Freightos

JANUARY 28, 2016

10 Controversial Freight Predictions For 2016. Data savvy shippers are collaborating with other shippers to reduce spend, crunching big data to benchmark freight rates to make the right freight decisions. Freight Industry Is Finally Online. We Start Thinking Of Freight As Big Parcels.

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Freightos

JANUARY 28, 2016

10 Controversial Freight Predictions For 2016. Data savvy shippers are collaborating with other shippers to reduce spend, crunching big data to benchmark freight rates to make the right freight decisions. Freight Industry Is Finally Online. We Start Thinking Of Freight As Big Parcels.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 4, 2015

The broader climate issue.and freight’s role. The emissions from freighting Shawn’s TV is a miniscule percentage of this year’s 33 billion ton cube. The emissions from freighting Shawn’s TV is a miniscule percentage of this year’s 33 billion ton cube. kg of carbon emissions. This is a big deal.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Which brings us to international freight. It’s challenging to get fixed prices for global freight. Our global freight index – the FBX – needed to adapt to this new reality in 2021 and indeed we updated our methodology to incorporate the cost of premium surcharges into our index, so that FBX reflects a realistic spot price.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

For many shippers, air freight wins out on speed and convenience and FCL (full container load) seems a better deal on cost. General improvements to the reliability and speed of ocean freight have increased LCL’s stakes against air freight. For Sanjay, in many respects, looking at freight from the customer’s perspective is key.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

This morning, unexpectedly, I found myself in the middle of a debate between my two panelists on the Planning Benchmarking Panel for the Summit. Recently through my analysis of the planning benchmarking work, I have become fascinated on the role of inventory in the market-driven value network. This is a series of preparation calls.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 9, 2022

In fact, today you can procure freight rates from your transportation providers right in your TMS. There are many reasons to supplement your spot freight procurement with automated processes sooner rather than later. Freight in new lanes out of bid cycle. Freight in new lanes out of bid cycle. Specialized project freight.

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Intelligent Audit

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In freight auditing, freight audit advisors work with freight shippers to ensure that all charges are accurate and to prevent wasting money. Shippers can ensure they are getting the best possible rates from their carriers by working with a freight audit consultant. What Freight Auditing Is and Why It’s Important.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

More Resources Home February 22, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. America weekly prices decreased 7% to $3.65/kg

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Parade

MARCH 18, 2021

In this post, we explore truckload pricing tools as an important part of every digital freight brokerage’s operations. This post is , part of a series of posts that aims to shed light on the many new and innovative freight tech solutions that empower freight brokers to transform digitally. Key Uses of Truckload Pricing Tools.

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Parade

MARCH 18, 2021

In this post, we explore truckload pricing tools as an important part of every digital freight brokerage’s operations. This post is , part of a series of posts that aims to shed light on the many new and innovative freight tech solutions that empower freight brokers to transform digitally. Key Uses of Truckload Pricing Tools.

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Parade

MARCH 18, 2021

In this post, we explore truckload pricing tools as an important part of every digital freight brokerage’s operations. This post is , part of a series of posts that aims to shed light on the many new and innovative freight tech solutions that empower freight brokers to transform digitally. Key Uses of Truckload Pricing Tools.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

We will then conclude the 5 main categories by featuring the top 10 freight articles of 2015. In fact, we will release next week our first e-book of 2016 (of a monthly series of e-books) which will highlight several areas for shippers to focus on in order to create an effective transportation and logistics management strategy. .

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Innovative companies are using these active, connected trading communities to address a number of supply chain challenges that have vexed the industry for years, like achieving industry-wide information standards and performance benchmarks. The SABRE computer system for bookings standardized and automated the way airline reservations work.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2018

From changing regulatory requirements and increasing freight congestion to excessive detention time and driver shortages , shippers and logistics service providers (LSPs) are struggling to balance the multiple issues impacting fleet management today. Key Trends Driving Change.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 18, 2018

When demand for trucks slows down, like it does every year during this time, the trend among many owner-operators is to pre-book loads to stay employed until the really good stuff comes out in later in the year. That's what I like to call getting "pre-booked." Below are the five steps I use to get pre-booked.

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MIT Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Next, a backlash is triggered that draws the term’s credibility into question, followed by a revival as professionals in organizations such as consultancies step in to benchmark the term and enshrine it in best practices. Eventually it is “widely used, overused, and possibly abused” and applied indiscriminately, he says.

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Freightos

MAY 22, 2017

Freight Forwarding And Digital Customer Service Five Years From Now. Today, talking with an account manager about freight seems obvious. In the 1980s, Dial-a-Truck – a phone service to leverage communications for enhanced booking – really took off. What do forwarders think will happen to freight service by 2022?

