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Transforming Freight Benchmarking

Logistics Viewpoints

Emerge has an interesting new platform to deal with the problems shippers are having procuring truck capacity. Carriers move shippers’ freight. A public cloud architecture is at the heart of what Emerge is doing from both a procurement and a benchmarking perspective. Jane is asking for the best route from Boston to Chicago.

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The Fishtail Story with Marc Held

The Logistics of Logistics

Marc is the Co-founder and CEO of Fishtail, a Boston based fintech company that empowers freight forwarders to finance the movement and procurement of goods – for small and medium businesses (SMBs) around the world. Marc Held and Joe Lynch discuss the Fishtail story. About Marc Held. About Fishtail.

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Beyond the Tracks: The Next Frontier of American Rail with Martin Lew

The Logistics of Logistics

Martin is CEO at Commtrex , a tech-enabled rail logistics provider with a team of experienced rail professionals, an extensive network of partners, and a best-in-class technology platform that simplifies the movement of freight and creates a competitive advantage.

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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. As a strategic process, transportation procurement may still seem very tedious and challenging. Be demand driven.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

Sixteen years to the day, the Boston Celtics are once again NBA champions after dismantling the Dallas Mavericks in five games. bans exports by Oregon freight-forwarder in warning shot to industry Container losses fall to record low Warehouse wages rise to average of $18.99 The boys are back! considers threats to national security.

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This Week in Supply Chain Tech May 23 2025

Supply Chain Matters

Named customers include Yale New Haven Health , Stanford , Geisinge r, and Boston Children’s Hospital , among others. Flock Freight Secures $60 Million in Series E Funding Flock Freight , described as the largest Shared Truckload (STL) freight brokerage in the United States, has raised $60 million in its Series E funding round.

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Going Beyond Brokerage: How North American Capacity Solutions Can Go to Work for You

Talking Logistics

It may be time to evaluate your transportation network and approach to procurement and make the move from simply fixing logistics problems as they present themselves to a more strategic, scalable model derived from analytics and not simply rates. Robinson in Boston where he spent almost 7 years. He started his career working for C.H.

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