Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Customers use their modular, SaaS solutions to route, schedule, track, and measure delivery resources; plan, allocate and execute shipments; rate, audit, and pay transportation invoices; access global trade data; file customs and security documents for imports and exports; and complete numerous other logistics processes.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 11, 2013

In my previous article on the evolution of transportation management, Driving Value from a Transportation Management Center: Think Global, Act Local , I discussed how transportation best practices were evolving from more rigid, centralized control towers to more flexible and collaborative Transportation Management Centers (TMC).

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 26, 2018

However, the biggest pain point for these global supply chains is the one that seems inescapable – transportation costs. Pain Points Increasing Transportation Costs. No matter how much can be saved from sourcing globally, transportation costs continue to creep in to seriously affect a product’s profit margin.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

International transportation is dealing with ongoing challenges of tighter capacity. From import space and export space tightening up and a hot drayage market causing capacity constraints to volatile air freight rates – international transportation has had its share of challenges the last 10-12 months. Getting Ahead with Export Space.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2022

It still takes over 100 days to move a container from Asia to a U.S. At the beginning of June 2022, a 40-foot ocean container cost about $10,000 to ship from southeast Asia to Northern Europe This is compared to about $1,500 for the same route about 2 years ago. There is only so much retailers can do to absorb higher costs.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Although applied throughout the organization, Cummins identified the elimination of transportation waste as an area that would have a significant impact. By measuring the variability of the process and their impact on the effective rate, Cummins was able to determine how to address each X variable in order to reduce transportation costs.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 3, 2023

Innovation and Customer-Centricity are Our Continuing Directions Thanks to our TMS customers, for the 12 th time 1 in a row, Blue Yonder is named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems (TMS) report 2. As a result, we’ve reduced our overall transportation spend by 3-5%.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

It is with particular pleasure to chat-up with Katie Kinraid, of BluJay Asia Pacific. What are some of the supply chain challenges that you see Customers face in the Asia Pacific region and how can BluJay solutions help to solve them? Transport management systems are more important now than ever before.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 16, 2022

At the same time, the company expanded its geographic reach by adding an established presence to Asia and Latin America. During his keynote address he stated, “ We’ve heard your need for more digital solutions spanning transportation management, order management, supply chain management, and deeper enablement of technologies like AI.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As expected, shipping rates are now rising on Asia to Europe routing, reportedly up 62 percent since the end of November. This restriction for Panama Canal transit had already motivated logistics and transportation management teams to begin to re-route Asia to U.S. Reportedly, forty percent of all U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Specific capabilities include production planning and scheduling, order slotting and sequencing, transportation capacity planning, vehicle routing and scheduling, all on an API-based microservices architecture. Industry vertical concentration includes Automotive, Manufacturing and Logistics industry sectors.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 20, 2015

In recent blogs I explained why beverage manufactures wanting to succeed in Asia have to acknowledge the region’s rich diversity. The key objective of getting the product to the destination promptly is to reduce time-in-transport and increase the time-on-shelf (the period between the product’s arrival on shelf and the “best before” date).

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2022

Amidst ongoing uncertainty caused by COVID-19 lockdowns in Asia, war in Europe, scarce raw materials and steep inflation, companies are stockpiling inventory as never before in the hopes of mitigating future supply chain shocks. The yard is a black hole crying out for visibility.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2017

Apple has traditionally been relying on a supply chain based in East Asia, using Korea to produce memory chips, Japan to produce displays and China to assemble products. In Asia, “Made in the U.S.A.” These benefits help explain why an estimated 20 percent of goods previously sourced in Asia have been reshored in recent years.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 22, 2019

In fact, 60 percent of transport and logistics CEOs expect technology to continue being disruptive to the business, and 65 percent are working to change distribution channels to reflect the Digitalization of logistics. The post The Top 2019 Logistics Trends Shippers Should Know appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

There are some 3PLs who perform niche tasks, like Cerasis does with transportation management for over the road modes like LTL, Truckload, and small package. CEOs from North America and Asia-Pacific forecasted three-year revenue growth averages for their companies of 7.86 percent and 11.50 percent, respectively.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Feature Article by Anthony Beavis, Managing Director APAC at Körber Supply Chain. Border controls, China’s zero-covid policy and global shipping costs and energy prices is putting increasing pressure on supply chains throughout the Asia Pacific region. Another crucial software system is the transport management system (TMS).

