The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 3, 2023

Gary Nemmers , Martyn Verhaegen and Joe Lynch discuss digital freight forwarding – and the importance of a modern, data-driven logistics software platform to optimize every step of the freight forwarding process. Freight forwarding is one of the most difficult services within the logistics industry.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 17, 2024

Jake Hoffman and Joe Lynch discuss the Gnosis Freight Container Lifecycle Management® Platform and how Gnosis streamlines international logistics. We begin by discussing Gnosis Freight, a company that has developed the first Container Lifecycle Management® Platform to simplify the complex process of international shipping.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 21, 2023

Joe Lynch and Chris Pickett discuss what’s next for the freight market. Chris is the Chief Operating Officer at Flock Freight , a technology company that is on a mission to solve the US trucking industry’s wasted capacity problem. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, an M.Eng.

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QAD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Parcel shipping is an expensive business. You need to get the most customer satisfaction at the lowest shipping costs. The best way to ensure you optimize service levels and reduce costs is with multi carrier shipping software. This is vitally important when you ship to customers around the world.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2023

Richard Perry and Joe Lynch and discuss the importance of freight bill audit. Richard is Vice President of Strategic Accounts at Intelligent Audit , a cutting-edge logistics and supply chain technology company, dedicated to revolutionizing how businesses manage their shipping and transportation processes.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 29, 2022

Mike Wolf and Joe Lynch discuss why freight tech fails. His experience is deep in transportation and the CPG / Beverage Industry with particular expertise in leveraging change management skills to ensure changes are adopted and maximize the intended value, including implementing new systems, modes, suppliers or shipping points and carriers.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 24, 2023

Nick Dangles and Joe Lynch discuss winning in a down freight market. Nick is Co-founder of Sync Logistics Training is a joint venture between Metafora + Kinetic, a Learning Management Software that gives brokerages the power to transfer years of industry knowledge to new hire employees in an engaging and effective platform.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

When you can barely see beyond the bow of the ship, when extreme wind and waves threaten to throw you off course – or worse, sink you – it’s understandable that long-term thinking can get chucked overboard like so much extra ballast. It’s an apt metaphor for ocean shipping these past many months. And the list goes on.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 7, 2018

In full truckload freight management, technology will make or break plans for keeping freight spend in check. Demand for record-breaking speed of delivery and free shipping are only making the case for greater use of technology in full truckload freight shipping management, and shippers need to understand why.

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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. This eliminates repositioning empty boxes – quite literally, shipping air.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

E-commerce value will exceed $4 trillion by 2025, and demand for e-commerce requires seamless integration between traditional shipping practices and an e-commerce shipping plan. Its global nature makes conventional shipping strategies inefficient and utterly unworkable. Access to multi-modal shipping and drop shipping options.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Banker : You mentioned an approach to digitalization that’s both in-house as well as being reliant on external software partners. The sales team can go have those conversations, with real-time lead times and even the factory the product will ship from, with customers. Show us the best way to fix the freight delays!”

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

As of yesterday’s report, indications were that the software provider had not shared a timeline as to when the impacted systems would be restored. The attack involved Blue Yonder ’s privately managed services hosted software. As we publish this Supply Chain Matters update, we could not garner an updated status from Blue Yonder.

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E2open

JANUARY 19, 2023

(NYSE: ETWO), the connected supply chain SaaS platform with the largest multi-enterprise network, today released the Q4 2022 edition of its Ocean Shipping Index, a quarterly report that offers data-driven insights to better manage the movement of goods around the globe and on key lanes between Asia, North America, and Europe.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 13, 2018

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 . One area that can quickly yield benefits is in parcel shipping.

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Freightos

JANUARY 26, 2023

As of this morning, Freightos is a public company trading on Nasdaq with the ticker CRGO , taking the next step in our journey to make global trade more efficient with the world’s global freight booking and payment platform. People complain that freight is a traditional industry. Not many startups ever get to become public companies.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

If you are a product manufacturer, you know all too well the perils of shipping products from your factory or warehouse to a DC or retailer. Packaging and product damage during shipping is extremely common. The problem is so pervasive that it has spawned an industry of consultants, software and tracking technology.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

The journey to digitize freight, while initially off to a slow start, has gained momentum in the last two or three years. They’re licensed to be an ocean freight forwarder, and they’ve bought some aircraft and an airport; and of course they are a huge warehousing player. Online freight booking. They’re coming.

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Freightos

JULY 8, 2024

More Resources Home Empowering Freight Forwarders with AI: Insights from Industry Leaders AI Popup #2 July 8, 2024 Dive deeper into freight data that matters Learn More For years, technology has been cast as a threat to freight forwarders. This conversation is far from over. In fact it’s just the beginning.

