Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Additionally, tools like zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) enable companies to verify information without disclosing sensitive details, and smart contracts automate key processes without intermediaries, reducing costs and delays Regulations such as the U.S.

Supply Chain Software 87

Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Optimal Sourcing Modeling Software 87

Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Indeed, the transition has taken place so swiftly that some companies may still need to fully grasp the present or future possibilities to exploit distribution performance as a competitive advantage. This application included automated load and route planning processes. So, what more can be done from a planning-software perspective?

Presentation 95

Presentation Optimization Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Optimal Sourcing 95

Ship Monk

MAY 19, 2025

Expanding your ecommerce business into global markets presents enormous growth opportunities. International shipping isnt just about adding a shipping label; it requires precision in managing tax systems, customs documentation, and trade laws. Customs documentation: Accuracy matters. Thats where ShipMonk comes in. Why ShipMonk?

Cost Reduction 52

Cost Reduction Inventory Reduction Compliance eCommerce 52

Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In some operations the items are unpacked and placed into tubs or bins before presentation at the pick-face to facilitate the Order Picking process, (most common in “Goods to the Man” operations). A properly designed order picking document can also increase the accuracy of the Order Picking operation.

Picking 74

Picking Ordering Inventory Reduction Waste Reduction 74

RPA Labs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Whether your company is a domestic freight broker, an international freight forwarder , an ocean carrier , or a trucking fleet, you probably rely on your employees to do data entry, document processing, shipment tracking, and invoicing. RPA Labs’ Document Bots allow for seamless system- to-system interaction with a no-code interface.

Document 40

Document Vendor Strategies Supply Chain Software Cost Reduction 40

Parade

MARCH 3, 2021

This post was written in collaboration with , OpenEnvoy , a leading automated invoice reconciliation tool. Outsourcing invoice reconciliation to a bank is more common , but that presents its own host of problems: Banks typically require a 3PL or freight broker to use the bank’s own payment network, charging a fee of up to 5% per invoice.

Supply Chain Software 148

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Resource Reduction Cost Reduction 148

Conger

MARCH 22, 2024

This new idea has become a big part of the modern business world, revolutionizing how goods are transported within warehouses and manufacturing plants through automated guided vehicles (AGVs). Table of Contents Toggle Understanding Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) What is an AGV? Let’s dive in! So what is the difference?

Materials Handling 79

Materials Handling Material Savings Supply Chain Software Cost Reduction 79

RPA Labs

MAY 26, 2022

RPA Labs offers three core products – RPA Flow for document automation, RPA Engage for response automation, and RPA Pursuit for track & trace, container visibility, and ocean, air, and rail API connections. Documents are the bane of every logistics service provider’s existence.

Automation 52

Automation Logistics Network Optimization Software Tracking and Tracing Document 52

Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Automation has the potential to exponentially increase efficiency, profitability, and safety in the logistics and manufacturing sectors, as will be seen at ProMAT Chicago. So far, the lack of a robust, yet flexible navigation technology has limited the scope and scale of automation in material handling operations.

Presentation 52

Presentation Logistics Network Optimization Software Resource Reduction Materials Handling 52

Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 31, 2017

For example: Paperwork and data entry: WMS has reduced the need for people to spend time completing paper forms or entering data from documents into spreadsheets and other data-management applications. Warehouse Automation. Scanning Technologies. What a wasteful use of good warehouse cube. The Paperless Warehouse.

Supply Chain Software 63

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Software 63

Conger

MARCH 22, 2024

This new idea has become a big part of the modern business world, revolutionizing how goods are transported within warehouses and manufacturing plants through automated guided vehicles (AGVs). Table of Contents Toggle Understanding Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) What is an AGV? Let’s dive in! So what is the difference?

Materials Handling 75

Materials Handling Material Savings Supply Chain Software Cost Reduction 75

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 2, 2025

The transition has taken place so swiftly that some companies may still need to fully grasp the present or future possibilities to exploit distribution performance as a competitive advantage. This application included automated load and route planning processes. So, what more can be done from a planning-software perspective?

Logistics Network Optimization Software 75

Logistics Network Optimization Software Optimization Software Optimal Sourcing Logistics 75

Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 18, 2024

Companies aiming to improve their competitiveness through more highly automated intralogistics will find everything they need from a single source at Linde Material Handling (MH): a broad portfolio of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and mobile robots (AMRs), suitable for projects ranging from small to large and simple to complex.

