Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

The company also sells supply chain planning and transportation management solutions. Manufacturers refer to it as the shop floor to top floor disconnect. The same disconnect can happen in the warehouse and in transportation. What Manhattan is doing on the transportation side is also significant.

Supply Chain Planning Software

ThroughPut

JULY 9, 2025

Behind the scenes of every successful business lies a well-orchestrated machine made up of four critical functions: supply chain, logistics, transportation, and operations. What Is Logistics? What Is Transportation? What Is Logistics? What Is Transportation? Table of Contents What Is Supply Chain Management?

Optimal Sourcing

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 20, 2025

Rural logistics in Australia refers to the special supply chain and delivery networks that service the remote and thinly populated areas of the country. These are the solutions to the challenges of maintaining supply chains in one of the toughest logistics environments in the world.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2025

Many large organizations have multiple systems for order, warehouse, or transportation management that are barely integrated frequently not at all. Effective fulfillment requires a well-designed system, efficient logistics, and a reliable supplier network to ensure timely and accurate delivery of products.

Optimal Sourcing

LSCMS

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Charting the Course to Sustainable Transportation: Our Journey to a Greener Future Introduction At LogiSYM Platinum in October, 2023, t he LSCMS Shippers Council recently hosted a round table event, bringing together key players in the logistics and supply chain management sectors to discuss the pivotal theme of sustainable transportation.

Sustainability

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 21, 2025

Because logistics are tightly woven into production, fulfillment and the customer experience, the impact of a transit issue, like a delayed shipment, can quickly ripple across the whole business. However, the real nuance comes into play when looking at a single mode of transport, particularly road freight. That means going multimodal.

Freight

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 19, 2025

Whether you’re new to logistics or a seasoned professional, this guide aims to make freight tariffs easier to comprehend. For businesses operating in Dubai, companies like System8 Logistics can provide expert advice to streamline logistics operations and ensure your freight costs are competitive.

Negotiating Skills

Freight Waves

JUNE 11, 2025

on logistics rose in both absolute dollar terms and as a percentage of GDP, and it isn’t likely to go down anytime soon. That was one of the primary conclusions of the annual logistics report released last week by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) at a media briefing in New York. New York–Spending in the U.S.

Procurement Analytics

Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2024

It would be tempting to think of reverse logistics as forward logistics done backwards. Reverse logistic isn’t simply a reverse gear. Reverse logistics can also have a dramatic effect on steering a company’s fortunes. Reverse logistics is therefore worth doing, and worth doing properly.

Reverse Logistics

RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Supply chain efficiency is the cornerstone of success and involves the effective management of processes, resources, and technologies from procurement to production, transportation to warehousing. Understanding Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain efficiency refers to maximizing output while minimizing resource input.

Sourcing Strategies

Locus

JULY 28, 2025

Key Takeaways Last-mile transportation refers to the final leg of delivery, from a distribution hub to the end customer, and is the most cost-intensive and operationally complex stage. Logistics leaders are investing in dynamic systems that adapt to live constraints, especially as customer expectations and delivery speed demands grow.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 29, 2025

The unification of transportation management and warehouse management systems has enhanced appointment scheduling and transportation planning. In the early days of generative AI, challenges included instability and the lack of reference ability. Ensuring agents are transparent, dependable, aligned, and safe. What is Next?

Supply Chain Planning Software

Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Last year, the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) published a report entitled The State of Supply Chain Sustainability 2023. ” [2] Staff, “ Supply Chain Sustainability Pressure Continues ,” Material Handling & Logistics, 18 October 2023.

Sustainability

Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Climate change, often referred to as Global Warming, is fast becoming a major issue for business, as well as our communities. Transportation Networks and Modal Shifts A good transportation strategy is one of the best ways to reduce emissions. The difficulty many businesses now face, is understanding where to start.

Material Savings

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 1, 2025

In fact, these supply chains span continents and involve a number of suppliers, manufacturers, and logistics providers. In fact, the initial outbreak resulted in factory shutdowns, disrupted logistics, and a sudden drop in vehicle demand. There are a number of supply chains that work together in this industry to make it what it is.

Automotive

TransAudit

JANUARY 13, 2025

Global shipping and transportation present tremendous opportunities for businesses, but they also bring complex challenges, particularly when it comes to compliance. Global compliance in shipping refers to the adherence to various international laws, regulations, and standards that govern the movement of goods across borders.

Shipping

Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 11, 2025

Simultaneous impacts in either or both product demand, coupled with corresponding global or domestic transportation and logistics disruptions are among such learning especially during and since the global pandemic. What is missing is data-driven logistics and decision-making as opposed to solely event or disruption driven.

Supply Chain Execution

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 16, 2025

To understand the nuance, reference Figure 1. This includes e-commerce data (latency is hours and days) and transportation data (data latency is within the day). An opportunity exists for the planning teams to map opportunities for using logistics more holistically to improve outcomes.

