GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Current industrial manufacturing trends show the new administration is pushing for reshoring among the nation’s biggest manufacturers, and new technologies are revolutionizing how companies respond to growing skepticism and scrutiny by the public and government oversight as well. The "First Five" Industrial Manufacturing Trends of 2017.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 20, 2017

While automation is poised to revolutionize eCommerce Logistics and last mile delivery, last mile eCommerce will benefit from increased use of white glove logistics services. As explained by Andrea Obston of Parcel Industry , last mile delivery must be free, fast and all-inclusive. White glove service.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 5, 2016

We continue our series on the top 5 blogs in our 4 main categories ( Freight , Manufacturing , Logistics , and Supply Chain ). Today's post will cover the top 5 logistics blogs from 2016 so far. Top Logistics Blogs from the First Half of 2016 So Far. From Third Party Logistics, Warehouse information, Technology, and KPIs.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 8, 2017

In the below article I propose to have a look at the main benefits and advantages of the cloud-based logistics management. Each industry has its peculiarities, among the others, in the logistics, manufacturing, and supply. It incorporates your resources from every stage of the logistic process in the real-time.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The responsibility of sustainability is no longer limited to the individual, but it extends to corporations, industries and even governments. The global supply chain industry has by default, a large environmental impact, through its carbon footprint. The logistics business, is predominantly a network business driven by our employees.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

How you develop your sales team has a big impact on your logistics business. Even as the industry is becoming more data driven than ever before and cutting-edge software is increasingly used to manage freight from start to finish, the development of your sales team is still important. appeared first on The Logistics of Logistics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 25, 2013

It is my hope that the readers of this blog will take time to either join us today to listen to the launch of the Supply Chain Index on our webinar or listen to the replay. (We The relationship between corporate financial performance and supply chain metrics was complex; and in my first attempts, I was unable to derive a correlation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 6, 2023

Their metrics are often misaligned as well – supply chain focuses on service and procurement focuses on the cost of acquiring materials and services. For instance: pumps and motors as MRO repair parts for industrial machinery. This approach results in inefficiencies, higher costs, and missed opportunities.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2016

The research starts in April and stretches over many weeks as we analyze the different elements and understand the patterns of each industry. It is data driven research: a deep analysis of performance, improvement and Price to Tangible Book Value of 320 companies across 31 industries for the period of 2009-2015. Why do we do it?

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Descartes is a global leader in providing on-demand, SaaS solutions focused on improving the productivity, performance, and security of logistics-intensive businesses. The Descartes Global Logistics Network (GLN) is the world’s largest, collaborative multimodal logistics messaging network.

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Locus

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In our constantly evolving logistics landscape, the importance of an efficient Carrier Management System cannot be emphasized enough. We recently hosted a webinar aimed at highlighting how a robust and well-structured Transporter Management System can propel shippers toward operational optimization and last-mile delivery excellence.

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

While most companies have been able to make progress in one of these two critical metrics in the period of 2006-2013, they have not been able to make progress on both together. Will your UPS store or Third-party Logistics (3PL) provider, through printing on-demand, become the new provider of parts for industrial equipment?

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Locus

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Imagine a wave, powerful enough to rival the combined might of industry titans like Amazon, Walmart, and Costco. Diving deep into these swirling waters, Brian McLean, Director of Sales for North America at Locus, offered enlightening insights in a recent InFocus Webinar. Considering a revamp of your reverse logistics?

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 20, 2022

As a report sponsor, we were honored to participate in an in-person event hosted by the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and CSCMP, the report authors. For example, would we be willing to wait an extra day or two for our online orders to be delivered if we were to understand the impact of the decision on sustainability metrics?

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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. 5 Podcasts for Supply Chain and Logistics Professionals. Omnichannel Supply Chain Metrics: What Should Supply Chain Leaders Measure?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

Integration of corporate social responsibility metrics in planning. Most often the focus is on transportation or logistics, but does not take into consideration the trade-offs between make, source and deliver. There is a lack of clarity on what drives value and metrics are functional. Functional metric orientation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

We finished our report on the maturation of hospital supply chains , and I have put the finishing touches on the Healthcare Supply Chain Index for this Thursday’s webinar. Here are some of the quotes from the workshop I led yesterday that helped me to better understand the industry: “A process born out of chaos is chaos.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 26, 2016

The research starts in April and stretches over many weeks as we analyze the different elements and understand the patterns of each industry. It is data driven research: a deep analysis of performance, improvement and Price to Tangible Book Value of 320 companies across 31 industries for the period of 2009-2015. Why do we do it?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 19, 2014

