Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 26, 2025

When unexpected disruptions occura factory shutdown, a shipping delay, or a supply shortagethese models provide little flexibility. AI-powered logistics optimization reduces transportation inefficiencies by identifying cost-effective shipping routes. Challenges and Constraints AI adoption presents several challenges.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 13, 2025

The 2024-2025 Maritime Barometer Report released by the International Chamber of Shipping paints a stark picture: with over 70 national elections impacting half the world’s population in 2024, the repercussions for maritime operations are profound.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 29, 2025

Brian Kinsella, senior vice president, presented updates on supply chain execution unification, highlighting progress and innovation across Manhattan Active Applications. The presentation underscored Manhattan’s commitment to helping associates do their best and maximize the effectiveness of distribution operations.

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E2open

JANUARY 31, 2025

NYSE: ETWO), the connected supply chain SaaS platform with the largest multi-enterprise network, has published the latest edition of its Ocean Shipping Index, a quarterly benchmark report that provides insight for decision-making around global ocean shipments. 31, 2025 – E2open Parent Holdings, Inc.

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Stord

APRIL 21, 2025

With the global e-commerce market projected to surpass $8 trillion by 2027 1 , brands are presented with a massive opportunity for international growth. Cross-Border Shipping vs Local Fulfillment Cross-border shipping refers to fulfilling international orders from a domestic warehouse, typically from the brands home country or primary market.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The forecast can be compared to what actually shipped or sold. The computer is then presented with those images. Machine Learning occurs when a machine takes the output, observes its accuracy, and updates its model so that better outputs will occur. The humans label the pictures as dog, not dog, or unclear.

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Stord

APRIL 24, 2025

This is HUGE for anyone drop-shipping directly to consumers. These aren't easy fixes, but they represent the initial steps brands are considering to steady their ships. That $100 item could suddenly cost you $245 by the time it lands. It's a reminder that in times of disruption, new opportunities can emerge.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Understanding what consumers want With billions of dollars of orders poised to test the capacity of retailers’ shipping operations this peak season, minimizing fulfillment uncertainty and transforming customer confidence through optimized last mile delivery becomes priority one.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 2, 2025

We welcome Shippers to join Emily Stausbll, Xeneta Senior Shipping Analyst, for a roundtable discussion to unpack: Global market insights and trends for Ocean Freight Impact of the new alliances on capacity, schedule reliability and freight Geopolitics and other on-going global events and their impact on supply chain including how new U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 12, 2025

Maritime Modernization: Policy Driven Changes in Ocean Shipping”, Joe Lynch and Lauren M. policies, like OSRA 2022 and strategic efforts to move supply chains from China, are significantly reshaping the ocean shipping industry. Maritime Modernization: Policy Driven Changes in Ocean Shipping In “U.S. About Lauren Beagen Lauren M.

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Shapiro

MARCH 13, 2025

When it comes to ocean freight, it can be easy to observe the competitive nature of shipping rates, service loops and trade lanes and label it market share dog-eat-dog. Shipping alliances are an essential facet of international logistics, promoting efficiency in a complex global trade environment. Astro-logistics!

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

On Friday, I presented an overview of outside-in planning to a consulting group. I love the questions when I present. They implemented a simple planning technology with an outside-in channel-centric model (Ship to model definition). The reason? The dialogue helps me to think more deeply to explain the concepts.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Collaborate on POs and demand forecasts Real-time visibility into ASNs and shipping notices Real-time risk and issues detection with proactive alerting Supplier performance management Optimize Distribution Networks Network Design and Optimization : Reconfigure warehouse locations and logistics for regional or localized supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Tom France, the vice president of distribution at Trane Technologies, gave an entertaining presentation in early October of this year at a FourKites online conference. The equipment they ship is often too large to go in one truck and needs to ship in multiple pieces. They ship to 6,000 dealers on any given day.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2025

Data security at the edge also presents risks. Environmental factors present additional challenges. Maersk has introduced Remote Container Management for its shipping containers. This creates significant maintenance and oversight requirements, as each device represents a potential point of failure or vulnerability.

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 4, 2025

We’ve outlined everything you need to know about shipping to Walmart below! Suppliers enter this set up initially thinking it’s a huge relief to pass off coordinating shipping and everything that comes with it. This is not always the case. Walmart, for example, requires suppliers must meet a 90% on-time rate to stay in compliance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

The international inbound transportation service is only available to Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) sellers that source or manufacture goods in China, and all cargo must be shipped from Yantian, Shanghai, or Ningbo ports. And with that, I bid you adieu, and let’s move on to this week’s logistics news. Cargo imported into the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2021

Marisa Brown, Senior Principal Research Lead, Supply Chain Management at APQC (American Productivity & Quality Center) recently gave a presentation at ARC Advisory Group’s Supply Chain Forum. In her presentation, Ms. Brown’s presentation, working form home may be the new normal in supply chain. Background. According to Ms.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 21, 2021

