ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2020

A few months ago, we highlighted a major theme from Gartner’s Supply Chain Planning Summit in our blog: winners change their mindsets–and accelerate through economic turns. Examples of this include expediting with LTL and air freight and costly in-network transfers from warehouse to warehouse–all of which erode profit margins.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

This system uses giant warehouses, lots of trucks, and even cool robots to move things quickly. In this blog post, we’ll explore how Amazon does it all. We’ll look at their warehouses, their delivery tricks, and even how they use new technology to make things faster.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Less than ten days after Hurricane Harvey, trucks are already moving freight out of Houston, with almost the same volume as before the storm. Houston is also a major freight hub for rail and sea traffic, as well as trucking, including trade with Mexico by land and with South America and other regions by sea. It's just not safe.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Global challenges, including port congestion, fuel costs, governmental policies and the ongoing pandemic will be among the factors affecting over-the-road hauling across North America as we look forward through this year and beyond. When freight capacity is this tight, carriers are selective about who they do business with.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides our latest news capsule edition follow-up relative to updating our readers to prior industry supply chain management developments that we have shared on this blog. Hyundai Motor America announced this week that the automaker will raise certain U.S. This report cites data from the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 26, 2015

The merged company will be the third largest food and beverage company in North America and the fifth in the world. For the larger supply chain (the larger freight infrastructure of the North American market), I worry. In this blog post, I share my stream of consciousness: Bigger is not Always Better. What to do?

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Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 21, 2020

The Summer 2020 issue of Food Shippers of America Magazine has dropped. Editors here at the Digital Supply Chain Collaborator blog noted a striking contrast when reviewing this issue. TMS simplifies freight settlement and enables exception-only management of invoicing and accessorials. enable compounded savings and efficiencies.

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The Network Effect

JUNE 12, 2015

European companies gain in selling products into North America. This means more air and sea freight on Europe-North America lanes, cross border feeds from Mexico and Canada, and increases in domestic North American transportation and warehousing for imported products.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

-headquartered Marge Carson—with a 25-year history of manufacturing in Tijuana—announced last year that it would shift its entire business model, consolidate operations and exit all case goods manufacturing in Southeast Asia “in an effort to reduce supply chain and freight bottlenecks,” according to Furniture Today.

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

In particular, emerging markets such as Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America, the adoption of mobile devices is rapid as consumers and businesses bypass traditional laptops and desktops in favor of smartphones and tablets. yellowbox]Check out where the future of online sales for the freight industry is heading with this free white paper.[/yellowbox].

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2023

In a blog post, Yum noted it is transitioning away from plastics and developing new packaging solutions as part of that policy. Today, Huntsville Utilities, Toyota Alabama and Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. More than 70 percent of Toyota Motor Manufacturing , Alabama’s power will soon be generated by the sun.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights an added dimension to our monthly summary of global supply chain activity trending and implications. Part of this decrease may be attributed to temporary declining freight volumes as regions in Asia continue to deal with COVID-19 related suspensions of production, shipping or transport operations.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A study by Bank of America Global Research, cited by Reuters , found that mentions of “supply chain” increased by 412% in third-quarter earnings calls hosted by Fortune 500 companies this year, compared to 2020. Warehouse and labor management. This work is rescheduled to reflect the new supply plan. Demand planning.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This is why supply chain managers are always stressing over demand forecasts — something that tops the list of most critical inventory and warehouse management practices. shipments for the sole reason that they’re coming from America. goods is more complex than it used to be. Complicating matters further, some countries will hold U.S.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Many functions are required to complete this, including: Maritime, road freight, digital freight, truck, and/or air delivery services. Warehousing and storage. Freight forwarding. Brands can connect products, sales channels, warehouses, workflows, reports, and more. Handling raw materials. Order fulfillment.

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Freightera

JANUARY 13, 2021

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, January 12, 2021 ( Newswire.com ) – Freightera, a leading online freight marketplace, is pleased to announce Jonathan Shakes, former Director of Product Management and Director of Software Engineering at Amazon, has joined the executive team as Head of Product Development. ” About Freightera.

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Parade

MARCH 28, 2022

Turvo offers freight brokers, 3PLs, and shippers the ability to connect with their customers, carriers, and third parties for full order-to-cash shipment execution. Turvo helps provide visibility across the supply chain, from suppliers to the warehouse to distribution centers to over-the-road to the end customer.

