Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 18, 2025

Limited Transparency A prevalent challenge in supply chain management is the lack of transparency in operations, often leading to operational losses due to disruptions like cargo theft, fuel theft, and rerouting.

Waste Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Supply chain and procurement executives should urgently pay heed to the need to make sure it is distributed to them, said Jay Koganti, vice president supply chain at the Center of Excellence of Estée Lauder , during a presentation titled “ AI Trends Transforming Supply Chain – and How Leaders Should Respond,” at the DPW New York conference June 11.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 29, 2025

To become more agile, flexible, and resilient, the present and future of supply chain management can’t be reactive. Uncertainty is certain to define the present and future of supply chain management. They executed via reactive decisions such as re-deploying inventory ahead of tariffs or modifying production schedules.

Cost Reduction Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 22, 2025

The last five years have prompted many businesses to interrogate whether their pricing processes are fit for purpose, but the extreme challenge presented by the current trade policy landscape has heightened that need.

Price Reduction

Shapiro

MARCH 13, 2025

When it comes to ocean freight, it can be easy to observe the competitive nature of shipping rates, service loops and trade lanes and label it market share dog-eat-dog. The primary benefits of shipping alliances include stabilized freight rates, increased capacity management, and enhanced operational efficiencies.

Shipping

Freight Waves

JUNE 13, 2025

While leaders acknowledge the sector’s environmental impact, tapping into sustainable practices presents a combination of challenges and opportunities. Political instability, cyber threats, regulatory pressures, and the drive for sustainability converge to present both formidable challenges and unprecedented opportunities for change.

Survey

EFT

JUNE 5, 2025

In contrast weaker infrastructure and higher costs for both the charging infrastructure and electricity means that the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) advantage isn’t present yet in the U.S. Widespread charging infrastructure and availability of subsidies to install facilities further helps the case for electric goods vehicles.

Purchasing Skills

Stord

MAY 29, 2025

Shippers are scrambling to front-load orders during this 90-day window, an effort thats already driving spot rates higher across ocean freight, drayage, and over-the-road transportation. ports can halt cargo for days or weeks. The recent surge in demand for ocean freight following the tariff pause has only made this clearer.

Cost Reduction Strategies

SCMDOJO

MAY 30, 2025

In the hyper-connected global economy of the present day, supply chains traverse continents, cultures, and myriad communication barriers. This served to dampen container buildup and accelerated the transit of time-sensitive cargo.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Freight Waves

JUNE 5, 2025

This congestion presents a bottleneck, testing the resiliency of supply chains. However, officials at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have assured stakeholders that they are equipped to manage the increased cargo volumes without significant delays.

Negotiating Skills

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 20, 2025

Companies also need to undertake a detailed review of past declarations, to ensure compliance with present-day practices, such as the growing popularity of Mexico as a manufacturing alternative to China and other parts of Asia. Their first resource for outside help is a customs broker, which makes declarations on their behalf.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 12, 2025

tariffs present major challenges for small manufacturers and e-commerce brands. While the Trump Administration’s stated goal is to bring more manufacturing back to the U.S., For many, higher costs, supply chain delays, and unpredictable inventory flows are creating significant hurdles. Truce Ocean Transportation J.B.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

See More Bad News on US Cargo Theft.) Click here to send us your comments In response, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) has just released a framework it says can help shippers, carriers and brokers fight back against the growing and increasingly sophisticated threat of digitally enabled cargo theft.

Cargo

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Studying economics at Yale, Smith’s 1965 term paper pitched the idea of creating a logistics company that would carry only cargo, and do so for a package’s end-to-end journet, such that a package could be delivered almost anywhere in the US overnight. He founded a new freight company called “Federal Express,” to denote his national ambitions.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 23, 2025

There is one easy answer: a large number of cargo ships continues to avoid sailing in the Red Sea in and out of the Suez Canal, to avoid attacks from so-called Houthi rebels in South Yemen. God bless america from its present distraction. That is what is happening right now,” Mortimer says. What is going on? Likely I'm off base?

South Africa

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2025

And the letter to Brazil also presents a warning shot to the BRICS group of developing nations, which Trump has cast as a threat to the U.S. Featured Product Popular Stories End to De Minimis Slows Flow of Air Cargo from China to U.S. dollar’s status as the world’s key currency. while almost all the others post large surpluses.

Brazil

Freight Waves

AUGUST 5, 2025

The carrier last year began to squeeze out low-margin, lighter-weight e-commerce traffic by raising prices and selling the space to freight forwarders with more dense cargo, management said during an earnings presentation on May 2. Revenues for Germany’s postal operator ticked down 0.2%. revenue decline.

Policies

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 21, 2025

The company said while presenting preliminary figures for the first half of 2025 on July 21 that the financial hit was a result of tariffs impacting trade and the companys loss of planned production in its response to them, reports BBC News. President Donald Trumps tariffs have already cost it €300 million ($349.2

Optimal Sourcing

Talking Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2018

Understand the 3-Legged Freight Movements at the Border. Companies carrying freight across the U.S.-Mexico At a minimum, companies will need to be familiar with these most common documents: Bill of Lading (BOL) – A bill of lading is an essential document for any freight shipment. Bills of lading for U.S.-Mexico Likewise, a U.S.

