3rdwave

JULY 20, 2020

Too often – make that almost always – importers and exporters (BCOs – Benefiticcial Cargo Owners) are dependent on their NVOCC, Freight Forwarder or 3PL (3PL) to provide them with visibility into their global supply chains. independent performance metrics and analytics for management decision support.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 18, 2015

This presents opportunities for developing new revenue streams, an exciting challenge to logistics professionals. meaningful and accurate performance metrics. In the interest of both, businesses are increasingly tying reverse logistical operations to transportation management as a natural fit. customer satisfaction.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The overarching rule that all actions taken are meant to meet the needs of the present society without compromising future generations’ ability to meet their own needs, is a key driver. We want to support and enrich these local communities through what we do best: logistics and transportation services. Acting for Planet.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Supported by partners Heriot-Watt University, Pedersen & Partners and RV Consultancy, the full-day agenda featured a stellar line-up of speakers presenting and discussing key issues facing logistics and supply chain management practitioners. Global Assets in a Constantly Shifting Supply Chain. & & Changing Landscape”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 27, 2021

State-of-the-art warehouse, labor and transportation management systems are designed to facilitate the kind of real-time data analysis necessary for spotting cost-saving, productivity-enhancing, margin-building opportunities. As a Senior Director at Open Sky Group, Byron’s focus is building and growing the Transportation Management practice.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Every industry sector and every business across the board, in APAC and around the globe have been impacted by the Great Supply Chain Disruption over the last two years, causing a blow out of transportation costs and continuous delays at every stage of the channel. And this was before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The data is present but lacks value due to a simple inability to act on the right data and make sense of its sheer volume. Mike Griswold, Vice President Analyst at Gartner , had this to say about the value supply chain KPIs and metrics. Damaged freight or packages effectively results in an extra expense on the supply chain.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Today, is day two of our annual year-end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 5 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , Transportation Management , Freight. Omnichannel Supply Chain Metrics: What Should Supply Chain Leaders Measure? These will only contain posts written in 2017.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Some logistics involves transportation or warehouses or both. However, though, with the expectations of an easy return experience from the B2C side of business, the industrial (read bigger freight shipments than small package) side and B2B side of business are now expected to have an efficient, focused, an costly reverse logistics program.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 28, 2018

They multiplied three commonly-used metrics for measuring truckload performance to identify the Leaders: First tender acceptance (FTA). Next, researchers looked at freight attributes of shippers. Those 80% of the loads in 20% of the lanes typically present attributes that the asset carrier community is most interested in.

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SupplyPike

APRIL 17, 2020

Less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping is a system of transporting a smaller shipment than a typical truck filled with one order. LTL freight carriers normally transport small shipments of freight from many companies. This saves a lot of transportation costs for the company. Reduce your warehouse costs.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

So stated Ken Hughes , a leading consumer and shopper behaviouralist, in his keynote presentation at Trasnsplace’s 16th Annual Shipper Symposium a couple of weeks ago. It’s the reason why On Time In Full (OTIF) is a critical supply chain metric today. Digital Freight. “Consumers are the disruptive force today, not technology.”.

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Supply Chain Cowboy

MARCH 1, 2015

But is your scorecard missing key metrics? It includes a free Excel template that you can modify to match exactly what metrics you want to measure. While some of these metrics might not apply to your business model, there’s definitely a few to add if they measure something important to you and your customers. Communication.

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3rdwave

JANUARY 17, 2020

Global transportation is the nexus through which all related international transportation information flows. Capturing, aggregating, and analyzing all the global supply chain transportation and product/SKU level detail is foundational to having end-to-end supply chain visibility. High transportation visibility is essential.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

Andrew Lynch is President and Co-Founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. For CPG brands, the road map to category leadership isn’t shaving pennies off transactional transportation costs. What does the term “supply chain” encompass?

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 13, 2015

Efficient management of transportation plays a major role in determining the success rate of an organization’s distribution system. Transportation incurs massive cost to the company thereby making the company strive hard towards achieving maximum returns on investment. We focus on North American over the road transportation.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Even custom-built kitchens can now be ordered via Homedepot.com, so the demand for more than just delivery is present, explains Supply Chain Digest. It can include assembly and installation, furniture repair, pickups, and exchanges, reports Brian Straight of Freight Waves. White glove service. If personalized service.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Truck Capacity Shortage: The Past, Present and Future. How to Successfully Implement a Transportation Management System. Visibility-Driven Workflow for Transportation Execution. Solutions for Managing Transportation Spend. Control Tower Visibility: Delivering Value in Transportation. The New NAFTA: What’s Changed?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

