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Sustainability in Logistics: How Data Enables a Better Transportation Strategy

Intelligent Audit

In years past, sustainable logistics companies have been outliers among the broader freight transportation industry. Procurement leaders who take bold action can make a decisive difference in sustainability.” Procurement leaders who take bold action can make a decisive difference in sustainability.”

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Blockchain for Bill of Lading – A Much Needed Update to the Traditional Bill of Lading for E-Commerce?

GlobalTranz

Reduction in costs and hassle associated with cargo insurance claims filing and processing, says CargoX Founder and CEO Stefan Kukman. Use for transparency and traceability for buyers, marketplaces, sellers, and consumers, unifying the history of a product from procurement to end-users, as well as throughout returns, if necessary.

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Competing in a diverse parcel market

Cathy Roberson

“Amazon Business supports integrations with Coupa and over 100 other procurement, payments, and ERP systems. We also support purchasing directly on Amazon.com for organizations that do not rely on an e-procurement system,” said Alexandre Gagnon, vice president of Worldwide Amazon Business, in the post.

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Last-Mile Technology Comes of Age

Cathy Roberson

Other obstacles were: · Bandwidth for internal teams/procurement (32%) · Unable to manage multiple carriers’ invoices (30%) · Unable to segregate volume by carrier (29%) · Prefer a single point of contact (28%) A group of last-mile technology providers is emerging to address these issues and more.

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Top Logistics & Supply Chain Blogs We Followed in 2018 & Suggest You Follow in 2019

Shipchain

The blog spends a lot of time focusing on the use of transportation management systems and how they can increase efficiency in your supply chain. The More Than Shipping blog is a comprehensive resource for shipping trends, supply chain planning, project and specialized cargo and more. Logistics Management. Logistics Viewpoints.

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Omnichannel is another Word for Complexity

Enterra Insights

” Burnson goes to note that e-commerce is having an impact on air freight hubs, maritime cargo, middlemen, and intermodal operations. Reverse logistics adds another layer of complexity (and a few more cogs) into the omnichannel machine. … Omnichannel is not just a logistics decision. 7] Staff, “ H.O.W. |

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The Year Ahead: CTL Research Goals Highlight Top Supply Chain Challenges

MIT Supply Chain

Chris Caplice, Executive Director, MIT CTL, Founder & Co-Director, MIT FreightLab Develop and pilot a more dynamic truckload transportation procurement and management process. Better understand how disruptions impact the freight transportation market and how they can be minimized.