Mexico

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

TuffAir’s site states that it plans to launch in the fall, “with high performance aircraft, lean operations and a scalable model to connect overlooked freight corridors across the Midwest. TuffAir argues that its strategy is unique and is designed to facilitate cheaper, faster regional air transit for freight. ( What do you say?

Supply Chain Design Software

Kinaxis

APRIL 26, 2017

Amazon is even entering the transportation space, signing agreements with the Air Transport Services Group and the Chinese government to enter into the freight cargo business – effectively cutting out the middleman. Find a way to know sooner and act faster.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Freightos

OCTOBER 18, 2017

What’s Holding Back Customer-Centric Air Cargo? . As the cream of air cargo’s innovators held turns on the floor, this question came up time and again. The industry’s mindset is holding customer-centric air cargo back. That was my big take from Elevate , presented by Air Cargo World earlier this month.

Cargo

Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

As a disclaimer, WebCargo , a Freightos Group company, does offers digital services to global forwarders and carriers, including online sales portals, digital eBooking, multimodal rate management and the Freightos.com freight marketplace. . The Freight Game of Thrones. Today, 75 to 80% of cargo arrives on time.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is a blog by one of our affiliate partners, Global Vision Group , a Federal Maritime Commission licensed Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) and Ocean Freight Forwarder (OFF). Is Full container freight not moving? Try moving your most important freight LCL to the East Coast.

Negotiating Skills

Talking Logistics

APRIL 4, 2018

Market Review: Past, Present and Future. The past, present and future market forces causing today’s extreme truck capacity shortage include: Strong Economy. economy in 2017 and so far in 2018, manufacturers have been producing more goods than usual and requiring more freight to be shipped. What are the real causes? ELD Mandate.

Capacity

Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Last week, I gave the keynote presentation at the Dangerous Goods Symposium , sponsored by LabelMaster and the DG Exchange. In my presentation, I highlighted five key transportation trends that are changing supply chains from a technology standpoint. The primary reason companies buy a TMS is for freight savings.

Trends

The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Freight Forwarding Basics with Miles Varghese. Miles Varghese and Joe Lynch review and discuss freight forwarding basics. A freight forwarder is an agent in the supply chain whose objective is to organize a shipment, acting as the intermediary between the exporter or importer and transportation companies. About Miles Varghese.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

The international inbound transportation service is only available to Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) sellers that source or manufacture goods in China, and all cargo must be shipped from Yantian, Shanghai, or Ningbo ports. Cargo imported into the U.S. according to the Walmart Marketplace website. from May’s 2.24

Logistics Network Optimization Software

DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 13, 2015

The next step is to present the proposal to national legislatures. And, if many of those packages cross the Pacific waters, or generally travel farther than 600 kilometers, the air cargo shippers specializing in express packages will also stand to benefit from that wave of volume. Who will benefit the most from TPPA?

Price Reduction

Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 26, 2024

and global ports, with highly complex air freight systems suffering the heaviest hit, as global airlines grounded flights. and global ports, with highly complex air freight systems suffering the heaviest hit, as global airlines grounded flights. And they present a host of logistical challenges.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The overarching rule that all actions taken are meant to meet the needs of the present society without compromising future generations’ ability to meet their own needs, is a key driver. From just being environmentally friendly, it has become a holistic framework that encompasses the environment, social and corporate governance.

Supply Chain Planning Software

GlobalTranz

MARCH 25, 2025

For freight shippers, understanding the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) system is critical for the accuracy and efficiency of your logistics operations. In fact, the NMFC plays a vital role in determining the cost of less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping and how freight is categorized based on its key characteristics.

Freight

Freightos

JULY 8, 2024

More Resources Home Empowering Freight Forwarders with AI: Insights from Industry Leaders AI Popup #2 July 8, 2024 Dive deeper into freight data that matters Learn More For years, technology has been cast as a threat to freight forwarders. This conversation is far from over. In fact it’s just the beginning.

Price Reduction

Freightos

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The catalyst was fairly simple – there are freight conferences and tech conferences, but few that really mesh both very well. There was also some startling consensus on some core ideas: Freight is complex and transformation won’t happen overnight. Freight used to start with a golf game or a phone call. It already has.

Optimal Sourcing

TransAudit

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The alarming rise in cargo theft across the United States is becoming a significant concern for businesses, logistics providers, and consumers alike. Understanding the Reasons Behind the Surge Economic Pressures Inflation and supply chain disruptions have inadvertently presented an attractive opportunity for thieves.

Cargo

GlobalTranz

MAY 10, 2018

Guarding Against Cargo Theft Cargo theft is one of the largest risks associated with pharmaceutical manufacture and transport. Between May and June 2017, more than 90 percent of cargo thefts involved trucks. The first step to preventing cargo theft is to complete a risk assessment. These cargos are also at risk.

Pharmaceutical

Turvo

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Turvo, provider of the world’s leading collaboration application designed for the supply chain, recently announced a new partnership with ocean freight visibility management technology solution provider OpenTrack. OpenTrack tackles data fragmentation and resolves conflicts to present the source of truth in ocean visibility.

Container Tracking