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). So, what is quality data?

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Thanks to data gathering programs, supply chain software , and data entry applications, this represents a mountain of data, which has the potential to provide ground-breaking insight into how to improve business-model efficiency. What Is Supply Chain Big Data? How Does Big Data Improve a Supply Chain?

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 21, 2021

And of course, it hinges on the ability to understand and maintain consistency in your metrics. . Capture and analyze data inside and outside of your network to benchmark performance. The biggest barrier to efficiency in supply chain agility rests with an inability to see, capture or analyze freight data.

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IoT World Today

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Until now, the bulk of big data has come from social, machine and transactional data sources. The broader rollout of 5G will increase the capacity of the network and further enable the proliferation of video data. Video data will be one of the most critical enablers of this new future of AI-driven autonomous vehicles.

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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. Of course, there’s another advantage.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

“What’s the best way to use data to beat your competition as a freight brokerage business?” That’s regardless of whether it’s an asset-based broker or just someone who works with a company to source capacity. Nevertheless, it all adds up to a greater demand for integrated systems and real-time data. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 13, 2021

With the proper use of data and freight analytics , contract procurement and securing capacity can be enhanced. The incredible insights that accurate data has to offer combats volatility and unearths a clear understanding of what’s actually happening in the market. Those are the founding principles behind SONAR SCI Lane Acuity.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Data reflect all the small, seemingly insignificant details of the modern world. From a review of your personal bank account spending habits to larger, more advanced processing capabilities, data evolve and expand with each passing day. When Did Big Data in Supply Chain Become a Game-Changer? .

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

With the digitization of the source-to-pay process being a key initiative for many chief procurement officers, to the inherent automation which promises to accelerate innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI), digitization is growing. In a recent Forrester study, they found the problem to be poor quality data.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 27, 2015

The United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) data report is compiled monthly by the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). What is the USMTO Data Report? The full data set is reported by eligible equipment builders and distributors and is provided to all participants in the program at no cost.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Here are some different sources and their very different numbers: The first question is why the Department of Energy has these kinds of statistics. The Department of Commerce lists warehousing companies, but of course, most warehouses are not owned by third party logistics or public warehousing companies. However, this is old data.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

“Businesses that scenario plan effectively will stay the course. AI can analyse data from various sources to predict potential disruptions, such as weather events or geopolitical tensions, allowing businesses to take proactive measures.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Global supply chains suffer from limited visibility and a general want for supply chain intelligence in carrier sourcing , freight tendering and all other processes. Of course, no disruption comes close to those that have been experienced to date in 2020. And the past data trends are obsolete and rapidly becoming more so.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Supply chain and logistics professionals face many challenges, including drowning in data! This is especially true in transportation management, as companies work across many modes, many geographies, and many sources of data, including from GPS and mobile devices.

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Freightos

JUNE 6, 2023

Listen to the full podcast interview here ) Source: Fort Of course, this stark reality was faced by many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) during the peak of the pandemic. to 0.85 (Source: ShipBob ). One of the most prominent shifts has been sourcing patterns. The key takeaway? This trend was a while in coming.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 2, 2025

A route planning application that integrates with enterprise mobility to collect vehicle-tracking data will be helpful for comparing actual performance of individual routes against the planned versions. If youre choosing route planning software that integrates with vehicle tracking, you shouldnt let the valuable data go to waste.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Media sources are filled with prognostication. Here are some data that support my view. However, GEP And S&P Global publish the GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index based on data derived from S&P Global’s PMI surveys. Of course, prices tend to jump from supply and demand pressures.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 16, 2021

Real-time visibility and data into all things freight shipping is a supply chain gold standard. And nearly one-half of the industry’s freight market participants can see their data in real-time. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always amount to capturing real-time data outside of an individual company’s four walls. Now consider this.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2024

It analyzes new and historical order data, customer preferences, and transactions. GP describes Causal AI as a mixture of Knowledge AI and Data AI. Data AI empowers the system to analyze vast amounts of data, identify patterns, and generate probabilistic outcomes in near real-time. It’s a different way of working.”

