The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

According to the IHS Markit 2022 Automotive Market Outlook, the European car production forecast for 2022 decreased by 2 million in comparison with the forecast predicted only eleven months prior. As post-pandemic maritime export volumes soar, global ocean freight transportation is in a critical position. million cars.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 28, 2018

Next, researchers looked at freight attributes of shippers. Leader Group 1, which used more asset carriers than brokers, achieved an 82% rating; Leader Group 2 used more brokers than asset carriers and achieved 81% (for comparison, Laggards achieved 46%). On time delivery (OTD). Leaders identify top performing suppliers.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 13, 2022

While the summer brings many personal opportunities, the travel and produce peak season presents its own logistics challenges. com revealed that Kuehne + Nagel’s seaexplorer ocean freight platform shows that “while congestion is better than it was compared to year-end, it has been getting worse over the past fortnight.”

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In 2018, tender reject rates have reached as high as 25% in late July, and although they’ve fallen to nearly 14% more recently, that’s still a significant volume of freight moved via the spot market. Unsurprisingly, carriers are feasting on their advantage in this atmosphere. Consider the potential savings.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 2, 2021

Hunt provides both asset and non-asset big and bulky delivery and installation services and notes in its earnings presentation that is the largest final mile asset network in the US. Year-over-year comparisons are extraordinary due to the temporary suspension of operations at several of its customers’ sites as a result of COVID-19.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 30, 2015

If portions are supplied from other parties, it is vital to expose possible exceptions or differences in interpretations of the data provided in comparison to what you control. Is the data presented as useful to make better business decisions or improve business practices? How is the data provided?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 18, 2017

As I prepared my keynote presentation for the BluJay Solutions’ SOAR 2017 conference , I recalled this experience and saw it as a good metaphor for the difficulties many companies are having today responding effectively to the blizzard of supply chain management. I’ll share my takeaways from their presentations in future posts.

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Freightera

JUNE 29, 2017

Transport News INTL has just selected Freightera as “Best Online Freight Marketplace – North America” in their Logistics, Warehouse & Supply Chain Awards 2017! By comparison North America’s largest LTL carrier by revenue, FedEx Freight, has about 400 million lanes.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Technology has moved businesses forward in creating efficient processes and gaining improved insights into transportation management and freight spend , but are you using these to your fullest advantage? An optimized carrier network helps you understand how to plan freight movement. Strengthen Your Network.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Whatever your Industry you should be able to make comparisons to competitors, do benchmarking, and even compare yourself on key metrics across industries. Raw Materials, Buyers, Planners, Product Data Management, Commodity Managers, Freight and Logistics, Distributors, Suppliers, Systems (eg. Cost and Profit Management. Conclusion.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

As we see this year, there are more cars on the road (meaning carriers want that attractive freight), and we are also seeing tight capacity. Don't let the bird not be the star of the show, make sure your freight is ready to go! That’s not just good news for consumers; capacity is opening up for freight carriers.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

This presents a great opportunity to reduce costs because the reality is that the difference between a standard overnight and a priority overnight or a next-day A.M. So just being able to provide behavior modification through education and awareness presents an opportunity to save money and improve the bottom line.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2021

It keeps items safe whenever owners are not physically present to receive them. In comparison, the external dimension refers to the outside size. Aside from having a parcel delivery box for safety, the right kind of box is essential. Usually, homeowners install a parcel delivery box for increased safety.

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Freightos

JANUARY 25, 2024

Freight is digitizing itself now at real scale. Crucially, the platform concept means that airlines don’t need to build one-off connections with each freight forwarder and that forwarders don’t need to update dozens of APIs a year. Q: What does it mean for the freight industry as a whole? The next stage is really 10,000,000.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 24, 2022

In addition, we present seven use cases of machine learning detecting anomalies in shipping activity or spend. Anomaly Detection in Freight & Shipping Data. With the support of artificial intelligence , machine learning can find anomalies in data related to freight and shipping. Unexpected Charges.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Among the over 10,000 small businesses on Freightos.com , the world’s largest digital freight marketplace, many are small eCommerce businesses who use Freightos.com to ship directly to Amazon FBA warehouses and other fulfillment solutions. Rates per mode are presented as: Air: $/250kg. Adaptability of SMBs. LCL: $/Cubic meter.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 17, 2018

initiative set to encourage commercial investment and an upgrade to the transport infrastructure imminent, there may be no time like the present for enterprises in the ASEAN region to expand ecommerce operations into this fast-developing nation. With the Thai government’s Thailand 4.0 billion (US). International parcel carriers.

