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Real-Time Visibility: The Customer Has Spoken

Logistics Viewpoints

I am continuing to work on my latest Transportation Execution and Visibility Systems study, which looks at the total size of the market, the forecasted growth through 2026, and the leading suppliers across a number of categories including industry, region, customer size, and mode. These changes can add significant time to the ETA.

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Better Ways to Address Trade-Offs with Supply Chain Optimization

Logistics Viewpoints

He had a load full of cotton bales, and while idling away hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load other cargo onto ships he dreamed up containers that transformed global supply chains. AND with growing concern about climate change, trade-off considerations must account for cost, quality, service, and now sustainability.

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Using Technology to build Sustainable Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

IDC also forecasts that by 2023, 30 percent of Asian enterprises will ship freight using a SaaS-enabled platform, resulting in improved efficiencies in load matching and reduced shipping costs. Dynamic routing has empowered logistics providers to consider plans B, C and D, offering alternative options of ocean and air freight cargo.

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Moisture and Condensation as a Challenge for Cargo in Transit

Global Trade Management

One of the main problems our clients from all different industries encounter in terms of damage of cargo in transit is the moisture and condensation – especially on those shipments with long transit time. If the outside temperature however in this example falls below 9 °C, condensation will happen and affect the cargo quality.

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Navigating Freight Management Efficiencies with AI

ThroughPut

Robust data quality for accurate decisions – The most primary benefit of AI’s application in logistics and freight management is a direct impact on the quality of data which drives overall decision making. Making every mile count with AI-powered Freight Management Software – 5 Benefits.

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How To Optimize Material Flow Across Your Supply Chain With AI

ThroughPut

Quality Control. Quality control can be greatly enhanced if the material flow through the supply flow is monitored in real-time. Updates about poor quality units will appear in the manager’s dashboard as soon as low-quality goods appear either in the raw material handling stage or the production stage. Demand Forecasting.

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Molex Prizes Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

The planners could choose to switch cargo from a slow-moving ship to air, for example. One of the keys to better visibility is data quality. Molex has been working to improve data quality since 2012 when they first put in Nexus. Infor Nexus is an orchestration solution. That in turn led to a faster go live.