Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. That processing event determines when the goods need to be delivered to the next stop. The freight market is mercurial.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

million vehicles cross the bridge annually, or about 30,000 per day, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation. Transportation officials are sharing plans in an effort to minimize headache-inducing traffic jams. Transportation officials are sharing plans in an effort to minimize headache-inducing traffic jams.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The focus of the transportation suites was on cost mitigation and price negotiation. More and more cargo shifted to ocean transport until the container imbalances resulted in issues with “rolling the freight” from ship to ship despite confirmed bookings. Watermelon Metrics Don’t Drive The Right Results.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2020

The idiom, rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, symbolizes working on something pointless or insignificant because it will soon be overtaken by events. The supply chain is complex non-linear system that is easily thrown out of balance through a focus on functional metrics. Stop the Focus on Functional Metrics. Tom Peters.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2023

The use of descriptive analytics along with agile planning techniques (what-if analysis, discrete event simulation, and network design) helped. Reducing cycles is essential for products like vaccines, agriculture, seasonal products, and events. Educate on the importance of designing flows and aligning metrics. Responsive.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Many-to-many can also refer to many participants in a network accessing many, many sources of event data critical to supply chain operations through a public cloud network. BluJay provides transportation management and managed transportation solutions. COVID of course taught companies the need for agility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 9, 2021

Focus on functional metrics without alignment to a balanced scorecard to drive value. Over the last decade, in the building of global supply chains, organizations grew more political with gaming on metrics. We are taking the risk that everyone can get COVID shots to enable an in-person event in September.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 6, 2021

OTR freight represents a long-standing aspect of supply chain operations and transportation management. M odern transportation networks and supply chains continuously adapt to market volatility and transitions. Download the White Paper: Over the Road Freight Management Trends.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 19, 2023

Since joining the company in 2011, he’s focused on developing and growing its Coyote Transportation Management offerings, driving synergy efforts with UPS, and leading the Supply Chain Consulting team. His primary goal has been leveraging Coyote’s proprietary technology, people, and capacity to solve pressing customer challenges.

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2020

Each of these events was completely devastating to the company concerned. Every company today runs on data – the key to using your data is choosing the right metrics for visibility into your supply chain. Warehousing and transportation costs. A few of the most infamous are listed below. The common thread? Labor utilization.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

On the transportation end of supply chains, shippers adapt to the transportation needs at any given time to ensure this part of the supply chain continues as well as possible. This is why transportation network optimization is important. What Is Transportation Network Optimization? Ready Your Data.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

When you choose a company to transport your freight or to supply you with the materials you need to manufacture a product, you are putting your hard work and reputation in their hands. The next posts in the series will break down metrics and issues to consider in SQM by industry and conclude with a case study on the application of SQM.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The past two years of volatility have many logistics leaders evolving from an annual Request for Proposal or freight (RFP) event to quarterly or more frequently to accommodate the changing supply chain landscape. Include technology, managed transportation capabilities, reliable capacity, and value-added services. Capacity strategy.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

It can be practically zero—as is the case with earthquakes and fires—or even negative, when a disruption is detected after the event. Managing adverse weather conditions is part and parcel of transportation planning. In a representative week, one such service, NC4, might issue 1,700 alert messages covering 650 events around the world.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 20, 2017

Are you using lean in your logistics and transportation management? The transportation company’s culture and behavior should change to apply Lean thinking. Transportation takes time. The list of additional waste generated by transportation goes on and on. 5 Ways to Optimize Your Transportation with Lean.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Talent shortages, especially limited drivers, will exacerbate the capacity crunch and result in shortages across warehousing and transportation simultaneously.? . Pent-up demand of customers and the strong predictions for another above-average peak season has put a unique burden on truckload and parcel transportation. Focusing on the?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In terms of metrics, compared to traditional polyester yarn manufacturing, Greenspun requires 20% less water, uses 50% less energy, and produces 55% fewer carbon emissions. And to the event partners for their role in ensuring another successful LogiSYM event for the Middle East and North Africa region.

