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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. The vocabulary used in transportation can be confusing. Shippers” are companies that have goods that need to be transported. Jane is asking for the best route from Boston to Chicago. But shippers lack trucks.

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, more than 1% of the world’s container ships are stuck off major ports. Warehouses are full–often with the wrong stuff resulting in the slowing of the forty million shipping containers around the world. In 2004, I joined AMR Research, a Boston Analyst firm. Supply chain shortages abound. Reflection.

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Realities Impact the Global Ocean Container Industry

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of the realities of higher number of vessels among global ocean container shipping lines meeting contracting shipping demand levels that are now leading to headcount and schedule reductions. Background Ocean container shipping and logistics are the lifeblood of global supply chain movements.

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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. Hire smart data analysts.

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Most Popular Logistics Stories from 2021

Logistics Viewpoints

The Boston area is a hub for warehouse robotics companies. Procurement and Supply Chain are Smarter Together – Practical Use Cases ; Dr. Madhav Durbha ( Coupa ). In a previous post , I made a case for how the Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) and Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) are smarter together.

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6 Ways to Lower Your Inbound Transportation Cost

Freight Plus

Consider this, a business can spend more than 40% of its annual freight budget on inbound shipping, according to the Aberdeen Group, a research firm in Boston. If you're buying on prepaid or delivered terms you're essentially allowing your suppliers to manage your freight and profit off the transportation costs.

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

Talking Logistics

While these approaches can certainly deliver a significant return on investment (ROI), other strategies that can positively impact their transportation network are often overlooked – for example, thinking more strategically about capacity. Robinson in Boston where he spent almost 7 years. He started his career working for C.H.

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