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End-to-End Supply Chain Orchestration: Achieving Visibility and Operational Control

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 14, 2025

Businesses are now managing goods and information across multiple locations, time zones, and partner networks. This complexity has introduced gaps in visibility and responsiveness that traditional systems werent designed to handle. The factory uses this information to make scheduling and inventory decisions more efficiently.

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Optimize Your E-commerce Returns Strategy With Real-Time Data

GlobalTranz

MARCH 1, 2021

With the GlobalTranz TMS , you can ship, track, and manage your entire freight network, including your reverse logistics needs, with one platform, from any device. Quote, book, and track all aspects of your shipment, from booking to delivery. Contact Our Reverse Logistics Team Today.

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Edge Computing in Logistics: Enabling Real-Time Data Processing Closer to Operations

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2025

As logistics networks become increasingly complex, the volume of real-time data generated by devices, equipment, vehicles, and facilities is growing rapidly. Finally, real-time decision-making complexity must be addressed. Maersk has introduced Remote Container Management for its shipping containers.

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Editor’s Choice: Labor Shortage and the Rise of Real-Time Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2022

This article is from Longbow and looks at the ongoing labor shortage and supply chain visibility. due to a lack of visibility, they are having a hard time effectively managing processes, and unloading imports, resulting in slow delivery times and shipping delays rippling across the entire supply chain.

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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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Mobile Inventory Management: Boost Efficiency with Real-Time Tracking

RFgen

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Picture this: You’re a warehouse manager, and with a few taps on your smartphone, you instantly know the exact location and quantity of every item in your inventory. That’s not science fiction—it’s the power of mobile inventory management. What Is Mobile Inventory Management?

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FourKites Visibility 2023: CONNECTED

Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Last week I attended FourKites Visibility 2023 in Chicago, IL. CEO Matt Elenjickal kicked off Visibility 2023 with his keynote. Mr. Elenjickal discussed how the FourKites platform helps leaders with real-time decision making. As I mentioned above, the theme for FourKites Visibility 2023 was “Connected”.

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The Case for Real-Time Perpetual Inventory Signals in Manufacturing

ToolsGroup

JUNE 2, 2023

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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How LTE-M and NB-IoT Are Revolutionizing Asset Tracking in Global Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2025

In the past, tracking a shipping container across continents or monitoring the temperature of a pharmaceutical package in a rural warehouse came with trade-offs: cost, power drain, or unreliable coverage. And that practicality is unlocking a new standard of visibility across logistics networks. This is changing.

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What Happens When Machine Learning Meets Ocean Shipping?

Read how Unilever developed a first-of-its-kind digital Control Tower with ClearMetal that provides extremely accurate real-time visibility across their sea freight operations.

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Interoperability in the Supply Chain: Leveraging the OSI Model for Seamless Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This layer includes trucks, ships, warehouses, and other physical assets. Key Consideration: IoT sensors on shipping containers or pallets enable real-time tracking, ensuring visibility and coordination. These interfaces must provide stakeholders with actionable insights and seamless access to critical data. •

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Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management

Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

April 23, 2025 Blog Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of Freightos Enterprise our comprehensive solution designed specifically for large enterprises that import and export, who need to bring control, visibility, and efficiency to their global logistics operations.

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Only as Good as Your Data: Why Supply Chain Digital Twins Require Real-Time Data Unification

ToolsGroup

JULY 19, 2023

With the advent of true “single source of truth” inventory visibility , a digital twin is a more feasible goal than ever before. Let’s take a look at the challenges associated with digital twins and how real-time data systems are changing the game for companies looking to leverage them. In real-time.

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What Do You Mean By Supply Chain Visibility?

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

FourKites CEO, Matt Elenjickal One of the two leaders in the real-time transportation visibility market is FourKites. ARC considers real-time visibility solutions, like the one from FourKites, one type of SCCN solution. I attended my first Visibility conference in 2020. That is fast growth.

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Hot Off the Grill: Optimizing Summer Supply Chains for Seasonal Staples

Speaker: Glenn Koepke and Steve Rotter

This webinar – coming to you from Glenn’s own backyard – discusses the importance of supply chain visibility for seasonal shipping, new product promotions, and holiday ramping in the F&B and retail industries while providing sizzling secrets to creating the juiciest meats for your barbecue.