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Adexa

JULY 17, 2023

Even real-time decision making is being replaced with before-the-time decision making by predicting events. It allows organizations to track and monitor inventory levels, production status, transportation, and other crucial supply chain activities. Processes that used to take days can now be done in minutes.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 14, 2023

It’s estimated that up to 40% of all transportation costs occur within the “money zone.” This can include details such as the quantity of products being transported, delivery windows, and any specific requirements for loading or unloading. It can also help reduce the risk of damage to your products during transportation.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

DB Schenker’s strong network of multimodal solutions also helped mitigate the impacts of black swan events like the incident at the Suez Canal. Overland transport solutions from Singapore all the way to China & even Europe were also executed to executed to keep supply chains moving. DB SCHENKER Schenker Singapore (Pte) Ltd.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The Approach to Effective Freight Procurement by LSCMS Shippers’ Council Container shipping procurement faces a multitude of challenges shaped by global events, industry shifts, environmental mandates, and technological advancements. It serves as the compass guiding shippers toward efficient, economical, and dependable cargo transport.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 14, 2017

Transportation management systems ( TMSs ) are not a new concept, but where they are hosted now, in the cloud, is still new to the shipping industry. Even wide scale power outages or adverse events, like those of 9/11, can be overcome by cloud-based technologies in your TMS.

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ModusLink Corporation

OCTOBER 16, 2023

They handle everything from warehousing and transportation to order fulfillment and inventory management, all while optimizing routes, transportation modes, and storage solutions. In times of supply chain disruption, such as natural disasters or geopolitical events, we help clients mitigate risks and ensure business continuity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Not only do you need to be able to know the full impact of events and decisions across your supply chain, you need to be able to shift plans seamlessly to maintain responsiveness. Ipsen faced transportation capacity constraints, complications at country borders, and even temporary shutdowns at their own plants.

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QAD

MARCH 9, 2023

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked a major energy crisis in Europe, environmental disasters and pandemic lockdowns have continued to disrupt transport and supply chains, raw material costs and inputs are on the rise in many parts of the world and inflation is creating challenges for end consumers and companies alike.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 21, 2021

In this new, connected world, the Warehouse of the Future is about achieving key operational metrics and exceeding customer service requirements more profitably while supporting sustainability goals. for location, humidity, temperature) that are interconnected across digital networks. billion in 2020 and is projected to reach USD $14.18

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2018

There are many forms of decision support—price optimization, revenue management, transportation planning, spend management, network design. Event companies perpetuate the myths of best practices. The industry has too many events. The events funded by sponsorships not a quest for the truth. They want to talk. The problem?

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

But some events are more disruptive than others. The number of coronavirus cases continues to rise, and the region has implemented a quarantine, limiting transportation and the flow of goods. Planners even use key business metrics to evaluate the financial impacts of changing production facilities.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

No metric should be measured in isolation, and functional metrics should be replaced with the balanced scorecard metrics shown in Figure 2. To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability. 5 A Focus on Functional Metrics Throws the Supply Chain Out of Balance.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Supply Chain Shortages Material scarcity was an issue long before the COVID-19 pandemic or the conflict in Europe, but the situation has undoubtedly been amplified by these events. Recent global events make forecasting tricky. With uncertainty, it is difficult to create accurate demand forecasts or predict how the market will respond.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Q-commerce companies need to make sure the inventory levels are managed at each fulfillment center (darkstore, or MFC) in a way to maximize availability and minimize waste and also constantly adjusted to meet the local demand, which can vary due to customer demographics, local events and promotions, and the competitive offerings.

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ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

It involves all the activities related to the sourcing and transportation of raw materials needed in the manufacturing process. How the upstream supply chain has been affected in the 2020s Global events over the past few years have greatly impacted the upstream supply chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 21, 2022

A global chemical manufacturer recently had to replace ships that transported bulk materials to ports. While transportation is vital to the success of a supply chain, its use may not be optimal. When shipping large quantities of goods on slow forms of transportation, a company may disappoint its customers and lose business.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

Weather events might also be factors. The peak season definition is a continued evolution of the seasons in transportation. Even once a vaccine was available, additional breakouts of new variants in Shanghai put the brakes on transportation expectations for the Produce Shipping Season in 2022. When and What Is Peak Season ?

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Locus

JULY 24, 2023

Supply chain management involves the transportation of freight between locations, and load matching is a small but critical aspect that drives supply chain efficiency. Load matching can be understood as the pairing of freight with the most suitable transportation carriers. This ensures efficient and safe transportation.

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