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Top 10 Blog Posts of 2017 - DAT Freight Talk Blog

DAT Solutions

The ELD mandate, rising freight rates, and the impact of multiple hurricanes on the supply chain were among the topics readers were most interested in last year. Below is a list of the top 10 blog posts of 2017, from the DAT Freight Talk Blog. I Just Started Using an ELD. Here Are the Pros and Cons so Far. 18 mandate.

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Smart Cities won’t be Smart if They Ignore Logistics

Enterra Insights

George Prest ( @mhi_ceo ), CEO of MHI, reports, “MHI’s Annual Industry Report, ‘Next-Generation Supply Chains: Digital, On-Demand and Always-On,’ [found] a full 50% of the 1,100 manufacturing and supply chain industry leaders surveyed are not aware of Smart City Logistics.”[2] 1] Daniel J.

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Announcing Stord’s $2.4M Seed Round of Funding

Stord

MILLION IN SEED FUNDING TO GROW CATEGORY LEADING WAREHOUSING & DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM Company expands team and software capabilities as it increases its warehousing facility footprint and offers improved supply chain optimization for its customers with data analytics — Atlanta-based STORD, has raised $2.4 STORD RAISES $2.4

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Disrupt or Be Disrupted: Driving Successful Digital Supply Chain Transformation

TMC

This impact on supply chain management is particularly great. Supply chain operations need to be able to serve customers in a dramatically different way; they also need to be agile enough to continue adapting to the evolving consumer preferences that will inevitably occur. The Importance of a Digital Supply Chain.

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Keys to a Successful Dropship Implementation

Talking Logistics

Editor’s Note: For additional insights and advice on this topic, watch the recent Talking Logistics episode featuring Chad Andrews discussing this topic with Adrian Gonzalez. Before getting started, a retailer needs to evaluate the capabilities of its supply chain systems as well as its organizational capabilities.

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Trucking Capacity Crunch Sparks Heated Discussions At CONECT T&T

Freight Plus

Chad Prevost of. Freightwaves reports. , "Freight trucks are the lifeblood of America's consumer economy—they represent 70.9 percent of the nation's freight by tonnage shipped and 81.5 percent of the nation's freight by cost spent, according to data from the American Trucking Association (ATA). Business Insider.

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The Benefits & Drawbacks of WMS in the Cloud

Veridian Solutions

Cloud-based technologies are among the latest innovations impacting supply chain and warehouse management. Ability to manage both inbound and outbound freight, as well as the use of innovative freight management strategies, such as cross docking. Around the clock, advanced support to users. Download WhitePaper.