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Amazon Buys Thousands of Its Own Truck Trailers as Its Transportation Ambitions Grow (Re/code). MercuryGate extends invoicing and document management solution with HubTran integration. October 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). China Approves Merger of Cosco, China Shipping (WSJ- sub.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

How is transportation management different today? The challenge for companies now is to automate and streamline both the inbound and outbound transportation processes to ensure that goods can be shipped anywhere at any time and drive additional business. If you missed the live episode, you can watch it now on demand.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

Cargo Owners Complain of ‘Total Mess’ Shipping Goods to Asia (WSJ – sub. It didn’t take long for the recently rebranded BluJay Solutions to make its first acquisition: Blackbay , “a leading provider of mobility-enabled solutions for the transport and logistics industry.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2023

If you have a warehouse management system (WMS), transportation management system (TMS) or other similar platform, be sure that the new technology not only integrates well with your company’s data, but the technology already in place. He holds a BS in finance and real estate from DePaul University.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Globally, one of every two upper-middle-income and above households is expected to be in Asia, and one of every two consumer transactions is likely to occur in the region. The catch is consumers no longer want to buy just anything. This includes all upstream and downstream activities, including consumer use and recycling.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

The Freightos System is SaaS for freight contract management, automatic price quotations, and business intelligence. US Army uses the “Transporter” container, developed four years earlier for removals, for Korean War supply movements. First intermodal cargo transportation (containers are stacked on deck). Did You Know That ….

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SCMDOJO

JULY 24, 2023

Contract logistics is a specialized service offered by third-party logistics (3PL) providers to manage supply chain operations on behalf of a company. It involves outsourcing logistics activities, such as warehousing, transportation, distribution, inventory management, and order fulfillment, to a dedicated logistics service provider.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Likewise for those shopping for a transportation management system (TMS). Buyers want to know all about the features and functionality that will help them optimize the transportation portion of their supply chains. And rightly so. But that’s often all they care about. The post Is “Carrier Network” on Your TMS Wish List?

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BlueYonder

JULY 11, 2023

over to Asia for example, where they further process seafood into a consumer-packaged unit and then it is shipped back to the U.S. Asia, Europe, and South America, learning about different food logistics environments and developing solutions for both ourselves and our customers, based on different commodity type flows. for storage.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

ports lags those in Asia and Europe. In 2013, the average moves per-vessel, per-hour for ports in Asia was about 90, while European ports averaged 67 and ports in the Americas averaged 62. Productivity at U.S. The bottom line for all U.S. Post a comment and share your ideas on this topic. The post Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Menlo Logistics Keen to Build on 2014 Growth in South Asia. The solutions help customers across a number of industry verticals, including third-party logistics (3PL), food and beverage, retail and healthcare, improve transportation efficiency and reduce the cost of delivering goods. A New Traffic Jam Hits L.A. WSJ – sub.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 16, 2016

It is now the standard to go ‘international, ’ and logistic solution providers have a role to play in enabling this trend through a transportation network. . Equipment in the work place as well as management techniques will need to adapt to these workers. . A Workforce that is Technologically Savvy . Patterns of Growth .

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Talking Logistics

JULY 31, 2014

When considering your global transportation network, do you have the infrastructure needed to effectively and efficiently optimize it? Utilizing your private fleet domestically for outbound while considering backhaul opportunities is much different than pickups in Asia going to a container packing facility.

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 10, 2021

Intelligent Audit, an enterprise leader in freight audit and payment and provider of business intelligence and advanced analytics for optimized transportation spend management and carrier network modeling, is proud to announce two team members are “2021 Pros to Know,” as selected by Supply & Demand Chain Executive.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

It’s not unusual for a company’s transportation management system (TMS) and warehouse management system (WMS) to not be fully integrated, or for a degree of manual processing or reprocessing to be necessary to process customer orders.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 4, 2015

Many companies operating in the United States have achieved an inclusive look into their transportation spend, but unfortunately many companies that do business on a global level have struggled to achieve full freight process management. Understand the true size and scope of global transportation networks.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Freight brokers in Asia said about 540,000 containers are expected to face delivery delays that one of them said could range from a few days to more than a month. The ability to track and manage rail shipments, which is ShipXpress’ core focus, is arguably the weakest link for most transportation management systems.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 28, 2014

and for consumer deliveries in densely populated areas of the world such as Europe and Asia, the average American thinks only of big name players like FedEx, UPS, or a name such as Con-way that they saw on the side of a semi-trailer truck on the highway, when it comes to delivery.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 13, 2018

The manufacturers, key suppliers, and customer industries of semiconductor device makers are global, with a strong Asia presence. All have considerable significance for global supply chain managers: Manufacturing is shifting to North Asia. We coordinate their air, ocean, and PO management processes. Historically, U.S.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

Transportation has followed the same evolutionary pattern, moving upstream from day-to-day freight transactions to an integral component of top-level corporate planning and procurement strategy. As a strategic process, transportation procurement may still seem very tedious and challenging. Be demand driven. Hire smart data analysts.

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