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Top Suppliers of Transportation Execution and Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

When it comes to executing mode-specific freight moves from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively, transportation execution and visibility solutions play a critical role. Visibility solutions allow real-time asset tracking across the entire distribution network. billion transactions annually.

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Editor’s Choice: Reducing Lead Times with Real-Time Data

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This article is from Descartes Systems Group and looks at how companies can reduce lead times with real-time data. As so many of us were made aware since the pandemic lead times were stretched to extreme levels for many products globally. To read the full article, click HERE.

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Real Time Container Tracking with Kyle Henderson

The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 14, 2023

Kyle Henderson and Joe Lynch discuss real time container tracking, which is exactly what Kyle and his team do at Vizion. Key Takeaways: Real Time Container Tracking Kyle Henderson is Co-founder and CEO of Vizion, a groundbreaking technology company revolutionizing container tracking in the logistics industry.

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Building on the Real-Time Visibility Foundation to Eliminate Silos and Achieve Huge Leaps in Efficiency – Use Case by Use Case

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2023

Rob’s second priority: reducing dwell times for the drivers picking up and dropping off those millions of shipments. Step 3: Implement a real-time supply chain command center. While analytics and visualization have their place, they can’t help you execute , in real-time, on a supply chain issue.

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America’s Largest Small Truck Network with Alex Winston

The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Supported by advanced technology, their multifunctional customer portal provides instant booking, quoting, real-time tracking, and other features designed to streamline the shipping process. Focus on Smaller Carriers: Expedite All specifically targets the small truckload (STL) market, catering to shipments of 14 pallets or less.

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Order Visibility Is Critical Amid Low Inventories

Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 30, 2024

For retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, the busy shipping season came early. The peak inbound season typically starts around this time of year. But shippers looking to avoid disruptions and ensure that tight inventory levels don’t lead to missed sales opportunities pulled their orders forward.

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Lenovo Excels in Supply Chain Planning with a Hybrid Approach

Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

We now have complete visibility of our supply chain. We can run a plan simulation to maximize revenue, maximize shipments, maximize the customer experience, or minimize transportation costs. Once a contract is in place, we have real-time visibility on the delivery status. We have full visibility.

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Key Takeaways from SAP Spend Connect Live

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

For example, a buyer might say, “You only shipped me 800 of the 1000 products I ordered.” And the supplier might reply, “I only agreed to ship 800.” Carbon certificates can be viewed in the catalog or captured via advanced ship notices. Those types of disagreements disappear in a SCCN platform.

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Hybrid IoT Networks: Integrating Multiple Communication Technologies for Seamless Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2025

In todays hyperconnected supply chain environment, the Internet of Things (IoT) is the operational backbone for visibility, optimization, and automation. Consider these real-world scenarios: A sensor on a shipping container crossing the ocean may require satellite communication until it enters port Wi-Fi coverage.

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How to Optimize Fulfillment with Unified Data

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2025

An organization with tens of thousands of different products may have to move them across many modes of transportation, IT systems, and third-party logistics partners, all adding to complexity, as well as loss of visibility and control. Timely information is critical, as data older than a few days can lead to costly supply chain disruptions.

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FourKites Ocean Visibility: A Next Generation Solution

Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

When it comes to real-time visibility, the market is becoming more important and more robust than ever before. Billions of venture capital dollars of investment are being poured into companies that can integrate real-time visibility data with transportation to provide a more informed ETA for shippers and carriers.

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Kimberly-Clark’s Digital Transformation of Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 2, 2021

Earlier this summer, FourKites held a Carrier Visibility Summit. Weisenberger is leading their digitally enabled shipping initiative, she works in distribution operations rather than transportation. Weisenberger is leading their digitally enabled shipping initiative, she works in distribution operations rather than transportation.

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Improved Supply Chain Visibility Requires an End-to-End Solutions

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2022

The world’s fleet consists of approximately 6,000 ships. These ships carried nearly 150 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers last year. Last October, over 100 ships, including 70 container ships, were waiting at anchor or in drift zones to unload at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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Enabling Edge Connectivity at Sea: ZEDEDA’s Role in Maersk’s OneWireless Digital Connectivity Platform

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2025

Global logistics and shipping provider Maersk has begun the roll-out of its new digital connectivity platform, OneWireless, aboard 450 vessels to enable smart container and cargo tracking solutions.

