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.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

9 Steps to Create a Seamless Customer Shipping Experience! Prepare Your Shipping Team. You should inform your store’s shipping staff when you anticipate an increase in shipments. Evaluate Your Shipping Methods Considering Customer Needs. Most of the time, your customers will probably accept standard ground shipping.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 14, 2023

Rates are now starting to stabilise and for ocean freight especially, we are seeing rates closer to pre-COVID levels. Freight procurement is the mainstay of any supply chain professional but price is not the be-all and end-all. What tools we can use to benchmark ocean freight and carriers’ service reliability?

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Zipline Logistics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

If you have an order that needs to get to its destination in a hurry, expedited freight options could be your best choice for delivery. Though often a result of an unexpected need, there is still a way to control costs and ensure quality performance when arranging expedited freight services. What Is Expedited Freight?

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Freight Negotiating Skills Manufacturing Procurement Inventory Reduction 52

Turvo

JUNE 12, 2020

Maintaining a freight broker business and helping it stand out from the crowd is more difficult than ever. In today’s world, anyone can start a business, grow into a successful broker, and work with the biggest names in shipping. For those operating a freight broker business, the challenges are greater. Poor scheduling.

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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.

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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. Get better deals on shipping rates.

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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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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

You need a less than truckload freight management strategy. Why is LTL freight management important to your supply chain? Leveraging a suite of solutions for less than truckload (LTL) freight has become the cornerstone of successful supply chain strategies. Increased shipment frequency requires flexibility and mode optimization.

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Freightos

JANUARY 12, 2016

How Freight Disrupted Itself. In the last year, a new dynamic has begun to reshape the freight industry. Phil knows his (freight) stuff. In his PhD thesis he developed a product to secure ocean freight rates with financial derivatives. Declining Freight Rates. Suddenly the freight industry is not so opaque.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 18, 2024

Businesses must weigh the costs of shipping, customs, tariffs, and taxes when expanding internationally. Finding cost-effective solutions while maintaining product quality and customer satisfaction is a constant challenge.” Developing robust risk management strategies is essential to mitigate these potential threats.”

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CargoBarn

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

Although there are several factors shifting the costs of shipping we will focus on the TOP 5 REASONS SHIPPING RATES ARE CHANGING & WHAT TO EXPECT. To attract new truckers, businesses are increasing pay and benefits, further raising shipping rates. Diesel price increases have dramatically affected shipping rates recently.

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Freightos

APRIL 16, 2015

We’ve rounded up the top 20 logistics technology innovations changing the way over $18 trillion dollars of goods are shipped annually. Faster service, great capacity usage and direct connectivity with freight companies means better access to service providers. Here we go: Technology Innovations in Logistics. ZDnet , @talk19 ].

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 5, 2018

Shyp is a startup that “picks up, packages, and ships anything at the best price, through major international carriers like USPS, UPS and FedEx, for business and everyday use.”. Shipping your shoes versus shipping your TV, it actually doesn’t sound like it makes a lot of business or financial sense. It doesn’t.”.

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Freightera

JANUARY 21, 2022

COVID-related supply chain pressures, ship and container shortages, combined with global transportation congestion, all have shaken international commerce. The Nearshoring Directory – the first of its kind in Canada – will use artificial intelligence to mine shipping data to facilitate increased trade amongst North American buyers.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 5, 2022

As August returns, shippers’ concerns over the big show—the holiday peak shipping season—begin to come to life. Carriers begin to implement changes to their surcharge schedules, and shippers look for ways to get the most customers at the lowest cost without sacrificing product or service quality. But data is a tricky subject.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Shippers are required to communicate verified weights in a shipping document. Many have deployed cloud technology platforms to serve as an easy-to-use, transparent tool to facilitate bookings and shipping documentation. This will be a strategic advantage in the years ahead, with implications far beyond the IMO requirements.

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Freightera

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Good news is that we’ve got another big confirmation that freight digitization is a huge opportunity, and Google money backing one of our competitors shows that the giant money sees a way to make an even bigger fortune in the future. Naysayers that were calling online freight platforms just another fad were wrong. A few more things.

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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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Savi

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Trucker Shortage Amplifies Freight Price Increase Low unemployment rates and an economic upswing coupled with high transportation demand have made it difficult to find the number of truck drivers needed for the volume of shipments going out, The Washington Post reports.

