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The Importance of Transportation Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

I am working on my latest Transportation Execution and Visibility Systems study, which looks at the total size of the market, the forecasted growth through 2025, and the leading suppliers across a number of categories including industry, region, customer size, and mode. Transportation visibility is clearly not only for trucks.

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The Future Of The Supply Chain Starts With Sustainability.

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

While it’s undeniably important to source products responsibly and produce recyclable or reusable products, companies also need to focus on making the transportation and distribution of products more sustainable. greenhouse gas emissions can be attributed to the freight transportation sector.

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The Evolution of Logistics: Connectivity, Data Integration, and Virtual Design

SCMDOJO

With the advancement of transportation, like wheels and navigation techniques, transport to distant territories was completed over shorter periods. The Industrial Revolution gave rise to large-scale production and transportation efficiency, which led to the modern logistics landscape that we know today.

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For Businesses in need of swift and flexible Trade Financing

Global Trade Management

Introducing continuous visibility utilizing advanced technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Business Intelligence (BI), and Artificial Intelligence (AI). These innovations allow for a comprehensive assessment of risks by viewing the supply chain through the lens of the cargo itself. But why is this important?

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You Should Be Worried. Supply Chains Are Not OK. Let’s Lock Arms To Drive Change

Supply Chain Shaman

Background on Ocean Transport. Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers. meters draft, and cargo capacity up to 14,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU); previously, it could only handle vessels up to about 5,000 TEU.

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Experts Reveal Top Transportation Trends to Watch

Supply Chain Opz

In this article, leading experts from various sectors in transportation industry will discuss transportation trends you should take a closer look. As a derived demand, the severe economic recession significantly reduced the need to move things such as raw materials and finished goods.

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Moving Logistics Forward from the Great Bottleneck of 2021: Part 2

USC Consulting Group

If product is manufactured and loaded onto a cargo ship, there’s every chance that ship will be floating offshore, not allowed to enter a port because of pandemic travel restrictions and complex testing requirements. The perfect logistics storm. One recommendation from the task force: Keep California ports open 24/7. ” Good point.