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Walmart Lowers their Shipping Requirements, but their Suppliers Still Struggle

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Walmart fines suppliers whose goods arrive late or who have not shipped everything that they committed to ship. If a company short ships TVs, they are fined more than if they short ship soup, for example. These solutions allow companies to prove that their goods arrived on-time. Proving that it arrived in-full is.

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Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management

Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

April 23, 2025 Blog Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of Freightos Enterprise our comprehensive solution designed specifically for large enterprises that import and export, who need to bring control, visibility, and efficiency to their global logistics operations.

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Management of Ocean Transit Time Reliability and Visibility

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Management of Ocean Transit Time Reliability and Visibility by LSCMS Shippers’ Council How would Logistics managers explain to their COO and Production group that inbound material will arrive on 23Dec but with 50% probability? What is supply chain visibility and why it is important?

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The Emergence of Supply Chain Data Fabrics

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Now companies are trying to collect data from multiple tiers of a supply chain in near real-time. A logistics planner may assert that expediting shipments will lead to very high shipping costs and retard their ability to meet greenhouse emission goals.

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Ahead of the Curve: How Digitalization Helped Air Cargo Amidst Red Sea Shipping Diversions

Freightos

APRIL 2, 2024

More Resources Home Ahead of the Curve: How Digitalization Helped Air Cargo Amidst Red Sea Shipping Diversions Joyce Tai April 2, 2024 If there’s one lingering lesson from the supply chain crisis of COVID, it’s that digitization can help organizations navigate crises…but that digitization can’t be put in place DURING that same crisis.

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No More Black Swans: The Age of Supply Chain Uncertainty

Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

Simplify, Synchronize, Succeed Gain consolidated visibility into rates, capacity, and market shifts. They need to make decisions in real-time or near real-time, as the environment around them rapidly evolves. At Freightos, we’ve invested heavily in providing near real-time or real-time data to our customers.

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Smart and Sustainable Freight: The Role of AI in Green Supply Chain Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 23, 2025

From route optimization and predictive analytics to real-time monitoring and emissions tracking, AI tools are being embedded in core logistics workflows. These tools do not aim to replace human decision-makers but instead enhance visibility, enable smarter planning, and improve overall resource utilization.

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Domestic Shipping for E-Commerce: Ensuring Customer Satisfaction!

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 20, 2025

Nonetheless, a smooth and effective post-purchase experience is essential to the success of any e-commerce venture, and domestic shipping is a vital component of this procedure. Shipping affects a customer’s opinion of your brand and level of happiness from the minute they click “purchase” until they receive their goods.

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PayCargo and Gnosis Freight to Power Container Payment Portal for Hapag-Lloyd

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 5, 2025

This innovative solution will enhance cargo visibility, reduce container dwell times, ensure regulatory compliance, and improve payment efficiency for all Hapag-Lloyd stakeholders in the U.S. imports from any country. TheCPP investment highlights Hapag-Lloyd’s commitment to customer-centric digital solutions.

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The Journey to End-to-End (E2E) Supply Chain Visibility Is Ongoing

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

The supply chain industry is on a years-long digital transformation journey, and one of the key objectives that industry leaders almost universally aim to achieve is true end-to-end (E2E) visibility across their complex global networks of suppliers, partners and customers. So, what is true E2E supply chain visibility?

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The Container Payment Portal and the Rise of AI in Freight with Jake Hoffman

The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 20, 2025

Jake is the Chief Technology Officer of Gnosis Freight, a logistics tech company focused on the lifecycle of a shipping container as it moves around the world. Jake is the Chief Technology Officer of Gnosis Freight, a logistics tech company focused on the lifecycle of a shipping container as it moves around the world.

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Smart Strategies for Budgeting Freight Fuel Surcharges

GlobalTranz

JUNE 12, 2025

Keeping shipping costs under control is no small task — and unpredictable freight fuel surcharges make it even tougher. In this blog, we'll walk you through how to calculate fuel surcharges on freight, track pricing trends, audit your shipping bills, and work with the right 3PL partner to keep your costs under control.