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3rdwave

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

From optimizing freight movements and controlling freight costs, to supply chain SKU transparency and optimal inventory management, the value proposition for global transportation management is substantial and significant. It supports the ability to consolidate multi-vendor/PO shipments to optimize total shipping costs.

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Zipline Logistics

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

While this may seem like the logical approach to mitigating transportation costs, there are a few common issues associated with using a quoted rate as the sole decision driver, especially when that freight is headed to a retail customer. In retail shipping, often what you pay for is what you get. Accessorial Charges.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Complex routes or freight may require a specialized or dedicated provider. And the options aren’t much easier to sort through for ocean and air shipping. Best in class shippers plan forecasts at least three months in advance and book ocean space between two and three weeks—sometimes more—before they need it.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

In the book — which is based on real-life technology, technical papers, and diplomatic meetings — national security and international relations expert Peter W. Singer suggests that Chinese-made microchips embedded in our appliances, devices, satellites, fighter jets, war ships, and tanks could turn against us.”[1]

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3rdwave

JANUARY 17, 2020

visibility to the port of entry to determine the status of a transportation unit for delivery priority, visibility to regulatory statuses at the port of entry, visibility to receipt detail, visibility to exception alerts when defined milestone events are not met, visibility to freight contract cost elements for freight audit validation.

Optimization Software 54

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 11, 2022

The state of supply chain tech in 2022, or supply chain technology, will be one for the record books. It’s all about information, and that information is helpful to team members that need to monitor inventory levels, account for changing consumer demands, and plan outbound shipping strategies.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Complex routes or freight may require a specialized or dedicated provider. And the options aren’t much easier to sort through for ocean and air shipping. Best in class shippers plan forecasts at least three months in advance and book ocean space between two and three weeks—sometimes more—before they need it.

Transportation 48

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TMC

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Complex routes or freight may require a specialized or dedicated provider. And the options aren’t much easier to sort through for ocean and air shipping. Best in class shippers plan forecasts at least three months in advance and book ocean space between two and three weeks—sometimes more—before they need it.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

In order to increase efficiency, the goods would be manufactured in batches based on factors such as the customer shipping address, the patent says. For related commentary, see The Rebirth of Transportation Marketplaces (UberCARGO, Cargomatic, and Freight Friend).

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 6, 2020

But brewing costs can quickly spiral if business owners aren’t running a cost-effective machine capable of producing a high-quality product with minimal waste. They have likely been better trained in quality assurance and brewery maintenance, able to act with initiative and support the head brewer. What makes a good head brewer?

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3rdwave

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

From optimizing freight movements and controlling freight costs, to supply chain SKU transparency and optimal inventory management, the value proposition for global transportation management is substantial and significant. It supports the ability to consolidate multi-vendor/PO shipments to optimize total shipping costs.

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Freightera

MARCH 10, 2023

Introducing our partner, Motherload Transport, and their General Manager, John Bennett Motherload Transportation is a small Vancouver Island freight brokerage with over 20 years of history, unique character, and many accomplishments. If you need it shipped within the USA, Canada, or cross-border, they’ve got you covered !

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

The flows are typically linear and the analysis is on alternate modes and best shipping lanes. This work is typically periodic to accompany a freight bid or an end-to-end project. The book is selling well and will be translated into Mandarin for the Chinese audience for a release in August 2016. We hope to see you there!

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Zipline Logistics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

These are report cards that grade suppliers on quality and performance, looking at common metrics like on-time delivery, inventory management, missed shipments, lead time, costs, etc. To meet standards and hit goals, vendors should audit their shipping schedules to align their production and logistics operations.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

There were the expected answers about the quality of the solution, goals of the client, environment and fit. But the most surprising and repeated answer was the quality of the super user. Understanding how your company moves freight and the details of why it does what it does is important.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 3, 2016

It’s a great time to be in the freight brokering business, and there are plenty of reasons to consider starting your own brokerage now. an increasingly stable and growing industry , and increasing demand for new brokers, you have all the external conditions to become a successful freight broker. What does a freight broker do?

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Complex routes or freight may require a specialized or dedicated provider. And the options aren’t much easier to sort through for ocean and air shipping. Best in class shippers plan forecasts at least three months in advance and book ocean space between two and three weeks—sometimes more—before they need it.

Price Reduction 41

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