Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 26, 2025

Geopolitical instability, extreme weather, labor shortages, and fluctuating consumer demand regularly impact global logistics. They integrate AI into demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and logistics operations to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and mitigate risks.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

is redefining transportation by integrating IoT sensors into vehicles, fundamentally shifting fleet operations. This integrated approach enables Summit to reduce idle time and fuel wastage, aligning with its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. The Evolution of Connected Fleet Ecosystems Fleet Management 2.0

Supply Chain Planning Software

GlobalTranz

JUNE 12, 2025

To stay ahead, you need a clear strategy for understanding and forecasting these charges. That's why a fuel surcharge strategy is crucial for shippers. And if you're working with a third-party logistics (3PL) provider like GlobalTranz , you gain even more leverage. With so many variations, you can't afford to guess.

Price Reduction

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2025

For example, with a data gateway, a supply planner gains accelerated access to customer orders, inventory levels, and transportation schedules, all in one place, to increase the user experience of making the right choice to identify inefficiencies and make better, more informed decisions.

Optimal Sourcing

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 23, 2025

With freight transport accounting for a significant share of global emissions, efforts to improve logistics now extend beyond operational metrics to include resilience, regulatory compliance, and climate performance. CEVA Logistics, a CMA CGM subsidiary, uses Googles AI tools for warehouse management and demand forecasting.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2025

Pledge) , including its global supply chain sustainability solution for beneficial cargo owners (BCOs), enterprise supply chain leaders and logistics service providers (LSPs). truck, rail, barges), and sea.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

ToolsGroup

JULY 31, 2025

If you’re still relying on manual spreadsheets or a basic transportation management system (TMS) to manage truckload planning and optimization, you’re likely missing out on key opportunities for greater efficiency, cost savings , and better service. Customer expectations continue to rise. Fuel prices fluctuate unpredictably.

Optimization Software

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 18, 2025

As supply chains adapt to rising complexity, automation has moved from an optional investment to a core operational strategy. These systems are increasingly used to improve internal logistics, address labor challenges, and support responsive, data-driven operations. AMRs: What’s the Difference?

Supply Chain 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. However, large organizations are often equipped to handle fulfillment in-house, leveraging their extensive resources and capabilities.

Optimal Sourcing

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2025

Reducing cost was the primary objective, and most operational decisionsfrom sourcing to fulfillmentreflected that mindset. Political instability has disrupted transportation corridors. Resilience is the ability to respond to disruption while maintaining core operations, and more companies are shifting their strategies accordingly.

Optimal Sourcing

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The onus is on ecommerce retailers to control the controllables, and focusing on eliminating uncertainty from the consumer fulfillment process and optimizing the last mile is a smart approach. dates several weeks in advance) based on real-time insight into existing commitments and delivery resources.

Resource Reduction

The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 21, 2025

Mark Baxa , John Delgado and Joe Lynch discuss supply chain shock waves: strategies for survival and success. FreightPath is renowned for its innovative cloud-based learning management system and candidate recruitment solutions tailored for the logistics industry.

Sourcing Strategies

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 25, 2025

Executives are now recognizing Supply Chain Planning as an essential piece of operations for leveraging their companies’ commercial and technical resources. Supply chain planners are responsible for developing and executing the supply chain strategy, ensuring that the supply chain can meet the business’s demands.

Supply Chain Planning Software

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. In the automotive sector, manufacturers are simultaneously reducing inventory costs and delivery times.

Sourcing Strategies

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 23, 2025

From raw material sourcing to logistics and regulatory compliance, stakeholders across the value chain will need to prepare for structural adjustments. Each reformulation may involve regulatory submissions, quality assurance reviews, and potential consumer communication strategies.

Manufacturing Procurement

Freightos

JULY 7, 2025

Home Making Logistics Data Actionable: Insights from Freightos and Gryn July 7, 2025 Blog Data is the backbone of efficient decision-making. However, transforming raw data into actionable insights remains a significant challenge for many logistics organizations. Prioritize Critical Data Sets Not all data is equally valuable.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 31, 2025

Whether for storage or outbound shipping, building pallets efficiently, safely, and in a space-optimized way is key to maintaining smooth operations, minimizing damage, and reducing transportation costs. It helps reduce the number of pallets used, cuts down on required shipping containers, and makes better use of available space.

Warehousing

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 17, 2025

To truly build resilience across the entire organization — including supply chain and logistics — businesses need to remove the internal silos that can lead to restricted data flow and collaboration. AI has the potential to truly eliminate these boundaries by integrating departmental workflows. And the cherry on top?

