Tue.Apr 10, 2018

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What Are the Challenges in Full Truckload Freight Management?

GlobalTranz

Small and mid-sized shippers face many challenges in full truckload freight management. Different carriers charge different rates, which reflect the relative trucking activity of a destination, and freight management requires navigating a complex system of drivers, trucks, and trailer types, while trying to get the best deal possible. In today’s age, full truckload is in-demand, and rates are rising much faster than this time last year, by 25 percent in some markets, explains the Journal of Comm

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Supply Chain Technology Roundup: 3 Ways Augmented Reality Can Transform SCM

Elementum

Supply chain is finally finding its way into the 21st century, with help from a constantly evolving landscape of technologies and digital opportunities. Companies are now looking to the cloud, big data, blockchain, and other solutions to manage their end-to-end supply chains. By providing an added layer of real-time data and enhanced recognition capabilities to managers and workers, augmented reality could be one of the most valuable supply chain tools of all.

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Understanding the ELD Mandate and Leveraging Data Insight

NFI Industries

An Electronic Logging Device (ELD) is a piece of technology that automatically records a driver’s driving time and other aspects of the hours-of-service (HOS) records, to offer easier, more accurate record keeping. The device logs data from the vehicle’s engine, including whether the engine is running, whether the vehicle is moving, miles driven, and the.

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Supply Chain Technology Roundup: 3 Ways Augmented Reality Can Transform SCM

Elementum

Supply chain is finally finding its way into the 21st century, with help from a constantly evolving landscape of technologies and digital opportunities. Companies are now looking to the cloud, big data, blockchain, and other solutions to manage their end-to-end supply chains. By providing an added layer of real-time data and enhanced recognition capabilities to managers and workers, augmented reality could be one of the most valuable supply chain tools of all.

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2024 Annual T&L M&A Report

Tenney Group, an industry specialized M&A Advisory firm in the T&L space, produced the 2024 Annual M&A Report. The report contains an in depth overview of 2023 notable deals and the market, while also providing the outlook for 2024 M&A.

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Understanding India’s GST and how to send GST invoices

Taulia

What is GST? India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect tax which has replaced over 10 other specific taxes including excise duties, VAT, and sales taxes. As its name suggests, GST is levied on the transaction of a goods and services. It came into effect on 1st July 2017 and was designed to simplify the Indian tax system, bringing consistency to tax collection across all the Indian states.

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People Spread Fake News Faster than Bots

Enterra Insights

Since the 2016 presidential election, numerous studies and articles about fake news stories have been published. Fake news is not a new phenomenon. Eugene Kiely ( @ ekiely ) and Lori Robertson from FactCheck.org write, “Fake news is nothing new. But bogus stories can reach more people more quickly via social media than what good old-fashioned viral emails could accomplish in years past.”[1] Social media is, in fact, playing a major role in spreading fake news; but, lies have always f

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Driver Shortage Concerns? Start with Bringing Packaging Efficiency to Your Shipments

CHAINalytics

| By Rich Lindgren | Senior Packaging Engineer, Packaging Optimization | Chainalytics | Anyone monitoring transportation and long haul trucking rates understands just how much the current driver shortage presents real problems for shippers. Managers continue to witness both substantial rate increases and a reduction in load acceptance.

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Forget the Trade War — China Wants to Win the Computing Arms Race

Supply Chain Brain

Chinese universities and U.S. technology companies such as International Business Machines Corp. and Microsoft Corp. are racing to develop quantum computers, a type of processing that’s forecast to be so powerful it can transform how drug-makers, agriculture companies and auto manufacturers discover compounds and materials. Quantum computing uses the movement of subatomic particles to process data in amounts that modern computers can’t handle.

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HandCraft Services Simplifies Picking and Packing Process

Supply Chain 24/7

SSI SCHAEFER technology and software are utilized to simplify the picking and packing process.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Is global complexity driving your automotive supply chain to the edge?

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater The solution to supply chain issues in the automotive industry. Don’t put your supply chain profits and productivity at risk. New technologies, emerging and shifting markets, disconnected regional processes, increasing volumes and added customer demands—these are just a few of the speed bumps automotive supply chains are facing. And not addressing all that mounting complexity could be putting your supply chain profits and productivity at risk.

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The Answer Isn’t More Truck Drivers – It’s More Information

Talking Logistics

The Trump Administration’s new infrastructure plan is making for a booming construction industry. Great news, however, there is a downside; the high demand of materials mixed with decreasing numbers of truck drivers – it just doesn’t add up. A report from the American Trucking Associations says more than 70 percent of goods consumed in the U.S. are moved by truck, but the industry needs to hire almost 900,000 more drivers to meet rising demand.