Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Conclusion: Incorporating sustainability into transportation management is becoming essential for regulatory compliance and long-term supply chain resilience. Next-generation TMS systems integrating sustainability alongside traditional KPI measurement and performance are critical to achieving supply chain responsibility and resiliency.

Supply Chain Planning Software 261

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 17, 2022

The manufacturing industry faces many challenges, such as a skilled labor shortage, supply chain instability, and inventory management issues. GlobalTranz works with manufacturing shippers every day to move their goods and streamline their logistics strategies. 5 Challenges Facing Supply Chain Managers in Manufacturing.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Warehouse management is not a simple task, and warehouse managers face difficult challenges. Since consumers have the ability to shop online 24 hours/day and 7 days/week, the challenges of warehouse management do not stop when the brick-and-mortar stores lock their doors for the day. GET YOUR COPY HERE.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 26, 2025

This system allows for dynamic inventory adjustments across warehouses, reducing stockouts and minimizing excess inventory. AI-powered logistics optimization reduces transportation inefficiencies by identifying cost-effective shipping routes. AI-based workforce management tools predict labor shortages and optimize staffing levels.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 24, 2017

Are industrial manufacturers seizing all the opportunities of a more digital world? A recent article suggests that, by 2018, only 30 percent of manufacturers investing in digital transformation will be able to maximize the outcome. Digital transformation leverages tools to help manage a business better. Possibly not.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

That supply planning application needs to be integrated into an array of internal systems ERP, transportation management, warehouse management, procurement, and other applications. Further, each product a manufacturer produces usually has different end-to-end supply chain partners.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2025

manufacturers have spent the last few decades consolidating production at gigantic offshore plants, especially in China. What it doesn’t necessarily mean is simply transporting those Chinese mega-factories to another hemisphere. Enter the concept of the “microfactory.”

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RFgen

MAY 28, 2025

Organizing a warehouse in 2025 requires blending time tested practices with modern technology. Warehouse managers and manufacturing businesses face a growing demand for rapid order fulfillment across multiple channels, complex production processes, and an unpredictable supply chain.

Inventory Reduction 89

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 27, 2018

The application of omnichannel in manufacturing primarily focuses on the collaboration between suppliers, or vendors, and distributors. To understand this relationship, we have to consider its driving forces, how it affects omnichannel experiences , and what it means for warehousing capabilities and capacity. Download white paper.

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3PL Insights

JUNE 16, 2025

With Detroit’s legacy as the Motor City, the region is home to countless manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors deeply embedded in the global automotive supply chain. Navigating Supply Chain Disruptions Global disruptions often lead to delays at ports, congested rail yards, and increased transportation costs. Here’s how.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are similar, but both function on the connection of equipment to the internet and applying data collected to consumer and business needs, including the needs of manufacturers. The First 5 Manufacturing Tech Trends of 2017.

Predictive Analytics Software 263

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 1, 2014

2014 is coming to a close and as we herald in the New Year, shippers (manufacturers, retailers, and distribution centers) around the country are busy gearing up for the holiday season and have holiday logistics best practices on the brain. Awareness is a VITAL state of mind during the busy holiday peak in the DC or in your own warehouse.

DC 323

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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. SKU complexity generally refers to the challenges and inefficiencies associated with keeping a large number of SKUs within a store, warehouse, or factory.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 19, 2025

As operators struggle to build agility and scale while they manage costs, the use case for person-to-goods (P2G) robotics is more compelling than ever. Automation and artificial intelligence are a given, including in smaller, often older warehouses closer to customers but never configured for high-volume throughput.

Warehousing 64

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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.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 6, 2017

Manufacturing is changing. Our 2016 Manufacturing Report revealed an industry in the state of change, preparing for the next revolution. The Manufacturing Picture Became a Reality For Students Across the Country. We spoke about how manufacturing is becoming more clean, complex and based on new technologies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

Because warehousing and transportation represent significant cost centers, intelligent logistics decisions are critical. As logistics managers grapple with their own challenges, including labor shortages and emerging commodity marketplaces, the logistics function has never been under more pressure to deliver.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Do you have a messy, unorganized warehouse? We know that you are also the victim of the ‘ Warehouse Disease’ , i.e. even after regularly organizing your warehouse, it turns messy the minute you receive or ship some cargos. WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2022

With gasoline prices reaching record highs , transportation managers must make smarter decisions that minimize road miles and associated costs. For logistics teams, digital control towers add maximum value when they’re integrated with the transportation management system (TMS). Warehouse Task Automation.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 291

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2024

Over the years, individual locations—the company has several manufacturing locations in Europe and North America—have behaved increasingly autonomously. Finally, customers are increasingly requesting transportation emission data. The titanium dioxide market has become far more competitive, and the industry is becoming commoditized.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Transportation 2.) Warehousing 3.) These firms facilitate the movement of parts and materials from suppliers to manufacturers and finished products from manufacturers to distributors and retailers. Transportation 2.) Warehousing 4.) Transportation Services. Warehousing Services. Logistics 4.)

