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Electronic Data Interchange or EDI in Transportation: Breaking Down What it is and How It Works

GlobalTranz

Today begins our series about electronic data interchange or EDI in transportation. What is Electronic Data Interchange? First we must understand and get on the same page of what is Electronic Data Interchange, or EDI, as it is not only used in the transportation industry. How does Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Work?

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Blind Spots of Visibility with Andrew Wimer

The Logistics of Logistics

Andrew is Director, Operations – North America Activations for Descartes , a global leader in on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions for logistics businesses. Carriers can easily connect with the solution via GPS-based electronic logging device (ELD), transportation management systems (TMS), or mobile app-based tracking methods.

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September 6, 2023 Update

Freightos

America weekly prices increased 14% to $4.59/kg America weekly prices increased 2% to $1.70/kg. America rates have increased more than 25% since a month ago. Asia-Mediterranean prices (FBX13 Weekly) increased 1% to $2,338/FEU. Air rates – Freightos Air index China – N. kg China – N. Europe – N.

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The port serves as a gateway for importing vehicles from Europe, Asia, and South America, as well as exporting vehicles to the Middle East, Africa, and other regions. The port serves as a hub for importing and exporting a variety of goods, such as consumer products, electronics, machinery, chemicals, and food.

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The Driver’s Perspective with Dean Key

The Logistics of Logistics

In the podcast interview Dean shared the driver’s perspective on a variety of topics including the driver shortage, hours of services, detention, delays, driver health, sleep, home time, parking, infrastructure problems, electronic logging devices, safety, and weather. Directly to America’s Road Team. Dean’s LinkedIn.

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The Journey to End-to-End (E2E) Supply Chain Visibility Is Ongoing

Logistics Viewpoints

In North America, we’ve made huge progress tracking over-the-road shipments, in part due to driver mandates and the widespread deployment of electronic logging devices (ELDs) in trucks. Data on ocean shipments, for example, is generally available across the globe, due primarily to greater standardization in ocean shipping.

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Happy Groundhog Day

Supply Chain Shaman

When the groundhog sees his shadow, the belief is that North America will experience an additional six weeks of winter. Flavors of Networks Today, only 8% of multi-tier data flows through one-to-many or many-to-many networks while 29% is based on Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). The balance moves through spreadsheets and email.