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Real-Time Visibility: The Customer Has Spoken

Logistics Viewpoints

I am continuing to work on my latest Transportation Execution and Visibility Systems study, which looks at the total size of the market, the forecasted growth through 2026, and the leading suppliers across a number of categories including industry, region, customer size, and mode. These changes can add significant time to the ETA.

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From Real-Time Visibility to Real-Time Decisions: Data’s Value Is Propagating Across Global Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

Nine years ago, my company FourKites pioneered the market for real-time transportation visibility. And in the intervening years — as we’ve leveraged real-time data, ML and AI to help countless companies answer the “where’s my truck” question — I’ve continued to underscore that visibility is a foundational technology.

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Editor’s Choice: Redefining Real-time Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

Today’s article comes from Matt Elenjickal, Founder and CEO at FourKites, and looks at redefining real-time visibility. When you look at the real-time supply chain visibility market of several years ago, it was all about solving or addressing foundational use cases: Where’s my shipment? What’s my ETA?

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The Case for Real-Time Perpetual Inventory Signals in Manufacturing

ToolsGroup

And that’s where real-time perpetual inventory signals come in. The Challenge: Siloed Inventory Data and Lack of Visibility One of the primary obstacles in inventory management is the prevalence of siloed data across multiple execution systems. How do they achieve this?

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Gartner: Uncover the Differences in Real-Time Transportation Visibility Platform Vendors

Looking to uncover the differences among the vendors of real-time transportation visibility platforms such as usability, implementation effort, network size, & cost? Gartner rates 11 visibility platform vendors on 100+ capabilities to help you make the best decision for your business. Download the reports!

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Profiles in Real-Time Supply Chain Visibility Excellence: GEODIS & Tive

Talking Logistics

Supply chain visibility has been top-of-mind for logistics professionals for at least two decades, yet it remains a work-in-progress for many companies. Read more Profiles in Real-Time Supply Chain Visibility Excellence: GEODIS & Tive.

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Omni-Channel Logistics Leaders: The Importance of Real-Time Inventory Visibility

Talking Logistics

Note: The following is an excerpt from “ Omni-Channel Logistics Leaders: Top 5 Inventory Insights ,” based on research conducted by Adelante SCM and LEGACY Supply Chain Services with input from nearly 100 supply chain professionals from retail, manufacturing, and logistics service providers companies in the United States and Canada.

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2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Real-Time Transportation Visibility Platforms

Visibility is critical to success, but how do you find the best solution for your unique business needs? Use this trusted Gartner resource to make an informed decision.

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Port Congestion Shines Light on Visibility Gaps

This report, built from extensive survey data from a myriad of shippers and logistics providers, shines light on visibility gaps that have contributed to the current crisis of port congestion. The current state of visibility –– or lack thereof –– in maritime shipping, and its contribution to port congestion.

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A Guide to Finding Your Visibility Platform Perfect Match

Supply chain technology leaders need to be well-versed in the arena of real-time transportation visibility platforms (RTTVP) vendors. RTTVP vendors are evolving to support complex supply chain challenges accelerated by today's increased supply chain disruptions.

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Playbook: Critical & Time-Sensitive Pharmaceutical Cold Chain Shipments Best Practices

Gaining a higher level of visibility into pharmaceutical supply chains is essential as the portion of pharmaceutical products sensitive to temperature, vibration, humidity or timing is growing at approximately twice the rate of non-cold chain products. Advancement of real-time visibility to fill those gaps.

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Critical & Time-Sensitive Cold Chain Shipments Best Practices

A report from the World Health Organization and the Parenteral Drug Association estimates that as many as 20% of temperature-sensitive products are damaged during shipment because of temperature excursions and other in-transit issues. Improving visibility in these supply chains is essential. Gaps in pharma critical cold chain.

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5 Critical Challenges Facing Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

Real-time visibility and tracking are critical to order accuracy, schedule reliability, inventory management and compliance in a high-value, highly regulated industry. There’s little room for error in most global supply chains, but none for the pharma cold chain.

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Critical Challenges in Fresh Grocery and Supermarket Supply Chains

To keep pace with consumers’ increasing demands for all things fresh, grocery supply chains must have end-to-end visibility. However, even in 2022, retailers and supermarkets continue to be challenged by visibility gaps. How visibility keeps shelves stocks. The many challenges facing retail grocery and supermarket supply chains.

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Parts Town: An O2C Journey from Manual Processing to Digital Transformation

Speaker: Sarah Gibson, Platinum Operations Manager

Enhanced visibility into every order with real-time analytics and dashboards. You’ll learn about the implementation of Esker’s AI-driven solution along with some of the biggest benefits achieved, including their: Ability to scale with 35% growth while maintaining business continuity. February 20, 2019 11.00 AM PST, 2.00