Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

We are well into the era of real-time transportation visibility, where shippers and their partners can track freight in real-time across every mode of transport. So why are so many still falling short of OTIF targets (and other key metrics)? That covers “on-time.” Let’s go back to OTIF.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 30, 2024

But shippers looking to avoid disruptions and ensure that tight inventory levels don’t lead to missed sales opportunities pulled their orders forward. However, over-the-road transportation costs remain low. In the past month, imports — both ocean and air — surged as disruptions exacerbated congestion at the ports.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 26, 2021

Cloud-based transportation management offers a variety of benefits for businesses that operate in the global supply chain. But there are times when it becomes necessary to outsource the entire process thoroughly, which many refer to as transportation as a service.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2025

A disruption at any point in the global logistics network including the average of 12 touch points from shipment packaging to final delivery can prove disastrous for profits, service levels, customer loyalty, and other key metrics. With the global e-commerce market predicted to reach $8.1

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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. Factors like planning tools, inventory management, demand patterns, and innovations in technology contribute to the success or failure of fulfillment optimization.

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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. The global freight sector faces growing pressure to balance cost-efficiency with environmental responsibility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2025

Political instability has disrupted transportation corridors. Second, many supply chains still lack visibility beyond Tier-1 suppliers. Visibility is the next critical step. Metrics must reflect the new priorities. Trade tensions have led to abrupt tariff hikes. Cultural alignment is just as important.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This network of devices enables seamless, automatic data collection from physical objects in near real-time. This near real-time monitoring ensures compliance with regulations, enhances product safety, and helps build trust with consumers.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Managing OTR transportation through disruption is a complex process. We’re sharing seven best practices to improve OTR transportation management, enabling shippers to stay competitive in the face of disruption. Analytics provides visibility into your transportation network and operations. Across OTR Transportation Modes.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 24, 2017

Achieving end-to-end supply chain visibility has always been (and remains) a top priority for companies, but over the past few years, the spotlight has been on a particular segment of the process: achieving real-time freight visibility. But where the biggest black hole has been, traditionally, is in-transit visibility.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 28, 2021

Rather than hoping everything runs as smoothly, shippers today need to apply technology to ensure high customer experience levels are achieved and all shipments are delivered on time and in full. Additional opportunities can be reached through transportation optimization whether using a 3PL or 4PL.

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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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RFgen

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Modern supply chains thrive on real-time data, execution-focused applications, and dynamic decision-making. By harnessing the power of data science and analytics, you can gain end-to-end visibility across your entire network, breaking down information silos and optimizing every stage of your operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2025

Digital twins are emerging as digital transformation accelerators for supply chain and logistics organizations seeking enterprise-level visibility, real-time scenario modeling, and operational agility under disruption. This article explores how digital twins are being deployed in transportation, warehousing, and network design.

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ivalua

MAY 29, 2025

Lack of shared data, visibility, and KPIs leads to disconnects, including poor supplier performance tracking and missed savings. Best-in-class enterprises use AI and automation to bridge gaps, enhance visibility, and build more agile, resilient operations.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 16, 2025

The major challenge faced by customers of real-time visibility data had always been how to operationalize what could quickly become overwhelming quantities of fast-changing information. This extensive connectivity has resulted in impressive metrics: 1.2 A key differentiator is Movement’s approach to data quality.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 27, 2023

For example, real-time planning, end-to-end planning, control tower, integrated business planning (IBP), and digital brain are oxymorons while discussions on innovation bounded by a required ROI is a juxtaposition. How can I align the organization to a balanced scorecard through the visibility of options? The goal of a forecast?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 5, 2019

Visibility. The most common use case for control towers is visibility. While there are many types of visibility (see Figure 1), the most common use case is either sourcing or transportation visibility. Gaps in Enterprise Visibility. Gaps in Supplier Visibility. Considerations: Real-time?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 4, 2025

According to Clark, these agents are being deployed to reduce manual intervention and enable more adaptive, responsive systems in real-time environments. Examples included dynamic trailer door assignments, shipment planning enhancements, drag-and-drop yard visualization tools, and integrated labor planning modules.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