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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. Waymo is integrating Uber Freight, the ride-hail company’s truck brokerage, into the technology that powers its autonomous big rigs. That’s a tough break for the industry. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2021

Incorporate changing business conditions: Machine learning can automatically account for changing business conditions, including new ship-to locations and changes in service provider’s performance level. It can minimize the number of actual delayed shipments by making better planning decisions upfront before the orders are shipped.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 25, 2023

Walter (Mitch) Mitchell and Joe Lynch discuss the Tai Software story. Mitch is the Founder and CEO of Tai Software , where they developed a TMS built for speed and scalability. About Walter (Mitch) Mitchell Walter (Mitch) Mitchell is the Founder and CEO of Tai Software, where they developed a TMS built for speed and scalability.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 23, 2025

Geopolitical tensions, rising fuel costs, driver shortages, blocked shipping lanes and frequent supply chain disruptions make it tough to achieve reliable on-time delivery amid this complexity. So what are the top reasons for shipping delays? There is good news, though.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Bill has experience working on the carrier, shipper, and broker side, as well as in 3PL and freight software, giving him 360-degrees of visibility of the marketplace. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, USA, Transflo has set the pace for innovation in transportation software for over 30 years. million downloads of the Mobile+ app.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 14, 2023

Faced with the challenge of limited data availability, he co-founded Vizion, an API-first solution empowering cargo owners, freight forwarders, and software providers to achieve true supply chain visibility by tracking ocean freight in near real-time.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Tusk save Shippers 40% or more on small parcel shipping. Integrating to your existing software takes minutes, and Tusk has your back with proactive shipper support on each parcel, in real time. FreightFest 23 promises to be an exciting and informative event for professionals in the industry. The Greenscreens.ai

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

GroundCloud cloud-hosted software platform combines operations, safety and compliance, and is used by final-mile carriers to receive customer delivery orders and plan and execute routes based on those orders. The average contract cost of shipping a container from China to the U.S. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 11, 2021

Indicator 2: Freight Spend Seems to Be Spiraling Out of Control. Another indicator of switching from in-house to managed logistics transportation services is expanding freight spend. During times of high market volatility, freight spend will inevitably grow faster than anticipated. This can be a confounding issue.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2023

While there he owned the global software and operations group that powered Prime, Subscribe & Save and Pricing. The company’s platform integrates shipping details with data and algorithms to provide customers with information on expected delivery times, fulfillment speed, on-time performance, and outbound ship times.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Logistics and Transportation Expenses: Understanding Their Role in the Cost of Doing Business : As logistics and transportation expenses take a larger bite out of every sales dollar, companies must continually analyze their freight expense relationship to their overall cost of doing business. Read the Full Blog Post. Read the Full Blog Post.

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Freightos

AUGUST 14, 2023

” ( Source) Global freight, with its blend of structured processes, unpredictable variables and high frequency, is perhaps the most fertile playground for the AI revolution. The people at the company make the magic happen but it’s a whole lot easier with connectivity and software. Entire industries will reorient around it.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 26, 2024

billion ‘Green Gateway’ rail expansion The CrowdStrike software bug that crashed Microsoft operating systems and caused the largest IT outage in history caused disruptions at U.S. and global ports, with highly complex air freight systems suffering the heaviest hit, as global airlines grounded flights. Pete Buttigieg, U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Brittany Traylor is the Founder and CEO of TraylorTranspo, an asset-based freight brokerage that streamlines the logistics function and delivers a superior customer experience using consumer-grade freight tech ( Turvo ). TraylorTranspo is an asset-based freight brokerage based in Dallas, Texas. About Brittany Traylor.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

That’s exactly what Amazon is doing as it with its “Ships in Product Packaging” (SIPP) program, which, as the name suggests, allows products to ship in their original box or bag without any added Amazon packaging. truck freight market ended 2023 with further declines in both shipment volume and spending, according to the latest U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2021

This new infrastructure will allow the retailer to expand ecommerce assortment while reducing both shipping time and cost. The store omnichannel services include pickup at store, ship from store, and digital pharmacy fulfillment options. There is also a project surrounding freight matching and freight pay.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2023

Prior to joining Echo, Waggoner founded SelecTrans, LLC, a freight management software provider based in Chicago, Illinois. Echo’s innovations also support freight carriers by providing more flexibility, transparency, and control. Waggoner served as Chairman of the Board from 2015 until 2021. Echo Global Logistics , Inc.

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 31, 2022

In this blog series, I’ll take a look at the current state and future evolution that can be expected within the world of supply chain planning software through the lens of Dassault Systèmes DELMIA. A compact definition is especially useful in this case, as supply chain planning software comes in so many guises and has so many functions.

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