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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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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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.” They also cover supplier managed inventory, quality collaboration, manufacturing line collaboration, and asset collaboration.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

We have all our factories, both in-house and outsourced, all of our distribution centers, and our transportation network on the Blue Yonder foundational system. We now have complete visibility of our supply chain. Once a contract is in place, we have real-time visibility on the delivery status.

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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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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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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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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 14, 2021

Much attention (and financing) has been directed over the past years to the expansion of supply chain visibility, mainly “real-time visibility platforms” and to “sensor-based visibility solutions“. Complete or total real-time “network level visibility“, despite the hype, remains a more distant reality.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2023

Warehouse management systems didn’t share data with the transportation management systems, which in turn didn’t share data with the yard management systems. Rob’s second priority: reducing dwell times for the drivers picking up and dropping off those millions of shipments. Step 1: Unlock the full value of your data.

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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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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. FourKites is a leading provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions. What made Ms.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

The three traditional methods are the use of a transportation management system (TMS), transportation execution system (TES), and managed transportation services (MTS). A TES is generally mode specific and lack optimization capabilities, but for shippers with simpler transportation requirements, that is often all they need.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2025

Many large organizations have multiple systems for order, warehouse, or transportation management that are barely integrated frequently not at all. These steps include sourcing and receiving inventory, storing inventory, order processing, picking and packing an order, shipping the order, and returns management.

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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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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Managing OTR transportation through disruption is a complex process. We’re sharing seven best practices to improve OTR transportation management, enabling shippers to stay competitive in the face of disruption. Analytics provides visibility into your transportation network and operations. Across OTR Transportation Modes.

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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. That is the beauty of a platform enabled by AI.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Walmart fines suppliers whose goods arrive late or who have not shipped everything that they committed to ship. Uber Freight is a major provider of managed transportation services. If a company short ships TVs, they are fined more than if they short ship soup, for example. Proving that it arrived in-full is.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 23, 2025

With freight transport accounting for a significant share of global emissions, efforts to improve logistics now extend beyond operational metrics to include resilience, regulatory compliance, and climate performance. The global freight sector faces growing pressure to balance cost-efficiency with environmental responsibility.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

That supply planning application needs to be integrated into an array of internal systems ERP, transportation management, warehouse management, procurement, and other applications. Now companies are trying to collect data from multiple tiers of a supply chain in near real-time.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Raw materials are in short supply, many manufacturers have temporarily mothballed production lines, transportation costs are rising, and labor is getting tight on our roadways , railways and ocean vessels. If you’re Home Depot, you reserve an entire ship for your own exclusive use. The impact? So how do we adjust to this new reality?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

Transportation execution solutions allow shippers to connect to multiple carriers and then tender, track, and pay in the system. Visibility solutions allow real-time asset tracking across the entire distribution network. This enables improved estimated arrival times of goods. Here are a few notable factors.

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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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E2open

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

National distributor of food and fine ingredients, Batory, deploys modern real-time visibility solution to enable efficient product delivery, precise updates for customers DALLAS – Feb. Through enhanced visibility, Batory Foods aimed to improve transparency and control, minimize disruptions, and better serve its customers.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 11, 2022

To test the thinking and visibility of his students, Socrates held up a white ball in front of his student and asked, “What color is the ball?”. Next time, before you answer,” said Socrates, “examine both sides.”. Indeed, who couldn’t benefit from improved transportation visibility? Bottlenecks form. Labor stalls.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2025

By applying machine learning, natural language processing, and real-time optimization, businesses are improving forecasting, reducing costs, and responding to complexity with greater consistency. The strategic value of AI lies in its ability to automate routine decisions, enhance visibility, and support better resource planning.

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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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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 26, 2025

Subscribe Shipping Containers! Infographic) Shipping containers have left a mark on the supply chain industry and beyond. Learn more about how shipping containers revolutionized the supply chain industry in this blog. Supply Chain Optimization Shipping containers played a pivotal role in optimizing supply chains.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Your supply chain should benefit from end-to-end supply chain visibility and execution solutions that work together in a coherent supply chain orchestration strategy. To cultivate true supply chain resiliency, the concept of end-to-end supply chain visibility should not be limited to freight shipment transparency.

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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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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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GlobalTranz

JUNE 7, 2018

Statistics on the industry-wide use of a transportation management system (TMS), like the Cerasis Rater, are lacking. Demand for record-breaking speed of delivery and free shipping are only making the case for greater use of technology in full truckload freight shipping management, and shippers need to understand why.

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