article thumbnail

How holy is the Grail of Real-Time in Supply Chain?

Global Trade Management

In a TMS survey, ARC found that respondents indicated freight savings of approximately 6 percent with the use of a TMS application. arviem cargo monitoring real time monitoring supply chain TMS visibility' TMS achieve these savings based on process enforcement, visibility, analytics, and optimization.

article thumbnail

Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

Recent Survey Shows Low Confidence in FedEx CEO John Smith. According to reporting from Supply Chain Dive , “ Ninety-seven percent of FedEx Ground contractors who responded to a survey launched by ousted contractor Spencer Patton said they do not have confidence in Ground CEO John Smith. ” billion in operational costs in 2023. .

article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (July 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

Nestle has partnerships with ADM and Ardent Mills, the two primary wheat flour suppliers for DiGiorno products, to support wheat farms in Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota and Indiana. The 2023 survey also found that nearly 44% of dispatchers are women, indicating the important role women are playing across the industry, WIT said.