Blue Grace Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Mexico trade is presenting both opportunities and challenges in infrastructure and capacity. This session dives into the tools, strategies, and market shifts that are transforming cross-border logistics, offering valuable insights into the future of the industry. Navigate the Growth in Nearshoring: Understand how the growth in U.S.-Mexico

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

View the Full Case Study. Having experienced market growth in size and volume of tenders, Opus9 realized its existing freight market data intelligence tools were not giving their customers the best rate information. View the Full Case Study. Bill Peterson. Opus9 General Manager.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2018

At the Descartes Evolution User Conference this past March, I attended several sessions about the MacroPoint solution and they were all standing room only , including the one where William Wehrle and David Bazzetta from BASF shared their case study. Real-time Capacity Matching: The Second Wave of Demand and Value.

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Blue Grace Logistics

AUGUST 29, 2024

Navigate Operational Challenges: Gain a clearer understanding of drop trailer capacity, commodity trends, and lessons learned from recent market disruptions. Key Takeaways: Optimize Your LTL Experience: Discover actionable insights on adapting to evolving trends and improving efficiency based on expert advice and market shifts.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

View the Full Case Study. Nussbaum Transportation Services adds value throughout its enterprise and uses data proactively to manage pricing strategies. Today, top uses of SONAR at Nussbaum include: Daily updates to show capacity changes in the market. View the Full Case Study. Providing map views of the U.S.

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AIMMS

JANUARY 9, 2018

Often, teams think they also need plenty of clean and accurate data to do it right. We had a financial reporting tool and based on the financial forecasting of our different sales subsidiaries, we made a forecast for products and services which was translated into a monthly demand plan and a capacity plan.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

If you’ve ever paid $10 for an Uber ride to the cocktail lounge in the evening and then a “surge priced” $50 for the same distance Uber ride back to your home only a few hours later around closing time, you understand the dynamics troubling shippers in today’s capacity constrained transportation market.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

View the Full Case Study. Edge Logistics is all about data, so we use everything we can find. The company uses them with customers externally through its Spot the Robot API, and with carriers though Capacity. View the Full Case Study. My career has been very IT-centric. SONAR benefits at Edge Logistics.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 12, 2025

Data for the BlueGrace Logistics Confidence Index is aggregated through a survey of shippers and reflects all freight transportation modes, while correlating growth or shrinkage to the overall industry volume of shipments and the price of products, according to BlueGrace. BlueGrace SVP of Managed Services Jason Lockard said that the 5.9%

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 3, 2020

View the Full Case Study. All shippers are looking for the best solution and freight broker to connect with more carriers, lanes, and capacity. And we are continuously using SONAR data to improve our internal rate model and the algorithms that power it. View the Full Case Study. Kunal Dovedy.

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

How to Navigate Your Supply Chain During Market Swings Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® Newsroom Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - November 21, 2023 Market conditions play a crucial role in shaping challenges professionals face when managing their organization’s supply chains.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 26, 2024

This pulls the capacity from not only those direct markets, but surrounding areas as well. This is where being able to monitor tender data at the market level can become your secret superpower. Both markets see decent amounts of produce, but only one sees the wide swings in freight rejection volatility due to disparities in capacity.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 1, 2024

LLMs fueling data-driven decision-making LLMs have stormed the tech landscape in recent years, and their applications in supply chain management are nothing short of transformative. The answer lies in data. In the ever-evolving world of logistics, data reigns supreme.

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AIMMS

JULY 19, 2017

The list includes the best of our blog and news items, our latest webinars and most recent case studies. Often, teams think they also need plenty of clean and accurate data to do it right. It’s the perfect companion for an inspiring holiday break! . Chris Gordon, AIMMS VP North America, discusses this on our blog.

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Blue Grace Logistics

AUGUST 30, 2023

Data for the BlueGrace Logistics Confidence Index is aggregated through a survey of shippers and reflects all freight transportation modes, while correlating growth or shrinkage to overall industry volume of shipments and price of products, according to BlueGrace. What’s more, negative order sentiment, in terms of revenues, fell 69.2%

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AIMMS

JANUARY 9, 2018

Often, teams think they also need plenty of clean and accurate data to do it right. We had a financial reporting tool and based on the financial forecasting of our different sales subsidiaries, we made a forecast for products and services which was translated into a monthly demand plan and a capacity plan.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

When you look at the data, 80-90 percent of the carriers that brokers use fall into the category of ‘one-load wonders,’ that is, carriers who cover one load and then fall off the system. Brokers use many sources to find capacity. His interesting response was that, “We didn’t implement Smart Capacity because we were ready for it.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Thanks to the holistic automation solution, Fressnapf was able to more than double its capacities, dynamics and productivity in order processing. Against this background, we started our latest expansion and automation project for the logistics center in 2013 to increase our capacities and efficiency in order processing.”

