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Optimize Your Freight Spend Without Negotiation

Talking Logistics

Companies across all industries are dealing with rising transportation costs and a key question many CEOs, CFOs, and supply chain executives are asking is, “What can we do to better manage and control our freight spend in today’s market?” Rising Freight Spend . Big data drives everything,” Michael says.

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How Can CIOs Accelerate Supply Chain Transformation? Think Less Planning, More Real-Time Decision-Making

Logistics Viewpoints

We are well into the era of real-time transportation visibility, where shippers and their partners can track freight in real-time across every mode of transport. So why are so many still falling short of OTIF targets (and other key metrics)? What’s more, today’s supply chains operate at lean levels.

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Importer/Exporters vs Freight Forwarders/3PL – Levelling the Playing Field

3rdwave

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. When we talk about global supply chain visibility we are referring to: .

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Tips for Maximizing Warehouse Space

GlobalTranz

Poor Warehouse Utilization Increases Expenses Poor warehouse utilization has been a key concern for supply-chain executives over the last decade. Manage inbound and outbound freight vendors with a robust, precise inbound freight routing guide. Even with 5.2 Use an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS).

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Where Is the ROI in a WMS Implementation?

Veridian Solutions

Warehouse Managers and Supply Chain Executives Often View WMS Implementation as a Cost of Doing Business Part of the problem and challenge in understanding the ROI in a WMS implementation is simple. A Guide to the Warehouse Metrics Supply Chain Execs Should Track. Download WhitePaper.

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Top Talking Logistics Videos and Posts in 2018

Talking Logistics

Tariffs and Trade War: What Should Supply Chain Executives Do? Supply Chain Control Towers: Visibility, Collaboration, and Optimization. Closing the Gaps in Supply Chain Visibility. Optimizing Your Freight Spend Without Negotiation. Truck Capacity Shortage: The Past, Present and Future.

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Red Sea Ocean Transport Disruption Update

Supply Chain Matters

Reportedly, executives made clear that the Red Sea disruption has affected slightly over one-third of the carrier’s shipping volumes. Scenario and simulation based planning methods that quantify and weight various short and longer term impacts of global events toward key business metrics.