Instead, what I observed when I looked at the data, was that most companies that I had worked with (in my role as an industry analyst, I had worked with over 300) were going backwards on margin and inventory turns. As an industry analyst, in prior roles I had never had access to this data. The industry drivers are just too different.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 8, 2016

Today, we wrap up our series on the top 5 blogs in our 4 main categories ( Freight , Manufacturing , Logistics , and Supply Chain ). From transportation management trends to creating a competitive logistical edge. LTL shipments account for the majority of revenue generated by the transportation industry as a whole.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 24, 2023

The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Salim Shaikh , who leads Blue Yonder’s Automotive Industry Strategy, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and webinars that we prepared for jointly. Salim: From a macro standpoint, we are seeing that the industry is going through a significant upheaval.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2017

When it comes to the logistics industry, whether it's transportation management contracts or warehouse contracts, there are a million moving parts, and as many questions. In the below is a real world example of a consultant coming to a third party logistics company with the goal of choosing a warehouse and 3pl provider.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. The company is using Blue Yonder for transportation management, Coupa’s Supply Chain Guru for network design, and FourKites ( see the webinar ) for transportation visibility in certain regions or departments to help with this.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

I feel that the industry is engaged in ‘Group Think’ No one in this meetings is going to ask tough questions. As shown in table 1, the movement to adopt “integrated ERP and Supply Chain Planning software from an ERP vendor” moved the industry backward. Of course not… But, the industry is in a group think.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

We have 100 completes with 41 respondents from process-based industries and 60 completes with discrete-based businesses. To help you, we are working on a series of webinars and research projects. In addition, my new book Metrics that Matter is designed to help build cross-functional teams. This gap is telling.

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ThroughPut

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

the Industrial AI Supply Chain pioneer, today announced the addition of key powerful financial capabilities to its supply chain software suite. Investors, shareholders and stakeholders are increasingly demanding better and more predictable financial, operational and sustainability results, and innovative industry leaders are taking note.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 14, 2020

You need to determine what your current performance is and how it measures up against other performances in your industry. We asked a great question at our recent webinar on the subject of benchmarking. What are people in your industry doing? How to benchmark? The What, Why, How of Supply Chain Benchmarking. How to Benchmark.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 4, 2022

From contractor controversies to rising fuel costs, logistics professionals across the transportation industry are turning to innovative solutions to persistent problems. We’ve gathered the twelve supply chain headlines you need to know in an industry that’s always moving. billion in operational costs in 2023. .

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Locus

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Since online shopping has come into the picture, the e-commerce industry has been on a high-growth trajectory. Retailers and other industry players in North America can benefit immensely from this trend, if they play their cards right. Watch the Webinar. million by 2027. Reference: [link].

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2023

The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Salim Shaikh , who leads Blue Yonder’s Automotive Industry Strategy, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and webinars that we prepared for jointly. To go through business transformation successfully, I believe change management is the first key success factor.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 14, 2017

Transportation management systems ( TMSs ) are not a new concept, but where they are hosted now, in the cloud, is still new to the shipping industry. The cloud offers unique benefits to shippers, vendors, customers and logistics providers.

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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

JUNE 15, 2015

A thorough analysis provided by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals , (CSCMP) in its “ State of Logistics ” report, indicates that by 2017, shippers in the U.S. Noel Perry, economist and trucking industry expert, predicts a reduction in the nation’s trucking force by 700,000 drivers.

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HICX Solutions

AUGUST 11, 2021

SXM Webinar Series with Art of Procurement. In the first of a three-part Art of Procurement Live Webinar Series ‘Putting the Supplier Experience at the Forefront of Strategic Procurement’ in partnership with HICX, we focus on how to make the business case for Supplier Experience Management (SXM). . We are discussing them.

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Freight Plus

MARCH 20, 2020

Come up with a set of internal metrics that will go towards eliminating problem areas. While logistics, sales, and accounting all have a hand in invoicing at various stages, shippers that have a dedicated vendor chargeback owner perform best against their peers. How are your carriers performing vs the industry? LinkedIn. .

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Freight Plus

MARCH 20, 2020

Come up with a set of internal metrics that will go towards eliminating problem areas. While logistics, sales, and accounting all have a hand in invoicing at various stages, shippers that have a dedicated vendor chargeback owner perform best against their peers. How are your carriers performing vs the industry? LinkedIn. .

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Seemingly, most supply chain leaders that are reading the press, or going to industry conferences, would believe that all four statements are true. We are trying to understand how supply chain leaders have raised the bar at the intersection of these four sets of metrics on the supply chain effective frontier. The reason?

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