Innovation

Descartes

JUNE 4, 2025

This is a challenging and uncertain economic and trade environment for shippers, carriers and logistics services providers. We remain committed to growing our business with prudent investments and cost discipline to build the premier network and technology for logistics-intensive businesses." Ryan, Descartes' CEO.

Expense Reduction

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 16, 2025

Supply chain resilience refers to an organisation’s ability to anticipate , prepare for , respond to , and recover from disruptions while still maintaining your business operations. Not only does this spread the risk, but transportation costs are lower. Localising your supply chain can significantly reduce transport costs.

Sourcing Strategies

BlueYonder

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Buyers should be aware that solutions differ in terms of whether their visibility and control span the entire supply chain or only focus on a specific function such as Transportation Management, Demand or Supply Planning, or Warehouse Management.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Koganti urged the procurement audience to look for whats referred to as “foresight function” in planning tools, which is capable of enhancing data analysis, scenario generation and trend identification , allowing for more informed and proactive decision-making, albeit with human oversight.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 20, 2025

Supply chain automation refers to the tools and technologies we can use to make manual tasks automated, reducing the need for human workers. Transportation Management Systems (TMS) – Modern TMS platforms optimise delivery routes taking into account traffic patterns, delivery windows and vehicle capacity.

Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 18, 2025

In the age of digital transformation, the logistics industry is under constant pressure to improve speed, accuracy, and safety. Thanks to the explosive growth of e-commerce and customer expectations for same-day delivery, logistics operations have become more complex and demanding. Subscribe How to Optimize Material Handling!

Material Savings

Logility

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

million for the same period last year, as anticipated, partially due to the divestiture of the Transportation group in November, 2023 and client conversions to the cloud. million for the same period last year partially due to the divestiture of the Transportation group in November, 2023 and client conversions to the cloud.

Logility

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 4, 2025

Real-time supply chain visibility refers to the ability to track, monitor, and analyze the flow of goods, information, and resources across the entire supply chain in real time. Today’s supply chains often span multiple countries, involve various suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors, and rely on intricate networks of transportation.

Real-time Visibility

Freight Waves

JULY 18, 2025

That’s not a hypothetical—it’s the fractured legal landscape facing America’s logistics industry today. Total Quality Logistics out of the 6 th Circuit. Total Quality Logistics , decided just days ago, the Sixth Circuit sided with the Ninth Circuit’s controversial Miller v. They arrange transportation.

Freight

Freight Waves

JULY 12, 2025

While “typical” has become a relative term in recent years due to shifting and increasingly normalized shipping behaviors, this early peak offers valuable insight into what transportation markets might expect for the remainder of 2025. After that, the Chart of the Week will be archived on FreightWaves.com for future reference.

Purchasing Skills

Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

Technology providers included or cited in this edition are: WiseTech and e2open Supply Wisdom Blue Yonder and IPPS Descartes Systems and PackageRoute For reader reference, our prior full edition of this column was published on May 23 rd. listed B2B logistics platform provider e2open Parent Holdings for a reported $2.1

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Lead time typically encompasses various supply chain stages, including order processing, manufacturing, transportation, and delivery. Transportation lead time: This is the time it takes to ship a product or material from its source to its final destination. Why is lead time important?

Manufacturing Procurement

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Supplier collaboration refers to the strategic alignment and joint efforts between a company and its suppliers to achieve common goals that benefit all parties. This ecosystem not only includes suppliers and vendors but also logistics providers, consultants, market researchers, and even healthcare policymakers.

Cost Reduction Strategies

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2025

We sometimes refer to this process as supply chain transformation. Supply Chain Transformation is a term that we use to talk about the evolution of your supply chain, and particularly how digital technologies can help to improve your logistics operations – think AI, data analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Supply Chain Transformation

AFFLINK

MAY 13, 2025

Enter AI-powered predictive analytics, a game-changing innovation that reshapes supply chain management by enhancing logistics, proactively mitigating risks, and dramatically boosting efficiency. They streamline logistics to minimize fuel usage and lower emissions through optimized routing and transportation planning.

Predictive Analytics

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2025

MIT defines generative AI as a machine-learning model that is trained to create new data rather than predicting a specific dataset, whereas agentic AI refers to AI systems that can autonomously take actions, make decisions and adapt to new situations without constant human intervention.

Optimal Sourcing

Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

This saves manufacturing, transportation, storage, and inventory monitoring costs. Together, an ERP and an MES create an integrated network that provides a holistic view of finance, procurement, supply chain management, manufacturing logistics etc. Do you need role-based dashboards for ease of control?

Manufacturing Procurement

QAD

JULY 23, 2025

From predictive analytics that forecast demand with remarkable accuracy to automation that accelerates warehouse and logistics workflows, AI is enabling supply chain leaders to make smarter, faster decisions in real time. What is AI in Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Many people get confused about KPIs or Key Performance Indicators in Logistics and Supply Chain operations. Still, in this article, I will help you evaluate the need for supply chain and logistics KPIs in your organisation, and identify which types of measurement might be most appropriate. Which ones to use?…

KPI