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Management of Ocean Transit Time Reliability and Visibility

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

but when demand slowed, the pressure to reduce inventory becomes a lot higher. Looking at the share of total weekly sailings being blanked on the Asia-North America West Coast trade, blank sailings clearly improved during 2023 and dropped below 10% in June with a slight uptick in early July.,

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Forget BI and analytics. In North America, average truckload rate per mile charged to customers increased about two percent while truckload transportation costs increased about four percent, excluding the estimated impacts of the change in fuel. Forget cloud, social, and mobile. Forget WMS and TMS. NAFTA trade reached $96.5

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Experts Reveal Top Transportation Trends to Watch

Supply Chain Opz

Video and data analytics provide visibility into the details of an event within minutes, helping fleets discover new techniques that increase both safety and driver retention. In North America the low hanging fruit for long-haul loads is rail.

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

6 River Systems

We follow a stringent procedure to organize inventory in our warehouses. This approach tends to lead to a quicker and easier supply chain with inventory in transit for only a few days compared to a month’s inventory in an ocean container, and then another two to three weeks to clear customs. Efficient warehouse operations.

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

These technologies also contribute to a rise in big data and analytics in the logistics field. AI will be able to survey an area or room and create an accurate inventory in seconds, including weights and volumes, and determine damage on items. Alex Bekker is the Head of Data Analytics Department at ScienceSoft. Marc Tuinier.