Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Mike Griswold, Vice President Analyst at Gartner , had this to say about the value supply chain KPIs and metrics. Supply chain metrics provide the vehicle to ‘look at the results’ and gauge the effectiveness of an organization’s execution strategy. Damage Rates or Cargo Loss. It also has a direct correlation to cargo loss.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

The people on the ground–my contacts in the 3PL, freight forwarding and transportation industry–know that the labor strife is only a part of the larger story. I don’t think that the ports are up to the challenge of moving the high-levels of freight with larger ships without rethinking unloading space, equipment and flows.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 25, 2021

By now many of you have heard about the “Ever Given”, which has been stuck in the Suez Canal since Tuesday, and is blocking all container ships trying to get through with their cargo. Well, what about air freight? Can’t we just pay more for premium freight. It may take weeks, by some estimates.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 21, 2022

In order to measure the efficiency of your supply chain, companies must track certain metrics. Metrics help to prioritize activities and improve processes. Some metrics are critical to meeting regulatory requirements and contractual obligations, while others track efficiency and service, which produce higher profits.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2019

Providers of real-time freight visibility solutions. Here’s an excerpt from the post I wrote: “The reason real-time freight visibility is a hot topic now is that with today’s technology it’s no longer accepted as a black hole,” said Adelson. “The Walmart ‘Tightens the Vice’ on On-Time In-Full (OTIF) Requirements.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 8, 2017

More findings on the cloud cargo transportation and warehouse management systems you may discover on the web. The cloud-based supply chain software can be customized to suit your industry, your transportation , freight-forwarding and warehousing specialty, import-export regulations. The cloud-based logistics has lots of metric tools.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

While the industry continues to be rocked by world events, uncertainty has become the new normal. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. At the end of 2021, ocean freight rates were more than three times what they were throughout 2020.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

This event, observed in the U.S. The National COSH also recognizes the impact these preventable events have on family members. A steep, across-the-board decline in imported cargo , exports and empty containers during March dropped volumes at several major ports to levels not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Here, we’ll talk about what receiving efficiency is, how to measure it using warehousing metrics, and cover a few different ways to optimise your inward goods process. Receiving efficiency is a useful warehousing metric that helps business owners determine whether their receiving process needs improvement. What is receiving efficiency?

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 17, 2018

More than 154 million shipping events have been captured on the platform, including data such as arrival times of vessels and container “gate-in”, and documents such as customs releases, commercial invoices and bills of lading. This data is growing at a rate of close to one million events per day.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

It’s not too late to get your product to store shelves in time for Black Friday, thanks to the swift performance of air cargo service. With significantly shorter lead times than other modes, air cargo can get your product to market in as little as a day. Understand the metrics of air cargo: time and money.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

Mobile apps can generate reports and monitor performance metrics. “Tightening capacity requires a more ‘connected’ broker…” While freight growth is forecast to slow in 2019, truckload capacity will remain tight, largely driven by a tight labor market, new regulations and other factors. Christoph Seitz.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 23, 2016

So, your organization has decided to explore the benefits and perks of less than truckload freight shipping. The dedicated TMS can further eliminate the frustrations that occur with typical full-truckload (FT) shipments and small package freight by combining all KPIs and available options into a single, comprehensive tool.

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