Automation 47

Automation Modeling Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Materials Handling 47

Shipping and Freight Resource

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Digitalisation is the use of digitization and digital technologies like Blockchain, AI, Machine Learning and Automation to convert your business to a digital business. Whether digital or manual, the business of shipping involves a lot of documentation. You can imagine the state of the fish when it gets to destination. Image from : APL.

Freight 98

Freight Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Software 98

Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 11, 2024

STILL, the Hamburg-based intralogistics provider, is systematically expanding its service concept and will soon be offering fast and flexible on-site service for automated trucks. In addition, the centralised STILL spare parts supply ensures a high level of parts availability in the automation sector.

Automation 52

Automation Logistics Network Optimization Software How To Trucking 52

3PL Links

JANUARY 8, 2025

All in all , this tool helps automate fleet management, simplifying day-to-day operations and facilitating the creation of performance parameters for better decision-making by managers.

Optimal Sourcing 62

Optimal Sourcing Cost Reduction Resource Reduction Expense Reduction 62

20Cube Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The future of shipping lies the way the technology is conceived and adopted to automate manual processes. TMS (Transport Management System) is one such automation that is helping manage and automate the operations by providing visibility into the transportation activities. Why TMS is needed?

Supply Chain Planning Software 91

Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software Supply Chain Software Logistics Network Optimization Software 91

Shipping and Freight Resource

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

2020 threw at us a potent concoction of virulent market conditions including a pandemic, skyrocketing freight rates, reduced availability of space and equipment on container ships, unprecedented demand and port congestions along with the usual documentation and visibility issues that we have been facing for years. Take the survey.

Supply Chain Software 87

Supply Chain Software Freight Inventory Reduction Resource Reduction 87

Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 4, 2024

Coesia, a leader in innovative industrial and packaging solutions, will showcase its internal logistics and e-commerce solutions to automate order fulfilment processes at LogiMAT (March 19-21, 2024; Hall 7, Stand 7A61.) At the show, Coesia’s Groups will display technologies to support picking, consolidation, packaging, and palletising.

Order processing 44

Order processing Supply Chain Software Automation Supply Chain Design Software 44

GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Exchanging documents electronically improves transaction speed and visibility while decreasing the amount of money you spend on manual processes. Finally, there is also resources needed in your transportation department, since there no longer has to be an employee present to handle these sorts of tasks.

Cost Reduction 98

Cost Reduction Waste Reduction Expense Reduction Inventory Reduction 98

Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

From 1st January, 2023, shipments of goods from Switzerland must be declared electronically to German customs with a presentation notification. This affects shipments that cannot be handled by a customs declaration before presentation or a through transport procedure, as well as certain other non-standard procedures.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 64

Logistics Network Optimization Software Handling Presentation Document 64

Ship Monk

JUNE 30, 2022

So your sister’s birthday party is tonight and the presents that you paid overnight shipping for just arrived at your door. There are many important documents related to shipping. These two shipping documents are the ones most commonly mixed up; however, they serve distinct purposes. Packing Slip vs. Shipping Invoice.

Packing 98

Packing eCommerce Inventory Reduction Packaging 98

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 9, 2024

DPPs provide a streamlined, digital way to document a product’s lifecycle, making it easier to ensure compliance and improve transparency. Addressing Regulatory Challenges with DPPs Despite their benefits, managing compliance with DPPs presents its own challenges.

Compliance 113

Compliance Digital Waste Reduction Sourcing Strategies 113

Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

“The difficult market situation caused by the geopolitical crises and higher material and energy expenses in almost all business segments presented not only our company but also the entire intralogistics industry with major challenges in 2022,” says Steffen Bersch, CEO of the SSI Schaefer Group.

Material Savings 69

Material Savings Waste Reduction Expense Reduction Price Reduction 69

Parade

MARCH 3, 2021

This post was written in collaboration with , OpenEnvoy , a leading automated invoice reconciliation tool. Outsourcing invoice reconciliation to a bank is more common , but that presents its own host of problems: Banks typically require a 3PL or freight broker to use the bank’s own payment network, charging a fee of up to 5% per invoice.