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 11, 2021

View the Full Case Study. Michael founded the compan y in 2000 and today, the brand offers a 400 asset fleet , 50+ power-only fleet, more than 1,300 trailers & 8,000+ Carrier Partners and an impressive business case to any company looking for more capacity in today’s market. View the Full Case Study.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Prescriptive Analytics platforms , as defined by Gartner , “primarily focus on creating optimization solutions,” providing “data prep, prescriptive model building, model management and model deployment in various business processes.” More investment in data science . Spreadsheets are prone to error.

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Ultimately, the index is built to provide shippers with relevant data that they can use to improve customer experience, logistics capacity management and budgeting. The benchmarks assessed from the index are designed to provide shippers predictive insight into what could be expected in future market cycles, according to Lockard.

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WorkWave

DECEMBER 16, 2024

We will discuss case studies, future trends, and guidelines for businesses considering whether to invest in this cutting-edge technology. These technologies leverage data collected from sensors mounted on UAVs, satellite,s and ground-based platforms, enabling farmers to make informed decisions based on real-time insights.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2019

The good news is that advancements in technology are addressing some of the historical challenges companies have faced in gathering, sharing, and analyzing real-time data from many different systems and trading partners. What is predictive capacity management and how does it benefit the industry?

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Case Study. Since an embargo is designed to reduce stress on a limited capacity network, they may also be isolated geographically. What data should be collected by shippers to improve forecasting for demand on LTL and FT? Webinars Show Submenu Resources. The Logistics Blog®. Whitepaper. Adam White. We can help.

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AIMMS

JULY 19, 2017

The list includes our best supply chain analytics blogs and news items, our latest webinars and most recent case studies. Often, teams think they also need plenty of clean and accurate data to do it right. It’s the perfect companion for an inspiring holiday break! .

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 11, 2018

Beumer Group provided the necessary technology, with its new high-capacity BG Sorter at its core, designed as a tilt tray sorter. Wireless communication enables real-time data transmission, unlike infrared communication where data are transmitted only when an infrared sensor is passed.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2023

Case Study. While major supply chain issues have created massive bottlenecks that have affected nearly every industry since the pandemic began in 2020, Adam Blankenship says more capacity exists today than at any point over the past 24 months. Supply Chain Improving but Recession Could Be a Step Back Show Submenu Resources.

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Parade

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

When Fortune Logistics had big plans to modernize their freight brokerage, they turned to Parade for capacity management and process automation. If they didn’t have a networked carrier available, they had to sift through mass amounts of data to find the capacity they needed to cover loads.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 30, 2018

Big Data in Logistics. Truck Capacity Shortage: The Past, Present and Future. The Data Needed to Transform Supply Chains. Big Data in Logistics. BASF Video Case Study: The Value of Real-Time Freight Visibility. Realities and Misconceptions of 4PL Relationships. CFO Beating You Up Over Rising Freight Costs?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 4, 2022

Professors Robert Fildes and Paul Goodwin have spent a significant amount of their eminent careers studying the adoption of forecasting tools, which they describe in a recent case study. The most relevant AI/ML methods for forecasting are machine learning models, which need large volumes of clean(ish) data.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2018

Thanks to 118.000 pallets plus 40.000 box storage positions for stock remainders, Skechers has managed to create operational capacity for processing large quantities of shoes per day. TERGO UMS reach trucks are normally used to distribute the goods to the shipping doors, allowing intensive work with a transport capacity of up to 2 tonnes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 18, 2022

This includes weather events, port strikes, capacity shortages, and unexpected demand spikes. drives costs out of the supply chain by using multiple analytical approaches to solve a wider variety of business problems and balance trade-offs incorporating cost, revenue, on-time delivery, capacity, and more. The releases of Planning.AI

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Prescriptive Analytics platforms , as defined by Gartner , “primarily focus on creating optimization solutions,” providing “data prep, prescriptive model building, model management and model deployment in various business processes.” More investment in data science . Spreadsheets are prone to error.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 20, 2023

Shipper's Guide to Planning Ahead Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® News Press Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - March 20, 2023 Data shows there is a consensus that revenue will increase and inventory levels will build. The latest LCI forecasts an upwards trend for Q2.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 15, 2018

Companies today are facing significant transportation challenges — tight capacity, rising rates, and more demanding delivery expectations from customers. Retailers want data on which to make better decisions that drive profitability. How are companies using Control Tower visibility to deliver business value?

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

How can I summarize the many sessions and customer case studies I attended in a short blog post? presented a great case study on the company’s journey and success with real-time freight visibility. Customs Info in 2014, MK Data Services in 2015 and Datamyne in 2016). Keegan McCready, Sr.

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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Cassidy | JOC.com September 25, 2023 US shippers uncertain about sales and order volumes this holiday season are likely to increase less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments despite lower truckload rates, data from an industry survey suggests. Seasonally adjusted data for merchant wholesalers showed a 1.39 31 earnings call. a year ago.

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