Sourcing Strategies

GlobalTranz

APRIL 15, 2025

Companies now must make strategic decisions regarding pricing, shipping, supply chains and overall logistics. Below, we provide nine tips to optimize your shipping and tell you how a third-party logistics (3PL) provider can help you during these difficult times.

Material Savings

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 16, 2025

In addition, other infrastructure repairs which impact freight transportation in and around Ashville, North Carolina are still not completed. These events impacted everything from facility operations and transportation routes to energy costs and inventory management. tallying a staggering $182 billion in damages.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 17, 2025

The Logistics Viewpoints archive has grown into a resource that supports exactly that a curated collection of category-based content that reflects both foundational principles and emerging trends across the logistics landscape.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 7, 2025

With increasing environmental awareness, companies are adopting innovative strategies to make warehousing more sustainable without sacrificing productivity. Why Sustainability Matters in Warehousing Warehousing consumes significant energy and resources, from lighting and temperature control to packaging and transportation.

Waste Reduction

Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Businesses are recognising the need to become good corporate citizens, as well as prepare for regulatory schemes that may require them to reduce carbon emissions. How to Reduce Carbon Emissions in Your Supply Chain 1. Transportation Networks and Modal Shifts A good transportation strategy is one of the best ways to reduce emissions.

Material Savings

ModusLink Corporation

JANUARY 30, 2025

In this blog, well explore key strategies to enhance supply chain resilience and highlight how services like those offered by ModusLink can help businesses navigate these challenges effectively. Effective demand planning also optimizes inventory levels, reducing costs associated with storage and carrying inventory.

Sourcing Strategies

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 1, 2025

A customer case story presented showed significant speed improvements in identifying process issues and reductions in employee time spent on this task, potentially leading to substantial annual savings through improved early payment discounts. The strategy strongly focused on enabling customer success and accelerating innovation.

Prescriptive Analytics Software

RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Successfully scaling manufacturing requires more than just adding resources. This agility minimizes downtime and maximizes resource utilization. This targeted approach optimizes resource allocation and minimizes bottlenecks by allowing you to scale only where necessary.

Material Savings

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 14, 2025

System Integration and Data Visibility Orchestration requires connecting warehouse systems, transportation platforms, and ERP data so that status updates, inventory levels, and shipping exceptions are visible without needing to log in to separate systems. This doesnt eliminate those systems, it organizes the data they produce.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2025

As logistics networks become increasingly complex, the volume of real-time data generated by devices, equipment, vehicles, and facilities is growing rapidly. Edge computing processing data locally, near the source has emerged as a method to address these challenges by reducing latency and improving resiliency.

Real-time Visibility

RFgen

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

You’ll learn how to leverage data to streamline operations, reduce costs, improve efficiency, and exceed customer expectations. Various supply chain optimization techniques, such as detailed planning, assessing current practices, and automating processes, can significantly enhance efficiency and reduce costs. Let’s dive in.

Optimal Sourcing

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2025

Three months into 2025, we have seen a barrage of on-again, off-again tariffs that have supply chain and logistics teams reeling, as they must rethink everything from next weeks shipping route to their foundational network models. Since then, supply chain disruptions and volatility have only increased. The Ukraine-Russia conflict is ongoing.

Supply Chain Planning Software

RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

But between rising costs, complex logistics, and the constant struggle to optimize space and labor, staying ahead can feel like an uphill battle. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the key elements of warehouse optimization and provide actionable strategies you can implement today.

Optimal Sourcing

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This solution allows human resource managers to review performance against over 50 external workforce key performance indicators, access global market intelligence (including rates, talent supply and demand, and time-to-hire trends), and track progress across diversity and worker health and safety initiatives. It is a brilliant tool.”

SAP

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

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 13, 2025

Many large organizations have multiple systems for order, warehouse, or transportation management that are barely integrated – frequently not at all. However, large organizations are often equipped to handle fulfillment in-house, leveraging their extensive resources and capabilities.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 23, 2025

Subscribe The Supply Chain Carbon Footprint Reduction Strategy! Companies across the globe are making concerted efforts to reduce their carbon footprints, ensuring that their practices are environmentally friendly while also maintaining efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Key Strategies for Reducing Carbon Footprint 1.

Waste Reduction

Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2024

That’s exactly what Kyle Krug , Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Marketing at Legacy Supply Chain Services, suggests. The SAP staff explains, “The good news is that you can now leverage smart technologies and tools to better power increasingly sophisticated supply chain optimization strategies.”

Optimal Sourcing

GlobalTranz

MARCH 18, 2025

If so, optimizing your inventory management strategy can be a game-changer. Below, we outline three ways blind shipping can help optimize your logistics, keep inventories healthy and save you money! Overstocking means wasted resources, while running out of stock can lead to lost sales.

Inventory Reduction