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TMC

JULY 6, 2017

Raw material shortages lead to delays in production, which decreases your lead time and makes your freight more critical than usual. There is suddenly a need to know—in very specific detail—the answers to questions like: Where is my freight? You have to know where your freight is in order to know where and how you need to take action.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Mitch Violett is a Principal Product Manager at Convoy focused on building products to increase the efficiency of delivering freight and improve the experience for everyone involved. Convoy is the nation’s most efficient digital freight network. Phase 1 – Quoting and Booking. About Mitch Violett. About Convoy.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 25, 2018

When securing transportation, you’d do best to align your favorable freight attributes with carrier goals. Ecommerce influences freight flow patterns and efficiency. The mandate to track hours of service (HOS) through an electronic device rather than a paper log book may shift driver behaviors regarding HOS.

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Freightos

MARCH 23, 2023

There were plenty of freight insights to take in over three days of sessions, meetings and conversations with carriers, forwarders and BCOs, but far too many to include all of them in a blog post that anyone might make it to the end of. What happens next?

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TMC

JULY 6, 2017

Raw material shortages lead to delays in production, which decreases your lead time and makes your freight more critical than usual. There is suddenly a need to know—in very specific detail—the answers to questions like: Where is my freight? You have to know where your freight is in order to know where and how you need to take action.

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TMC

JULY 6, 2017

Raw material shortages lead to delays in production, which decreases your lead time and makes your freight more critical than usual. There is suddenly a need to know—in very specific detail—the answers to questions like: Where is my freight? You have to know where your freight is in order to know where and how you need to take action.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Hello and welcome back to another episode of “The Freight Project Podcast!” We hope you enjoy “The Freight Project Podcast.” We’ll publish every Tuesday right on the Cerasis blog and Freight Institute. We hope you enjoy this very first episode of The Freight project podcast! Download the E-Book.

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Veridian Solutions

JANUARY 29, 2020

Higher freight spend. A strong inventory is a benchmark for a working distribution fulfillment strategy. Book a consultation today. Limited visibility in procurement. Inability to manage laborers and workflows. Indicators of a Strong Strategy. Key indicators that your strategy is working include: Strong, Lean Inventory.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2020

Despite its importance, many brands, irrespective of sophistication, have encountered issues with consistently meeting these benchmarks. Booking a shipment with a preferred carrier with retail experience will give your organization the best chance of hitting OTIF requirements. Not all carriers are created equal. Reach out today.

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Freightos

JULY 2, 2019

And that explains why a recent air and ocean carrier digitalization benchmarking study found most airlines ranked behind ocean carriers in customer connectivity, structural transformation and online experience. The gap between modes was wide – the average ocean carrier benchmark score was almost double the airline average. Why the lag?

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Freight Plus

AUGUST 21, 2017

If you're moving any ocean freight, it is nearly impossible to avoid using an alliance carrier. Each carrier has a finite amount of space on each vessel and there are limitations placed on where and when they can book space. So far 2017 has been a year of turn around for the ocean freight industry. Positioning. :

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2018

Look at how you are buying freight services and ask yourself two questions. Do you really need so much air freight or express freight? Then 2) Look at how you are paying for that freight. But book quickly as seats are going fast and some locations are almost booked out! By that I mean the speed of service.

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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Over the past several years, key industry incumbents have begun to build their supply chains and retail freight requirements to match the new reality of consumption. Pallet Configurations Not Fit for Retail Freight Delivery. Because the shipper didn’t meet one of these requirements, their freight was rejected.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Therefore, a firm would be well served to develop a supply chain strategy as described in my book: Supply Chain Transformation. Research from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations without formal SRM programs report 121 percent longer supplier lead times.

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Proxima

AUGUST 1, 2019

A couple of weeks back Supply Management published the news that Uber Freight had launched its first trials with Heineken in Europe. Uber Freight is an App. In effect, it is very similar to their rideshare offering but focuses only on freight. First, let’s examine the offering.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 12, 2017

So do you have a KPI ‘dashboard’ or a ‘book’? Believe me, I have seen 100 page ‘books’ of KPIs that no one except the author reads. 7 – Freight Transport – Service v Cost. The first thing to understand about freight rates, is that it’s not about the rate!

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

The tight capacity and shipping downtime can increase rates and severely disrupt freight flow for months. When you have visibility of emission footprints of transport scenarios before companies’ book freight, you can do more than just report historical emissions after the fact. Weathering the Trade Policy Storm.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Uber Freight: Transportation Facility Brand Managers. As reported by Transport Topics , “Truck drivers using the Uber Freight load-booking app can now rate shippers’ and receivers’ facilities and share feedback on factors such as wait times and amenities.” req’d) New Job for Robots: Taking Stock for Retailers (WSJ – sub.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 6, 2015

“Looking at the data right now, I can see that Saturday is the best day of the week to book a truck out of Houston.” DAT RateView for prevailing freight rates. ” said Nicholson. LEARN MORE. Find out more about any of the DAT products used by Mystic Logistics: Web Services for TMS integration.

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