Books Forecasting Freight Metrics 
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
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. With the rising costs of accessorial charges as the freight sat on the dock, moving freight by ocean container grew more problematic.
Turvo
JUNE 12, 2020
Maintaining a freight broker business and helping it stand out from the crowd is more difficult than ever. Unfortunately, that does not always amount to spending money reasonably and maintaining control over freight spend. For those operating a freight broker business, the challenges are greater. Poor scheduling.
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Logistics Viewpoints
DECEMBER 8, 2022
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. But, if a company wants to work with a new supplier, and that supplier is in the network, metrics on that carrier also exist.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
APRIL 26, 2022
As of January 1, 2022, it was taking a company an average of 73 days to deliver goods to truck or rail carriers after booking with an ocean carrier and completing the cross-ocean journey, according to E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index. In fact, global freight rates have increased tenfold since the start of the pandemic.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
Before the benchmarking work, I believed that companies that were better forecasters would be better at inventory management. Most companies are not measuring and adapting with volatility.Analyzing forecastability of the item portfolio is a good starting place. Forecast Consumption Logic is an Opportunity for All.
TMC
NOVEMBER 18, 2015
As I explain in my book, The Power of Resilience: How the Best Companies Manage the Unexpected (MIT Press, October 2015), companies can improve their disruption detection capabilities in a number of ways. There is growing interest in incorporating weather forecast data from a variety of sources into supply chain planning. Robinson.
Locus
APRIL 13, 2023
With the UAE market having nearly 100% of the population with smartphone access, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry forecasts e-commerce to generate $8 billion in sales by 2025. It connects with capacity-led slot bookings, helping them make full use of assigned fleets. as of Jan 2021 compared to other Middle Eastern countries.
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