GlobalTranz

JUNE 8, 2017

More findings on the cloud cargo transportation and warehouse management systems you may discover on the web. The cloud-based supply chain software can be customized to suit your industry, your transportation , freight-forwarding and warehousing specialty, import-export regulations. The cloud-based logistics has lots of metric tools.

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2024

Key Economic Indicator #3: Recession–Business Cycle Contraction As of December 2023, the Wall Street Journal reported that a soft landing was in the making. This flash metric registered at 50.3 It assesses supply chain conditions by integrating transportation costs and manufacturing. percent before seasonal adjustment.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

We crossed $100 billion in eCommerce sales and drove share gains as our customer experience metrics improved, even during our highest volume days leading up to the holidays.” The prior metric of 98 percent OTIF established in 2020 is now reportedly 90 percent on-time and 95 percent in-full.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 29, 2021

According to the Journal of Commerce , the New York and New Jersey port backlog is increasing and leading to more instability in terms of product replenishment and inventory management in the weeks after Christmas. The Wall Street Journal noted that rail rates are up an average of 23% compared to 2020. Rail Rates Are Increasing.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 31, 2013

Department of Transportation Releases Policy on Automated Vehicle Development. Trucks Transported 60% of U.S.-NAFTA Retailers’ Dilemma: To Ax or Help Fix Bad Factories ( Wall Street Journal ). Transplace Selects New Equity Partner Greenbriar Equity Group. Supply Vision Partners with FindMyFreight.com.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 29, 2016

I struggle to find a good supply chain academic journal, and often speak to my academic network about the need for one. As I study research methods, and the market, I realize the lies I’ve spun for prior employers (Gartner and AMR Research) are untrue: The AMR Research Hierarchy of Supply Chain Metrics.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2015

Like the multi-billion dollar chemical manufacturer that had been paying market rates for ocean transportation for eight years because nobody realized that their contract, filed away in a drawer by a transportation manager who had left the company, had expired. From the article: Columbia Sportswear added $415.6

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Supply Chain Collaborator

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

“High freight, fuel and labor costs are forcing food distributors to streamline their businesses,” begins the recent article in the Wall Street Journal. Surging demand is also pushing up the cost of for-hire transportation.”. — Food Shippers Lag in Terms of Automation Levels in their Supply Chains.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Key factors influencing inventory levels, supplier quality, demand forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, production planning, transportation management and more are becoming known for the first time. Journal Of Business Logistics , 37 (1), 6-17. Journal Of Management Information Systems , 32 (4), 4-39. 15th, 2017 (PDF.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

The people on the ground–my contacts in the 3PL, freight forwarding and transportation industry–know that the labor strife is only a part of the larger story. In 2018, the Journal of Commerce reports that a container will have 22,000 to 24,000 twenty-foot containers in 2018. The ships are getting larger.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2019

per square foot—the highest level since it began tracking the metric in 1989. In the Wall Street Journal article, Phillips points to a leading transportation equipment lessor that recent launched a “mobile warehousing and storage” business as one example of how companies are finding new uses for their trailers.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 22, 2015

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly proposed standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that would improve fuel efficiency and cut carbon emissions. billion barrels over the lifetime of the vehicles sold under the program.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 6, 2021

Or are you having difficulty planning and securing your transportation options efficiently and fast enough? This would include metrics like order-fill rates – that is, how many orders you’re able to fill in full and on time. The post Editor’s Choice: The Journal to Perfect Delivery appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 23, 2017

transportation assets) to the equation. Consumer Convenience” will become a new supply chain metric (more on that idea in a future post). According to the Wall Street Journal : Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The competitive assets of Brick-and-Mortar are not just stores, but distribution and fulfillment centers too.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

performance-based metrics. Add in countless labor laws and regulations, and the product’s multifaceted route to market becomes a complicated process — far beyond a simple transportation issue.” Transparency milestones demonstrate how knowledgeable companies are about how activities in each of those areas are conducted.

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Accelogix

AUGUST 12, 2020

This recent article from The Wall Street Journal says Gartner expects a double-digit increase in demand for robotic goods-to-person systems over the next three years alone and that half of the world’s global leading enterprises will have invested in real-time transportation visibility software by 2023.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. EU Energy Chief Sees Hurdles to Carbon Overhaul ( Wall Street Journal ). FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager.

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USC Consulting Group

AUGUST 11, 2020

According to the piece published in North Carolina State University journal BioResources, the growth in demand for pulp and paperboard thus far in 2020 has been unprecedented, with production topping 419 million metric tons and consumption reaching over 423 million metric tons worldwide. Paper use up dramatically.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). How the War in Ukraine is Impacting the Supply Chain and Raw Material Prices. Deloitte Global).

