The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Anthony transitioned to a Corporate Economist & Consultant, advising CXO leaders and Fortune 500 companies on economic analysis, industry trends, and internal strategy. He led analysis around M&A, pricing sensitivity, competitive intelligence, and annual sales forecast for the executive team.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

There is limited value to running an outdated process faster, and that value drops considerably when significant portions of the process run outside the enterprise tools. Planners spend considerable time preparing scenario planning and not the actual analysis. Instead, your planning team continues to be overworked and stressed.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

From digital freight brokerage and consultancy to software tools, they empower shippers, carriers, and warehouses to move more with less—increasing efficiency, reducing costs, and enhancing service quality. Rate Analysis and Benchmarking: Loadsmart helps clients compare freight rates.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 31, 2023

To build and customize reports many teams use Excel, the accountant’s favorite tool. A better way is to connect your Excel reports directly to the data source and get the same reports you used to spend hours or days creating, in minutes. Pulling data takes time and then you must format it for analysis and check for errors.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 15, 2020

A freight spend analysis can help cut those extra costs. Performing a freight spend analysis reveals extra costs deriving from unforeseen issues. Let’s look at a few best practices and steps to conduct a comprehensive, insightful cost analysis. Know the scope and value of a freight spend analysis.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 23, 2024

Collaborative discussions can help identify relevant data sources and metrics that capture the end-to-end supply chain process and align with overall business goals. Data inventory and assessment: Conduct a comprehensive inventory of available data sources within the organization, including internal systems (e.g., sensors, RFID tags).

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

As data becomes a critical resource in modern organizations, business users are clamoring for tools to ease access to data for reporting and dashboards. Production EA can bring predictive analytics and mobile-friendly tools for manufacturers to ensure high quality, optimized performance and yield, and reduced costs.

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SIPMM Professional Publications

APRIL 18, 2019

New technologies and tools are coming up to meet our needs. A digital data warehouse is designed with the purpose of improving business decisions by allowing data consolidation, analysis, and reporting at different aggregate levels. It provides a single, comprehensive source […].

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 17, 2023

Unfortunately, without proper processing and analysis, this data is of little use to the organization. BI is a powerful tool that can help companies drive informed decisions, improve their planning processes, and maintain a competitive edge in the marketplace. This enables managers to take swift action and keep production on track.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Supply chain network design (SCND) is a powerful tool for improving business operations. Optimal sourcing plant is different for different periods A baseline optimization model shows that depending on the period (month), the optimal sourcing location varies. Optimization and simulation are the two main branches of SCND.

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Transporeon

JANUARY 25, 2018

The challenge For many years, Amway had used a generic sourcing tool that only facilitated communications with the company’s carriers rather than providing access to a supplier database and a collaborative environment to conduct sourcing events. It is a good feeling to know that you have control over the negotiation process.”

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Transporeon

MARCH 13, 2017

Procurement professionals, if you are considering a transition from manual and Excel-based RF(x) to online automated e-sourcing platforms, here is the information you need to mitigate fear, uncertainty and doubt in your supplier base. But feedback from suppliers on the available procurement automation platforms tends toward the negative.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As businesses face tighter regulations on product safety, sustainability, and ethical sourcing, Digital Product Passports (DPPs) are becoming crucial for navigating these challenges. Environmental Protection Agency focuses on lifecycle analysis and waste management.

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FreightWaves SONAR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Benefits to our clients: Enhanced decision-making: By combining SONAR’s robust data offerings with Chaine’s intuitive platform, users gain a powerful tool for strategic planning and operational efficiency. This streamlining reduces the time spent on data gathering and analysis, freeing up resources for other critical tasks.

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FreightWaves SONAR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Benefits to our clients: Enhanced decision-making: By combining FreightWaves SONAR’s robust data offerings with Chaine’s intuitive platform, users gain a powerful tool for strategic planning and operational efficiency. This streamlining reduces the time spent on data gathering and analysis, freeing up resources for other critical tasks.

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CLX Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

At the heart of these challenges lies the need for advanced tools and technologies to drive innovation, enhance decision-making, and unlock hidden value within procurement processes. ML algorithms enable predictive analysis and decision-making, while NLP algorithms enhance communication and data analysis capabilities.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 24, 2015

Carriers in the trucking industry and also shippers today are actively looking for ways to combat the rising costs of operating their businesses, but they often do not fully understand proper benchmarking, transportation cost analysis, and profit management are intertwined. The ATA can also provide you with specific materials on the subject.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Major automation companies were considered in the analysis by exploring their value proposition in terms of what hardware, software, and services they provide to the industry. At ARC, we are planning to develop a new champions radar focused on Plastic Circularity, and those digital tools that end users are looking for.

