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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

The Covid-19 pandemic tested the global supply chain. More and more cargo shifted to ocean transport until the container imbalances resulted in issues with “rolling the freight” from ship to ship despite confirmed bookings. Check out some of the work that Blume Global is doing in this area.).

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Transportation Management System: What is a TMS in Logistics? [+ Top Companies Compared]

ShipBob

Execute shipments and keep track of them. Report on important performance metrics. Transportation management systems also enable you to automate your freight tendering process. By automatically dispatching carriers, you can significantly expedite steps such as booking and tendering of freight. Payment management.

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The need to know

EFT

The need to know from Reuters’ global network of journalists Retailers rush to save US summer shopping season U.S. Container ship owners swamped as US-China trade detente revives demand Container ship bookings for China-to-U.S. China to US ocean cargo bookings surge after tariff pause, Vizion says U.S.