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The Future of Autonomous Supply Chains Part 1: Autonomous Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 12, 2024

Autonomous supply chains can help businesses to meet the demands of e-commerce and omnichannel retailing, by enabling more efficient and effective order fulfillment, reducing delivery time and cost, increasing customer loyalty and retention, and providing more visibility and control over the supply chain.

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Mastering Disruption: A Smarter, More Connected Approach

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2025

Three months into 2025, we have seen a barrage of on-again, off-again tariffs that have supply chain and logistics teams reeling, as they must rethink everything from next weeks shipping route to their foundational network models. The Ukraine-Russia conflict is ongoing.

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Navigating the Supply Chain Wars: Strategies for Wholesale Distribution Success

ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Technological Advancements Real-time inventory tracking and predictive analytics give leading firms a competitive edge. Evolving Customer Expectations Faster delivery, customized solutions, and real-time communication are now essential. Conflicts in critical regions disrupt access to essential materials.

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End-to-End Supply Chain Orchestration: Achieving Visibility and Operational Control

Optimize Your E-commerce Returns Strategy With Real-Time Data

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Edge Computing in Logistics: Enabling Real-Time Data Processing Closer to Operations

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Editor’s Choice: Labor Shortage and the Rise of Real-Time Visibility

Port Congestion Shines Light on Visibility Gaps

Mobile Inventory Management: Boost Efficiency with Real-Time Tracking

FourKites Visibility 2023: CONNECTED

The Case for Real-Time Perpetual Inventory Signals in Manufacturing

How LTE-M and NB-IoT Are Revolutionizing Asset Tracking in Global Supply Chains

What Happens When Machine Learning Meets Ocean Shipping?

Interoperability in the Supply Chain: Leveraging the OSI Model for Seamless Logistics

Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management

Only as Good as Your Data: Why Supply Chain Digital Twins Require Real-Time Data Unification

What Do You Mean By Supply Chain Visibility?

Hot Off the Grill: Optimizing Summer Supply Chains for Seasonal Staples

Top Suppliers of Transportation Execution and Visibility

Editor’s Choice: Reducing Lead Times with Real-Time Data

Real Time Container Tracking with Kyle Henderson

Building on the Real-Time Visibility Foundation to Eliminate Silos and Achieve Huge Leaps in Efficiency – Use Case by Use Case

America’s Largest Small Truck Network with Alex Winston

Order Visibility Is Critical Amid Low Inventories

Lenovo Excels in Supply Chain Planning with a Hybrid Approach

Key Takeaways from SAP Spend Connect Live

Hybrid IoT Networks: Integrating Multiple Communication Technologies for Seamless Logistics

How to Optimize Fulfillment with Unified Data

FourKites Ocean Visibility: A Next Generation Solution

Kimberly-Clark’s Digital Transformation of Shipping

Improved Supply Chain Visibility Requires an End-to-End Solutions

Enabling Edge Connectivity at Sea: ZEDEDA’s Role in Maersk’s OneWireless Digital Connectivity Platform

Walmart Lowers their Shipping Requirements, but their Suppliers Still Struggle

Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management

Management of Ocean Transit Time Reliability and Visibility

The Emergence of Supply Chain Data Fabrics

Ahead of the Curve: How Digitalization Helped Air Cargo Amidst Red Sea Shipping Diversions

No More Black Swans: The Age of Supply Chain Uncertainty

Smart and Sustainable Freight: The Role of AI in Green Supply Chain Logistics

Domestic Shipping for E-Commerce: Ensuring Customer Satisfaction!

PayCargo and Gnosis Freight to Power Container Payment Portal for Hapag-Lloyd

The Journey to End-to-End (E2E) Supply Chain Visibility Is Ongoing

The Container Payment Portal and the Rise of AI in Freight with Jake Hoffman

Smart Strategies for Budgeting Freight Fuel Surcharges

The Future of Autonomous Supply Chains Part 1: Autonomous Shipping

Mastering Disruption: A Smarter, More Connected Approach

Navigating the Supply Chain Wars: Strategies for Wholesale Distribution Success

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