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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! Looking ahead, Freightera is rapidly expanding in North America in 2017. We caught up with Eric Beckwitt to find out more.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Blog post and video, and permission to publish, provided by Simon Pleass, Managing Director at [link]. Check out Warehouse Fulfillment – Optimize Your Storage Locations. Much like in America, Europeans have steadily been accumulating more goods over the decades. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2023

In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solutions Marketing team explores new business challenges and innovation solutions to change the game and manage disruptions. In this Part 2 blog post, we will continue to explore how automotive manufacturers are carrying out effective supply chain initiatives and their innovative solutions.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

Canadian Pacific is the sixth-largest North America freight railway, and in December 2021 completed an agreement to acquire U.S. Upwards of 3,000 rail workers reportedly returned to work yesterday to resume rail operations across North America after a breakdown in labor settlement talks occurred last Saturday.

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Zipline Logistics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This notion rings especially true with CPG shippers since the freight requires higher service levels than other non-time-sensitive freight to arrive at its destination on time. If you have freight that requires high service levels, you should not look to a general provider and expect best outcomes.

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 23, 2022

In addition, the company is increasing its sourcing in Mexico and Central America and undergoing what it describes as an “end-to-end supply chain transformation.”. Follow the Intelligent Audit blog for more insights from the world of logistics and supply chains. Diversification Across the Board Can Help in Many Ways.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Check out our Related Transportation Pages Below: Freight Consultants. In America, they tend to use the word “transportation” more. What can you Say about Other Terms Used In the Freight Transport Sector? By the way, that’s the name used in America and Australia; in Europe, it’s referred to as “trunking”.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Conflict erupts between China and Taiwan (Andrew said this is not likely, and I agree – see my previous blog ). The good news is that ocean freight rates will start trending down somewhat. However, as I’ve pointed out in my blogs , there are limitations to these strategies. Cyberware erupts and shuts down supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 2, 2022

Global consumer product goods provider Nestle in its latest report of quarterly financial performance indicated that despite being able to raise prices for a wide variety of marketed products, higher costs for commodities, freight and energy continue eroding profit margins. percent in North America. The company’s organic sales grew 8.1

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 3, 2016

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Wal-Mart says it is 6-9 months from using drones to check warehouse inventory (Reuters). DAT Launches Streamlined TMS for New Freight Brokers. Natarajan said drones can reduce the labor intensive process of checking stocks around the warehouse to one day.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America. CPU is an alluring logistics option in which your customer picks up your freight for you. What does the term “supply chain” encompass? Perform a network analysis.

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Supply Chain Network

JUNE 15, 2011

percent last year due to higher costs for taxes, obsolescence, depreciation, and insurance, which were offset by a further drop in the inventory carrying rate and warehousing costs. To learn more visit www.PenskeLogistics.com and our “Move Ahead” blog. Inventory carrying costs increased 10.3 Transportation costs were up 10.3

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Blog post originally published, and permission to publish here provided by, Adam Robinson at [link]. When it comes to the state of working in America, warehouses have seen a huge increase of workers with over 1,000,000 total since the start of 2018. Safe warehouse processes aren’t just the responsible bar to set.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Founded in 2000, Germany based Transporeon provides a digital freight platform the supports more than 1,200 shippers, 100 large retailers, and over 120,000 logistics services providers and carriers. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. BOND , and Scale Venture Partners.

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2015

And it’s about to get hit by a freight train of innovation. How much do we love freight innovation? Enough to go through every single article published in the top tech blogs – Techcrunch, Verge, Mashable and Recode – since 2007 to count how often articles about logistics startups, freight or cargo were published.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 5, 2015

We continue our series on the most popular blog posts of 2014 in each of our main categories with our very first post of 2014 by featuring another area important to Cerasis and the industry: third party logistics. The Most Popular Blog Posts in the 3PL Category By Pageviews for 2014. Read the Full Blog Post.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Anyone who has shipped freight by air or sea can attest to the fact that international shipping is complex — in no small part because of the rules and regulations around certain goods. shipments for the sole reason that they’re coming from America. goods is more complex than it used to be. Shipping Overseas.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Source: DHL eCommerce Americas, City Freight 2019. Similarly, whereas 3PLs once primarily delivered from centralized warehouses, they are now being challenged with delivering from local fulfillment centers and even retail locations, which require entirely different logistical considerations. Project 44. Connecting everything.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

In this blog post, we’ve compiled a list of over 100 supply chain crisis statistics to help you stay informed and build a more agile, resilient supply chain. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Air cargo carriers in North America posted an 11.4%

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We will discuss how other services and companies compare to Freightera using ground freight shipping in North America as the baseline. Empty circle: No or Not applicable Freight Carriers Freight carriers are the backbone of our industry. Freight carriers specialize in carrying freight. Here’s why.

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