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Modern TMS Solutions: Driving Sustainability in Supply Chain Operations

Logistics Viewpoints

However, as carbon taxes and emissions reporting requirements continue increasing, supply chain professionals face mounting pressures from inside and outside their organizations to measure and improve performance against new, nebulous sustainability metrics. Freight transportation makes up over 10% of total global carbon emissions.

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Taking the Uncertainty and Risk Out of Freight with Erika Voss

The Logistics of Logistics

Erika Voss and Joe Lynch discuss taking the uncertainty and risk out of freight. Erika is Vice President of Information Security at DAT Freight & Analytics, the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America. Erika holds a Ph.D.

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How to Reduce Carbon Footprint in Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

How to Reduce Carbon Emissions in Your Supply Chain 1. For example, switching from air to ocean freight for non-time sensitive shipments can reduce carbon emissions by up to 95% per unit shipped. The difficulty many businesses now face, is understanding where to start. Through network optimization.

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Retailer Scorecards: What They Measure and How to Improve Yours

Freight Plus

Failing to meet expectations can result in: Chargebacks Loss of preferred vendor status Smaller or fewer orders Strained retailer relationships These scorecards are not just internal metrics. One of the most important metrics on a retailer scorecard is OTIF , which stands for On Time, In Full. What Is OTIF and Why Does It Matter?

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Cost Performance Index (CPI): What is it and How to Calculate it?

SCMDOJO

By the end of this blog post, you will be able to not only understand what cost performance index is, but also know how to calculate it. What contexts can it be used in and how, as well as the benefits of using cost performance index in supply chain contexts. What is the Cost Performance Index (CPI)? The research paper by Winanda et.

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Shipping to Hawaii: How to Navigate the Obstacle Course

Supply Chain Brain

This control is particularly useful if you’re shipping specialized freight. The control it affords is also helpful for ensuring visibility and a high level of customer satisfaction at every stage of the supply chain. Owning your cold chain (or finding a partner that does) is one way to reduce the complexity and make shipping more manageable.

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project44 unveils Movement: a revolutionary Decision Intelligence Platform for supply chain management

Freight Waves

The major challenge faced by customers of real-time visibility data had always been how to operationalize what could quickly become overwhelming quantities of fast-changing information. This extensive connectivity has resulted in impressive metrics: 1.2 A key differentiator is Movement’s approach to data quality.