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Revolutionizing Freight Forwarding Using Tech with Lionel van der Walt

The Logistics of Logistics

Founded in 2017, Raft serves 60 freight forwarders in 30+ countries globally, including several of the A&A’s Top 25 Global Freight Forwarders List, and is used to manage over 300k shipments per month, saving its customers up to 2 hours on every shipment.

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20 Years of Outsourcing Come Back to Haunt Boeing

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2017, a billion-dollar extension contract worth $1 billion and covering 30 years was signed between Boeing and Dassault. This incident might be because of oversights in documentation and procedures at Boeing’s Renton factory in Washington.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 17-21, 2017)

Talking Logistics

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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This Week in Logistics News (May 8-12, 2017)

Talking Logistics

March 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). One of its partners is Iron Mountain, which provides document storage for financial, legal, healthcare and government clients. Finally, lots of news this week in the supply chain software realm, led by Manhattan Associates, which held its Momentum 2017 Conference this week.

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The Biggest Supply Chain Blunders of 2017

AFFLINK

As 2017 reaches its final weeks, we reflect back on this year's blunders in supply chain planning. Indeed, 2017 was plagued by problems within international supply chains, ranging from logistical to unethical. At Apple, their supply chain woes will be long from over as 2017 closes. Talk about a bottleneck. Apple's iPhone X.

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Mega Monday for PLM at MSCE 2017!

Oracle SCM

PLM's 'Mega Monday' is Monday, February 13 at Modern Supply Chain Experience 2017 in San Jose, California. Here's your guide to PLM's 'Mega Monday' at MSCE 2017, a full line-up of rich PLM training sessions and workshops to maximize your time at the conference. There is still time but space is limited!

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This Week in Logistics News (December 4-8, 2017)

Talking Logistics

The post This Week in Logistics News (December 4-8, 2017) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. We decided to collaborate with Descartes because of their expertise in multi-modal transportation messaging and customs filing. And with that, have a happy weekend! Song of the Week: “Two High” by Moon Taxi.