truckload (LTL) freight is in the midst of a boom. The state of LTL freight offers a grand opportunity to overcome the significant obstacles created through economic growth, e-commerce, and global markets. Expected increases in LTL freight costs. Digital LTL freight management now and in the future.

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Freightos

MARCH 29, 2017

Round extension led by GE Ventures, after 600% order growth in six months following the Freightos Marketplace launch and adoption of Freightos software by 1,000 freight forwarders. Check out the online freight marketplace that’s changing global shipping. Dr. Zvi Schreiber Founder and CEO of Freightos. CHECK IT OUT.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 6, 2016

We release our second e-book today by focusing on strategic logistics and transportation management creates a competitive business advantage for shippers. You can download our first e-Book, "The Future Of Supply Chain, Logistics & Manufacturing: How Technology Is Transforming Industries" here.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2017

2017 started right where 2016 left off: with plenty of supply chain and logistics news. Uber Freight Just Launched and Trucking Will Never Be the Same (Inverse). Maersk, Alibaba team up to offer online booking of ship places (Reuters). October 2016 North American Freight Numbers. Happy New Year! The answer is at the end.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

E-commerce passed $2 trillion in 2017, reports John D. Although this sounds great for most industries, it represents a major problem for the freight trucking industry. Freight Forwarding Will Undergo Digital Transformation. Freight and Trucking Rates Will Evolve. The e-commerce market is expanding. trillion by 2020.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 28, 2017

Amazon reported its Q2 2017 results yesterday. Moving on, here’s the rest of this week’s supply chain and logistics news: Freight-Booking Startup Convoy Raises $62 Million (WSJ – sub. Ryder Reports Second Quarter 2017 Results. Shipping expenses increased 36 percent in the quarter to over $4.5 View Results.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Freight Companies Scramble to Reroute Goods in Wake of Harvey (WSJ – sub. Strong Software Bookings Growth Highlights First Half 2017 Results for JDA. The real-time freight visibility space has been heating up in recent years, with MacroPoint leading the way, along with FourKites and 10-4 Systems.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Late 2021 saw Maersk continue to shift towards vertical integrations, with acquisition of Senator, a German freight forwarder for $644 million dollars. While Facebook is looking at virtual reality, Alibaba and Amazon are looking more at freight. More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. There may be instances where you will have to work more closely with carriers and book further in advance to ensure you can meet critical deliveries. If you fail to book in time, you may miss your delivery deadlines, or will have to use an expedited shipping method to meet them.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 2, 2018

Today, we conclude our annual year-end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 5 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , Transportation , Freight. We spent the last week exploring each category's top 10 most viewed posts over the course of 2017. These will only contain posts written in 2017.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Ryder Reports Third Quarter 2017 Results. On the software front, Kuebix announced a free transportation management system (TMS) “for unlimited rating, booking, tracking and management of shipments across LTL, truckload and parcel carriers.” Alphabet looks to snowy Michigan to test self-driving cars (Reuters). in September.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Manhattan Associates Reports First Quarter 2017 Performance. With features such as collaborative booking, a tracking notification system, and full document management capabilities, Haven TMS allows users to pull data out of siloes and turn logistics into a competitive advantage.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

freight trains in federal crosshairs after crashes: GAO (Reuters). The post This Week in Logistics News (December 4-8, 2017) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Fetch Robotics raises $25 million to automate warehouses (VentureBeat). Growing length of U.S. And with that, have a happy weekend!

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2017

CX North America Releases Freight Vision Mobile App. DAT Freight Index: June Caps Off Hot Stretch for Spot TL Freight. BTW, I discussed OTIF and the role of real-time freight visibility with Bennett Adelson, CEO of MacroPoint in a recent episode of Talking Logistics. I’ll share some highlights in a future post.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2017

FourKites Partners with HaulFox to Provide Freight Brokers with Next Generation Supply Chain Visibility. That’s what I wrote last December in my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017, and last September in The Day a Cyber Attack Brings the World’s Supply Chains to a Halt.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Our salute to the best advancements in supply chain technology, processes and labor management from 2017. Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more. Media Image.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

From import space and export space tightening up and a hot drayage market causing capacity constraints to volatile air freight rates – international transportation has had its share of challenges the last 10-12 months. In addition, looking back to the summer of 2017, the June-August peak that typically happens was slower than anticipated.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

DB Schenker Takes $25 Million Stake in Online Freight Booking Platform uShip (WSJ – sub. In other technology news, the Wall Street Journal reports that DB Schenker is taking a $25 million stake in online freight booking platform uShip Inc. Amazon’s delivery drones may drop packages via parachute (CNN).