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Of course, the big challenge in this type of external benchmarking is obtaining the necessary data, since many companies are wary of sharing performance data with potential competitors. Instead, its merely a common-sense guide to those supply chain KPIs that can best provide actionable data for general management purposes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 19, 2023

These decisions are made in a synchronized manner, using real-time or near real-time data, AI/ML and optimization technology, while having the humans setting the goals and managing the parameters. By integrating all of these steps, companies can create a single source of truth, which makes decision making faster and more agile.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Four big names, one big project: Anchoring open source in logistics across the globe. A technology initiative of this kind is not only unique in logistics to date, but the founders are also taking on a pioneering role in the future topic of open source. Open source means that the source code of a software is publicly accessible.

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Freightos

MARCH 19, 2020

Of course, you wouldn’t because it would be hard to trust the results or advice from strangers. Container xChange is applying this model to the pain points of container logistics and sourcing SOCs. In the past, forwarders could only reach out to a few leasing companies or shipping lines to source containers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. Supply chain planning involves interaction with different types of information based on internal and external data sources. This includes internal and external data sources.

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Freightos

APRIL 27, 2023

In this article, Eytan Buchman, Freightos’ CMO, discusses the importance of data and context in global freight and logistics. The future of global freight data lies in real-time information, contextual insights, and aggregated data that can help companies make better decisions and adapt to a rapidly changing industry.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

Amazon is at the nexus of ecommerce, data, and logistics, with a drive to constantly improve their logistics network. That’s 258 operational facilities in the US and another 486 distributed around the world (see map below, data from MWPVL ). Source: Amazon.com. And the career data below spells out a strong ocean slant.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

Data is stored just like you might sketch ideas on a whiteboard. Those insights are driven from data connections across the vast amounts of data these companies have access to. Planners in China rely on different data sources and operate with different business practices than those in North America.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2022

This kind of disruption causes major dislocation in the sources of demand and shifts the centers of gravity for demand, forcing organizations to rethink their supply chain design. Switching to alternate sources of supply or modes of transportation should be considered as appropriate, and such alternates should be activated on a short notice.

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WorkWave

MARCH 27, 2025

Of course, those working in last-mile delivery already know that its impossible to talk about delivery days without also touching on an intrinsically linked topic: customer satisfaction. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a strong example, issuing regulations on data privacy for those in the EU.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 3, 2021

SONAR data show that the freight market for inbound Detroit loads is highly volatile based on auto production trends – inbound Detroit loads should be less expensive when OEMs are sourcing a lot of components as assembly volumes ramp up. Source: SONAR). Source: SONAR). Source: SONAR). Source: SONAR).

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 1, 2021

But in 2016, Philip Morris International decided to change the course of its history by leading a transformation in the tobacco industry to create a smoke-free future based on products, which while not risk-free—are a better choice for adult smokers than continuing to smoke. It was predictable.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Source: “Omni-Channel Logistics Leaders: Top 5 Inventory Insights,” Adelante SCM & LEGACY SCS. Source: “Omni-Channel Logistics Leaders: Top 5 Inventory Insights,” Adelante SCM & LEGACY SCS. Source: “Omni-Channel Logistics Leaders: Top 5 Inventory Insights,” Adelante SCM & LEGACY SCS.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 4, 2021

That’s where data analytics comes in.” Gaining in-depth insights and current data about the supply chain, load statuses, and consumer demands can make it easier for enterprise sippers to adjust and plan. Sourcing capacity and load contracts require the constant attention of management.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The data indicates that export volumes are going down month on month and import volumes are increasing, making it detrimental to the US economy and concerns have been raised by several quarters in the media. Source : US Census. Source : Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Source : project44. Source : Shifl.com.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Source: Gartner, Forecast Snapshot: Prescriptive Analytics Software, Worldwide, 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.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Implementing the solution involved cleaning up master data and mapping their complete global supply chain. Risk management solutions scrape data from hundreds of thousands of online & social-media sites, but Autoliv also has access to sources of information that they pay for. The implementation was not trivial.

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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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