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Until AI Can Solve this One Simple Task, I Wouldn’t Worry About It

Logistics Viewpoints

It is better to receive inventory on a loading dock, take the inventory needed for a hot shot shipment, and move that inventory through the DC to a shipping dock where it is loaded on a truck. Flowthrough needs planning that spans across both warehouse and transportation management systems. This is known as ‘flow through.” It doesn’t.

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The Brave New World of Logistics: A Primer

BlueYonder

Should we be excited or scared by the possibilities created by today’s rapid technological innovations? If advanced technology intimidates you, consider that the exponential pace of innovation we’re seeing today is not new. As supply chain professionals, we’re in an age of extreme innovation that’s thrilling, but not unprecedented.

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How to Optimize Your Supply Chain Through Actionable Analytics

Intelligent Audit

As highlighted by Transport Topics in a January 2022 article discussing freight shipping analytics, “ Data shows total truckload rates year-over-year are holding around 12% higher. Increase DC or Warehouse Pickup and Delivery Efficiency. Enable Real-Time Transportation Tracking. They are forecast to grow 2.5%

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Four Ways a TMS Solution Leverages Predictive Analytics

Supply Chain Collaborator

TMS users in transportation logistics organizations are sitting atop a gold mine of actionable data captured by their TMS solutions. However, being prepared well in advance leveraging the historical data captured in your TMS is an innovation with significant benefits to high volume shippers.

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Three New Ways Retailers Can Improve Inventory Performance

ToolsGroup

By using data to stock items with higher forecasted demand, they can reallocate cash that would normally be tied up in poorly performing inventory, avoid margin erosion from markdowns and dead stock, and increase overall on-shelf availability metrics. The analogy is pruning a garden. Engineer Profit.

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The Better Goal: More Fuel Efficient Trucks or Using Fewer Trucks?

Talking Logistics

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly proposed standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that would improve fuel efficiency and cut carbon emissions. Robinson and TMC earned second place in CSCMP’s Supply Chain Innovation Award.

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50 warehouse automation stats you should know

6 River Systems

General warehouse industry statistics Warehousing costs & revenue statistics Warehouse efficiency statistics Labor statistics in the warehousing industry Automation adoption in the warehousing industry Warehouse performance metrics Warehouse automation stats: General warehouse industry statistics 1. Innovation is important for growth.