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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.14 - 1.18

Freight Plus

usage by industrial companies. IoT is a big disruptor,” said Antony Bourne, president, IFS Industries to. But if industrial companies do not embrace digital transformation, chances are that their business will be the one that’s disrupted by more agile competitors. Internet of Things (IoT). Supplychain247.

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How Will You Compete with Amazon with Charley Dehoney

The Logistics of Logistics

He lives in Omaha, Nebraska with his beautiful wife and three strapping young sons. A few of those advantages include: A worldview that technology can transform an industry and that great tech companies can and should scale very rapidly. About Fitzmark. FitzMark is a leading Indianapolis-based transportation and logistics provider.

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Early winter storms could cause freight schedules to slip

DAT Solutions

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 279 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $57 billion in real transactions. Ten inches of white stuff covered Lubbock, Tex.

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Why Do We Focus on Solutions Before Defining The Problem?

TrackVia

Barbara Campbell, Business System Advisor at Mutual of Omaha, encourages the business to “come to her with problems, not solutions.” The industry calls this creative form of problem-solving “design thinking.” It’s refreshing to hear how businesses are breaking the solutions-not-problems cycle and embracing problem-oriented thinking.

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Expect Traffic Jams on Monday, as Eclipse Crosses 8 States

DAT Solutions

Lincoln and Grand Island, NE (Omaha market, I-35). If you have a choice, it might be best to avoid all highways within a 60-mile radius of these and other cities (as well as DAT key market areas and major highways) along the path of the totality: Lincoln City and Salem, OR (Portland market, I-5). Casper, WY (Rapid City market).

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4 Ways To Save On Trucking Freight in 2018

Freight Plus

While rates have dropped slightly from peak highs, industry analysts warn against shipper complacency. a large Omaha-based trucking company, reset its guidance on rate increases at between 6% and 10%, up from 4% to 8%. Pay needs to increase 50 percent to attract new drivers to the industry. Now, drivers have more control.

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Network Consolidation: A Step Forward for Market-Driven Value Networks?

Supply Chain Shaman

The industry providers of Supply Chain Operating Networks (to enable many-to-many process flows) are consolidating. Today, GHX, a healthcare consortia, acquired Omaha, NE-based, privately held H-Card, LLC, known as Hap-X. The concepts of market-driven value networks are evolving, but only for the early adopter.