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Navigate Shipping Landscape with Proactive Analytics

Talking Logistics

While we live in an age where same-day delivery and free shipping have become customer expectations, we also live in an age where dimensional weighting and quarterly accessorial increases have become a reality from the carrier. Although very informative in their own right, retrospective analytics cannot undo the past.

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Mars Wrigley’s Highly Successful Supply Chain Digital Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

The final goal was to develop end-to-end visibility based on leveraging data analytics. Aera Technology was seen as a convergence point for what Mars Wrigley was doing in data analytics and AI with what the company was doing in supply chain planning. “We For the largest retailers, short shipping results in fines and penalties. “I’ll

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Four Ways a TMS Solution Leverages Predictive Analytics

Supply Chain Collaborator

Here are four ways smart TMS users can harness the power of their data for predictive analytics. Avoiding the Pain of Seasonal “Swings” | Peaks and valleys in shipping volume are nothing new. This data can be analyzed and leveraged to help reduce dwell times and improve DC throughput.

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What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022

The Logistics of Logistics

When asked what peak season is, it’s easy to assume the holidays are the only peak shipping season. However, four shipping seasons occur throughout the year and are often regular and expected. That was the case until the ongoing disruptions of the past few years changed the shipping game. Q2: The Produce Shipping Season.

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A New Decade: Give Science A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

The team was attempting to be customer-centric by modeling an item by customer at a DC level. The problem is that the manufacturing lines are 125% utilized, and there is an ongoing struggle to produce tonnage, much less ship the right product from the production lines to customers based on orders. The reason?

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Freight Broker Business: Increase Shrinking Margins With Better Analytics

Turvo

In today’s world, anyone can start a business, grow into a successful broker, and work with the biggest names in shipping. work with shippers to secure more bookings,” always fail, notes DC Velocity. Maintaining a freight broker business and helping it stand out from the crowd is more difficult than ever.

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Inventory and forecast data from retailers: After your product ships (Part 2)

Alloy

Units on Hand Units on Hand is the number of units of a product that are physically available at a given point along the supply chain, such as a store or retailer DC. Furthermore, it’s needed to calculate a number of key metrics that are leading performance indicators and watched closely by brands and retailers: Inventory turnover.