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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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Reports of Convoy Winding Down Digital Freight Business

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights a breaking news development related to Seattle based trucking based Cloud platform provider Convoy. Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and other industry specific media are reporting that Seattle based digital freight start-up services provider Convoy is preparing for a possible sale or other action.

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Winter Alert: Winter Weather Conditions Developing Across Much of the US

GlobalTranz

The Louisiana Department of Transportation reported that all state-maintained roadways, except for I-20 and I-49 (sections that remain open), in the seven-parish Northwest region were deemed impassable because of winter weather conditions. Starting Saturday, a Pacific storm system will cause heavy snowfall from Portland to Seattle.

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Reports That Convoy Exploring Strategic Options

Supply Chain Matters

A report initially published by The Information ( Paid subscription ) and subsequently industry publication Freightways , cited sources indicating that the Seattle based company, that counted Jeff Bezos , Bill Gates and Marc Benioff as investors, with Fidelity and T Rowe Price as later stage backers has taken this action.

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Customer Experience in Logistics: 4 Key Areas to Lay the Foundation

GlobalTranz

Today, however, transportation quality essentially amounts to table stakes, with serviced levels converging to accepted norms. These can include: customer relationship management (CRM), transportation management (TMS), and self-service web platforms to name just a few.

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Distribution Center Robots: How Robots Continue to Power the Distribution Center

GlobalTranz

According to Angel Gonzalez of the Seattle Times , systems alignment is essential to leveraging gross and fine movements from robotics to human workers. Humans, robots, and all systems, including the warehouse management system , should work in tandem and share information. Bring disparate systems together. Re-assure your workforce.

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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.