Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2021

In a prior post , I wrote about the various ways data is transforming global supply chains. Data is the raw fuel of digital transformation and the linchpin to accelerating industry collaboration, automation, predictive insights and so many more cutting-edge capabilities (including those yet to be invented). Inspect before entry.

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Turvo

JULY 20, 2021

” So, in a sense, it all boils down to creating a more collaborative supply chain that can accommodate changes and stay agile throughout the disruption. Collaborative Shipping Exception Management Depends on Real-Time Data, End-to-End Transparency, and Context. Additional Benefits of Collaborative Exception Management.

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MTS Logistics

MAY 10, 2024

AI-Powered Optimization for Port Operations Data-Driven Decision-Making: AI algorithms analyze historical data, real-time information, and external factors to optimize port operations. For example, if a vessel is delayed due to adverse weather, port operators can adjust resource allocation accordingly.

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Turvo

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Collaboration tech appears among the newest and most potent available of all these tools and processes. For any supply chain, collaboration tech becomes key to being successful. Why Collaboration Tech Is Becoming Popular With Cold Shipping. Examples of Tech Used in Supply Chains Today.

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Parade

JUNE 8, 2021

This differences in business models pose challenges for agency 3PLs to collaborate using technology and operate separately. Specifically, agents want to keep their load, and shipment data separate, but want to reap the benefits of capacity information. Agency Support allows Agent 3PLs to: Centralize carrier profiling and collaboration.

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Parade

JUNE 8, 2021

This differentiation in business model poses challenges for Agent 3PLs to collaborate as a technology and operate separately. Specifically, agents want to keep their load, and shipment data separate, but want to reap the benefits of capacity information. Keep load level data, and customer data siloed within agencies.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Supply chain intelligence and actionable insights must apply the most accessible, near real-time data available. Analytic data resources for brokers are great, but it’s equally important to realize that FreightWaves SONAR is much more than a broker-exclusive resource. More collaboration will always generate additional productivity.

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Material Handling and Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Learn how to organize your data operations in alignment with supply chain strategy. Complex supply chains generate more data, which companies can use to drive greater efficiency or engage in innovation that disrupts an entire industry—think Amazon. More data is coming in than ever before.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

From there, we can upgrade supply planning systems, streamline procurement, revamp warehousing and distribution and, perhaps most importantly, enable collaboration across vast networks of supply chain partners to keep goods flowing. Pervasive real-time visibility and collaboration are our best bets to manage through the uncertainty.

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GoShip Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Now, scale that up to the world of freight shipping, where a small data slip can mean big money lost. In the freight shipping industry, the accuracy of freight data is more than just a detail. Every day, countless shipments crisscross the nation, each with its data points: weight, dimensions, type, and destination.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 12, 2023

Nevertheless, there is still a lack of transparency in logistics, as data volumes are often insufficiently filtered and processed. BlueBox Systems is the first tracking platform in the air freight sector to deliver real-time visibility of the location of air cargo shipments with highest quality data.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Mobile data can play a pivotal role in building the supply value chain. Mobile devices have functions that provide valuable data for the supply value chain. But even more importantly, this freight data enables shippers to optimize their company’s operations in various ways by avoiding overspend and more.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2024

From autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to collaborative robots (cobots) to industrial robots, robots are transforming the way goods are moved, stored, picked, packed, and shipped. Here are some of the examples that caught our attention. They can also work alongside humans or independently, depending on the task and the environment.

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FreightWaves SONAR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The COVID-19 crisis unveiled major issues within global supply chains and, as we have seen with SONAR freight data, volatility in the market. For those that make the right applications of freight data, the massive problems created by the pandemic could have been more easily mitigated.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2024

Cybersecurity for Total Warehouse Protection Cybersecurity stands as a barricade against potential breaches that can compromise operational data, employee information, and customer privacy. These measures not only protect sensitive data but also fortify the trust between warehouse operators and their clients.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2021

The solution is called a supply chain collaboration network (SCCN). ARC’s definition is that a supply chain collaboration network is a “collaborative solution for supply chain processes built on a public cloud – many-to-many architecture – which supports a community of trading partners and third-party data feeds.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Due to this problem, the only logical solution is to increase collaboration between the supply chain managers and procurement teams. . Technology has advanced light years beyond previous limitations within the supply chain, and more companies have access to real-time data on consumers than ever before, explains Jason Busch of Spend Matters.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 7, 2021

Automated systems and advanced workflows have brought new life to carrier operational excellence and collaboration with shippers. Through data-driven transportation management , carriers can finally become more strategic and tactical, thriving through good and bad times. Consider the following example. Here’s the kicker.

