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A Guide to Carrier Network Optimization for Parcel, LTL, and Truckload Freight

Intelligent Audit

With the 2021 peak season, RFP and modern supply chain management remains essential today in the shipping and transportation market. The high priority focus on RFPs and carrier network optimization will continue to impact services and shipping protocols well into 2022 and beyond. Data-Backed RFPs.

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Why Poor Freight Visibility Leads to Poor Collaboration and Higher Shipping Spend

Intelligent Audit

With the continued advancements in shipping logistics and services, the rise of freight visibility is among the most critical points management must consider. Unexpected delays are most acutely felt in industries that ship vulnerable goods such as pharmaceuticals or perishable items.

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5 Steps to Optimizing a Shipper’s Transportation Network

Intelligent Audit

While disruptions and consumer demands are significant challenges, shippers with the right strategies and technologies can navigate them successfully. This is why transportation network optimization is important. What Is Transportation Network Optimization?

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Shipping Costs in 2022: How Shippers Will Account for Congestion and Stay Strategic

Intelligent Audit

The global pandemic has changed the transportation and shipping industry in many ways, some of which will linger for years to come. Issues with logistics and shipping capacity continue to haunt supply chain management as experts predict that the shipping bottlenecks and backlogs at big U.S. ports will continue well into 2022.

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The Freight Analytics Triad: How It All Amounts to More Efficient, Automated Management

Intelligent Audit

Uncovering patterns and generating insights by applying technology and software is just one of the goals of practical freight analysis. According to IBM, “ Supply chain analytics is also the foundation for applying cognitive technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), to the supply chain process. Well executed ?shipping

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Judging Supply Chain Improvement: Campbell Soup Case Study

Supply Chain Shaman

We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During Eight years ago, we started with a focus on Total Delivered Cost (TDC) and elevating our cost savings program performance, as well as eliminating sub-optimized cost efforts that might have helped in one specific area, but hurt our overall performance.

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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Kinaxis

With a network of seven distribution centers (in Copenhagen, Jordan, Dubai, Nairobi, Tanzania, Cameroon, and Ghana), UNHCR can ship core relief items from these stockpiles to assist up to 600,000 people within 72 hours, if needed. The goal is to reduce the lead time and costs required to service refugee camps.