Supply Chain Software 78

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Resource Reduction Cost Reduction 78

Parade

MARCH 3, 2021

This post was written in collaboration with , OpenEnvoy , a leading automated invoice reconciliation tool. Outsourcing invoice reconciliation to a bank is more common , but that presents its own host of problems: Banks typically require a 3PL or freight broker to use the bank’s own payment network, charging a fee of up to 5% per invoice.

Supply Chain Software 78

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Resource Reduction Cost Reduction 78

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

Last week, I gave the keynote presentation at the Dangerous Goods Symposium, sponsored by LabelMaster and the DG Exchange. In my presentation, I highlighted five key transportation trends that are changing supply chains from a technology standpoint. Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide ; Clint Reiser. billion in 2019.

Supply Chain Planning Software 123

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Software 123

3PL Insights

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Amazon is on the forefront of automation in the warehouse , currently using 45,000 Kiva Robots, after purchasing the company Kiva Systems in 2012 (they’re now renamed “Amazon robots”). Documents can be routed to multiple departments, integrated with dispatch, billing, TMS, and other document management systems.

Supply Chain Software 112

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Inventory Reduction Expense Reduction 112

UL EHS- Sustainability

OCTOBER 10, 2019

How do you present your case to achieve the results you need? Through precisely curated documentation, management can see clearly defined data that identifies the strengths and weakness of the company’s environmental, health and safety programming. But how do you document that mountain of EHS data?

Data 12

Data Sourcing Strategies Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Optimal Sourcing 12

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 20, 2024

When you automate data management, you ensure information is centralized and appears only once, reducing data redundancy. You now have one central source of information, allowing you to reduce redundant data infrastructures and drastically cut the cost of storing multiple documents in multiple different places.

Manufacturing Procurement 105

Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Expense Reduction Cost Reduction 105

Camelot 3PL Software

JUNE 6, 2024

The implementation of EDI in warehousing automated and standardized communication between businesses, streamlining processes such as order-to-cash and procure-to-pay cycles. This automation not only reduced human error but also significantly improved the speed and accuracy of business document exchanges.

Supply Chain Software 52

Supply Chain Software Warehousing 3PL Logistics Network Optimization Software 52

LandLink

DECEMBER 12, 2018

“I believe we are going to see very rapid evolution toward the use of what Gartner calls smart automated guided vehicles, that are also known as autonomous mobile robots, within DCs,” says Klappich. Every time a product changes hands, the transaction could be documented, creating a permanent history of a product, from manufacture to sale.

Supply Chain Design Software 79

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Tracking and Tracing 79

CH Robinson Logistics

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Rapid growth in ecommerce since the ’90s has presented various challenges to the logistics industry in Asia and around the globe – including proper infrastructure and connectivity. This year, Alibaba’s Single Days sales set record 74.1 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 26% compared to the same timeframe in 2019.

eCommerce 115

eCommerce Logistics Network Optimization Software Modeling Software Supply Chain Software 115

Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

More than 1,500 exhibitors from Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Africa will present their current portfolios of products, systems, and solutions for efficient intralogistics processes to an international industry audience across 125,000 square meters of the fully booked exhibition centre—7% more exhibit space than last year.

Production 52

Production Optimization Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Resource Reduction 52

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 14, 2023

The business processes: that determine how an enterprise works The people: who do the work and the way they are functionally organized The systems: that are implemented to automate, consolidate and streamline procedures and data The role of these elements is important in how an ERP project achieves its goals.

ERP 105

ERP Optimization Software Optimal Sourcing Procurement Solutions 105

Turvo

MAY 11, 2020

Profit Margin Slippage Presents New Challenges for Freight Brokers Industries across the globe continue to experience shrinking profit margins. Users need a platform that centralizes document storage and reduces the hassle of maintaining records for compliance and payment purposes. Among freight brokers, gross margins fell to 16.1%

Cost Reduction 55

Cost Reduction Expense Reduction Inventory Reduction Resource Reduction 55

Freightos

JUNE 17, 2024

An example of such a case is sentiment analysis, or rather detecting opinion present in text (good, neutral, bad). Matt was previously the founder/CEO of Catapult International, the industry leading ocean shipping rate management system. With an internal model, the data is stored within the firewalls of the AI company and nowhere else.

Modeling Software 119

Modeling Software Optimization Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Cost Reduction 119