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Intelligent Audit

APRIL 1, 2021

While traditionally these programs are called freight audits, it isn’t solely about LTL or FT. While each shipping mode presents more complexity for managing the freight audit , having a single validated source of truth across your supply chain opens up endless possibilities for shipment and cost optimization. Consider this.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Shipping air inside expensive freight containers has never been a cost-effective approach to transportation. Today though, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s even more critical to try and improve capacity utilisation , given the skyrocketing costs of container freight shipping.

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Supply Chain Network

MAY 5, 2015

If you’d like to learn more about the SCN Grocery Pilot, here’s a link to the summary presentation. – Backend systems connectivity/reporting comparisons YES. If you’d like to learn more about the SCN Office Products Pilot, here’s a link to the results presentation. SCN Office Products Pilot.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 14, 2013

Transplace Updates, Enhances TMS Freight Allocation Module 2.0. Con-way Freight Announces 2013 General Rate Increase. Freight Shipments Fell 1.2% provides greater flexibility in establishing how the freight is presented to authorized carriers, and the amount of visibility carriers have into the progress of the auction.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In the supply chain industry, the freight audit process can provide a competitive advantage for invoicing and cutting back costs. As reported by Supply & Demand Chain Executive , “As the shipping industry becomes more complex, so too does freight payment. What Is Freight Audit and Payment. Challenges of Auditing and Payment.

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 9, 2020

The freight market is making a rapid recovery as outbound volumes have increased and stayed at several-year-highs over the past several weeks. Due to the holiday, weekly comparisons are skewed, but OTVI is up 7% year-over-year.”. Freight Rates Rise from Historic Lows. West Coast Logistics—Outbound Volume from California.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 30, 2018

Implementing new technology is a complicated process, but it can be simplified as follows: Integrate systems that control both inbound and outbound freight. The most sophisticated of existing systems kneel in comparison to some of the modern, SaaS-based, platforms.

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Intelligent Audit

APRIL 15, 2021

That includes promoting increased accuracy and accountability within freight bill and payment processes to improve shipping budget management by uncovering charges placed on the invoice in error. It’s challenging to visualize the overall flow of ocean freight. Port Congestion Will Create Challenges in Managing Drayage and Demurrage.

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Parade

JUNE 17, 2019

Every freight brokerage uses one— or a combination of— four main booking structures: 1) Outbound region, 2) Inbound region, 3) ‘Carrier manager' model, and 4) ‘Free for All.' Freight Brokerage ‘Booking Structures’ 1: Outbound Region The outbound region model is also referred to as the ‘outbound state’ model. Is it California?

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Parade

JULY 17, 2019

Every freight brokerage uses one— or a combination of— four main booking structures: 1) Outbound region, 2) Inbound region, 3) ‘Carrier manager' model, and 4) ‘Free for All.' Freight Brokerage ‘Booking Structures’. Therefore, freight brokerages need a great deal of load volume to optimize this model correctly. Is it California?

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GlobalTranz

MAY 18, 2021

There are many terms in logistics to consider, such as last mile logistics and last mile delivery , but they end up sounding confusing because all freight has a last mile portion. Broker (freight): Individual or company that serves as a liaison between another individual/company that needs shipping services and an authorized motor carrier.

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

While all these things have certainly provided major challenges, the announcement today by the Biden Administration may make those things look pale in comparison when talking supply chain. Most TL carriers fall below the 100-employee threshold so the impact there will be less, but it will still be present in midsized and larger TL companies.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 30, 2015

We will also include a bonus portion of the post to include what is the outlook for the freight marketplace in 2016 and what to consider as you start to plan for better transportation management in 2016. . Adding some context to your experiences presents a more accurate picture of your year by tempering unusual highs and lows.

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 23, 2020

However, the freight market, and the domestic economy, rebounded from April lows much quicker than anticipated over the last month. During the last few weeks, outbound tender volumes, a useful measurement of freight in the market, have soared. But there are a few trends that are currently affecting the freight.

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Freight Plus

MARCH 28, 2019

Freight about to plunge into recession? At the ACT Research Seminar 60 in Columbus, IN recession talk was in the air, and while nobody has declared that we are headed towards one, ‘it came up in nearly every presentation’ according to FreightWaves. The freight side is pretty good,” said Craig Kendall, a manager with Peterbilt. “The

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

By comparison, the US market is worth almost 10 times more yet only has a 2.7% In a global comparison, the UK has 3 breweries for every 100,000 people, Australia 2 per capita and the United States 1.96. They are often presented with other profit ratios and KPIs to paint a better picture of a business’ health. profit margin.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 26, 2015

This sounds like a comparison to warring civilizations; however, this concept remains applicable to the manufacturing industry of modernity. However, we do not live in the future; we live in the present. Humanity walks a pathway between the past and the future.

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