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Taming the Supply Chain Beast: Tech Solutions for Smoother Operations with Kendra Phillips

The Logistics of Logistics

Kendra is the VP of Global Transportation Management leading the managed transportation and brokerage divisions of Ryder System, Inc , a Fortune 500 Transportation and Logistics company. NYSE: R) is a leading logistics and transportation company. and develop software for real-time data and optimization.

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4 Challenges in Global Transportation Management

3rdwave

There are 4 fundamental areas where global transportation is challenged. Three of these challenges are variants on traditional transportation challenges and the last is relatively new but growing in importance. Transportation Cost Management. It is an important part of an effective and efficient global supply chain.

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Continued Disruption and Added Cost Inflation Reflected in Key Global Transportation and Logistics Indices in March and Q1 2022

Supply Chain Matters

In a prior published commentary, we provided highlights of March and Q1-2022 global production indices along with their implications. We now add highlights of March and Q1-2022 key global transportation and logistics indices. Global and Domestic Transportation and Logistics Indices. and Warehousing Prices (90.5)

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Evidence Mounts of Non Peak Holiday Season in Transportation and Logistics

Supply Chain Matters

While 209,000 workers were added in June, 14,000 freight and parcel carriers were cut and 6,900 warehousing and storage jobs were lost. In the past we would expect to see transportation and warehousing ramping up hiring in late summer ahead of peak season. ” warehouse workers in June of 2022. There were 1.96

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How to Manage Supply Chains as a Manufacturer with Automation and AI

Locus Robotics

Using RPA software for data entry and transfer frees human employees to focus on higher-value tasks that improve supply chain management. Some fulfillment warehouses even use robots to pick and pack customer orders. AI and ML can be applied to inventory management, demand forecasting, freight route planning, and much more.

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Are Global Supply Chains Recovering- One Perspective

Supply Chain Matters

Supply chain logistics B2B platform provider project44 produces a series termed Supply Chain Insights by project44 which extracts select data from the provider’s tracking of global transportation and logistics flows. A July edition provided two reports that responded to the question- Are Global Supply Chains Recovering ?

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FedEx Partners for Visibility, New CEO Focuses on Quality

Intelligent Audit

Time will tell if these efforts will be enough as daily revenue averages for FedEx Express, FedEx Freight, and FedEx Ground display negative year-over-year KPIs. . German-Based Transportation Company DB Schenker Announces the Acquisition of USA Truck. When discussing the topic, Splash 247 saw that “short-term rates are now 2.7%

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