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Other developments to watch for, according to Koganti, include computer vision, which combined with robotics offers the ability to scan store or warehouse shelves and automatically issue order for replenishment, There are already nine billion cameras in the world (seven billion of them in phones).

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2021

The company has about 200 of their own coffee shops; Peet’s also sells coffee bags and K-cup packages through 15,000 warehouse clubs, grocery, and convenience stores nationwide. These DSD warehouses in turn receive less-than-truckload size shipments on at least a weekly basis. Those reps go into stores and stock the store shelves.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

For example, Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) has nothing in common with Transportation Management (TMS). CAPS Logistics (now an INFOR company) improved the commercialization for both transportation planning and network optimization. Warehouse Robotics. Only 3% of manufacturers are innovators.). Conclusion.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For those outside the supply chain world, logistics might seem as straightforward as transport and warehousing, a “commodity”. After all, we often see branded trucks on the Autobahn and massive warehouses near key traffic hubs. But beneath the surface lies a level of complexity few could imagine.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

This new behavior means that manufacturers and retailers need to anticipate consumer needs across channels with more accuracy than ever. To compete with Amazon, most retailers and manufacturers have had to dramatically shorten their own delivery windows. Navigating an Increasingly Challenging Logistics Landscape.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 260

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Warehouse Managers need to understand the challenges of maintaining a competitive advantage, how technology can help, and a few best practices in leveraging technology. Within eCommerce, replenishment and vendor management are significantly more complex, says Oliver Rhodes of LinkedIn. Improved in-warehouse traffic.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 28, 2021

While managed transportation and transportation optimization may go hand-in-hand, they are not necessarily identical. Managed transportation is about streamlining and centralizing the whole process of both inbound and outbound logistics, ranging from warehousing through delivery. Learn More.

Optimal Sourcing 317

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BlueYonder

JUNE 20, 2024

Blue Yonder has been named as a Leader in the inaugural IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Warehouse Management (WMS) 2024 Vendor Assessment (doc #US49948523, April 2024) and the inaugural IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Transportation Management Systems (TMS) Applications 2024 Vendor Assessment (IDC #US51982224, April 2024).

Supply Chain Design Software 123

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

According to a release from Unifor — a trade union that represents DHL Express Canadas 2,100 drivers, couriers and warehouse workers across seven provinces — the company issued a lockout notice on June 4, four days before negotiations were scheduled to end.

Canada 98

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Transportation management is no longer a tactical approach to simply moving freight and doing it at the lowest possible cost. 10 Tips to Remain Competitive and Have an Effective Transportation Management Strategy. 10 Tips to Remain Competitive and Have an Effective Transportation Management Strategy.

Transportation Management 120

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 3, 2024

They’ve been able to significantly expand their business, as manufacturers and retailers are increasingly outsourcing their logistics tasks — and counting on LSPs to master the complicated business of distributing and transporting their products.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

That includes everything from raw materials and manufacturing to packaging and logistics. Known as Scope 3 emissions, these are also the most difficult to measure and manage. For most CPG brands, indirect emissions — those that occur across the supply chain — represent the majority of their carbon footprint.

Rail Software 91

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Among e-commerce sales, up to 30 percent will be returned to the shipper, which reflects a huge demand for effective returns management and reverse-logistics process standardization. Warehouse Managers Underestimate the Importance and Demand of Reverse Logistics Brick-and-mortar sales are associated with an 8.9-percent

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IT Supply Chain

JUNE 11, 2025

Optimizing Warehouse Space with Advanced Racking Systems By Ian Summers (pictured) Content Writer 114 Views Looking for a way to make your warehouse more efficient? Let’s explore how to optimize your warehouse space using advanced racking systems. A safer warehouse is also a more productive one.

Optimization Software 52

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BlueYonder

APRIL 1, 2025

We proudly announce that Blue Yonder has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems (TMS) report 1 for the 14th consecutive year 2. Blue Yonders achievements are deeply rooted in our transportation management solutions and the Blue Yonder Platform.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2022

The available talent pool of drivers, warehouse associates and other employees is small, which creates staffing volatility. According to its Director of Logistics, the company digitized its freight order management system , creating two-way integration with its existing digital transportation management system (TMS).

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