A presentation by David Strauss, Global Director, Strategic Partner Development from E2open. If you only know where the ship or the container is, you cannot judge impact accurately. Synopsis: The disruption of the 2020 global pandemic, reinforced visibility as a dominant topic in supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2021

Incorporate changing business conditions: Machine learning can automatically account for changing business conditions, including new ship-to locations and changes in service provider’s performance level. It can minimize the number of actual delayed shipments by making better planning decisions upfront before the orders are shipped.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 19, 2019

by Richard Cushing In part one of my inventory management best practices series I argue that inventory cannot be managed until it is controlled, and present the notion our general willingness to apportion blame upon unreliable data from enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems is misplaced. This isn’t because the ERP system is flawed.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Solution End-to-End Transparency and Collaboration Enable E-Commerce Efficacy While offering free shipping, which is offered for 60 percent of all online transactions, reports Deborah Abrams Kaplan of Supply Chain Dive can help shippers stay competitive, it is not always feasible. Know your shipping costs in real time.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 13, 2022

The Blue Yonder solution had improved algorithms on how to best fulfill an order based on the type of order – curbside pickup, pick up in store, ship from store, ship from ecommerce distribution center, or drop shipping – where the inventory to fulfill the order was and whether all the inventory for the entire order was present, and whether there was (..)

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 27, 2021

While large national networks comprise a significant percentage of transportation service providers' shipping options, several challenges present if these are the only OTR freight transportation sources considered, including. The Challenges of Only Relying on National Networks. Learn More.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Today, more than 1% of the world’s container ships are stuck off major ports. Warehouses are full–often with the wrong stuff resulting in the slowing of the forty million shipping containers around the world. This year, the program included presentations from Dollar General, Sleep Number, and Western Digital.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 21, 2023

Why Multi-Carrier Parcel Shipping Strategies Are Winning in 2022 by Lindsay Schuemann , Marketing Manager at Enveyo Two years. They’re shipping companies. The e-commerce shipping landscape looks quite a bit different from what it did just two years ago. And they’ll make buying decisions based on their shipping experience.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Dropshipping is one of the newest e-commerce shipping strategies and the application of dropshipping in omnichannel presents numerous opportunities for today’s shippers. Dropshipping effectively eliminates the burden of maintaining inventory and opens the door to less risk within an organization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The computer is then presented with those images. A warehouse management system is a category of application software that supports receiving, put-away, picking, shipping, and value added services. Or an associate might be instructed to put a shipping label on a pallet when it is staged in a designated location near the dock.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Just two days before Thanksgiving, FreightWaves reported an “all-time-high 93 ships” were waiting there. Consumer expectations for cheap and fast shipping continue to climb, and consumers increasingly want to order across borders , only compounding the problems. The net effect creates a difficult reality for shippers.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

FreightFest 2023 is presented by Truck N’ Hustle. About FreightFest 2023 FreightFest 23 , presented by Truck N’ Hustle, is an eagerly anticipated event in the Trucking, Transportation & Logistics industry. Tusk save Shippers 40% or more on small parcel shipping.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 31, 2023

In his role Peter leads The Journal of Commerce, the historic New York City maritime newspaper founded in 1827, today a team of specialized business journalists focused on the end-to-end international shipping supply chain including shipping, ports, airfreight, trucking, rail and home delivery, addressed to the needs of shippers.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This difference can have catastrophic consequences for the success of your business, including lost revenue for returning the product, processing the return, shipping out the correct product, and time spent in addressing the issue at your customer service center. Take a moment to consider the characteristics of a perfect order.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Demand for ocean freight was lower than anticipated, and Hanjin Shipping, another top ten ocean liner, was already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping. While not outrightly linked to this release, Maersk, now a shipping line and forwarder, terminated its key account status.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 24, 2017

Pallets are simple in their construction — layered pieces of plywood or plastic designed to be loaded with anything and everything that needs to be shipped in bulk. While it’s true that a poorly loaded pallet can also present a hazard, training your crew to load pallets efficiently and safely can decrease the chance of on-the-job injuries.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Overcoming Unique Challenges in Spare Parts Supply Chains Spare parts supply chains present unique challenges that differ significantly from traditional finished goods logistics. Streamlined Lead Times: Improved procurement efficiency potentially resulting in cost savings from optimized shipping arrangements and favorable supplier terms.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 12, 2023

Davinci’s MFC locations are strategically located throughout the US and sized to minimize lead-time (same day to 1-2 days shipping time to consumers) and cost. It involves tasks such as picking and packing products, managing inventory, and shipping orders to customers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 14, 2023

Traditionally, items are shipped immediately after purchase; but companies are now combining orders from the week into a single delivery day. Retailers need to look at sustainability as the opportunity that it presents. One example is that consumers can combine deliveries on a single day if you are buying from Amazon or Walmart.

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