Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides perspectives and likely motivations on Amazon’s announced effort to hire an additional 250,000 workers to support upcoming 2023 holiday fulfillment needs. In the area of cost savings, Amazon points to discounts up to 25 percent on all cross-border transportation destined for a warehouse.

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

During my time at Amazon, one of the key learnings they drilled into every team member was the need to automate. Whether it was a report, a new system, or a new process one of the first questions any leader would ask – how do we automate this? Part 5 - Strategic Transportation Tech Stack. Part 3 - Long-term rate control.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2017

2017 started right where 2016 left off: with plenty of supply chain and logistics news. Amazon’s robot army grows by 50 percent (The Seattle Times). Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing holiday. Below are the headlines that caught my attention this week. The answer is at the end. Descartes Acquires Datamyne.

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TMC

APRIL 13, 2017

There are multiple factors at play that are driving the latest technology innovations, including increased demand, supply chain complexity, longer and shorter supply chains, multi-leg shipments, rapid fire replenishment, final mile, and the overall trend of urbanization.

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TMC

APRIL 13, 2017

There are multiple factors at play that are driving the latest technology innovations, including increased demand, supply chain complexity, longer and shorter supply chains, multi-leg shipments, rapid fire replenishment, final mile, and the overall trend of urbanization.

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Freight Plus

DECEMBER 5, 2019

One of the answers I like to provide is when a customer of ours was having challenges in planning labor because they had zero visibility to their inbound inventory. One of the greatest values a shipper with integrated transportation technology has is the ability to get in front of problem shipments. How valuable would that be?

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TMC

APRIL 13, 2017

There are multiple factors at play that are driving the latest technology innovations, including increased demand, supply chain complexity, longer and shorter supply chains, multi-leg shipments, rapid fire replenishment, final mile, and the overall trend of urbanization.

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The mission of our firm is to help companies implement transportation technology so that their teams work strategically and make better decisions every day. One of the most impactful ways that we do this is through the use of a Transportation Management System (TMS). Part 5 - Strategic Transportation Tech Stack.

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Like most industries, transportation is going through a digital transformation and it is starting with the carriers. Because like every other industry, using computer systems to automate manual processes provides them an opportunity to handle more transactions at a lower cost. Part 5 - Strategic Transportation Tech Stack.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 21, 2021

For example, a package sent 2,000 miles through USPS from Seattle to Tulsa would be Zone 8. As a result, storing inventory closer to customers will eliminate shipping to higher zones, lowering time in transit (TNT) and improving shipping speeds. The higher the zone, the more expensive an order is to ship. The Bottom Line.

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Freight Plus

DECEMBER 12, 2019

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. What does all this cost? Part 4 - Problem prevention.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 19, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action ” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer. Subscribe Here!

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QAD

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The global supply chain is facing a perfect storm of challenges, and dealing with it, according to GE CEO Larry Culp , “really is akin to playing Whac-A-Mole.” And the current global supply chain disruptions may be sticking around longer than we might think. As one headache is eased, another pops up. In October, the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This is leading to an inventory pile-up of processors and memory chips used in PCs. As a result, shortages are alleviating across the board, and supply constraints caused by record demand for chips during the pandemic are less widespread. Some retailers are learning to love bulked-up inventories. The largest U.S.

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Freightera

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

We believe it is time to make freight low emission and more and more shippers will be moving to greening their supply chains in the near future. Industry experts tell us that our 20 billion LTL lane online inventory is largest in the US and Canada. Freight digitization is here to stay and it’s entering a higher stake phase.

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

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.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 17, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our March 17, 2023 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news. After our published edition last week , we are providing another edition because of an accelerated tech news cycle.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2016

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Trucking Stocks Tumble on Downgrade, Pricing Outlook (WSJ- sub. Amazon expands same-day Prime delivery to 11 more cities (Seattle Times). Descartes Showcases Logistics Technology Platform Innovations at Global User and Partner Conference.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

FLEXE , Flexport and Convoy –three technology companies adding flexibility to the supply chain–,recently hosted the first Peak Logistics breakfast in Seattle, Washington. Nerijus: Flexport is a technology-enabled freight forwarder. So software allows us to be more competitive, more predictable.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

The company was started in 1907 as a small messenger service in Seattle with $100 in borrowed capital. The company has operations in more than 40 countries and specializes in integrating different modes of transport in logistics solutions. It manages the supply chain for 69% of the Fortune 100 companies.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

In the meantime, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Volvo Trucks presents future transport solution with autonomous electric vehicles. Europe investigates Amazon’s use of merchant data that could give it anti-competitive edge (Seattle Times).

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

The capacity crunch and technology are reshaping ?the the supply chain. The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' annual State of Logistics report attempts to offer just such a map -- accompanied by some timely warnings. The research, done by A.T. Package delivery companies are prime targets as well.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The queue of ships stacked high with brightly-coloured containers reached a record of 73 anchored container ships on September 19 and by last weekend still stretched as far as the eye could see — frustrating retailers and becoming a national symbol of an outdated and overwhelmed US supply chain. But you’ve got limitations today.”.

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