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The Approach to Effective Freight Procurement

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Approach to Effective Freight Procurement by LSCMS Shippers’ Council Container shipping procurement faces a multitude of challenges shaped by global events, industry shifts, environmental mandates, and technological advancements. At the heart of it all, an effective procurement strategy remains paramount.

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The Green Corridor: The Circular Journey

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Green Corridor: The Circular Journey 3 conversations Needed for Asset Management in a Sustainable World by Timothy Foote, Founder of Susymbio Things degrade and deteriorate over time. The world takes its toll through use and natural degradation on assets: handles break, roofs weather, metal rusts.

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Top Suppliers of Transportation Execution and Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

When it comes to executing mode-specific freight moves from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively, transportation execution and visibility solutions play a critical role. Visibility solutions allow real-time asset tracking across the entire distribution network. The company is focused on ocean shipping.

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5 Areas & 3 Tactics to Create an Effective End to End Supply Chain Presence

GlobalTranz

Returns and Asset Management - How are returns processed and managed in a global supply chain? What parts can be reused or recycled to better manage resources? This end process gets short shrift and can be reorganized to return assets and cash into the company. Extra product also needs to be shipped.

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Life on the Road: How Self-Driving Trucks Could Impact the Future of Ground Transportation

RFgen

The trucking industry moves approximately two-thirds of all goods shipped in the United States. Transfer-hub: Under this model, autonomous trucks will haul freight across long distances on interstate routes , from exit to exit. The Future of Autonomous Tech in Self-Driving Trucks. Instead, movements and transactions are automated.

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Life on the Road: How Self-Driving Trucks Could Impact the Future of Ground Transportation

RFgen

The trucking industry moves approximately two-thirds of all goods shipped in the United States. Transfer-hub: Under this model, autonomous trucks will haul freight across long distances on interstate routes , from exit to exit. The Future of Autonomous Tech in Self-Driving Trucks. Instead, movements and transactions are automated.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech December 13 2022 Edition

Supply Chain Matters

Founded in 2000, Germany based Transporeon provides a digital freight platform the supports more than 1,200 shippers, 100 large retailers, and over 120,000 logistics services providers and carriers. The company manages operations from eight different global office locations and can converse business in twenty-five different languages.