The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 28, 2023

She brings almost 20 years of supply chain and benchmarking experience to DAT, where she is focused on providing actionable insights to shippers through DAT’s Benchmark Analytics and Rateview benchmarking tools. The platform offers a wide range of features and tools to help shippers find available carriers and carriers find available loads.

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Cyzerg

JANUARY 23, 2024

A fully automated warehouse system uses software and hardware tools to streamline operations, from receiving inventory to shipping orders. We will also discuss when to implement them, how to overcome challenges, and how to conduct a cost analysis. Read on to see if automation is right for you.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 15, 2024

From optimizing carrier operations at UPS to leading logistics functions for giants like Staples and Perry Ellis, she’s seen it all. Their three-step engagement process pairs a people first attitude with expert optimization techniques: Discover Pain Points, Root Cause Analysis, & Implement Solutions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

This collaboration aims to deliver advanced tools to streamline workflows and improve finances across distribution and warehouse operations. Together, the companies will provide businesses with powerful labor insights for workflow analysis, benchmarking, and forecasting across their networks.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2022

Pairing advanced technologies with deep-seated industry expertise, Loadsmart fuels growth, simplifies operational complexity and bolsters efficiency for carriers and shippers alike. To increase operational efficiency and reduce costs, companies like Loadsmart are automating the shipping process (life of the load): Quotation and booking.

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NGT News

JANUARY 4, 2023

Lightning eMotors has released its new virtual Fleet Planner, a free fleet configuration tool that allows fleet managers to input their individual fleet characteristics and receive a customized operating cost analysis and carbon reduction metrics based on the recommended Lightning electric vehicle that best fits their specific needs.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Low-code tools give an easy-to-use support for building software applications, eliminating the need for in-house coding specialists. Manufacturers can use low code platforms to address internal business challenges such as changing a business process or the improvement of operations across the shop floor. What is low code development?

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Freightos

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Recent research across 50+ procurement professionals found them most concerned with the impact of external factors on operations, with rising costs ( 55% ), geopolitical disruptions ( 45% ) and capacity constraints ( 38% ) at the top concerns. As the global freight market continues to evolve, so too will the tools that drive it.

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WorkWave

DECEMBER 2, 2024

As customers increasingly demand rapid and reliable delivery, optimizing this final leg of transportation becomes essential for businesses aiming to enhance customer satisfaction and operational efficiency. Data-driven approaches, such as predictive analytics, facilitate real-time adjustments in delivery operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2025

Understanding AI Agents At its core, an AI Agent is a reasoning engine capable of understanding context, planning workflows, connecting to external tools and data, and executing actions to achieve a defined goal. Integrate with External Tools and Data: AI Agents can augment their inherent language model capabilities with APIs and tools (e.g.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 26, 2025

Supply chain disruptions have become a persistent operational risk. Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping supply chain operations by enabling predictive planning, allowing companies to anticipate disruptions before they occur and adjust operations accordingly. Amazon is a leader in AI-driven supply chain management.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 1, 2022

He’s been in the freight industry for 10 years and has touched everything from carrier sales to customer operations to account management. Dynamic pricing that enables shippers to get an instant freight quotes created by a dynamic pricing tool that delivers the right price with guaranteed capacity.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 24, 2024

While working in this industry, experts interact with various vendors, including workers in loading/off-loading operations, transporters for cargo/container movement, CHAs for customs clearance, shipping and airline professionals for freight handling, and 3PL & 4PL players for warehousing.

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WorkWave

MARCH 4, 2025

One of the most powerful yet underutilized tools for achieving this is decile data analytics. Decile data analysis involves dividing a dataset into ten ranked segments called deciles, identifying someone’s likelihood to respond to marketing campaigns or find value from the services your company provides. What Is Decile Data?

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WorkWave

JANUARY 21, 2025

Service sectors like commercial cleaning, physical security, pest control, lawn care and landscaping operate at the intersection of labor, compliance and financial policymaking them especially sensitive to shifts in federal priorities. This deduction may be of particular value for owner-operated businesses.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 9, 2022

Mid-market manufacturers need a tool that’s tailored to their needs. The BI tool needs to be able to easily pull all this data together for analysis. Bringing in additional outside data sources can make analysis even more powerful by enabling one to look at a question from a more holistic point of view.

