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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

It can move quickly from a situation where there is too much capacity in the market and buyers having the whip hand, to a situation where shippers are begging carriers to take their loads at almost any price. That processing event determines when the goods need to be delivered to the next stop. The freight market is mercurial.

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Manufacturers Seek Capacity Clarity in Order to Keep Their Promises

BlueYonder

In this regard, the sector that keeps our societies, infrastructure, businesses, and consumption ticking along is in search of capacity clarity in order to keep their promises. Are production facilities running at peak capacity? What Contributes to Capacity? Are there current gaps in the labor force?

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

The output was just not helpful. We have too hard-wired solutions bolted into IT architectures to enable the flexibility needed by business leaders during times of high variability. Over time, this changed. Air expediting took on a new meaning in January, with air capacity down 18% and escalating prices. The reason?

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

Logistics Viewpoints

With this information, are you any closer to knowing what to do about it, or have you just enriched your ability to admire your problem and see it close up? Not only do you need to be able to know the full impact of events and decisions across your supply chain, you need to be able to shift plans seamlessly to maintain responsiveness.

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Why Strategic Partnerships Enable OTR Freight Management

GlobalTranz

With demand for drivers often exceeding availability, shippers find themselves forced to pay more to secure capacity and drivers across many industries. Just a few years ago, many faced repeated price increases of more than 10-15 percent over . This is especially true as peak season continues to grow volatile.

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Top Solutions for Supply Chain Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

Many-to-many can also refer to many participants in a network accessing many, many sources of event data critical to supply chain operations through a public cloud network. But even in more normal times, a supply plan usually can’t be fully executed. Real-time location and IoT data such as condition statuses (e.g.,

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Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

Opinion of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising. Calls are increasing for a return to just-in-case (JIC) policies, with some citing this trend as a risk. Change can creep imperceptibly, so sometimes it takes a major event to wake us up.