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3 Core Metrics & 10 Soft Metrics for Measuring Supply Chain Performance

GlobalTranz

3 Key Metrics for Measuring Supply Chain Performance Beyond Cost Reduction. Transportation is measured just as a cost rather than what it does for the rest of the organization. Other areas to consider measuring as it relates to transportation: Managing inventory. Read more. . Read More. .

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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

Yes, we have achieved greater normalcy in transportation. For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack. United States Inflation Rates and GDP Inflation is the highest in forty years. The ride is uphill, but the visibility is low. What is normalcy?

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus of the transportation suites was on cost mitigation and price negotiation. With the contraction of air capacity and the unprecedented level of imports to the United States from Asia, logistics constraints grew in importance in the pandemic. Watermelon Metrics Don’t Drive The Right Results.

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Addressing Challenges in Global Logistics Operations with Technology

DELMIA Quintiq

In fact, the outperforming logistics vendors today (based on profitability and revenue growth metrics) are the ones that were extra cautious on capital expenditure in the years following the recession. Similar behavior was seen across road transport and air cargo. In March 2022, the United States had a record-high 8.1

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Three Metrics for Managing Truckload Capacity in a Volatile Market

CHAINalytics

By Matt Harding | Principal, Transportation For-hire truckload spend accounts for roughly $300 billion of economic activity across the United States. Thousands of transportation professionals across the globe […]. Thousands of transportation professionals across the globe […].

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Transportation Network Modeling: A Powerful Tool in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Strategy

Talking Logistics

Outside of the Paris Agreement, the European Union (EU) has a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transport by around 60 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. It currently has no limits on truck emissions, unlike other countries such as the United States, China, Japan and Canada, which already have truck fuel efficiency standards.

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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

Talent shortages, especially limited drivers, will exacerbate the capacity crunch and result in shortages across warehousing and transportation simultaneously.? . Pent-up demand of customers and the strong predictions for another above-average peak season has put a unique burden on truckload and parcel transportation. Focusing on the?