Freightos

JANUARY 4, 2018

The Digital Freight Ecosystem. Part 2: What’s Bringing Freight Online. In the first part of this article , Dr. Schreiber observed that freight is still largely offline and examined why freight digitalization has been so complicated. . Bringing Freight Online In The Carrier Space. By Zvi Schreiber, CEO, Freightos.

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Freightos

MARCH 17, 2019

The annual fixed-price contract is the current go-to for ocean freight procurement. Fixing a price is almost futile in a volatile market, and ocean freight now has much more volatility (both frequency and magnitude) than most other commodities. So we asked them by conducting a survey in November 2018. We never looked back.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This article provides an overview, based on a survey of over 1,200 small businesses, of how small and midsize businesses have weathered the storm, and how a changing – and potentially recessionary – market is impacting their outlook. But then global freight kicked in. . The results tell a mixed story. .

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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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Freightos

AUGUST 29, 2019

Open up LinkedIn and check out the profile of senior salesperson at a freight forwarder or carrier and you’ll probably see several top-tier providers as previous employers. The best of them accumulated books of business contacts, which moved companies with them. This holds for freight. Freight digitalization reduces cost.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 1, 2021

This is a way to determine which carriers are able to deliver properly and without issue, as well as identifying opportunities for packaging and label optimization to avoid freight claims. Rebills happen when something changes about the shipment after the original freight quote was issued.

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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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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 22, 2020

But with freight conditions like those we have seen throughout most of 2020, building in additional lead time is an even more essential piece of your logistics operational puzzle. In a survey of a variety of shippers, the publication found that “longer transit times were an issue for 87.9 percent of survey respondents, with 70.2

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Recent developments in freight digitization are simplifying the shipping process and giving visibility to freight pricing enabling small players to handle the logistics side of their business more easily, transparently and efficiently. million freight containers each year. That digital reach extended to importing as well.

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Last year’s peak season was one for the books, and if the past three quarters since then serve as a sign of what is ahead, this year’s promises to be another unprecedentedly busy few months. According to a recent FreightWave s market recap, “National freight demand grew throughout August with outbound tender volumes increasing 4.5%

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Freightos

MARCH 4, 2020

What does the oldest company on the top ten global technology companies have to do with freight? Here’s What This Has To Do With Freight. The digitization of the freight industry is about improving speed and efficiency. . We mystery shopped the twenty largest freight forwarders for FCL, LCL and air online quotes.

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2019

In their latest Global Freight Forwarding report , Ti assessed whether digital platforms, digital forwarders, and freight marketplaces were existential threats to traditional forwarders. Freight Marketplaces: Threat Or Opportunity? Freight Marketplaces: Threat Or Opportunity? SOURCE: Ti GLOBAL FREIGHT FORWARDING 2019. “We

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 14, 2021

Logistics service providers set up their portals to more efficiently deal with and manage ad-hoc quotations and bookings. They immediately knew where they needed to take action, such as rerouting freight or adding new cross-docking facilities. The book author is FT, Forbes, Fortune, BI and Nikkei contributor.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 25, 2018

Last year Cerasis covered the capacity crunch in great detail, culminating in a helpful and educational e-book titled “ The Great Capacity Crunch: The Current State, Future Outlook, and How Shippers Can Thrive in Any Capacity Crunch.” And given its intensification, it may well leave those shippers who aren’t prepared for it stranded.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Imbalances in ocean transport, port congestion and equipment shortages, with surging freight rates became the new normal. An attendee poll taken at a conference of The European Freight and Logistics Forum hints at some cultural challenges. The book author is FT, Forbes, Fortune, BI and Nikkei contributor. Some food for thought.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 8, 2021

A global survey led by the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index, has identified logistics workforce shortages at four levels – operative workforce, administrative workforce, logistics supervisors and logistics managers. The survey concluded that these skill gaps were prevalent in both developed and developing countries.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 25, 2014

I hurried downstairs to the kitchen, and after a mild panic attack witnessed only by our guinea pig, I called the airline and was able to get booked on a different flight, and I made it to my client’s meeting on time. May 2014 North American Freight Numbers. Transplace Survey Identifies Preferred Shipper Program Best Practices.

