GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Warehouse operations and their efficiency are a key to any company that deals with freight, shipping and inventories. This chaotic environment (usually due to those companies who are still using manual process in the warehouse) will directly affect the profits and reputation to customers of your company.

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Freightos

APRIL 15, 2024

More Resources Home The Red Pill: The (Slow Yet Steady) Revolution in Global Freight Digitization Eytan Buchman April 15, 2024 Dive deeper into freight data that matters Learn More The March 26th Francis Scott Key Bridge allision feels shocking. Surely all the technology and guardrails should prevent this type of disaster.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 18, 2025

Grow Without the Need for More Warehousing As your business expands, the need for more warehouse space often follows. By eliminating the need for inventory storage and extensive warehouse management, you can cut overhead costs. Blind shipping enables you to grow your business without worrying about additional space.

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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. However, figuring out the best way to achieve this feat can be confusing, so warehouse managers should follow these steps. Warehouses have a tendency to become stock rooms for stale product.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

percent gross domestic product (GDP), reports the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Shipping rates will continue to soar, and demand for more capacity will push the stretched industry to its breaking point, says Michael Angell of Freight Waves. Consumers and shippers both want lower freight rates.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

When looking at energy transition in the supply chain, there are two big opportunities to look at: warehousing and transportation. Modern warehouses play a big role in energy transition within the supply chain. Energy Transition in Warehousing Modern warehouses take design into account for sustainability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2024

For example, that sudden increase in warehousing charges from my LSP is anyone else seeing that? For LSPs catering to ocean freight, the KPI survey reveals superior execution performance of pure-play shipping lines versus ocean forwarders (NVOCCs) but inferior value provision.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2023

Mary O’Connell and Joe Lynch discuss the Bloomberg of Freight. Check Call gives insights into the world around 3PLs and freight brokers. Check Call gives insights into the world around 3PLs and freight brokers. Key Takeaways: The Bloomberg of Freight. Access to freight pricing insights. About Mary O’Connell.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 1, 2025

This report maps growth corridors across functions, technology, and regions. Download Executive Summary Transportation Execution Systems Digital freight is here. Unpack the platforms powering smart freight routing, carrier management, and cost control. Go deeper with the full report. Start with a summary.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2024

Their IT infrastructure was also highly heterogeneous and provided no standard business processes or real-time reporting. Ultimately, they decided to work with Uber Freight. KRONOS felt Uber Freight had a best-of-breed TMS that Uber’s planners could use to plan and execute shipments on KRONOS’s behalf.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Additionally, freight in general and the crunch in capacity have picked up in 2014, as economic growth has created an increase in durable goods orders as well as consumer spending. Awareness is a VITAL state of mind during the busy holiday peak in the DC or in your own warehouse. Get out From Behind the Desk.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 29, 2025

Supply chain reports offer a comprehensive view of your entire supply chain operation. What are Supply Chain Reports? Identifying and eliminating bottlenecks in the logistics process, such as delays at warehouses or customs checkpoints, is important. Inventory Turnover Report goes beyond simply stating the report’s name.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 1, 2022

Redefining Freight Brokerage with Nick Jensen. Nick Jensen and Joe Lynch discuss redefining freight brokerage. Nick is the Director of National Accounts at Loadsmart , a freight technology company that is removing the barriers between shippers and carriers so freight can move in the most efficient, transparent and automated way.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 30, 2018

New warehouse management technology, like analytics, machine-to-machine learning, and automated systems, pushes the limits of standard operations to create best-in-class distribution centers. Why Do Warehouse Managers Continue to Use Old Technologies? Legacy systems may not be compatible with new warehouse management technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2022

For logistics teams seeking to manage volatility and deliver more predictable, profitable results, five advanced technologies should be in their toolkits: digital control towers, warehouse task automation, warehouse robotics, dynamic price discovery and digital freight bidding. Warehouse Task Automation.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 6, 2025

It may be hard to believe given bankruptcies and layoffs , but the number of truck transportation jobs reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for May is now higher than it was a year ago. The data in that revision is released with the February monthly employment report. Rail jobs in May totaled 153,700. A year ago, it was $29.70

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 19, 2024

If your business ships freight , you never want to hear the words "cargo" and "theft" in the same sentence. Let's take a look at the most common freight theft methods and go through the specific steps you should take if your shipments are stolen. Cargo thieves may even use force or deception to access and steal the freight.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 7, 2018

The most recent report on adoption rates of TMS is from 2015, with only 35 percent of shippers actively using a TMS, asserts Bridget McCrea of Logistics Management. In full truckload freight management, technology will make or break plans for keeping freight spend in check. However, technology can change the narrative.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 31, 2024

