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This Week in Logistics News (February 5-9, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Our guinea pig Cow died this morning. What do you do with a deceased guinea pig? Embark Self-Driving Truck Completes Coast-to-Coast Test Run (Transport Topics). Kuebix Tops 5000 Companies Using its Transportation Management System. Dubai and HERE Technologies to develop data infrastructure for driverless transportation.

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How to Avoid Painful Tech-Integrations: 3 Things to Look Out For

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Recently, a friend’s brokerage had to do an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) integration with their Transport Management System (TMS). You don't want to be the guinea pig. So, in this post, I share the 3 things you should look for in a 3rd party technology provider so that you can avoid painful, unnecessary integrations.

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How to Avoid Painful Tech-Integrations: 3 Things to Look Out For

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Recently, a friend’s brokerage had to do an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) integration with their Transport Management System (TMS). You don't want to be the guinea pig. So, in this post, I share the 3 things you should look for in a 3rd party technology provider so that you can avoid painful, unnecessary integrations.

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How to Avoid Painful Tech-Integrations: 3 Things to Look Out For

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1: Clearly Defined Expectations Recently, a friend’s brokerage had to do an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) integration with their Transport Management System (TMS). You don't want to be the guinea pig. It can be as simple as: Asking the 3rd party provider, "Have you done these types of integrations before?"

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How to Avoid Painful Tech-Integrations: 3 Things to Look Out For

Parade

1: Clearly Defined Expectations Recently, a friend’s brokerage had to do an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) integration with their Transport Management System (TMS). You don't want to be the guinea pig. It can be as simple as: Asking the 3rd party provider, "Have you done these types of integrations before?"

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part One: Security Risks

Enterra Insights

Navy, sidelined during decades of counterterrorism campaigns, is stretched securing not just shipping lanes but also undersea data cables and gas pipelines that have become equally important to economic output.” What alternative means and routes of transportation can be used? Which shipments are affected?

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Is Logistics Outsourcing Right for Your Company?

Supply Chain Movement

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