Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

When it comes to executing mode-specific freight moves from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively, transportation execution and visibility solutions play a critical role. The company is focused on ocean shipping. Visibility solutions allow real-time asset tracking across the entire distribution network.

Rail Software 188

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

When you want to drive down your logistics and transportation spend, the very first thing that you need is freight and transportation data. Accurate freight and transportation data is particularly important. With freight costs rising, the task of teasing out hidden costs is becoming increasingly critical.

Transportation 120

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MIT Supply Chain

DECEMBER 15, 2020

But they do add costs and reduce the efficiency of freight networks. MIT CTL’s FreightLab believes so and is developing alternative contract formats that solidify full truckload agreements and give shippers and carriers more certainty about future freight movements. Is there a better way? A week later, on Nov. A week later, on Nov.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Real-estate services firm CBRE Group Inc. freight railroads have reported strong profits in recent years, helped by higher prices and steady business in transporting everything from automobiles to fertilizer. The companies building their inventories are looking to ensure they have items on hand at the right moment. The largest U.S.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

More Resources Home February 13, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. America weekly prices decreased 35% to $3.91/kg

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

To meet this increased demands, more manufacturing and logistics partners are looking for ways to shorten product lifecycles through improving inventory management systems, changing shipping strategies and altering the fundamental ways products move from point A to point B. Autonomous Trucks Will Drive Logistics Forward.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

By compromising one software supplier—in that case SolarWinds, “Spies or saboteurs can hijack [the supplier’s] distribution systems to turn any application they sell, any software update they push out, even the physical equipment they ship to customers, into Trojan horses,” explains Wired in a recent post.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 12, 2017

It manages inbound freight, not unlike the incoming blood supply from the lungs, and pumps it out to the remainder of your supply chain. For each weakness or issue, provide instructions on how to avoid delays and ensure adherence to appropriate carrier selection and freight classification. Note Shipment Volume and Weight Issues.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 16, 2023

The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Salim Shaikh , who leads Blue Yonder’s Automotive Industry Strategy, and James Peck , VP of Supply Chain Execution Presales, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and from webinars and automotive events that we prepared for.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Supply chain professionals must also know how they will be shipping freight. As a result, suppliers can sell more product and materials, manufacturers can produce more finished products, and transportation staff can ship more freight. Brexit Will Continue to Cause Disruptions in Procurement.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 28, 2015

The transportation mode LTL, or Less Than Truckload, has grown to become the predominant, preferred means of freight transportation across the US. Additionally, industry experts and third-party logistics shipping providers ( 3PLs ) find themselves in the difficult position of ensuring the flow of merchandise continues as LTL use grows.

Purchasing Skills 120

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 29, 2018

The question of necessity affects full truckload shipping decisions, and shippers might overlook full truckload options. However, shippers do need full truckload shipping, but they need to know how to take advantage of it properly to avoid ballooning freight spend and shipping costs. Shippers are under increased pressure.

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Proxima

AUGUST 3, 2020

Whether warehousing, automation, freight, retail or e-commerce, business leaders needed to evaluate and address many or all in order to maintain their supply chains and keep up with the demand, which in turn, was drastically altered by the pandemic. International and domestic challenges of freight amidst COVID-19.

Supply Chain Software 52

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Logistics and Transportation Expenses: Understanding Their Role in the Cost of Doing Business : As logistics and transportation expenses take a larger bite out of every sales dollar, companies must continually analyze their freight expense relationship to their overall cost of doing business. Read the Full Blog Post. Read the Full Blog Post.

Expense Reduction 232

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 29, 2016

According to Supply Chain Digest , a TMS can be leveraged to improve freight consolidation efforts, enable intermodal shipping, improve reverse logistics processes or work to reduce delays and inefficiencies in less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments. Increased freight consolidation opportunities. You might be inclined to say, “Yes.”

Logistics Network Optimization Software 125

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Today, we kick off our annual year end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 7 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , 3PL , Business , Transportation , Freight. Although we are a 3PL who supports manufacturers who ship, the more information we provide, the better off we all are. Read Full Post.

Manufacturing 246

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

For instance, the hangover from the pandemic, which has not yet permitted ocean freight from China to return to anything like normal service, is a problem that continued COVID outbreaks and associated port closures are exacerbating. However, emptying the contents of silos into the holds of ships is only one small part of the problem.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 86

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GlobalTranz

MAY 19, 2015

One person provided a resource, such as steel, to another group of people, who then sent along the items to the final person in the chain. Yet, shipping remained similar to archaic supply chain practices until the advent of the digital age and the TMS provider. What shipping locations or carriers will be involved in the integration?”.

Supply Chain Planning Software 120

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 11, 2015

In the past few months, I’ve been actively following what’s happening in the global container shipping sector. I focused mainly on the “water side” and the big container ships now ruling the industry, so I somehow missed another surprising trend. Sign up for the webinar. The 4-point checklist to unlocking hidden potential.

