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Improved Supply Chain Visibility Requires an End-to-End Solutions

Logistics Viewpoints

Happag-Lloyd will track all their container shipments. Shippers – the companies paying Ocean, Rail, and Truck carriers to transport their goods – can do little to speed shipments snarled by port congestion. To drive better estimated times of arrival (ETAs), better visibility is needed. million TEUs.

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Top Suppliers of Transportation Execution and Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

When it comes to executing mode-specific freight moves from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively, transportation execution and visibility solutions play a critical role. Transportation execution solutions allow shippers to connect to multiple carriers and then tender, track, and pay in the system.

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Management of Ocean Transit Time Reliability and Visibility

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Management of Ocean Transit Time Reliability and Visibility by LSCMS Shippers’ Council How would Logistics managers explain to their COO and Production group that inbound material will arrive on 23Dec but with 50% probability? What is supply chain visibility and why it is important?

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This Week in Logistics News (November 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Merchants Fleet to purchase 18,000 BrightDrop Electric Vehicles. BrightDrop, a new General Motors business focused on electric delivery vehicles, announced that Merchants Fleet plans to expand its purchase to 18,000 BrightDrop electric vehicles. That’s all for this week.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 24-28, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Another crazy Friday morning, now with the kids out of school, so let’s go straight to this week’s news: JDA Announces Major Enhancements to Workforce Mobility, All-Channel Commerce Solutions. HighJump Software Enhances HighJump Warehouse Advantage Express Offering to Meet Increased Demand in SMB Marketplace. Trucks Transported 60.6%

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

FourKites , a provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions, has a big data set around transportation. 336,500 TEUs were transported from China to the EU by rail in the first six months of 2021, that is 44% more than 2020 and 99% more than in 2019. But if the supply is totally cut off, the impacts will be dire.

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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. Brand loyalty is no longer the driver for consumer purchasing decisions. HOW DID WE GET HERE?