And that was the main point of the keynote presentation: to illustrate to all the stakeholders in the HBM ecosystem (producers, suppliers, contractors, and haulers) the possibilities and opportunities that exist to elevate the way they communicate, collaborate, and orchestrate (plan and execute) their processes.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The third party logistics (3PL) model, while critical to smaller, low-volume shippers, has never been the best option for organizations shipping moderate-to-high volumes of freight. Both studies highlighted the importance of automation and data visibility with respect to success in transportation logistics management.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 2, 2017

Next, align your service level expectations by rewarding outstanding performance and standardizing metrics about on-time delivery, invoice accuracy and communication. Additionally, for shippers with enough freight volume on competitive lanes, a virtual fleet can also be a viable alternative. Max Out Your TMS Benefits.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

If you think about it in terms of Total Cost Management/Spend Management, when you start to talk about things like contract negotiation, having better insight into your spend, and understanding the metrics around it, all of which obviously provides valuable insights and helps you with those negotiations. There’s also process improvement.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 4, 2015

Editor's Note: As a third party logistics company with a focus on better Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) freight management, we have several shippers who are in the manufacturing industry. In today's post, we share 5 Golden Manufacturing Metrics that all manufacturing companies should understand to improve plant operations quality.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 4, 2016

In modern manufacturing and transportation, savings are everything. However, if you know what critical freight management KPIs or key performance indicators to track, you can know exactly how to change processes to decrease costs, which will result in savings for the end user. Federal Power Over Freight Management KPIs.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The global pandemic has changed the transportation and shipping industry in many ways, some of which will linger for years to come. The trends will likely create an even tighter supply-and-demand balance as the potential for fewer goods on the shelves may mean fewer presents under Christmas trees. Utilize multimodal transport options.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Most definitions of disintermediation characterize it as the elimination of intermediaries, or “ cutting out the middleman “ Further consider that the “Wastes” associated with Lean thinking and principles include transportation, inventory, over production and motion amongst others. Why is this relevant?

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 20, 2022

Regarding the latter, reportedly there are beliefs expressed that bots are better at collecting different types of data without error, making rational decisions and predicting future outcomes based on metrics of performance. Not all respondents shared such views, but the respondent percentages would indicate definitive viewpoints.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 13, 2015

Here at Cerasis, there are numerous technologies that we offer that are designed to help simplify the way your transportation management practices. Using a Transportation Management System to Streamline Transportation Management Practices. Identify factors that impact your freight shipping costs. Freight Class Breakdown.

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AFFLINK

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Your business is often only as strong as its freight management. Better freight management can make it possible for you to save money, improve your day-to-day operations, and increase your reputation with those you ship to. Here are a few important tips on how to improve your freight management. Establish metrics.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 3, 2023

Procurement presents an array of promising opportunities within numerous organizations, making it an exhilarating field. This course is taught by Maryna Trepova, who is a procurement expert who provides consulting training, especially in procurement management courses. What you will learn: Lesson 1.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented. In order to compensate a long waiting time, Adidas uses air freight or courier service. Managing transportation at this scale is the absolute challenge.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

While forecast accuracy, if used well, can reduce safety stock, what I find in the study of the global multi-national is the rise of cycle stock due to increased item complexity, and the increase of in transit inventories due to longer freight lanes and longer cycles in ocean transportation.

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Freight Plus

MARCH 20, 2020

Come up with a set of internal metrics that will go towards eliminating problem areas. Ultimately, a truly cross-functional team with hands in IT, finance, logistics, distribution, transportation, merchandising, etc should be involved. 4, Select the right Carriers: The number one reason for chargebacks are late/early deliveries.

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Freight Plus

MARCH 20, 2020

Come up with a set of internal metrics that will go towards eliminating problem areas. Ultimately, a truly cross-functional team with hands in IT, finance, logistics, distribution, transportation, merchandising, etc should be involved. 4, Select the right Carriers: The number one reason for chargebacks are late/early deliveries.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 13, 2016

Do you have receivers who have a particular problem with that SKU at delivery, and does that present a cost or accessorial reduction opportunity? Transportation accessorials can represent another type of gap in your total landed cost calculation. What you really want are meaningful metrics. Here’s what can happen.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 14, 2024

Perishable produce and limited-shelf-life inventory present a variety of operational, planning, and inventory management challenges. Ordering larger quantities also helps you to achieve economies of scale and reduces freight and transport expenses, but too much raw material inventory means an increased risk of waste.

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3rdwave

JANUARY 23, 2019

The more granular and comprehensive the data captured in digital format, the higher the fidelity and resolution of the picture presented through digitization. The tools supporting digitization enables the presentation of information in ways not conceived of pre-2009. System driven audit support – for freight audit management.

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