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Beyond the Tracks: The Next Frontier of American Rail with Martin Lew

The Logistics of Logistics

Martin Lew and Joe Lynch discuss beyond the tracks: the next frontier of American rail. About Commtrex Commtrex simplifies the movement of freight by rail with a tech-enabled platform that connects a network of reputable railroads, transloaders, lessors, and other rail service providers across the US, Canada, and Mexico.

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Net-Zero Commitments Are Reshaping Carbon Tracking in CPG Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

But suppliers are now being told to track their emissions or risk being left behind. Carbon tracking is changing from a side initiative into a foundational business requirement. Tesco and Walmart have announced procurement policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions and promoting sustainability throughout their extended supply chains.

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The Counter to Constant Supply Chain Volatility Is Pervasive Visibility and Industry Collaboration

Logistics Viewpoints

Real-time transportation visibility platforms tell shippers and their broker/carrier partners where their freight is at any point on its journey. And in the rail car. Until we have this kind of pervasive visibility, inventory management will continue to be largely an exercise in futility. But we have to go further.

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?Best Practices to Improve OTR Transportation

GlobalTranz

Track Carrier Performance Data. Capturing carrier data gives you more visibility into your freight spend and enables you to make data-driven decisions that positively impact your business. Analytics provides visibility into your transportation network and operations. Forecast Demand?with?Analytics.

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Welcoming Shipsta to Freightos

Freightos

Shipsta’s expertise, built on deep industry knowledge and outstanding technology, has transformed freight tendering for importers and exporters, making Shipsta the perfect complement to our platform. We estimate that tenders account for some 50%-70% of freight procured, at the lower end for air, at the higher end for ocean.

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Molex Prizes Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

But more than half of their shipments – including a significant portion that begin at factories in Asia – travel across oceans or continents These long-distance shipments go by ocean, air, or rail. Molex Realizes it Needs Better Visibility. That increases the value of the analytics used by the procurement team.

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The Bloomberg of Freight with Mary O’Connell

The Logistics of Logistics

Expertise in operations, LTL pricing and procurement, flatbed operations, dry van, tracking and tracing, reality tv shows and how to turn a stranger into your new best friend. FreightWaves is the leading freight intelligence provider, offering current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform.