Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

We’ve moved from weekly supply collaboration with suppliers to daily. An iGPU (integrated graphic processing unit) is a current example. We have complete visibility of the performance of the entire supply chain in one tool. This was meant to be an internal tool for Lenovo. But it’s not just a visibility platform.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2024

By analyzing real-time data from various sources, companies can make proactive decisions that improve collaboration among stakeholders, boost operational resilience, and increase customer satisfaction. Ultimately, the intersection of AI and sustainability in logistics offers a promising path forward in the fight against climate change.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

These tools enhance transportation management by improving forecasting, optimizing logistics processes, and providing greater supply chain visibility. The company shared examples of its long-term collaborations with businesses such as Texas Instruments and Home Depot.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 16, 2025

This setup allows teams to collaborate in real time, sharing video and diagnostic data across geographies. In the warehouse, robots and human workers collaborate through synchronized networks that eliminate latency. Fords example highlights how 5G helps bridge the physical and digital worlds in manufacturing settings.

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TransAudit

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

A mature supply chain leverages visibility, automation, and collaboration to ensure stability in the face of uncertainty. Use tools to automate root cause analysis and reduce dependency on manual reporting. Collaboration Across the Network Collaboration remains pivotal, particularly in industries like healthcare.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2025

Lets break it down with some examples that hit home: Supplier Diversification : Reflecting on the disruptions caused by the pandemic, companies heavily reliant on Chinese suppliers faced significant challenges. An automotive company I collaborated with conducted detailed modeling of potential tariff impacts on semiconductor supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Or data cleaning tools can suggest that both P&G and Proctor & Gamble probably refer to the same company. For example, over 15,000 companies were added to the US restricted entities list in 2023 and 2024. For example, online news items can generate event data. For example, a customer might see a cyber risk score of 70.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2025

Collaboration should improve business performance by allowing supply chain partners to define mutually beneficial goals, and share processes and information. What is Supply Chain Collaboration? A good example would be trying to buy food or other goods during a pandemic – that’s the Bullwhip Effect in action.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Shipping analytics tools shine a light on the value of informed freight management. Freight market participants need these top shipping analytics tools in their freight stack. Shipping status tools to track freight. Tracking shipment status is a core function of advanced shipping analytics tools. Download the White Paper.

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

Disruptions have become the norm, rather than the exception, and the only organizations that can thrive in this new reality are those with the right tools. Many of these tools are excellent at solving specific problems whether it’s procurement automation, rate management, or market intelligence.

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10xLogistics

MAY 15, 2024

Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR) is a strategy that has revolutionized this space, offering a systematic approach to reducing supply chain inefficiencies. It is structured around collaborative relationships between buyers and sellers, facilitated by shared information and mutual objectives.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

As explained in a previous blog post, continuous improvement in an organization can be achieved through the use of performance measurement tools via big data. expanded to identify poorly performing machines, or it can be used to isolate in efficiencies in collaboration with suppliers or vendors. Performance Measurement and Management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2025

One of the key approaches to simulating warehouse operations is based on employing discrete event simulation (DES) techniques and tools. Some very large manufacturers and logistics service providers have the capability to use these tools. For example, these virtual pickers work in zones and dont go outside those zones.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 16, 2025

Apple Intelligence demonstrates a clear push for on-device AI processing, with new AI-driven tools enhancing productivity across their operating systems, with a heavy emphasis on privacy and Edge AI. The battle for general purpose AI software platforms is intense with all major cloud providers offering a variety of tools and platforms.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) and the European Unions Forced Labor Regulation (FLR) are prime examples of this tightening framework. AI tools become more valuable when users can comprehend how the AI model arrived at its decisions. Trade classification lists vary per region and are not universally aligned.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

With centralized information sharing also comes greater collaboration between departments, reducing the problem of duplicated work. With artificial intelligence tools and advanced analytics, manufacturers have the opportunity to use this wealth of data to extract valuable and actionable insights.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 27, 2021

Michael is the CEO of DFM Data Corp, a utility company designed to be a tool between digital partners moving freight in the USA and Canada. The company has engaged with governance leaders to establish a business model for collaboration in the digital freight industry, the linchpin to unlock this valuable data. About Michael Darden.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

For example, the global logistics automation market is expected to grow from $50 billion in 2023 to $120 billion by 2030, according to Allied Market Research. Predictive analytics tools enabled by AI are helping organizations optimize inventory management, reduce downtime, and improve demand forecasting.

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WorkWave

MARCH 27, 2025

A few reasons why: Enhanced Analytical Capabilities Built-in analytics tools, such as those featured in WorkWave Wavelytics’ Data Factory, allow businesses to conduct complex analytical queries without the time-consuming process of manual data preparation.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Using these tools is what allows Ally to deliver maximum value, and an exceptional customer experience – every time. Example: Saying “We service the hell out of our freight” then falling flat after 3 months and leaving the shipper hanging. RadioShack Example: RadioShack: You’ve Got Questions.We’ve Got Answers. and Canada.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Successful procurement leaders are operating smarter by leveraging analytics and technology such as integrated suites to generate clean data (at least if they have a unified data mode) and master data management solutions for addressing issues in back end systems, cleaning and normalizing suppliers’ records, for example.

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Parade

MARCH 3, 2021

In this article, we explore Invoice Reconciliation tools as a core piece of every digital 3PL/freight brokerage’s operations. This post was written in collaboration with , OpenEnvoy , a leading automated invoice reconciliation tool. For freight brokers and third-party logistics providers, efficiency is king.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 15, 2022

Key factors influencing the rise of the industrial data scientist include: Organizations are unable to realize the full value of Industrial AI due to poor industrial data quality and management, internal silos, and a lack of collaboration among relevant teams. What Is an Industrial Data Scientist?

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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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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Today, collaboration is an essential step in the digital transformation of your company, and has become vital if you expect to compete with increasingly more dynamic and connected competitors. Through this transformation, it’s no longer an option to work separate from your collaborators. The Collaborative Platform Era.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 18, 2022

New SYSPRO research reveals 47% of survey respondents invested in sensors, IoT or IIoT to collect data and respond to supply chain disruption, however only 20% of businesses invested in data analytics tools to process and analyze the data and only 5% of businesses investigated AI and ML to draw any long-term benefit from the data collection.

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Material Handling and Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Cloud-based supply chain management tools, the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are expected to figure prominently in future supply chain operations. Mistrust of data and analytics tools is not just a supply chain and logistics issue.

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Log-hub

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

For example, a global retailer can use a tensor-based approach to manage product demand across multiple warehouses, optimizing stock levels dynamically. For example, a 3D graph can map supplier networks, showing how inventory moves across multiple locations. This helps companies stay efficient while meeting customer expectations.

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Conger

JANUARY 27, 2023

Examples of automation range from a household thermostat to a large industrial control system, self-driven vehicles, and warehousing robots. Programmable automation is code-based, allowing for excellent precision Programmable automation is most used in systems that produce similar items using the same automated steps and tools.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 25, 2024

Take Germany, for example: the “Trends in Logistics & SCM” study conducted by the German Logistics Association BVL in 2023 shows that cost pressure was the most important topic for decision-makers in 2016, but in 2023 it only ranks fourth. Things were different a few years ago. Sometimes very successfully.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

As industries evolve the distance between the worker and the job has grown, for example back in the day the worker had one tool between them and the task. For example, chatbots are now able to enhance human abilities, using AI to serve as an advisor or support to help maintain efficiencies within the organization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Let’s explore how DPPs are impacting regulatory compliance, preparing for future rules, and encouraging industry collaboration. Automation tools can track regulatory changes across markets and update DPPs in real time. For example, sustainability regulations in the EU and other regions are becoming more stringent.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 5, 2023

The difference between third-party business intelligence tools and embedded analytics within your ERP system ERP embedded analytics refers to the integration of analytical tools and capabilities directly within the ERP system without having to switch to a separate analytics platform.

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Parade

JULY 15, 2019

Before starting his company, Johnson worked for a large brokerage, managing and fulfilling load opportunities the traditional way; no technology tools to grow and foster his business, just sheer grunt-work, phone trees, and a mental rolodex. For example, managing unforeseen risks and providing customers with visibility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The answer is to invest in sustainability benchmarking tools. The dashboard is part of a broader Sustainability Hub, which allows companies to collaborate and access freight emissions from FourKites tracked freight. This sustainability tool goes beyond just a snapshot in time of miles traveled.

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Log-hub

MARCH 7, 2025

H&Ms Garment Collecting Program is a perfect example of reverse logistics in action. A great example is Fairphone , a sustainable smartphone brand that designs devices with replaceable parts, allowing users to repair or upgrade components instead of discarding the entire phone. billion in 2022 and projected to grow at a CAGR of 9.4%

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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. For example, running a batch process that now takes 8 hours instead of 12 does not translate into supply chain agility.

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