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Modern TMS Solutions: Driving Sustainability in Supply Chain Operations

Logistics Viewpoints

However, as carbon taxes and emissions reporting requirements continue increasing, supply chain professionals face mounting pressures from inside and outside their organizations to measure and improve performance against new, nebulous sustainability metrics. Freight transportation makes up over 10% of total global carbon emissions.

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The Three Pillars of Sustainability in Supply Chain and Logistics: A Strategic Guide

Logistics Viewpoints

Transportation, warehousing, and manufacturing collectively contribute significantly to carbon emissions, making these areas critical for meaningful change. Similarly, shifting freight from road to rail or waterways offers lower-emission alternatives for long-haul transport.

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Transportation as a Service: The Value of Cloud-Based Transportation Management + 3PL Partnerships

GlobalTranz

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. Why Outdated Approaches to Transportation Management Can Fall Short .

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Autonomous Business Planning Is Not Only Possible, It Has Already Been Achieved

Logistics Viewpoints

Solvoyo has a metric they call the user acceptance rate. This metric measures the percentage of time the planners accept replenishment, transportation, or inventory plans as they are without any change in the timing of the delivery or the quantity to be delivered. We have lots of functions, lots of analytics, lots of reports.”

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ESG Reporting: It Is Inevitable, But It Doesn’t Mean That It Must Be Complicated

2022 was the year of corporate commitments to sustainability, and 2023 is the year where promises become proposals, mission statements become metrics, and aims become actions. Companies will have to report on sustainability in a similarly controlled way as they do their financials. We need to act now by making the right decisions.

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Transportation pricing grows faster than capacity again in May

Freight Waves

Transportation metrics saw little change in May as capacity, utilization and pricing remained in expansion territory, according to a monthly survey of supply chain professionals. reading for transportation capacity during May, which was roughly in line with April. SONAR: Logistics Managers’ Index (Transportation Prices).

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Why Organizational Alignment is Critical to the Supply Chain Response

Supply Chain Shaman

Use of Supply Chain Descriptors Most organizations are locked into functional silos driven by functional metrics. Stuck in a rut, supply chain leaders try to punch their way through a set of conflicting metrics and priorities each day. The metrics defining success in manufacturing and procurement do not align.