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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. Technology Boost.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

USPS reflected the impact of PSRA on its books as a one-time, non-cash benefit of $59.6 Wages for truck drivers rose at a double-digit pace last year as companies laid out hefty salaries, bonuses and benefits packages to recruit workers in a market marked by tight labor conditions and high freight demand.

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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. A very recent survey of U.S. This means that the work is executed without significant scrutiny.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2021

When shopping for freight rates, some retail shippers look at a number of options from various carriers for a given lane, sometimes opting for the cheapest provider. When specifications are not precise or established upfront, you may end up booking with a provider who cannot service your freight. Service Failure Fees.

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Getting the whole picture allows you to make better decisions about your freight. Booking a truck at a lower rate than the rest of the marketplace may sound like an effective way to save on transportation costs, but it is often not truly a net positive for brands. If you see a rate on paper that looks too good to be true, it often is.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 16, 2019

According to a survey by shippers’ association Evofenedex in 2018, only a third of customers are satisfied with the IT technology offered as part of the service by their logistics partners. Due to the financial pressure, it seems that logistics service providers feel limited in their ability to innovate in the current digital era.

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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. A very recent survey of U.S. This means that the work is executed without significant scrutiny.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Shipping freight across the world is a complex matter. But what is even more complicated is freight billing and handling freight payments: what a cargo owner is initially quoted is often different from what he later is asked to pay. A 2021 Cargo Owners and freight forwarders survey, confirms this. Lack of trust.

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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. As the British journalist Rose George documents in her book Ninety Percent of Everything , some 100,000 enormous freight ships transport 90 percent of the world’s trade.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Based on surveys that RLA has done in the past year, most returns are handled in-house and are often done in the same distribution centers where store/e-commerce inventory is kept. When businesses liquidate these assets, they typically realize only 10 – 40% of the book value. I wear a number of hats these days.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Livingston, a leader in Canadian border and customs brokerage, has over 3,200 employees and a book of business that exceeds 30,000 clients. Maersk, CMA CGM, and Hapag Llyod leaders on ocean carrier digitization survey. However, of the 30 ocean/air carriers surveyed by Freightos, 24 are still using 40 year-old technology like EDI.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

In fact we find, that it seldom is, as shown by the recent data from our surveys at Supply Chain Insights. 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.

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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. Accessorial charges are fees added to a freight bill for additional services that the carrier provides.

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BlueYonder

MAY 27, 2020

I worked a lot of jobs while at the university and that is where I had my first exposure to IT – building surveys for different departments and creating reports of the results. My first job was at UTi Worldwide, a freight forwarding company that was building a global system.

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Tompkins Blog

MARCH 10, 2014

You may have read numerous recent articles on the benefits of using a transportation management system (TMS) to manage freight. Surveys show that more than 63% of TMS users gain at least an 8% savings in freight costs, with more than 23% of users decreasing costs by 10% or more. Budget, price, and control freight expenses.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2020

It was a good year for shippers as freight rates plummeted for the majority of 2019, substantially backing off the historic highs the industry witnessed in 2018. An overall economic sluggishness hit freight particularly hard in 2019 leading to what many have labeled as a “ freight recession.”.

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Ware2Go

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Supply chain disruptions like freight delays may continue well beyond this year’s peak holiday shopping season. Freight delays have affected consumers and merchants alike. After 18 months of disruptions, the state of international freight was shaky at best heading into this holiday shopping season.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 30, 2022

Many experts and practitioners believe that higher levels of visibility would help to manage or even resolve the current bottlenecks causing congestions and delays, logistics costs and freight rates. The survey sheds some light on the reasons. Source: Transporeon road transportation 2021 shipper and carrier survey).

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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. This is especially true for avoiding late deliveries, which may lead to alienating up to 13% of customers, as found in an Oracle survey. Essentially, the SaaS platform is the foundation for creating positive experiences.

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