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MTS Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

However, the world is currently facing a significant economic slowdown, and this downturn is having profound effects on container shipping operations around the globe. Considering higher capacity, with reduced demand, these tools have barely any impact. For example: The global GDP growth rate for 2021 was 6.02%, a 9.1%

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Log-hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Milkrun Optimization Plus & Transport Optimization Plus Apps: Precision in Routing and Cost Control The latest update introduces the External Cost feature, a powerful “make or buy” decision-making tool, enabling businesses to evaluate whether handling deliveries in-house or outsourcing to a third party is more cost-effective.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

Quality and Detail of Data and its Analysis In some of our earlier posts, weve stressed the importance of simplicity in distribution network design , and we will return to that topic later in this article. It’s not a short list, so we’ll set it down here as a summary to help you with plans for analysis.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Have you conducted a cost-to-serve (CTS) analysis for your enterprise? And that is the sole purpose of cost-to-serve analysis. If you were going to say, “What is a cost-to-serve analysis?” Only a complete cost-to-serve analysis will expose these underlying issues unless they happen to be discovered incidentally.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

With the development of the digital wave, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology has gradually emerged as an important tool in the international logistics industry. It significantly improves the efficiency and accuracy of business processes while reducing the error and cost of manual operations.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

However, 81% plan to adopt AI platforms within the next year to mitigate risks and enhance safety for improved operational performance. AI-driven data: The key to safer, more efficient fleet operations Integrating AI tools into goods delivery processes offers significant benefits. Transportation is an inherently tough business.

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WorkWave

JANUARY 20, 2025

In industries like lawn care and pest control, businesses tend to operate on thin profit margins. For these companies, maintaining profitability while protecting their margins hinges on operational efficiency and the strategic use of data. Businesses operating on tight margins need information that is actionable, precise and timely.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2024

So, when I learned that GIS can effectively be used for traffic analysis and management, my interest piqued. GIS is a powerful tool that enables the analysis and visualization of spatial data, allowing for the integration of geographical elements into transportation planning and management. How Does GIS Help?

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The Lean Thinker

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

We get into semantic arguments about “problem solving” as somehow different from “root cause analysis” and how the Improvement Kata is somehow distinct, again, from those activities. Toyota Kata is not a problem solving tool. What obstacles are preventing you from [operating to that standard]? Same thing.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Demand forecasting has more to do with consumer interest in your product, trends in the marketplace, and how these and other factors could affect your future day-to-day operations. Accurate data forecasting requires accurate data, robust data analysis tools, and people who understand how to use them.

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Stord

APRIL 24, 2024

Love it or fear it, Artificial Intelligence appears to be the new normal in everything, including supply chain and logistics operations. How will AI and related technologies impact supply chain / logistics operations over the next 12-24 months? ( AI chatbots are everywhere. And there’s even AI in refrigerators.

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20Cube Logistics

MAY 7, 2022

Basic principles of Kaizen, a Japanese philosophy of “continuous improvement”, has been continuously used as an important tool by many organisations to achieve the same. Taking a closer look at day to day operations in a supply chain process, can give insights on various problem areas that need improvement.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 20, 2025

Supply chain automation refers to the tools and technologies we can use to make manual tasks automated, reducing the need for human workers. Supply chain automation tools allow you to create a more resilient, efficient, and competitive business. What is Supply Chain Automation? What are some examples of Supply Chain Automation?

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3PL Links

JANUARY 8, 2025

A fleet management system is a fundamental tool in the planning and operational control of the logistics sector. These advantages are sought both by organizations that assume the logistics responsibility of their business and by companies specialized in this type of operation. How does a fleet management system work?

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TransAudit

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

As Josh Dritz, VP of Operations Technology and Automation at Messen Medical Surgical, pointed out, Geopolitical factors, extreme weather events, labor issues, and pandemics are just a few of the challenges that constantly threaten supply chains. Use tools to automate root cause analysis and reduce dependency on manual reporting.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

My family owned a manufacturing operation, so I experienced firsthand the challenges that mid-market manufacturers face. This automation may provide some benefits and increase efficiency, but typically these are point solutions that do not come together to provide a clear view of the entire operation. I should know.

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 18, 2024

Schacht delved into the different approaches carriers are adopting to blend their liner operations with logistics and freight forwarding capabilities. The post The Tug of War: Liner Operations vs. Logistics Services in the Ocean Carrier Industry appeared first on More Than Shipping.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 9, 2022

Pairing advanced technologies with deep-seated industry expertise, Loadsmart fuels growth, simplifies operational complexity and bolsters efficiency for carriers and shippers alike. Instantaneous freight quotes created by a dynamic pricing tool that delivers the right price with guaranteed capacity.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 2, 2021

Pairing advanced technologies with deep-seated industry expertise, Loadsmart fuels growth, simplifies operational complexity and bolsters efficiency for carriers and shippers alike. Instantaneous freight quotes created by a dynamic pricing tool that delivers the right price with guaranteed capacity.

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Trinity Logistics

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Yet, sometimes, the process can feel more like a complex puzzle than a seamless operation. Lets uncover the exact challenges many businesses face and learn how to transform them into a smooth and efficient operation you’ll love. Does This Sound Like Your Logistics Operations? Youre not the only one! Why not join them?

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 13, 2021

Pairing advanced technologies with deep-seated industry expertise, Loadsmart fuels growth, simplifies operational complexity and bolsters efficiency for carriers and shippers alike. To increase operational efficiency and reduce costs, companies like Loadsmart are automating the shipping process (life of the load): Quotation and booking.

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