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Shipping rates will continue to soar, and demand for more capacity will push the stretched industry to its breaking point, says Michael Angell of Freight Waves. Capacity Will Tighten Further Capacity has run at nearly 100-percent utilization since the 2017 hurricane season. e-Book] 8 Big Factors to Consider for Efficient LTL Shipping.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The network supports a wide array of messaging types including real-time GPS, EDI, and API-based capacity requests, bookings, statuses, and customs messages. In February 2017, Koch Equity Development LLC invested $2.68 billion transactions annually. Real-time location and IoT data such as condition statuses (e.g., Infor Nexus.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2018

The real-time freight visibility space was particularly hot in 2017, with two major acquisitions announced last year, including Descartes’s acquisition of MacroPoint in August 2017. is what drove the first wave of demand for real-time freight visibility solutions. Book a carrier faster and with fewer phone calls.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 17, 2017

warehouses from Chinese merchants selling on its site—taking on a role it previously left to global freight-transportation companies.” Here are some more details from the article: In China, it is unclear whether Amazon would be booking airspace via other carriers or flying its own planes.

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Freightos

MARCH 4, 2020

What does the oldest company on the top ten global technology companies have to do with freight? Here’s What This Has To Do With Freight. The digitization of the freight industry is about improving speed and efficiency. . For previous years’ reports: 2015 , 2017 , 2018. This trend moved forward in exciting ways in 2019.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

E-commerce growth has become part of the record books. According to Eric Rice of Supply Chain 24/7, e-commerce growth in 2017 grew faster than it has since 2011. Integration with the TMS can go a long way in reducing inaccuracies in freight quotes, helping your organization get the best deal and keep costs under control.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 23, 2017

At the same time, technological advances such as the Internet of Things, automated transportation and similar futuristic innovations , have been offering the promise of disruption for the last few years without really delivering, although there is little doubt that they will, maybe in 2017, or maybe later.

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SupplyPike

JANUARY 21, 2019

Freight and parcel shipping. What is Freight? Freight is defined as commercial goods or cargo carried across land, sea, or air. There are several types of freight including truck, rail, air, ocean (vessel), and pipeline. Check out the graph below for the breakdown, in billions, by freight mode.) Image source.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2017

11 Ways Tech Will Change Logistics in 2017. We’re wrapping up 2016 with a recap of eleven logistics technology trends that shaped the year; and will change how goods are produced, shipped and consumed in 2017. Freight Booking Is (Slowly) Going Online. For years, online freight was limited to US domestic trucking.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 11, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. There may be instances where you will have to work more closely with carriers and book further in advance to ensure you can meet critical deliveries. If you fail to book in time, you may miss your delivery deadlines, or will have to use an expedited shipping method to meet them.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 8, 2016

Today, we wrap up our series on the top 5 blogs in our 4 main categories ( Freight , Manufacturing , Logistics , and Supply Chain ). But, knowing where LTL shipping mistakes are likely to occur can help shippers ensure their freight is delivered according to their expectations and needs. Get The Full List Here.

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Freightera

JUNE 29, 2017

Transport News INTL has just selected Freightera as “Best Online Freight Marketplace – North America” in their Logistics, Warehouse & Supply Chain Awards 2017! In Q2 or Q3 2017 we will start offering air and ocean rates as well. Looking ahead, Freightera is rapidly expanding in North America in 2017.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

There are many other instances of the shared economy within the supply chain domain, including the following: 1) Uber Freight. Launched in 2017, Uber Freight pairs truck drivers with shippers in a similar way that the company’s ride-hailing app connects those looking for a ride with available drivers. million (AUD), up from $11.4

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Of course, the technology landscape is very different today compared to 5-10 years ago, with blockchain, machine learning, real-time freight visibility, and other emerging technologies dominating the headlines. But in 2017 and 2018 that began to change with the emergence of machine learning. How are they delivering value to companies?

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Savi

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Intermodal Transportation Landscape In a 2017 American Shipper Report on global sourcing, 58% of shippers indicated that their biggest concern today is rising intermodal transportation costs. Diminishing truck supply, high freight demand, and an ongoing driver shortage all contribute to rising rates in intermodal transportation.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

We introduce our latest educational e-book ( we have several more here ): The Great Capacity Crunch: The Current State, Future Outlook, and How Shippers Can Thrive in Any Capacity Crunch. Fill out the form on the right to have the e-Book emailed to your inbox. 2018 Outlook of the Capacity Crunch: Buckle Up….

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

We will then conclude the 5 main categories by featuring the top 10 freight articles of 2015. In fact, we will release next week our first e-book of 2016 (of a monthly series of e-books) which will highlight several areas for shippers to focus on in order to create an effective transportation and logistics management strategy. .

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 13, 2018

Logistics Booking Requests and their confirmations. Invoice payments and freight collections. David Cahn is responsible for directing Elemica’s Product Marketing activities, joining Elemica in August 2017. These are applicable to supply chain documents such as: Sales Orders and their confirmations. Goods Receipts confirmations.

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Convey

AUGUST 29, 2017

Convey has already exceeded total bookings from 2016, representing a 340 percent year-over-year increase to-date. Their impressive bookings growth and continued customer momentum demonstrate the high-demand for visibility and delivery management solutions that connect the dots between customers, shippers and carriers.”.

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