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Turvo

JUNE 3, 2020

Digitization—when applied to connect assets and share data—adds value, but digitization for the sake of digitization does little to streamline operations. But, the problem with not sharing data is best described as a series of examples of failures, which include: Late, missed, or lost deliveries.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 28, 2022

Transporeon , one of Europe’s leading Transportation Management Platform, and Schmitz Cargobull, Europe’s leading manufacturer of trailers, have announced a partnership that will provide Schmitz Cargobull’s customers an easy and secure data connection to Transporeon’s real-time visibility solution.

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Shipchain

MARCH 10, 2020

But dedicated managers have found a solution to help improve this part of delivery: data. Data is generated in all parts of last-mile delivery, and analysis of this information can help companies become proactive rather than reactive with their delivery methods. Benefits of Data for Last-Mile Delivery.

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IoT World Today

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Indeed, some organizations spent several years laying the foundations for data-driven strategy and remote operations even prior to COVID-19. Data-Driven Strategies Become Core Value Proposition. This core principle of creating value through logistics data has ricocheted throughout FedEx’s IT restructuring and its future plans.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2021

Supply chain collaboration networks, which provide wide ranging visibility to events occurring upstream and downstream in supply chains, can help companies be more agile. I am updating writing and research on the supply chain collaboration network market. What is a Supply Chain Collaboration Network.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A multi-enterprise supply chain networks (MSCN) is a key technology for improved collaboration across an extended supply chain. A MSCN is a collaborative solution for supply chain processes built on a many-to-many architecture which supports a community of trading partners and third-party data feeds. Then there is FourKites.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2024

The solution is particularly strong in creating visibility and coordination of international transport, collaboration with supplier networks and automating trade finance processes. A good example is saying “What are my demurrage issues at the Port of Long Beach?” They look at the data and ask themselves, “is this a problem?”

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 22, 2021

Big data and predictive freight rates in the digital supply chain are nothing new. Nearly all shippers, brokers and carriers collect and use data to derive insights, including predictive rates. Unfortunately, the most robust applications of that data will quickly diminish in value as data ages. Download the White Paper.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The AI tool will support the system integrator’s customers in predicting order loads and bottlenecks in the material flow, for example. Visitors to the trade fair can find out more about the project, which was developed in collaboration with the Technical University of Cologne, at Stand H20 in Hall 1.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 7, 2017

When you consider the increasing complexity of the automotive supply chain, collaboration continues to play an important role. Due to the large number of trading partners and systems, the potential for collaboration is great, but there are specific requirements to enable cross-company cooperation: Easy integration of participants and systems.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2024

In smart manufacturing, for example, the deployment of a multitude of sensors and devices for real-time monitoring of machinery, predictive maintenance, and quality control are primary use cases. The pandemic disrupted collaboration and coordination efforts among the standards organization and industry stakeholders.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 23, 2023

One of the ideas at the heart of the discipline of supply chain management is the importance of collaboration. The discipline has done a good job of driving collaboration between sales and marketing and manufacturing, procurement, and logistics. We need to cut out as much of the machining as possible.” Musk smiled.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In smart manufacturing, for example, the deployment of a multitude of sensors and devices for real-time monitoring of machinery, predictive maintenance, and quality control are primary use cases. The pandemic disrupted collaboration and coordination efforts among the standards organization and industry stakeholders.

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CH Robinson Logistics

JANUARY 23, 2020

One of the most frequent comments I get from customers is: “We have so much data but we don’t know what to do with it.” Through Robinson Labs, we’ve created a collaborative culture of experimentation that can easily scale. And it’s a collaboration that extends to our customers. I’ve been impressed with what I’ve seen.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

In today's ever more complex supply chain riddled with thousands upon thousands of processes, shipping freight has moved beyond tactical prowess for those who execute well and has evolved to now include strategic, innovative, and collaborative efforts to maintain not only a competitive edge but reduce overall transportation cost footprint.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 16, 2022

ARC has done research and writing on supply chain collaboration networks. A supply chain collaboration network (SCCN) is a key technology for improved collaboration across an extended supply chain. What ARC calls “supply chain collaboration networks,” TCS refers to as “ecosystem commerce platforms.”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2024

For example, a robust supply chain may have backup power generators, firewalls, security systems, and emergency plans to prevent or mitigate the effects of disruptions. For example, an agile supply chain may have real-time data, advanced analytics, decision support tools, and cross-functional teams to monitor, diagnose, and solve problems.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 5, 2024

The process involves collecting quantitative and qualitative data concerning vendor-provided goods and services, and analyzing this data for opportunities to improve (or reasons to end) the relationship. Adding an SRM layer simply forces you to analyze this data once in a while, and use the information to improve your business.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Along with Digital Transformation, leveraging AI/ML, autonomous decision-making, and going for Ecosystem collaboration, “Composability” is another central theme to make the supply chain planning more agile. In this blog, I’ll try to shed more light on it with examples from our work with our customers. So what to do?

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