JUNE 10, 2025

Do Set Clear KPIs and Governance Structures : Establish transparent metrics for sales, coverage, and service levels. Do Embrace Technology and Data : Use real-time data for demand forecasting, inventory management, and route optimization. Digital visibility enhances agility and decision-making.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 8, 2025

The traditional metrics of excellence cost efficiency, on-time delivery while still important, are no longer sufficient in an era defined by volatility, complexity and political changes. Second, visibility is expanding from enterprise-centric to ecosystem-wide. The first is living demand intelligence.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Modern WMS platforms provide real-time tracking, order management , and better inventory visibility, all while minimizing manual errors. RFgens mobile barcoding solutions make it easier for you to gain real-time visibility and streamline processes.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 1, 2018

Performance metrics can be used to provide real-time feedback, which helps keep employees motived and focused on continuous improvement. Greater accountability into inventory reduces the risk of theft, which is estimated to cost the industry up to $80 billion each year. Improving network-wide inventory visibility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Customers use their modular, SaaS solutions to route, schedule, track, and measure delivery resources; plan, allocate and execute shipments; rate, audit, and pay transportation invoices; access global trade data; file customs and security documents for imports and exports; and complete numerous other logistics processes.

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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. Digital control towers sit at the heart of the supply chain ecosystem, gathering real-time data on current conditions. Digital Control Towers.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

AI can integrate with procurement platforms, utility meters, logistics trackers and internet of things sensors to gather real-time data. AI also provides visibility into emissions across the supply chain. Artificial intelligence-driven platforms are transforming carbon accounting by automating data collection and analysis.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. A 95% on time delivery metric – very high performance – is just not good enough for Simmons.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 19, 2023

A true WMS is a real-time system. A real-time WMS can achieve inventory accuracy of 99.9% Paper-based systems would typically have inventory accuracy in the low 90s. Further, because AutoID is real-time, the WMS always knows how full the pick slots are and which slots need to be replenished.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 29, 2025

Supply chain reports are data-driven documents that provide key metrics and insights into various aspects of your supply chain, including: Inventory Levels Tracking stock levels in real-time to ensure adequate inventory to meet demand while minimizing holding costs. What are Supply Chain Reports?

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

Should the work stoppage drag on, it could disrupt June 15s Formula One Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, given that DHL is responsible for transporting the race cars used in the competition. The union also says that DHL Express added "numerous new proposals and concessions" hours before it issued its lockout notice.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Webinars Five Ways AI-Enabled Digital Twins Will Shape the Future of Supply Chains Technology Ships’ Electronics Increasingly Jammed Since Israel Struck Iran Global Gateways Watch: The Crisis in Access to Critical Raw Materials Supply Chain Visibility Digital Edition SupplyChainBrain 2025 ESG Guide: Is ESG Still Relevant?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How 3PLs Can Gain Visibility and a Competitive Advantage Offering Automated Billing and a Self-Service Interactive Customer Portal It’s hard to imagine a third-party logistics (3PL) business today operating without some form of a warehouse management system ( WMS ) connecting the digital dots. But can technology do more?

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RFgen

MAY 28, 2025

Balance lean inventory with resilience to supply chain disruptions. Implementing a Warehouse Management System Choose a cloud based WMS that provides real-time tracking of inventory movements via barcode or RFID scanning. Tie organization metrics like error rates and accuracy into performance reviews.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The larger the organization, the more tension with conflicting functional metrics making decisions more difficult. While ocean container volume fell 8% in September and ocean transportation prices are 71% lower year-over-year, don’t get lulled to sleep. Functional metrics need to be abandoned to focus on balanced scorecard outputs.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 18, 2018

Leverage Inventory as Data When systems communicate, they create inventory data, but actual inventory can be turned into data points and metrics to understand the flow of products. How to Avoid Supply Chain Technology Hiccups appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis. Download white paper.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Transportation and Logistics: Increased production volume complicates logistics. Production Capacity Analysis While traditional testing methods can be time-consuming and offer incomplete data, focusing on key production metrics within the manufacturing process provides more actionable insights.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 14, 2017

Transportation management systems ( TMSs ) are not a new concept, but where they are hosted now, in the cloud, is still new to the shipping industry. Cloud-Computing Uses Real-Time Data to Process Analytics and Provide Superior Insight. Less Time Spent on Data Back-Ups.

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