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Will Trucking Challenges Transform JITS in North America?

QAD

Trucking Challenges in North America. While the challenge may be looming globally, the North American automotive manufacturing base may be more inclined to try and dilute their just-in-time-sequence (JITS) supply loops. But why just in North America? How will North American based OEMs Mitigate Industry Challenges?

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Blind Spots of Visibility with Andrew Wimer

The Logistics of Logistics

Andrew is Director, Operations – North America Activations for Descartes , a global leader in on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions for logistics businesses. The platform allows for increased control and management of the supply chain—with more efficient and high-quality data to improve communication and decision-making.

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Data Quality: Your Digital Transformation Depends on It

Logistics Viewpoints

In a prior post , I wrote about the various ways data is transforming global supply chains. Data is the raw fuel of digital transformation and the linchpin to accelerating industry collaboration, automation, predictive insights and so many more cutting-edge capabilities (including those yet to be invented). So, what is quality data?

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Lingering Port Congestion with Paul Brashier

The Logistics of Logistics

Paul Brashier is Vice President Drayage and Intermodal at ITS Logistics , a third party logistics (3PL) company that offers creative supply chain solutions with an asset-lite transportation division that ranks #21 in North America, a top-tier asset-based dedicated fleet, and a Top 12 intermodal and drayage division. The Greenscreens.ai

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Unilever’s Relentless Commitment to S-Curve Transformations

Logistics Viewpoints

Providing one face to the customer required better order management, improved master data, and a new supply chain planning (SCP) solution from Kinaxis. Unilever has over 20 ERP platforms that the new SCP solution needed data from. Unilever started in North America in 2020.

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Ahead of the Curve: How Digitalization Helped Air Cargo Amidst Red Sea Shipping Diversions

Freightos

Schedules were quickly disrupted and capacity shifted to China – Europe and North America lanes to accommodate the longer voyages. Freightos Terminal data showed that from mid-December to March S. America and 67% to Europe as Red Sea disruptions pushed demand for air cargo. That reached air cargo quickly.

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