They need new trucks, new warehousing space, new micro-fulfillment facilities — but high interest rates and rising real estate prices make them reluctant to invest. As freight carrier rates and fuel prices rise, and competition for customers heats up, their margins are shrinking. Both carriers and LSPs are exiting the U.S.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The free report is available in PDF with supporting spreadsheets and high-resolution infographics here. Demand for ocean freight was lower than anticipated, and Hanjin Shipping, another top ten ocean liner, was already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. The Freight Game of Thrones. The Maersk Shift: Where it started.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2025

Whether refining freight logistics efficiency at port terminals or enhancing last-mile delivery in urban neighborhoods, V2X adds intelligence to every vehicle interaction. This is a working model for connected urban freight corridors. This model is extendable to warehouse-to-terminal shuttles for goods movement.

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Freightos

APRIL 2, 2024

Since January, the ocean freight shakeup has pushed many shippers to the air. The Digital Impact All airlines on the WebCargo platform provide digitized, real-time rates reflecting available capacity on specific flights that freight forwarders can then view and book instantly. That reached air cargo quickly.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 4, 2025

Born and raised in southern Ohio, Tyler is the son of a cop and crime reporter who met at the scene of a homicide. Express has four select divisions; Meat, LTL/imports, Enterprise, Food Service (Direct to Store) with capabilities in drop trailer pools, specialized warehousing, and reefer sprinter equipment.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 4, 2021

Andy Lloyd is the Chief Executive Officer of 3PL Central , a company that specializes in cloud-based warehouse management system (WMS) solutions. 3PL Central is the leader in cloud-based warehouse management system (WMS) solutions built to meet the unique needs of the 3PL warehousing community. About Andy Lloyd. Andy Lloyd.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

There were 582 supply chain events reported across the United States and Canada in the second quarter of 2023, a 57 percent increase when compared to the second quarter of 2022, according to the latest CargoNet report. Cargo Theft Tactics Cargo theft comes in many shapes and sizes.

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Freightos

MARCH 19, 2024

More Resources Home Navigating the Waves: Exploring Digital Booking in Ocean Logistics at TPM 2024 Judah Levine The sessions at this year’s TPM, the preeminent North American ocean freight conference, was more focused on the role of technology in ocean logistics than ever. The data shows this too.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2025

Warehouse OpsAgent: The agent coordinates and manages highly interdependent tasks, including labor reallocation, supply/demand-based predictive warehouse layouts, outbound risk identification, trailer docking and unloading optimization, and risk mitigation associated with on time in full (OTIF) compliance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2022

Add in soaring air freight costs, and the fruit will not only be hard to find, but incredibly expensive. According to the latest reports, the boom in e-commerce demand is abating, as consumers are shifting their spending from goods to services. That’s a tough break for the industry. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Of course, more data amounts to increased visibility and, therefore, actionability to prevent disruptions from contributing to higher freight spend. As also reported by Accenture , “To help leaders use insights to respond with confidence, companies should use a logistics control tower to get a real-time view of operations.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Some logistics involves transportation or warehouses or both. It is evident, the two most popular themes around logistics in 2014 based on these page views have to deal with Reverse Logistics , e-commerce , and information around the warehouse. We thank all of our readers who have read our posts. Read the full Post. Read the full Post.

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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.

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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

MAY 27, 2022

Amazon Aims to Sublet, End Warehouse Leases as Online Sales Cool. North American Transborder Freight up 23.8% Dick’s Sporting Goods reported its Q1 financials this week, beating expectations but lower its outlook. The more cautious outlook is driven by wage and inflationary pressures, as well as increased freight costs.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 3, 2025

The Tuesday report classified capacity as “tight, but not too tight” while growth in transportation utilization remained largely anemic at 52.6 – the lowest reading for the subindex since November 2023. The report classifies a reading over 70 as “significant expansion.”) Warehouse utilization (62.5) in the second half.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 1, 2025

Corey spent over a decade at STG Logistics, the nation’s leader in containerized freight, and XPO Logistics, where he built operational, financial, and back-office solutions to help companies and users across the globe. Visit www.portpro.io for more information and to schedule a demo.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2021

For example, hand sanitizer sales spiked 313% during one week in February 2020, according to reports from Nielsen. Orchestrating the efforts of suppliers, manufacturers, truck drivers, warehouses, retail employees, and other critical links in the supply chain was no small feat. Supply Chain Disruption Will Continue in 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2022

As a result, warehouse space is scarce and rents are on the rise – a trend that could continue “for at least another two years,” according to a recent report from commercial real estate services firm JLL Inc. The yard is a black hole crying out for visibility. Next-gen yard management solutions bridge the gap.

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