Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Transportation, warehousing, and manufacturing collectively contribute significantly to carbon emissions, making these areas critical for meaningful change. Similarly, shifting freight from road to rail or waterways offers lower-emission alternatives for long-haul transport.

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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. Carrier Vetting for OTR Freight . Download the White Paper: Over the Road Freight Management Trends.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2025

Demand Forecasting: Algorithms improve procurement planning by integrating live inputs like point-of-sale data, promotions, inventory levels, seasonality, and even weather data. AI systems help logistics teams manage fleet routing, freight planning, and vendor performance with greater precision.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 11, 2021

The supply chain is evolving, and the standards used for managed logistics transportation services today are more data- and technology-driven than those of the past. Shippers should consider the following as indicators for when to add an outsourced managed logistics transportation services provider. This can be a confounding issue.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 1, 2021

Creating a data-driven supply chain tracking important transportation metrics helps shippers respond and adapt as quickly as possible to known and unknown events. Why Monitor Transportation Metrics. Transportation metrics provide visibility that helps drive operative and competitive advantages.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 16, 2025

In addition, other infrastructure repairs which impact freight transportation in and around Ashville, North Carolina are still not completed. These events impacted everything from facility operations and transportation routes to energy costs and inventory management. tallying a staggering $182 billion in damages.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 3, 2025

Transportation metrics saw little change in May as capacity, utilization and pricing remained in expansion territory, according to a monthly survey of supply chain professionals. reading for transportation capacity during May, which was roughly in line with April. SONAR: Logistics Managers’ Index (Transportation Prices).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 17, 2025

Download Executive Summary Transportation Execution Systems – Digital freight is here. Download Executive Summary Transportation Management Systems (TMS) – Plan, execute, optimize. Unpack the platforms powering smart freight routing, carrier management, and cost control. Dive into system trends and market movers.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

In the age of e-commerce, maintaining the status quo will result in failure, disgruntled customers and added expenses, but shippers that leverage 3PL resources to apply transportation management best practices for e-commerce , as listed below, can navigate the issues that arise in e-commerce and achieve sustained profitability.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Controlling inventory flow is a top priority among warehouse managers, and gaining control over inventory drives warehouse efficiency. Controlling Inventory Flow Begins With Liquidate Nonessential Products. This will help to prevent the reordering of slow-moving products and ensure optimum inventory levels.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 19, 2021

The supply chain is evolving, and the standards used for managed logistics transportation services today are more data- and technology-driven than those of the past. Shippers should consider the following as indicators for when to add an outsourced managed logistics transportation services provider. This can be a confounding issue.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 26, 2025

It's rapidly gaining popularity in the freight shipping world as businesses look to cut costs and streamline their logistics operations. Whether you're fulfilling large freight shipments or smaller orders, blind shipping offers several key advantages that can enhance your logistics strategy and drive your business forward.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 17, 2021

Today’s article is from GlobalTranz and explores white glove services in transportation management. There are tiers for rates, mode, and freight class, but there’s another layer of logistics. That’s the overview of white glove services evolution and it’s another piece of the transportation terminology puzzle.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 25, 2021

The global supply chain is routinely beset by challenges, both large and small, but the past couple of years have delivered a string of significant logistics disruptions that have threatened to upend the tightly choreographed dance of global freight transportation. That’s starting to change. More and more large U.S. In the U.S.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2025

Among Tier 1 retailers and logistics service providers, AI is embedded in planning, inventory control, and exception resolution. Improvements in fill rate and inventory turnover are typically incremental but statistically significant when applied at scale. shifting macroeconomic indicators).

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 11, 2020

The leading inbound freight trends for 2020 reveal a stronger push to improve inbound logistics efficiency and lower barriers to inventory management stress. The post Inbound Freight Trends for 2020: A Commitment to Improving Vendor Relations appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2025

Political instability has disrupted transportation corridors. Leading organizations are building supply chains that are less exposed to single points of failure, more informed by real-time data, and more able to adjust sourcing, inventory, and routing based on current conditions. Trade tensions have led to abrupt tariff hikes.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 1, 2025

By harnessing the growing power of AI to not only sense demand at a very fine-grain, real-time level, but also to govern decisions about pricing and inventory. In terms of inventory strategy, First Insight assigns each SKU a unique “Value Score” based on a range of factors, including pricing, likeability and consumers’ likelihood of purchase.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 1, 2025