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RFgen

MAY 8, 2016

A few things prompting this growth are a global demand for pharmaceutical products in new countries, an aging population and large molecules created through biotechnology that depends on very cold transport. Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization, demand companies provide temperature data during transport.

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RFgen

MAY 8, 2016

A few things prompting this growth are a global demand for pharmaceutical products in new countries, an aging population and large molecules created through biotechnology that depends on very cold transport. Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization, demand companies provide temperature data during transport.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 22, 2019

” Logistics – “To control one of a business’s largest costs after wages, why not use Transport as a Percentage of Sales with OTIF to ensure service levels remain while costs are driven down?” ”[5] It would be easier for everyone involved if universal delivery standards were adopted by the retail sector. Footnotes. [1]

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2019

The latest example is Walmart “raising its delivery goal posts for suppliers, asking them to deliver more goods on time,” as reported by Jennifer Smith and Sarah Nassauer in the Wall Street Journal. More stringent customer delivery requirements is certainly one factor, with On-Time In-Full (OTIF) becoming a more critical metric.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

According to Eric Johnson of the Journal of Commerce , “Using a common industry estimate of freight spend representing 5 to 10 percent of total revenue for a shipper, that would equate to $50 million to $100 million in freight spend. Transportation and e-commerce are unique within the industry. Collect Freight.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

With relying on his expertise, he advises on and provides executive training and consultancy in the fields of forecasting, demand and supply planning, S&OP, CPFR, key performance metrics, inventory optimisation, warehouse & logistics management, information systems, and B2B/B2C – project management.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 16, 2023

By maintaining its own trucking fleet, Walmart gains greater control over transportation and delivery schedules, leading to improved efficiency and timely product replenishment. By eliminating unnecessary intermediaries and optimizing production and transportation, overall supply chain costs can be minimized. Nguyen T.T.H.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

These Supply Chain Operating Network Strategies enable multi-tier many-to-many enablement of first and second/third tiers of suppliers of services, materials and transportation. Check out the new Shaman’s Journal. Buffer Design. Network Design to Reduce the Bullwhip Effect. Like the Shaman blog?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

Based on reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the company hired Morgan Stanley to shop the company and package it for sale in 2014 with an expected evaluation of 800M$. GT Nexus is one of the strongest providers of transportation visibility for the global ecosystem. At this size, there were few possible suitors for the company.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2016

One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for this year was that the transportation management system (TMS) market will become more barbell-shaped ( mirroring what is happening in the third-party logistics industry ). Users have the ability to provide rich lane metrics to carriers as well as their standing in the current bid process.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

req’d) How Blockchain Could Benefit Levi’s Worker Well-Being Initiative (Sourcing Journal) Companies Plan for Tariffs, More Paperwork in Case of ‘No-Deal’ Brexit (WSJ – sub. Uber Freight: Transportation Facility Brand Managers. req’d) New Job for Robots: Taking Stock for Retailers (WSJ – sub.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 19, 2016

According to the following graphic, created by the Ivey Business Journal , prioritizing can be broken down by type: 3. In this space, the role of using a dedicated transportation management system (TMS), which includes a WMS, has become vital to success. Use Metrics to Track Progress and Order Fulfillment Processes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2016

For most companies, greater economy of scale is possible through the global management of procurement and transportation and local management of sales, manufacturing and customer service. Check out the new Shaman’s Journal. However, this varies by company and the degree of cross-border and inter-plant shipments.)

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2019

New in Transportation Management Systems (TMS). In other TMS news, BlueGrace Logistics announced a new release of its BlueShip® Transportation Management System (TMS) software. req’d) Target beefs up offerings for Shipt same-day delivery (StarTribune) J.B. According to the press release, “BlueShip 4.0

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

With the 2021 peak season, RFP and modern supply chain management remains essential today in the shipping and transportation market. According to the Journal of Commerce : “In the early days of the pandemic, March through May, UPS and FedEx reported B2C volumes represented 70 percent of total ground volumes.

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Turvo

JULY 27, 2021

These metrics are closely followed by training data scientists (21%), returns management (21%), and data interchange technology (17.7%). Modern technology, platforms, dashboards, databases, and tools are where transportation management starts regarding supply chain visibility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2016

GT Nexus evolved as a Software as a Service (SaaS) application for transportation while GXS/OpenText evolved from the EDI VAN technologies. Last month we published our new Shaman’s Journal. The journal is a collection of best read posts organized in more readable format. The solutions evolved from different funding models.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Trucking and overall transportation capacity in the US is at or near all-time highs at the exact moment that supply chains have grown increasingly complex. Time is running out to adopt the technology your organization will need to remain competitive. Here’s the evidence.

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