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Freight Benchmarking: What Is It? Why Do It?

Logistics Bureau

Whether your company is a big or small player in terms of shipping volumes, and regardless of your chosen transportation modes (road, rail, ocean, air), the health of your bottom line depends in no small part on the competitiveness of your freight prices. So how can you be sure you’re getting the best freight rates possible?

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Shipping Less-Than-Truckload Freight in E-Commerce: Shipping Online Is More Than Just Parcel Shipments

GlobalTranz

According to Logistics Management, more parcel carriers are moving heavier parcel shipments to less-than-truckload freight in e-commerce because they’re overwhelmed. This creates a wonderful opportunity for shippers to eliminate the middleman costs by considering the use of less-than-truckload freight options for e-commerce.

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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). While freight industry executives likely sighed with relief when an update of Amazon’s logistics.amazon.com page on June 28th turned out to be nothing more than a franchise model for courier delivery services.

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From Predictions to Operations: Compelling Supply Chain AI Use Cases

ThroughPut

Traditional manual approaches and one-size-fits-all tech solutions fall short, offering scant assistance. The solution? You can conveniently work with the right suppliers by analyzing pricing, quality, and delivery times as the system helps you identify reliable suppliers, thereby, streamlining the procurement processes.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 26 – September 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

They can then order items ranging from frozen treats and household essentials to last-minute meal solutions and even fragile items like eggs. Flight activity in May and June, by comparison, was relatively stable. Until now, the minimum purchase for free shipping has been $25. UPS reduced July flights by 14 percent from June.

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Supplier Quality Management: What it is, 5 Key Metrics to Know & a 4 Step Supplier Evaluation Process

GlobalTranz

When you choose a company to transport your freight or to supply you with the materials you need to manufacture a product, you are putting your hard work and reputation in their hands. This, of course, has become costly with globalization, unless multiple suppliers have been strategically chosen within close proximity.

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Skillfully Managing Manufacturing Reshoring Projects

GlobalTranz

than simple cost comparisons. The charter should include considerations of the various stakeholder groups including finance, engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, marketing, facilities, IT, human resources, and government affairs. Of course, you must also consider where your customers are located. So what went wrong?