Download Executive Summary Transportation Execution Systems Digital freight is here. Download Executive Summary Transportation Management Systems (TMS) Plan, execute, optimize. Unpack the platforms powering smart freight routing, carrier management, and cost control. Dive into system trends and market movers.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 15, 2025

By analyzing and improving the routes your goods take, you can reduce transit time, minimize delays and lower transportation costs. This might even involve adjusting the mode of transportation to optimize cost savings and efficiency. Through their extensive network, a 3PL can leverage volume discounts and optimize transportation costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2021

Machine learning (ML) techniques can be applied to provide more accurate transit information and estimated arrival times (ETAs) by analyzing the historical shipment data in your transportation management systems. Increased lead time accuracy reduces risks involved in transportation and logistics, improving your overall supply chain.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 7, 2020

I think it’s time we started spreading the good news: when you harness demand and inventory planning to slash unnecessary expenses and improve service to customers, you also reduce waste and support sustainability. Having the right inventory in the right location brings a variety of waste-reduction benefits.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2025

If your business depends on freight shipping, you've likely felt the effects of a world that seems to change overnight. When tariffs rise, fuel prices spike or international trade agreements shift, those cause ripples across all freight modes — truck, air, rail and ocean. Natural disasters. Tariff swings.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 21, 2025

In an increasingly globalized world, logistics and transportation have taken center stage in the successful operations of businesses worldwide. Emerging from the shadows of standard methods, custom logistics and transportation platforms are shaping the future of the supply chain industry.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 14, 2025

This swift recovery has raised questions about the potential impact on supply chains and surface transportation as a new wave of imports makes its way to U.S. However, the extent of inland freight movement will depend largely on inventory levels, many of which were already elevated in anticipation of the tariffs.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 17, 2022

The manufacturing industry faces many challenges, such as a skilled labor shortage, supply chain instability, and inventory management issues. And moving materials and products was made difficult, especially at the start of the pandemic, due to closed borders, limited air freight, and driver shortages.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 17, 2025

However, transportation and logistics costs can be prohibitive. As such, many SMBs turn to online platforms to sell products and for transportation and logistics assistance. International cross-border e-commerce is typically transported by air cargo. are then directly transported to a Walmart fulfillment center.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Background on Ocean Transport. Freight Rates 2019-2021. As a result, companies plug along planning based on historic lead times and freight rates which as you can imagine is doomed for failure. Logink, funded by the Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China, is designed to provide visibility information.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Higher freight volumes. Stronger freight volumes are expected as pent-up demand from consumers, retailers, and manufacturers reaches an apex. Shrinking capacity from higher freight volumes results in higher rates throughout peak season and beyond. Leverage technology and data to optimize transportation across all activities.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 4, 2021

Any discussion on supply chain risk management and applying managed transportation to help prevent risks from coming to fruition is incomplete without touching on the pandemic to overcome supply chain disruption. Traditional Inventory Replenishment Strategies No Longer Work. Cybersecurity Concerns Remain.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 14, 2021

The world of logistics and managed transportation is continuously evolving. Transportation professionals are tasked with reducing costs while increasing customer satisfaction levels. Transportation management optimization can help, provided shippers know a few things about its value and where to start.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Walmart’s On-Time In-Full initiative is a compliance measure designed to ensure that freight arrives at a Walmart store or distribution center when it was supposed to, in the quantities expected. Uber Freight is a major provider of managed transportation services. Uber Freight is also able to track both on-time and in-full.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

The international inbound transportation service is only available to Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) sellers that source or manufacture goods in China, and all cargo must be shipped from Yantian, Shanghai, or Ningbo ports. are then directly transported to a Walmart fulfillment center. according to the Walmart Marketplace website.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Disruption has been the name of the game for more than a year as supply chain leaders have been dealing with changing buyer behaviors, inventory management challenges, labor shortages, weather and pandemic-related uncertainty, cyber security threats and capacity constraints that continue to create significant supply chain volatility.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 14, 2023

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2021

The benefit is that it does not matter where an order originates; all fulfillment channels have access to the information and the retailer can appropriately allocate the inventory depending on stock levels, demand requirements, and timing of fulfillment. Planning and execution is focused on freight moves involving a carrier.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2022

With gasoline prices reaching record highs , transportation managers must make smarter decisions that minimize road miles and associated costs. They enable logistics teams to identify disruptive events such as transportation roadblocks, missed incoming deliveries, asset downtime and labor shortages.

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