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Ahead of the Curve: How Digitalization Helped Air Cargo Amidst Red Sea Shipping Diversions

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More Resources Home Ahead of the Curve: How Digitalization Helped Air Cargo Amidst Red Sea Shipping Diversions Joyce Tai April 2, 2024 If there’s one lingering lesson from the supply chain crisis of COVID, it’s that digitization can help organizations navigate crises…but that digitization can’t be put in place DURING that same crisis.

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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

Capacity Constraints Continue to Arise. Capacity constraints continue to come under microscope as shippers look for a better understanding to the state of the market. Top causes of capacity constraints include: . Fewer labor resources are available to meet the rising demand in both the warehouse and in transit. ?

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Peak Shipping Season Update: What’s Driving Change in the Industry?

GlobalTranz

Approximately 73% of respondents cited progress in omnichannel improvements over the past year, but express cautious optimism for their company's supply chain and capacity. Tight capacity and high rates. Shrinking capacity from higher freight volumes results in higher rates throughout peak season and beyond. Download Report.

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The Importance of Transportation Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

The need to know where products are, whether they are on the way to the warehouse, store, or customer, is critical to ensure a positive experience. The carriers in turn are tracking the ELD devices on their trucks or by a downloadable app that the driver puts on his smart phone. Visibility solutions are becoming more necessary.

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Top Five Transportation Trends

Logistics Viewpoints

This can mean more efficiently matching loads with capacity, using visibility tools to predict more accurate ETAs, optimizing routes, and ensuring that trucks can be loaded and unloaded as efficiently as possible. AI can be used to “learn” about constraints, such as capacity, regulations, and hours of service, and properly plan shipments.

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Real-Time Visibility: The Customer Has Spoken

Logistics Viewpoints

The need to know where products are, whether they are on the way to the warehouse, store, or customer, is critical to ensure a positive experience. The carriers in turn are tracking the ELD devices on their trucks or by a downloadable app that the driver puts on his smart phone. These changes can add significant time to the ETA.

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How Disruptions like Coronavirus Test The Resilience Of Supply Chain Planning

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Avenues of transport are declining as major cargo airlines, like Cathay Pacific , drastically reduce flights to mainland China and Hong Kong. Demand simulations can highlight strategic warehous e , plant and supplier locations and test the robustness of strategies under different growth expectations.