Capacity 120

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 8, 2015

To be clear, at Cerasis, our TMS, the Cerasis Rater , is not a pure SaaS TMS offering, only due to the fact that we also offer services that happen outside of the TMS such as carrier relations & rate negotiations, freight accounting services, freight claims, and other services. We call this SaaS TMS model Hybrid SaaS TMS.

Supply Chain Network Software 120

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

And, according to a Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study, 54% of companies with above one billion in revenues are now considering reshoring. Natural gas and oil expenses contribute to extreme cost disparities in shipping from Asia to the U.S., for example, compared to shipping state-to-state. Premium freight capacity improves.

Cost Reduction Strategies 120

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GlobalTranz

JULY 22, 2015

There are a lot of different components to consider when it comes to maximizing your results in transportation management as it pertains to all of the functions of involved in the pre and post activities of shipping freight. Based on the research of inboundlogistics.com, freight costs can make up 10% of an organization’s expenditure.

Freight 120

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

In fact, our friends over at the Rodon Group, with whom we’ve started an ongoing blog collaboration, starting with this post and more to come, have written a White Paper entitled, “ Hidden Risks and Costs in an Offshore Supply Chain.” White Paper: Hidden Risks and Costs in an Offshore Supply Chain. Research first.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

To adapt to these disruptions, OEMs and retail chains are seeking to procure holiday goods earlier than usual—which is contributing to the shipping congestion. There simply aren’t any near-term solutions to re-balance supply and demand in the semiconductor supply chains and markets,” said Vakil in a recent Resilinc webinar.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 1, 2015

Inventory records, product specs, shipping documents contain errors. Shipping containers permit excessive empty space or product damage. Like-kind tasks, and those along a single route, are grouped appropriately. ” appeared first on Freight Logistics Company | Cerasis. Customer service performance is poor.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 10, 2015

A few months ago we wrote a tongue in cheek post about 5 Upfront Tips you can do to save on less than truckload shipping (a capitalization of Less than truckload). When it comes to less than truckload shipping, it’s no different. 5 More Common Sense, Yet Often Forgotten Basics for Less than Truckload Shipping to Save More. #1:

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Stagnation of Air Cargo and Sea Freight Rates. Even though there have been concerted efforts to reverse the downturn experienced in the year 2015, most shipping lines have not succeeded in reversing the trends in supply chain. The options that they will need to encourage are click-and-collect options as well as locker deliveries.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

The focus in supply chain groups was not on how to design the operations so that they were more effective; instead it was about the use of best practices to maximize the value of what we had. Today, three out of four companies greater than 10B$ have a network design group that averages seven people. Let me explain. Want to connect?

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6 River Systems

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Where is your picking operation located with respect to shipping and product storage? Products with tight shipping deadlines or time constraints should also be stacked in this manner, thereby streamlining movement and overall travel time even more.” Design a floor plan that meets your needs now and also allows for growth.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Whether you’re shipping freight or consumer packages, the automated future is dawning now! This can be a tricky balancing act considering you’re trying to serve two very different groups of people, and yet it can come down to some fundamental factors. Not to mention the drones ready to deliver packages directly to your doorstep!

Trends 198

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

However, its usage is yet to reach a point where shipping professionals consider it indispensable for their business. However, most of the shipping professionals have at least some knowledge of TMS and are aware that they will have to start using it at some point in the future if they want to continue doing business.

Transportation Management 120

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

As a TMS provider, Cerasis also provides the services related to transport management: freight claims , freight accounting , carrier relations , and more. As a result, a growing number of shipping companies of all sizes as well as 3PL companies are embracing them in unprecedented numbers.

Transportation Management 120

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 29, 2016

Transportation managers must keep up with the ship dates of inventory, where inventory is currently located in the transportation process, what insurance information is being used and appropriated for each shipment, and many more factors. Effective transportation management can be a hassle.

Inventory Reduction 120

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 19, 2016

As watchdog groups and public-perception have grown more powerful over how businesses operate, 2016 will be a year in which the focus of the logistics industry shifts towards increased oversight regulations and easier trucker or shipper responsibilities. Outsourcing of Freight Data and Payment Management.

Transportation Management 120

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

As we see this year, there are more cars on the road (meaning carriers want that attractive freight), and we are also seeing tight capacity. Don't let the bird not be the star of the show, make sure your freight is ready to go! million, auto group AAA predicted. Do you know your freight classes ? from last year to 41.3

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GlobalTranz

MAY 15, 2015

This year the trend continues, as 83% of the surveyed group reports as MRO (maintenance, repair, and operations) carriers. The reason a third of the segment is not making use of the digital age seems to be because almost 90% of the group reports less than 20% of their revenue come from online business. Demographics.

Survey 120

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Since Cerasis supports manufacturing in general, and due to the fact our company was "Made in the USA" and that we service companies who ship freight in North America, we were drawn to this documentary and more importantly to the resurgence of American Manufacturing and “Made In USA.”.

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