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3PL Links

MAY 3, 2023

Improving Supply Chain Visibility: The Impact of Data Strategy | Image source: Pixabay A business-contextualized data approach is crucial for boosting supply chain visibility, especially during downturns. This requires knowing precisely what details should be collected and trusting the sources of this data. Which tools should we use?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 20, 2024

Common issues include: Lack of data-source integration. The ability to gather and compare data from multiple sources is vital to making real-time decisions. Storage costs increase significantly when you duplicate data across multiple sources. In recent years, the amount of data available to most companies has exploded.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

“This makes TRAC data far more accurate and reliable than any other spot rate source on the market.” These partnerships enable SONAR to continue to create new methodologies and introduce innovative tools aimed at building a single source of truth for the supply chain world.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 25, 2022

He has won two regional Gold Medals from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for government coverage and news analysis, and was voted best for feature writing and commentary in the Trade/Newsletter category by the D.C. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

True resiliency is achieved when supply chain leaders can predict issues and dynamically respond – from sourcing and manufacturing to final delivery – with agile solutions. Real-time analysis of integrated data spanning customers, partners and suppliers will lead to outcomes that better match supply and demand while containing costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 1, 2021

Once the analysis was done for Year One set up, Year Two was pretty much the same. The introduction of smoke-free products made the use of spreadsheet tools far less efficient in the capacity and sourcing planning as the new product categories had rapid growth. “We The tool was able to create a model going out multiple years.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 17, 2023

For example, it can look like imports from China are cheaper than the same goods imported from Mexico if a company is not relying on analysis produced by an advanced good global trade compliance (GTC) system. Global trade compliance really needs to be part of companies strategic sourcing programs.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Tim Consult has developed the Transport Market Monitor (TMM) into an interactive, web-based analysis tool. The TMM is a unique tool in the market with transport data from additional industries and numerous routes. The post Transport Market Monitor Now an Interactive Online Tool appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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3PL Links

JULY 7, 2023

The Role of Data Analytics in Supply Chain Management | Image source: Pixabay This article describes the transformation that data analysis and the supply chain are fostering and how it will impact business intelligence. Intelligence-driven businesses are interested in supply chain management and data analysis.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

If new hardware is required, it can often be sourced from the WMS vendors. But as these are largely commodity devices, a smart strategy can be to source this hardware separately, with the advice and recommendations from the WMS vendor. Often, a company already has some existing hardware that can be re-purposed with the new WMS.

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IoT World Today

MAY 21, 2020

Supply chain recovery hinges on incorporating robust data analytics and other data-driven tools into business operations to increase efficiency, reduce costs and proactively manage risk. Many product components are sourced from Asia, which experienced a major slowdown in production in early 2020. Supply Chain Faces Perfect Storm.

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Log-hub

MAY 22, 2024

In today’s complex and interconnected global economy, managing supply chains has evolved into a sophisticated discipline that requires advanced tools and strategies. Tools like dashboards and reports are commonly used. PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS : Suggests actions based on data analysis. Here, standardization plays a vital role.

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Log-hub

MAY 22, 2024

In today’s complex and interconnected global economy, managing supply chains has evolved into a sophisticated discipline that requires advanced tools and strategies. Tools like dashboards and reports are commonly used. PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS : Suggests actions based on data analysis. Here, standardization plays a vital role.

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3PL Links

JULY 8, 2024

Image source: Medium | Top 5 Essential Tips for Mastering Efficient Logistics Management Efficient logistics management is critical to the success of companies that rely on this sector for their operations. Numerous technologies and tools are available for use. Next, we’ll go over some of them.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks. There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. Price fluctuations and sourcing issues.

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The Lean Thinker

APRIL 20, 2020

At KataCon 2020, Steve Medland posed a problem that comes up fairly often: The default Toyota Kata process analysis (“grasp the current condition”) involves determining takt times and cycle times for the process, and a lot of processes don’t have an obvious repeating cadence. Don’t Confuse the Tool with the Goal.

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3PL Links

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Supply Chain Optimization Tips | Image Source: Flickr A company’s supply chain is made up of players at various levels and diverse logistical components, each of which plays a crucial role. Specifically, supply chain training will make it simple for your staff to use the many technical tools they use on a regular basis.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MAY 7, 2024

Traditionally, shipping companies have relied on manual tools and processes, predominantly managing their requests for proposals (RFPs) and bids using simple spreadsheets. This approach is cumbersome and fraught with challenges such as limited visibility, inefficient data management and difficulties in bid analysis.

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