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Scaling a FreightTech Business with Mark McEntire

The Logistics of Logistics

Over 10,000 users in North America manage more than $7 billion of freight spend running through the flexible, user-friendly TMS. Princeton TMX includes the following benefits: TMS for Freight Lanes & Rates Planning: Visualize complex shipping scenarios and optimize lanes, rates, and carriers.

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Real Time Container Tracking with Kyle Henderson

The Logistics of Logistics

The company has recently launched intermodal rail tracking, providing direct connections to the 7 Class I railways in North America. Vizon serves a wide range of customers, including 3rd Wave, Anvyl, Blackstone Shipping, Freight Mango, Geodis, Mohawk, Overhaul, Redwood, Revolution Beauty, Visco, gtms, and Samsonite.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 25 – March 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

In contrast, the larger Amazon warehouses typically rely on delivery stations closer to customers for the final stage of shipping. Amazon’s fast-shipping service can add fees for small orders. This July, the company is moving forward with a supply chain services platform for retail partners across North America.

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‘New Normal’ Consequences: Soaring Container Shipping Rates

BlueYonder

Rising demand in North America and Europe led to increased freight moving on the Suez and Pacific routes, which meant more full containers inbound versus outbound, leading to global container shortages. Historically, inventory was always to blame for higher holding costs and led to companies wanting to run a lean supply chain.

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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

As of January 1, 2022, it was taking a company an average of 73 days to deliver goods to truck or rail carriers after booking with an ocean carrier and completing the cross-ocean journey, according to E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index. Greener Shopping and Shipping: The Rise of Carbon Neutral e-Commerce Delivery. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

A few weeks ago, I wrote that UPS is entering the metaverse , having submitted several trademark filings for goods and services including “non-fungible tokens” (NFTs); “virtual goods, namely, packages, parcels, [and] shipping labels;” and “virtual retail shipping.” Kraft Heinz is joining the metaverse too.

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

The company has 11 production facilities across North America and China. The company ships directly to customers and also to distributors. For example, while GEON has over 2000 customers, initially they are manually building forecasts for 600 customers and 1200 ship-to locations.