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Hidden ROI you need to know - Strategic Transportation Tech Stack

Freight Plus

There are a lot of emerging technologies in the transportation industry. Our industry is inventing new ways to share information, better tracking tools, easier ways to manage spot market transactions, and products that address numerous other important use cases. Part 3 - Long-term rate control. Part 4 - Problem prevention.

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8 Examples of Kanban in Lean Manufacturing

Unleashed

This is a radical shift from more traditional processes where demand is predicted in advance and materials are bought in bulk to reduce supply chain costs, such as transport. When this happens, inventory managers know to reorder a bin’s worth of supplies from the company’s vendors. This pipeline system is controlled by Kanban cards.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 11-15, 2016)

Talking Logistics

So let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon poised to take on UPS, FedEx in delivery business (Seattle Times). November 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). And if you’re reading this, neither did you.

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Webinar Q&A: Answers to 8 Common Freight Market Questions

CH Robinson Transportfolio

These topics are highly relevant to a wide range of shippers across North America and may help you make smarter, more informed supply chain decisions. The strong economic recovery and need to rebuild retail inventory creates high out-of-season demand in port cities. Once sales rebalance, will inventory follow? Accordingly, C.H.

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Hidden ROI you need to know - Strategic Transportation Tech Stack

Freight Plus

There are a lot of emerging technologies in the transportation industry. Our industry is inventing new ways to share information, better tracking tools tools, easier ways to manage spot market transactions, and products that address numerous other important use cases. Part 3 - Long-term rate control. Part 4 - Problem prevention.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

This is leading to an inventory pile-up of processors and memory chips used in PCs. Some retailers are learning to love bulked-up inventories. The companies building their inventories are looking to ensure they have items on hand at the right moment. Walgreens takes its delivery service round the clock. The largest U.S.

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Transloading 101: Logistics Guide to Understanding This Essential Shipping Process

ShipBob

When it comes to the long-distance transfer of goods, you probably want the best of both worlds: economical rail transport and flexible over-the-road trucking. Interested to know more about this form of long-haul transportation ? Transloading is process of moving goods between different modes of transportation.