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Revisiting Some Great Advice for Supply Chain Young Professionals

Talking Logistics

Jordan Kass : Make a personal development plan and identify the skills you need to reach your goals. Randy Lewis : Analytics and IT are the name of the game. It’s hard to be a successful and credible supply chain executive if you’ve never run a factory, or you’ve never run transportation or been in a sourcing role.

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5 Reasons Why You Need a TMS to Build a Resilient Supply Chain

TMC

Then a global transportation management system (TMS) should be a key part of your supply chain technology strategy. When captured correctly and connected to advanced capabilities like predictive analytics, machine learning, and IoT, this information can unlock powerful insights to your business. Register today! DATE: June 24.

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Smart Mobility Projects: Shaping the Future of Logistics

TMC

Commonly called “smart mobility” projects, the work aims to improve both the safety and efficiency of transportation, balanced with improved environmental sustainability. Department of Transportation (DOT) projects that freight volumes in the United States will increase by more than 40% over the next 30 years.

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5 Reasons Why You Need a TMS to Build a Resilient Supply Chain

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Then a global transportation management system (TMS) should be a key part of your supply chain technology strategy. When captured correctly and connected to advanced capabilities like predictive analytics, machine learning, and IoT, this information can unlock powerful insights to your business. Register today! DATE: June 24.

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Smart Mobility Projects: Shaping the Future of Logistics

TMC

Commonly called “smart mobility” projects, the work aims to improve both the safety and efficiency of transportation, balanced with improved environmental sustainability. Department of Transportation (DOT) projects that freight volumes in the United States will increase by more than 40% over the next 30 years.

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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.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

Spire provides real-time information and analytics based on global maritime automatic identification system (AIS) technology—Spire’s constellation of small satellites captures the courses and current status of container ships across the globe. A major global event challenges a globalized system. One joint solution.